Semmes Heritage Park First Schoolmarm

​Mildred Wiggins was a native of Semmes. Her parents were Henry Hiram Pollard and Lena Van Christopher who were married in 1918 and settled in Semmes in 1918.   Mildred had six sisters and six brothers.  Most of the descendants of the Pollard family still live in Semmes today.

Mildred taught at Semmes School  until her retirement, was a founding  member of Alumni & Friends of Semmes School, Inc. and the first schoolmarm after the restoration of the little schoolhouse.  She prepared lessons for students and served in this position until her death on December 3, 2003.   
The vision of the founding members of restoring the one room school and for it to continue to be used as a school goes on today.  Children on Field trips experience School 1902 style with lessons in reading writing and arithmetic.