Jones County Texas Archives - Pleasant Valley Community *********************************************************** 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, July 28, 1927Pleasant Valley Community Develops RapidlyPleasant Valley School District No. 43 has outstanding bonding indebtedness of$2,550.00. The valuation of the district is $151,500.00. The local tax rate is 50c.The bond tax rate is 25c. The area of the district is 16 square miles. The buildingis located 9 miles east of Stamford. The trustees are U.P. Jarred, R.L. West and E.A.McBride. The teachers are Misses Ola Bell Simms and Ora Bailey.In the year 1903 the people and trustees of Avoca district saw the need of a schoolin the north part of the district, so those most interested donated money to build aroom 16 feet by 14 feet with eight-foot walls. This building was known locally as theJackson School. For five years there were only about 16 pupils. In 1908 a largerbuilding was erected on the same site. In 1914 the location of the school house waschanged to a new site and one-half miles south of the first site. Later a bond issuewas voted and a modern building with three rooms was erected.Messrs. J.W. Jackson, Dave Gillespie, W.M. Turner, Dave Decker, D.T. Morrell, W.S.West and Weatherby were the first farm owners and school patrons of the district, andmade up the entire population east of Stamford to Albany and south to Avoca at thetime, the first building was erected in 1903.About 80 percent of this district is in cultivation. There is as much contrastbetween the present farm homes as in the increase of population since 1903.When the school house was moved to its present location near the center of thedistrict Messrs. Jackson Decker and Ohlson decided that Pleasant Valley would be asuitable name and a better name than Jackson school house, hence the school name;however, the school is yet locally known as Jackson school.Messrs. W.M. Carlton, Charley Carlton, J.W. Jackson and T.E. Ohlson all make a goodyearly profit on sales of poultry and livestock aside from farm crops grown. Severalother families not only supply their needs as to poultry but make noticeable yearlyprofits.