Jones County Texas Archives - History of Lueders - 1927 *********************************************************** Submitted by: Dorman Holub Date: 19 January 2020 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/tx/jones/jonestoc.htm *********************************************************** The Stamford American Thursday, May 26, 1927 Lueders is situated among some of the old forts that were used for protection against the Indians. Many of the early settlers came in the 1880s. The first building in Lueders was the school house. There was no real road here at this time and very few residences. near where the school building now stands today stood a one roomed boxed school house, called Arlington School. It was built by volunteer subscription in 1895 and 1896 by men who had children to attend school. Some of the men who helped built it were: Mr. Loop, Mr. Douthitt, Mr. Lieb, Mr. Herrington and others. Some of these men are still living among us. There were not a dozen students going to school in this crude building then. Miss Ida Crow, who is now teaching at Post Oak, taught the first term in the little school. The patrons were very proud of their school and the long term of six months. As the population of the community increased, another room was added to the building in 1923. In 1910 bonds were voted and the present building erected. The Lueders School now has seven teachers a substantial building, considerable playground equipment, including an ocean wave, $400.00 library, ten grades and an eight month term. The district contains 16 square miles with a property valuation of $496,000. Outstanding bonded indebtedness now amounts to $5,500 and this is being retired by a 15 cent bond tax rate. The school ground has an area of about four acres which is very limited for the 225 pupils in attendance. Lueders itself is a prosperous little town. It has grocery stores, two drug stores, two dry goods stores, one feed and produce store, one tailor shop, one bank, one barber shop, two cafes, two drive-in filling stations, two garages, one blacksmith shop, one picture show, three gins, three stone quarries, one stone sawmill, two lodges, three churches, Chamber of Commerce, Parent-Teachers Association, a widely known Baptist Encampment, and an attractive municipal park. The town is situated in a fertile farming region about 90 percent of which is tillable land. Large quantities of watermelons and considerable fruit and truck are raised in addition to the cotton and feed crops usually grown. It also boasts of a Mammoth Hatchery, and is becoming quite a poultry center. People live at home by raising plenty of hogs and keeping plenty of milk cows. Lueders alone is known all over the state. Last year about 175,000 cubic feet was shipped to Dallas, Fort Worth, San Antonio, Lubbock and other points far and near. In addition to this train loads of rock have been crushed and used by the Katy railroad in ballasting her track. In still another way, Lueders is almost unexcelled. She has one of the most attractive parks and encampment grounds, to be found in the state. Every summer thousands of people resort to the cool shades along the banks to forget about the oppressive summer heat and enjoy real messes of fish fresh from the Clear Fork River.