joining in a working frolic and building it themselves. The first 

community school building in the Ona neighborhood stood on the south side 

of the paved road, on the farm now owned by Harry Chapman. Some of the 

best schools of the earlier day were taught in that building. The second 

community school building was built at Howell's Mill on the site now 

occupied by James R. Sanders's barn. The village around the mill was then 

becoming quite a business center for this section, and besides being a 

school house, it answered for a gathering place for all kinds community 

interests. The first public schools in the neighborhood were taught in 

that building, and the locality became rather widely noted as a school and 

social center. That house was removed some years ago and rebuilt as a 

residence at the Milo Jackson place near Big Cabell Creek. At Ona two 

public school houses have been built since, the first of one room on the 

roadside in front of J. A. Everett's home, the other the present school 

building of three rooms on the top of Poar's Hill in front of the Bradley 

home. 

At Malcolm Spring two school buildings have stood on the present site, the 

first a log building which was used for a community school before the 

public school system want into effect and later for public schools, and 

the second the building now used for the public schools. 

The Turner school in Union District has occupied three buildings, the 

first a log building located on the ridge between Sheff's Branch and Lower 

Creek, the other two both located in the low gap at the northern line of 

the Price farm. All these buildings were for public school use. 

The Fairview, or Wilson school, has occupied two buildings, the first a 

log building located on the old road about a half-mile north of the 

present school building, and the other the house now in use. Both were for 

public school use. 

The Watson school has occupied three houses, the first two being built on 

the lot now owned by Albert Swan, and the third the house now in use, 

which was built a few years ago on the Cyrus Creek road. The first of the 

three buildings was in use before the Civil War as a community school. 

Following the early school taught by William Paine, the next of which 

there is any record was taught by Thomas A. Morris somewhere near Spice 

Flat Cottage, perhaps in the winter of 1814-15. The contract called for a 

term of six months, but after the school was taught for three months, the 

building in which it was being taught burned down and the term was not 

completed. 

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