First Graders at the Trickum School, 1918. The school was located between Beech Creek and Bethel in the northwestern corner of Columbia County. From left: J. B. Malone, Ruby Bryan (Collier), Thurston Puckettt, Vera Horton (Purtle), Bill Millican, and Sue Lindsey (Crabtree). Picture and identification are from Mrs. Hollis (Vera Horton) Purtle. Copywork by Robert B. Walz.