The History of Springerton High School Courtesy of Gerry Halpin Springerton (population 134) is a village in Mill Shoals Township in northwestern White County. The village lies to the west of State Route 45. The nearest towns are Mill Shoals (5 miles north), Enfield (8 miles south) and McLeansboro (15 miles southwest.) Springerton was also known as Spring Hill in its early days. The Baltimore & Ohio railroad ran through town beginning in 1871, but it has been removed in recent years. Just a few shreds of evidence of the existence of Springerton High School can be found on the internet. James Gholson’s excellent website on Broughton (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jgholson/broughton.htm) now includes the 1943-44 Broughton yearbook. This book states that Broughton played Springerton twice in boy’s basketball during that school year. Broughton won the first game 38-15, but Springerton took the second game 35-31. Another family website states that a woman named Gladys Savage attended Springerton High in the mid-1930’s and later graduated from Enfield High. Based on the above information, we can assume Springerton was a 2 or 3-year high school which likely existed from the 1920’s until the late 1940’s. It is not known if Springerton High had its own building and/or gymnasium – classes may have been held in the grade school or a local hall, as was the case for many 2-year schools. After Springerton High closed, students most likely attended Mills Prairie High or Enfield High. Today, Springerton students attend Norris City-Omaha-Enfield High School. Phillip Huffer tells us that Springerton High School was a two story brick high school building with a separate gym which had an upstairs dressing room. |
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