The History of Price & Carlisle
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"Price, Texas, was originally established in the mid 1850's as Carlisle, Texas. Since Carlisle, Texas, already existed, it was named after Mr. J. M. Price. This honor was given to Mr. Price because he donated land for the post office and also for the Carlisle schools. By making these contributions, Mr. Price played a big role in Price's history."
"During the early days of the community, many people made their way through farming. In the early 1930's the oil boom hit Price. Many people came from surrounding states- the majority from Louisiana- to get jobs in the oil field. Because of the large amount of people that moved to the community, buildings were moved in and businesses were established."
"The area labeled as downtown Price consisted of the following businesses and buildings: Mr. J. M. Price's (which was originally located on the school grounds,) Belle's Beauty Shop, a shoe store, Cramer's Cafe, a barber shop, a drug store, a grocery store, a theater, hospital, a motel, the post office, a dry cleaner's business, and a few cafes."
"The neighborhoods in Price were called camps. A camp was the area around an oil company for which the people were working for. A few of the major camps were as follows: Sun, Shiloh, Stanton,Sinclair, Ohio, Magnolia, and Illinois. The first school of Price was located across the street from the present day First Methodist Church of Carlisle."
"In 1933 when the school became too small for all the children attending, a new school was built where the junior high now stands. The old building was moved to Big Springs where the black pupils attended until the schools were consolidated. Later the present day high school was built, which was then used as the junior high. In 1977 the original building (elementary school) burned due to problems with the electrical wiring. Construction on the new school began immediately."
"When the oil fields moved away, the population of Price decreased; as a result, all the buildings and businesses were moved away through the years and many buildings were torn down."
Aimie Cheek
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"Fire Levels Carlisle School"
by Joe Jones
"The small community of Price, only seven miles west of Henderson, was at a near standstill today after a fire gutted its elementary and junior high school building. The fire occurred nearly forty years to the day after the New London school explosion and fire that left nearly 300 people dead. Fortunately, no one was injured in this fire, although two firemen were treated for smoke inhalation."
" About one dozen departments showed up to fight the fire, including trucks from Henderson, Tyler, Jacksonville, Rusk, Whitehouse, Troup, Flint, Kilgore, New London, Arp, and Mount Enterprise. According to superintendent of schools Jack Henderson, the school will cost between $300,000 and $500,000 to replace, with actual loss in records and materials inestimable. He said that it appeared that the fire started near an electrical connection at the front of the building."
" At the time of the fire, some people were in the gymnasium preparing for a little league parents basketball game when two small boys came in and said the school was smoking, according to John Beauchamp, head athletic coach at the school."
" Beauchamp investigated the report while Mrs. Henderson, wife of the superintendent, reported the incident. Beauchamp stated the when he got to the building at about 8 p.m., no flames were visible but within ten minutes the entire front part was a lost."
from the Henderson Daily News
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