Menu Home Active Projects Books For Sale Online Archives Contact Us Calendar January Winter Meeting 2nd Sunday in January April Spring Meeting Sunday 4/14/2024, 2:00 PM Senior Connection July Summer Meeting 2nd Sunday in July October Fall Meeting 2nd Sunday in October		Chilton County Superintendents of Education Note 1: During much of this time the state law did not specify when the office would be assumed after an election of a new Superintendent. Therefore the starting dates vary. Also the time of year of the election varied over time as well. Note 2: Over the years the method of selecting a Superintendent of Education has varied between being chose by the County Board of Education or elected by a popular public vote. Those that could be determined are noted in the first column. Note 3: The dates in bold have been extracted from old newspapers of the time. Note 4: Some detailed references are below the table. Election Start End Superintendent --- Dec 1868 Baker (Chilton) created --- 1870 James M. Corderie (1870 US Census occupation) Board Appt'd 21 Mar 1871 James C. Scott --- L. W. Frazier (mentioned in the Courier-1875) --- Nov 1877 Rev. Wm Lee, resigned Board Appt'd Nov 1877 3 Nov 1883 James M. Corderie (Rev. Wm Lee resigned) --- 3 Nov 1883 1887? W. U. Acree --- 1888? 1891? Richard Eural Randolph (R. E. R.) Hicks --- 1892 Oct 1898 J. W. Moore Popular Oct 1898 9 Aug 1900 E Judson Strock Popular 9 Aug 1900 E 1 Oct 1913 J. W. Moore Popular 1 Oct 1913 1 Oct 1919 W. T. Bean Board Appt'd 1 Oct 1919 1 Oct 1925 Howard L. Foshee Board Appt'd 1 Jul 1925 1 Jul 1933 Buford Lawrence Popular 1 Jul 1933 1938 Luther Little Popular 29 Dec 1938 9 Nov 1942 Rascoe Maddox Popular 9 Nov 1942 20 Jun 1946 Delos P. Culp Appt'd/Poplr 20 Jun 1946 Jun 1958 Howard Boockholdt Popular Jun 1958 1 Jul 1961 W. A. "Bing" LeCroy (resigned, appointed State Supt) Appt'd/Poplr 1 Jul 1961 1974 Gordon Conway --- 1974 1978 L. C. Shields --- 1978 1983 Don Finlayson --- 1983 1991 Frank Daniel --- 1991 1995 Don Hand --- 1995 2003 Frank Daniel --- 2003 2007 Mildred Ellison --- 2007 2011 Keith Moore --- 2011 2015 Dave Hayden --- 2015 2019 Tommy Glasscock --- 2019 2023 Jason Griffin --- 2023 - Corey Clements From an article in The Banner January 24, 1901, "Professor Corderie Dies Far From Home" ... he died 14th of fever at Garland County, Ark. On November 8, 1883, The Chilton View carried the following article: "Prof J. M. Corderie, our worthy Supt. of Education completed his final settlement on last Saturday, by turning over to Prof Acree, his successor the balance of school funds in his hands, together with the official books and etc. Between 30 and 40 thousand dollars of school funds have passed through his hands during his long term of service. So careful had he been with the business office that not a single jar or word of contention arose in the long settlement. An honest man is the noblest work of God. May the rewards of good conscious bless and comfort him in his declining years." The Chilton Review on September 6, 1883 had that Prof. Corderie has served as Supt. of Education for eight years. The US Federal Census of 1880 has the occupation of J. M. Corderie as County Superintendent of Education. On November 8, 1883, The Chilton View carried an article that Prof. Acree has been named Supt. of Education. In 1938 Luther Little withdrew from the Superintendent's race because of another job. In 1938 he presided over a session of Alabama Educational Association in Birmingham. Then in February 1939 he became assistance to the President of Howard (now Samford) College. Bookholdt was appointed in June 1946 to fill the rest of the term of Culp, who was appointed to be State Supervisor of school bus operations. Bookholdt was elected in August for the next term. Other source: Old Schools of Chilton County Alabama, by Lorene Lecroy, 1997, with details, some dates, and subsequent superintendents added.