Tri-City grade school students during the 1945-46 school year

School has suddenly beginning, and the many grade school children in our area will gather Monday at their respective buildings to start the new year. The accompanying three photos show another place and time in our county’s school system.

Carolyn Sue (Redden) Smith, of Webb City, a former Alba resident, has donated the 1945-1946 Albamo yearbook to the Webb City Area Genealogical Society. The book includes photos of three elementary classes in the towns that make up the Tri-City Area: Alba, Neck City and Purcell.

In 1930, the three schools had been consolidated into District Number 46.  Children of the three cities attended grade school in each of the three cities depending upon the area in which they lived. After completing grade school, the students of all three towns then attended Alba High School.