Hornbine School Museum

Two short love stories for February

We continue to have interesting visitors at our OPEN HOUSES each year. This year was no exception. Gordon Frances visited in October. He is the son of Marion Horton who taught at the Hornbine School from 1923 – 1926. Gordon donated several pictures of the school to our collection many years ago. His pictures are on our website.

The picture accompanying this article, was taken a couple of days before school closed for the summer in 1926. This is a picture of the older students with Marion out in front of the school. We are told that Marion is in the middle back row. In the early years, it was against the rules for a female teacher to be married. In June 1926, Marion Horton married Gorden’s father the day after school closed!

Marion had a younger sister who attended the school as one of her students. Several years later, her younger sister married Raymond Reed, the tall boy in the back row.

For more information and pictures of Marion Horton, go to our website by Google searching “Hornbine School Museum”. Then scroll down to “History”. We are on FACE BOOK and have an article in the REHOBOTH REPORTER each month.