Phillips School; Winn, Louisiana Submitter:Stafford Davis Date: Source: ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** The following is an article written by Margeree Pearson and published in the Winn Parish Enterprise 27 April 2000: The Phillips School, which served the Emden community in this one-room building from 1918 to 1955, has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places. This was the effort of several former students, family members and a former teacher Lula Mae Thomas. The Phillips school was not the typical school of today. It was founded on the principals that education would improve your life and your total existence. It was a state accredited one-room school with a wood burning heater and kerosene lamps where the teacher was also the schools principal. Classes consisted of the "3 R's," Reading, "Riting" (writing), and "Rethmetic" (arithmetic). The school's benefactors were William (Bill) and Francis Phillips. The Phillips were civic and community minded people. They devoted their time, effort, and land for the establishment of the school and the New Bethlehem Baptist Church. In the next few weeks, information and pictures about the school will be placed on the Internet web site of the National Register of Historic Places. On May 6, 2000, at 1:00 p.m., a dedication ceremony will be held at the site, where a bronzed plaque will be placed on the Phillips School. The school is located at 1950 Harrisonburg Road next to the New Bethlehem Baptist Church in Atlanta, La. Come and share in the joy and pride of this American History. Some of the former students that I am personally acquainted with are Morell Fobbs, Ivy Pennywell, Isa D. Willis Hobdy, Glondell Howard, Quincy V. Howard, Bernadine Willis Peters, Linnie D. Mosley Sapp, Charles Melvin Willis, Dessarine Phillips Smith and Vernon Recee Pennywell, Sr. Students were of the following families: CARTER, CRAWFORD, CRENSHAW, FOBBS, FORD, HARRELL, HAYES, HENRY, HOUSTON, HOWARD, HUNT, JOHNSON, LONDON, MATHIS, McCAIN, McMILLON, McWRIGHT, MORGAN, MOSLEY, PEATS, PENNYWELL, PHILLIPS, RODGERS, SAPP, SHELTON, SMITH, STANLEY, STARKS, WALKER, WATKINS, WILLIS and WILSON.