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By Rich Flowers
rflowers@athensreview.com Feb 5, 2021
St. Paul School was educational trailblazer
The history of Henderson County is seeded with stories of Black educators who endured hardships to equip students with the skills and understanding they would need as adults.
James Williams Smothers founded The St. Paul Training School in Caney City almost a century ago. Stories in the
Huntsville Item and
Athens Review survive to help piece together the history of the school founded to pursue the industrial arts, develop social skills and increase knowledge.
A 1947 story in the
Review is the account of a severe storm that hit the school causing major damage to the facility and crops that were grown on the site.
The show must go on-line: The 2020 Jeff Davies Award exhibition, which is organised and funded by the Friends of Oriel y Parc, is available to view on the Oriel y Parc website. This is one of the winning entries by Jazmine Hanna AN EXHIBITION about life during coronavirus was forced to closed just before opening, as new Covid-19 restrictions were introduced. However, all is not lost, the show featuring artwork by St Davids school pupils, which should have been displayed at Oriel y Parc Gallery and Visitor Centre, has now gone online. Organised and funded by the Friends of Oriel y Parc, the Jeff Davies Award is an annual art competition in partnership with Ysgol Penrhyn Dewi, honouring the memory of local man and former chairman of the Friends of Oriel y Parc.