This enlarged photo of Miss Barker, was taken from the larger picture of the Class of 1923 (Room 3) at the Red School House, which was called Kinloch School at that time. I began my first grade education in 1938 and Miss Barker had a different hairdo then which became her signature "top knot" hair arrangement and it remained the same thereafter. This lady was undoubtedly an angel in disguise as she knew how to TEACH! Her methods were like osmosis and you learned without knowing it. She also knew how to handle the difficult students without raising her voice or a hand! She started thousands of us on the first step of our education and we give thanks and recognition for her endeavors. I only wish I could tell her personally how much we appreciated and loved her. Who knows...maybe she is still watching over us.
An interesting sidebar to the above picture:
An interesting sidebar to the above picture:
The little girl to the left of Miss Barker is Helen Daugherty's mother (a student in 1923). The little boy in the sweater next to the Sailor Boy is her uncle. Thanks Helen...you saved the day by finding and sending a picture of Miss Barker (later she married and became Mrs. Catherine Barker McDaniels)
The above pictures submitted by Helen (Daugherty) Barnes
