BRANNON SCHOOL
EVENTS
1900's
RESEARCHED BY : TINA EASLEY
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FEB 4, 1909 - PARAGOULD DAILY PRESS - PAGE 3
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CLAIR TURBEVILLE , CAMILLA WHEELER , REPORTERS
SADIE SEITZ - TEACHER
WE HAVE NOT MANY SCHOLARS ENROLLED BECAUSE THERE ARE NOT MANY IN OUR DISTRICT. OUR GENERAL ATTENDANCE IS SPLENDID .
MR. WILSON AND FAMILY HAVE MOVED FROM OUR DISTRICT TO THE CAMP GROUND NEIGHBORHOOD. WE ARE SORRY TO LOSE THEIR TWO CHILDREN , RUFUS AND MARY , FROM OUR RANKS AS THEY ARE FAITHFUL PUPILS.
MRS. B.F. PEARCE HAS BEEN SICK FOR SEVERAL DAYS.
THE DIRECTORS HAVE HAD SOME MUCH NEEDED REPAIRING DONE ON OUR BUILDING.
JOHN THIEL , WHO HAS BEEN SICK WITH PNEUMONIA , IS NO BETTER . HE HAS BEEN SICK ABOUT TEN DAYS.
WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO A GRAND TIME ON WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY . OUR TEACHER HAS PROMISED TO GIVE US A PARTY AT HER HOME ON THAT EVENING AND WE ARE BUSY PREPARING SONGS AND RECITATIONS.
ELLIS SEITZ IS ABSENT THIS WEEK. ELLIS IS FULL OF FUN AND KEEPS EVERYTHING LIVELY WHEN HE IS HERE.
MISS ETHEL BLEDSOE WAS THE GUEST OF MISSES DONNIE AND BUFFIE ARMSTRONG TUESDAY NIGHT.
MISS LEARON NEUBORN VISITED HER GRANDMOTHER MRS. WEAVER , LAST WEEK.
TUESDAY A PET MONKEY ESCAPED FROM ITS CAGE AND CALLED ON OUR SCHOOL. HE CAUSED QUITE A PANIC, SNATCHING AT AND BITING SEVERAL OF THE CHILDREN. HE ALSO TOOK THE PRIVILEGE OF KISSING OUR TEACHER AND WHEN SHE OBJECTED PROCEEDED TO DO IT AGAIN . WE ARE NOT ANXIOUS FOR ANOTHER CALL FROM MR. MONKEY.
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FRIDAY , NOVEMBER 5, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
SADIE SEITZ - TEACHER
ELSIE EVANS , JOE WHEELER , REPORTERS
JOHN PURCELL , JR. WAS ABSENT ON ACCOUNT OF BEING SICK
MARIE JORDAN WAS THE GUEST IN TOWN OF RUBY BOYKIN
THE WITCHES AND GOBLINS PLAYED SOME PRANKS ON SATURDAY NIGHT BUT NO DAMAGE WAS DONE
OUR SCHOOL CLOSES THE 26TH OF THIS MONTH AND ON THE 29TH OUR TEACHER BEGINS A FOUR MONTH TERM OF SCHOOL AT CAMPGROUND
WE ARE SORRY TO LOSE DULUN AND GERALDINE WHITE FROM OUR RANKS . THEY RESIDE IN THE LANDRUM DISTRICT AND THAT SCHOOL OPENED LAST MONDAY . THEY ARE VERY FORTUNATE IN HAVING ALFRED BURR FOR THEIR TEACHER.
MR. EVANS WHO HAS BEEN SICK IS BETTER
MRS. THIEL HAS HAD HER RESIDENCE REPAPERED
OUR TEACHER HAS A GOOD PLAN ON TARDINESS . EVERY MORNING SHE READS TO US AND THOSE WHO ARE LATE MISS THE STORY. WE ARE NOW READING " POOR AND PROUD " BY OLIVER OPTIC .
MR. CHARLEY MILLER HAS BOUGHT A FARM IN THIS DISTRICT
MR. HARDY REILLY HAS MOVED TO MR. JOHN PURCELL'S FARM.
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THE DAILY SOLIPHONE - NOVEMBER 19, 1909
BRANNON SCHOOL
ELSIE EVANS , CAMILLA WHEELER - REPORTERS
SADIE SEITZ - TEACHER
MR. STUART ONE OF OUR DIRECTORS PAID US A PLEASANT VISIT THURSDAY.
MRS. THOS. EVANS HAS BEEN VERY SICK THIS PAST WEEK.
MR. AND MRS. CHARLES PANNEL ARE THE PROUD PARENTS OF A FINE BABY GIRL.
AMONG THOSE ABSENT FROM THE RAIN ARE JOHN PURCELL , JR. , ELSIE AND BEULAH EVANS , MARIE JORDAN , HALMA SMOTHERS , CAMILA , JOE AND JOHN WHEELER .
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