Lake Valley Pirates

Lake Valley Pirates. Lake Valley ISD #4. , The present site of Lake Valley School Dist. #4 is located within the East Bethel School Dist. #15. The site was established during the school term 1892-1893 with approximately 13 and 1/2 square miles. On July 10, 1911, East Bethel School Dist. #15, Red Wood School Dist. #16 and Haggy school Dist. #17 were formed into Lake Valley School Dist. #4. In 1926, Odessa School Dist. #14 was attached to Lake Valley School Dist. #4. On Mar. 8, 1941, detachments from Lake Valley School Dist. #4 were added to Cloud Chief School Dist. #8. On Apr. 25, 1941, detachments from Hopewell School Dist. #43 were added to Lake Valley School Dist. #4. On May 18, 1941 and May 31, 1941, detachments from Cloud Chief School Dist. #8 were attached to Lake Valley School Dist. #4. July 28, 1941, land detached from Lake Valley School Dist. #4 was attached to Hopewell School Dist. #43. Lands detached from Rainy School Dist. #29 on Sept. 10, 1941 were attached to Lake Valley School Dist #4 on July 7, 1949. Lands detached from the Center School Dist. #61, Star School Dist. #23, and Hopewell School Dist. #43 were attached to Lake Valley School Dist. #4. Lake Valley School District had grown until at the time of the closing of the school in 1960. The District consisted of approximately fifty-four and eleven-sixteenths square miles. , School Colors - Black and White , School and Community Activities - Band - Baseball - Basketball - Box Suppers - Shivarees - Choral - Christmas Parties - Community Plays - Drama - 4-H Club - Fund Raisers - Halloween Parties - Politics - Softball - Scholastics - Work Days. , The Lake Valley School built in the 1920s was destroyed by tornado on Easter Sunday, April 9, 1944. The destruction of the Lake Valley School building, the centerpiece and heart of the community, was devastating. This did not stop these determined families. They worked side by side to clean the site. Debris was hauled away and bricks cleaned whatever was needed to prepare for the building of a new school facility was accomplished. , After the Lake Valley School building was destroyed by tornado, the gym which was built in 1939-1941 by the WPA, was converted into classrooms. When the new school building was built in 1944-45 it was attached to the gym. Theses buildings were used until the Lake Valley School closed in 1960. , Superintendents of Lake Valley School , 1915 - 1917 Will Pearcy , 1917 - 1918 G.A. Butts , 1918 - 1920 J.L. White , 1920 - 1924 E. E. Wiley , 1924 - 1929 Byron Dacus , 1929 - 1931 W.M. Wood , 1931 - 1942 N.A. Gore , 1942 - 1945 M.M. Vickers , 1945 - 1947 Robert Pierce , 1947 - 1953 W.J. Pever , 1953 - 1955 Elwood Riley , 1955 - 1957 Carl Jones , 1957 - 1960 Curtis Hurst , This Lake Valley Historical Marker is dedicated to the hopes and dreams of our early pioneers and to those who followed in their footsteps. , The early settlers of the Lake Valley Community faced numerous and extreme difficulties in providing the daily needs of their families. Those pioneers wanted a place to farm, to worship as they pleased, to raise their children and to establish schools. Their goals were achieved only by enduring untold hardships and personal sacrifices. Working together they helped each other in times of need. These stalwart individuals served not only the community they also seved the country. , A school was built so their children could receive a wholesome and valuable education. Though the connections of many school activities the people of the Lake Valley community became a true "Community". , The site for this marker was donated by Clifton and Leta Faye Delk. The rock used for the base of this historical marker came from the Lake Valley School Gym.