Smouse Collection

Title

Smouse Collection

Subject

Smouse, Jack Hobart, 1921-2013

Schools

Description

Jack Smouse spent 17 years in the classroom, primarily as a shop teacher, then 20 years in administration, retiring in 1979 from the Martin County Florida School System as assistant superintendent.

This collection includes loose photographs and an album featuring photographs of Martin County schools, taken in 1970.

Creator

Jack Hobart Smouse (1921-2013)

Source

Scan gift of the Stuart Heritage Museum.

Date

1970-199

1970s

Contributor

Stuart Heritage Museum

Language

English

Type

Still image

Identifier

2025.038

Collection Items

Stuart High School, 1921

Stuart High School with palm trees in front.

Tags Schools
First Indiantown school bus, 1925

O.D. Hataway, driver, leaning against the first Indiantown school bus. Labeled the "Chancy Bay Route."

Tags Automobiles, School buses, Schools
School staff, 1977

Four people in front of school bus: Jack Smouse (assistant superintendent),William Lanier (transportation supervisor), Willie Smith (route supervisor), Jean Ludlum (oldest bus driver-Palm City)

Tags School bus drivers, School employees, Schools
Warfield School Bus, c. 1925

Warfield School Bus, O.D. Hataway-driver. Labeled the "Chancy Bay Route."

Tags Automobiles, School bus drivers, Schools
Booker Park School, 1970

School in Booker Park, the section in west Indiantown primarily inhabited by the Black community.

Tags Schools
Martin County Schools Instructional Center, 1970

Formerly the Stuart High School (1923-1944), the Martin County High School (1945-1964), Martin County Schools Instructional Center (1964-c. 2010)

Tags Schools
Carver Gardens building, 1970

Classroom building at Carver Gardens Elementary School. Later moved to Murray High School and used as the band building. In 1961, students of the Salerno Colored School were transferred to the Carver Gardens Elementary. In 1964, an addition was made to the school, and it became Murray High School. The students at Carver Gardens Elementary attended East Stuart Elementary.

Tags Schools
Dunbar Elementary School, 1970

Entrance of the Dunbar Elementary School in Hobe Sound. Built in 1933, his school was where the Black elementary students in southern and western Martin County attended until 1968.

Tags Schools
Dunbar Elementary School auditorium, 1970

Auditorium of the Dunbar Elementary School in Hobe Sound. Built in 1933, his school was where the Black elementary students in southern and western Martin County attended until 1968.

Tags Schools
Stuart Training School auditorium, 1970

Stuart Training School in East Stuart.

Tags Florida-East Stuart, Schools

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