GARRISON SCHOOL
ALEXANDER COUNTY ILLINOIS GENEALOGY TRAILS
Contributed by Norman Thomas
The Garrison School at 33rd and
Popular Streets in Cairo was built in the early 1940s.
The first classes to be held there was 1942.
The building is now the office of the Superintendent.
These were the teachers and
staff at Garrison School in Cairo during the 1940s and 1950s:
1st grade - Lottie Leach
2nd grade - Fannie Maple
3rd grade - Nellie Wright
4th grade - Hazel Fox
5th grade/Principal - Josie Rowlett
6th grade - Alice Beatty
Custodian - Mr. Will Ware
School Nurse - Mrs. Ethel Young
Music - Mrs. Louis Caldwell
ŠJuly 2006 Alexander County Genealogy Trails