The Maple Spring School, located east of Elkton adjoining the Shenandoah National Park, was constructed about 1882 next to the Hensley church. There is little information available about this early school. Some of the teachers at this school were Ellen V. Bishop (1884-85), Berta P. Thumond (1885-86), G. H. Shiflett (1887-88), E. W. Shepp (1890-91), Serena Eaton (1892-93), Nora B. Leap (1893-94), Miss Jessie Shipp (1908-09), Mr. Richard L. Brill (1909-10), Laura Pence (1912-13) and Lelia Naylor (1914-15). According to his year end report in 1910, Mr. Brill indicated that the school was unpainted and in very poor condition. The old building was not used during the 1915-16 and 1916-17 school sessions and the Maple Spring school was conducted at the Hensley Church as reported by teachers Laura Cline (1915-1916) and Marvin R. Reynolds (1916-1917). Presumably the old school became too decrepit to use or perhaps may have burned. The new Maple Spring School was built in 1917 and the teacher for the 1917-18 school session was Carrie Pence. Students listed during the first session at the new school were:

Albert Breeden
Sherman Breeden
Delsie Breeden
Verdie Breeden
Lloyd Dean
Hurdle Dean
Leona Dean
Alvin Eppard
Edward Eppard
Willie Eppard
Harry Lam
Charles Meadows
Lizzie Taylor
Maggie Taylor
Jessie Breeden
Raymond Breeden
Rosa Breeden
Antrol Dean
Walter Dean
Maggie Dean
Nannie Dean
Elmer Eppard
Ray Eppard
Wilson Eppard
Verdie Lam
Gloddie Hensley
Gerdie Taylor



Teachers at Maple Spring from its construction in 1917 until its closing in 1958 were:

1917-1918 Carrie Pence
1918-1919 Mrs. Myrtle Sandridge
1919-1920 Mrs. Elvira Glenn
1920-1921 Clarice Pace
1921-1922 Ruth Chisholm
1922-1923 Miss Aubrey Marshall
1923-1924 Miss Florine Sedwick
1924-1925 Bernice Shifflett
1925-1926 Clarice J. Pace
Agnes Harris
1926-1927 Clarice (Pace) Meadows
Laura Lam
1927-1928 Clarice P. Meadows
1928-1929 Sue Maxwell
1929-1931 (2 sessions) Leona Dofflemyer
1931-1932 Mrs. A. D. Gooden
1932-1934 (2 sessions) Harold Eshelman
1934-1936 (2 sessions) Ruth H. Wenger
1936-1938 (2 sessions) Ann Virginia Morris
1938-1941 (3 sessions) Frances Pence
1941-1942 James Eshelman
1942-1944 (2 sessions) Clarice P. Meadows
1944-1945 Eula C. Breeden
1945-1947 (2 sessions) Mrs. Lula A. Haney
1947-1952 (5 sessions) Raymond J. Hilliard
1952-1956 (4 sessions) Mrs. Katherine G. Cubbage
1956-1958 (2 sessions) Raymond J. Hilliard


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