History of Lauderdale County School District | Page 124

City enrollment at the end of the first week came to 1,826 white and 4,431 Negro
students. Enrollment in each of the county’s white schools was as follows: Clarkdale, 503;
Northeast, 882; Southeast, 690; and West, 900.
Enrollment figures for city white schools were as follows, with those for last year in
parentheses: Tuxedo, 126 (132); Oakland Height, 489 (514); West Hills, 578 (528); Poplar
Springs, 519 (482); Highland, 321 (475); Chalk, 422 (416); Witherspoon, 379 (374); Stevenson,
280 (331); Marion Park, 390 (425); Northwest, 993 (961); Meridian Senior High 896 (825);
Junior College, night school, 340 (218).
Decreases were registered in Tuxedo, South Side, Oakland Heights and Marion Park
schools. The decrease at Stevenson was attributed to the discontinuance of the speech therapy
clinic in that school, which accounted usually for 50 or 60 students. Speech therapists this year
were going to individual schools over the city to do their work.
Negro school enrollment was: Magnolia, 1103 (1,018); East End, 483 (455); Mt. Barton,
374 (383); Wechsler, 598 (596); West End, 627 (575); Carver, 568 (527); Harris High, 491 (462)
and Harris Junior College, 188 (126).

Meridian Star, September 17, 1962

Clarkdale Holds County Football Lead
Clarkdale was still out front in the race for the first Lauderdale County Football
Championship today as three of the county’s four teams began preparation for the games this
weekend. The Bulldogs picked up their second straight win last Friday when they defeated the
West Lauderdale Knights, 13-0. The Bulldogs take on Beulah Hubbard this Friday night at
Clarkdale. Northeast Trojans started work for a Friday night home game with Decatur today
after scoring their first-year football victory, 33-0 over Southeast Lauderdale last Saturday night.
The Trojans are expected to battle it out with Clarkdale this season for the first county
championship. Northeast was the only county school that fielded a football team last year.
Southeast, whose loss to Northeast was the second defeat in as many weeks travels to Enterprise
Thursday night for a game with the Enterprise “B” team. The only county football team West
Lauderdale is idle this week.
County Standings
Clarkdale
Northeast
West Lauderdale
Southeast

W
2
1
0
0

L
0
0
1
2

PF
25
33
0
6

PA
6
0
13
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Last Week’s Results: Northeast 33, Southeast 0 and Clarkdale 13, West Lauderdale 0
This Week’s Games: Thursday – NE at Enterprise “B” Team, Friday - Decatur at NE and
Beulah Hubbard at Clarkdale