Stella Lucille Winn

Stella Lucille Winn, age 86, of Springdale, Arkansas, died Tuesday, January 11, 2005, at Springdale Health and Rehab Center. She was born July 4, 1918, in Seward, Nebraska, to William and Mary Ellen (Harris) Winn.

She worked for Campbell Soup Co. for 25 years before retiring. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Springdale.

She was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, and one sister.

Survivors include:

• One brother, William Winn of Springdale

• Several nieces and nephews

Funeral services were held Friday, January 14, 2005, at Sisco Funeral Chapel in Springdale with burial at Friendship Cemetery.

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Mt. Pleasant School

Mt. Pleasant was an early Winslow School, coming after Mt.

Wooster. Classes were held in a log building on land that was

later to become the farm of P. E. McClendon. Long after the log

building was abandoned as a school, it was used by McClendon

as a barn, the only barn in the area to boast a blackboard along

one wall.

During the early years attendance frequently topped 70 and

hit the 80 mark some years. All of these children shared one

large room, regardless of age or grade placement until 1905 when

a room, "the little room" was· added to the south side of the

building to hold the students in the lower grades.

The school was again enlarged in 1912 with the addition of

another small wing to be used as a high school.

This school survived until the Thanksgiving holiday weekend

in 1918 when it was destroyed by fire. That Sunday fire went

unnoticed, because most residents were inside their homes avoiding

the cold weather. By the time it was discovered and everyone

had rallied around, it was beyond.saving. The old school bell had

fallen to the ground along with the collapsed roof.

A partial list of teachers and principals is all that remains

available. They are listed in order of their service: Principals- Mr.

T. H. McClinton; Miss Annie Stockburger (1897-1898); Miss

Margaret Young; Mr. C. G. Vie; Miss Isah Lively (1905-1906);

Mr. F. U. Duncan (1906-1907); Miss Ida Cannon (1907-1908);

Mr. C. A. Brown (1908-1909); Miss Iona Wilson (1909-1910);

Miss Mary Craig (1909-1912); Mr. F. U. Duncan (1912); Mr.

C. S. Johnson (1913-1916); Mr. James L. Harris (1916-1917); Mr. Oscar Curtis ( 1917-1919); Assistants: Miss Emma McClendon; Miss Pearl Guinn; Miss Sophia Wyatt; Miss Bertha Guinn; Miss Witty; Miss Erma Deatherage; Miss Alice McClendon; Mrs. Jewell Karnes. Intermediate teachers: Mr. Kenneth Russell; Miss Stella Winn; Miss Margaret Carter; Miss Elsie Center. High School assistants: Mrs. Louise Duncan and a Miss Johnson.