Here is a photo of the kids attending the log school house at Pine Ridge in the 6th ward of St. Helena Parish, Louisiana about 1917-1918. The photo was published in the St. Helena Echo on Wednesday, November 22, 1978. According to the writer the attendees were (1st row. l-r Oscar Hutchinson, Willie Lee Phillips, Garland Bryant, Johnnie Newman, Huey D. Young, Lanice Woodard, Clarence Woodard, Stanley Day; (2nd row) Clara Simmons, Myrtle Phillips, Wilmer Blades, Elbert Thompson, Otis Warren, Jessie Warren, Elva Phillips, Helen Hutchinson, Ola Bryant, Daisy Hutchinson, Rita Phillips, Hazel Hutchinson, Thelma Phillips, Marie Simmons; (3rd row) (Fay Wooter, Teacher) Jewel Blades, Ella Mae Bridges, Emma Brumfield, Reba Warren, Ouida Phillips, Hollis, Bridges, Jessie Woodard, Louise Bridges, Ethel Day, Mary Blades, Hazel Dixon, Gracie Blades, Rosa Murry; (4th row) Norma Bryant, Grace Hutchinson, Bessie Teston, Eula Phillips, Essie Woodard, Corine Phillips, Lola Phillips, Nellie Dixon; (5th row) Cleon Blades, Tolar Day, Victor Blades, Percy Woodard, Martin Brumfield, Cleon Hutchinson and Leon Breeland. .
A footnote:
On the second row nine over from the left side is my mother Helen Hutchinson McNabb. Eleven over on the second row, is my aunt Daisy Hutchinson Foster. On the fourth row, two over is my aunt Grace Hutchinson Fellows.
