Drake School as it appears today. The school is located about 6 miles south of Sulphur, west 1 mile and south 1/2 mile. Drake was named for two brothers who were ranchers in the area, Sam and Block Drake. There was a post office established April 22, 1901 an lasted until July 31, 1920.
A poem by Oscar Huffines - a
Drake teacher
A picture hanging by my door
Shows in three families
number four
And a good group did help to make
The nineteen thirty school
at Drake
The Williams girls they did quite well
Oma, Eula, Venie and
Estell
Also the family known as Gilbert
Donnie, Lorene, Ozell and Delbert.
Then the four Brewers we will meet
Clellie, Frances, Cliff and Pete
And, down the list, of course will be
Several names with only three.
The Jackson children can be seen
Lucille and Jan and gay Corene.
The Fox
kids smiling you can see
Leonard, Buford and Georgia Lee.
And three
Hoag eyes so sharp and keen
Milburn, W.B. and sis, Lorene
Then Goldie,
Lucille and Hazel Ruth
The McBride girls in all their youth.
From
there on down we start to lose
The next in line had only two’s
Two
Pritchard’s-Albert and Tula Mary
Their work they finished in a hurry.
Two girls were twins but not in size
Their names Pauline and Audine Mize
To represent themselves and clan
Came Elsie Smith and Gladys Mann.
Two
real nice boys Bernard and Ray
Who came to school to work and play
They
studied hard sometimes for hours
And used last names of Weese and Flowers.
Then by herself came Iona Goode
So quiet cheerful smiling stood
Some
names, of course, have slipped my mind
But Jessie Hartsell, here I find.
Two other sisters--plain to see
The Bowsers-Earn and Freda Lee
The
first-a teacher at the time
But before long she would be mine.
I
married her in thirty-two
For 40 years she’s been true-blue
Two little
girls were soon to come
To share our love and bless our home.
Now,
that is why I like to take
In my mind’s eye a trip to Drake
Where with my
single days I parted
And in big business really started.
May 23,
1972 Oscar Huffines
This is actually signed and given to:
“To
Estell-
with Best Wishes-
Oscar Huffines
Oscar Huffines was
Superintendent of Schools for Murray County for many years.
Index of
Names above:
Estelle (Williams) Beaver
Oscar Huffines
Oma Williams
Eula Williams
Venie Williams
Donnie Gilbert
Lorene Gilbert
Ozell
Gilbert
Delbert Gilbert
Clellie Brewers
Frances Brewers
Cliff
Brewers
Pete Brewers
Lucille Jackson
Jay Jackson
Corene Jackson
Leonard Fox
Buford Fox
Georgia Lee Fox
Milburn Hoag
W.B. Hoag
Lorene Hoag
Goldie McBride
Lucille McBride
Hazel Ruth McBride
Albert
Pritchard
Tula Mary Pritchard
Pauline Mize
Audine Mize
Elsie Smith
Gladys Mann
Bernard Weese
Ray Flowers
Iona Goode
Jessie Hartsell
Earn Bowsers
Freda Lee Bowsers
Submitted by Darlene Beaver Sept. 13, 2000.