Chapter 9--Section 3

Cass School

The first contract for the first Cass schoolhouse was awarded to Henry Kessler on July 20,1901 for the sum of $280.  Those serving on the Board of Education of Greenbank District at that time were:

       Dr. J.P. Moomau, Pres.

       E.N. Curry, Robt. J. Brown, Comrs.

ON Oct. 19, 1901, the building was completed.  I.D. Hughes was appointed trustee for the Cass school and J. Newton Gum was son afterward appointed for the term of three years.

In 1905, R.J. Brown was ordered to prepare specifications for a two room building at Cass and file with the board so that they might determine whether or not they were able to build such a building with the present levy.

The school house was not built until 1907.  The contract was awared to J.W. Milligan and a draft was issued him for $1550.00.

In 1914, the old school building was sold to the Spruce Lumber Company for $1,000.  J.W. Goodsell, who was president of the board of education at that time, had purchased a lot from Anderson Chestnut for the sum of $800.  A new four room building was contracted to T.J. Sigler of Elkins for the sum of $3675.

In 1915, the Spruce Lumber Company built a two room addition to the Cass school house, the agreement being that the board would pay rent on the rooms until they could pay the    full amount which was $2466.87.

In 1920 an addition was built to the Cass Graded School building.   The cost of this addition was $8,252.80.  At this time the sub-district of Cass was allowed two extra months of graded school, payable out of a special levy on Cass subdistrict.

Minutes of the Board of Education of Greenbank Dist.