Old Bethel School
EVENTS
1900's
RESEARCHED BY : TINA EASLEY
UPDATED
03/01/2009 07:41:44 PM
I HAVE CREATED THIS RECORD WHILE RESEARCHING THE OLD NEWSPAPERS .
SOMEONE WOULD WRITE IN TO THE PAPER THE EVENTS , BIRTHS , SICK , MARRIAGES , NEW SETTLERS , DEATHS ECT...
I WILL BE ADDING MORE TO THE RECORD AS I COME ACROSS EVENTS LISTED FOR EACH SCHOOL .
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MORE BETHEL SCHOOL RECORDS
Old Bethel School 1898 - 1899 - PHOTO
Old Bethel School 1912-1913 - PHOTO
Old Bethel School Dist. 57 - PHOTO / HISTORY
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JAN. 29 , 1909 - PARAGOULD DAILY PRESS
BEULAH DIGGS , CLYDE GRANT - REPORTERS
MISS AGNES WILLIAMSON - TEACHER
MASTER ROY HANKS ENTERED SCHOOL MONDAY .
LITTLE MISS ESTHER DIGGS IS REPORTED AS BEING QUITE SICK.
THREE NEW TELEPHONE LINES ARE BEING INSTALLED OUT OUR WAY THIS WEEK.
MRS. BELLE YOUNG , OF PINE BLUFF , IS VISITING HER PARENTS , MR. AND MRS. M.E. CUTRELL.
MRS. TEMPA WHITMAN , OF PARAGOULD SPENT LAST WEEK WITH HER PARENTS , MR. AND MRS. G.W. LLOYD .
THE "C" ARITHMETIC CLASS HAS COMPLETED THE ELEMENTARY ARITHMETIC AND WILL NOW BEGIN A STUDY OF THE ADVANCED BOOK.
THERE WERE THREE CASES OF SMALL POX REPORTED AT BETHEL THE FIRST OF THE WEEK , THEY BEING AMONG THE LABORERS IN THE EMPLOY OF THE RAILROAD COMPANY AT THIS PLACE. THE BOARD OF HEALTH WAS PROMPTLY CALLED ANT THE LABORERS SENT AWAY.
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FEB 1, 1909 - PARAGOULD DAILY PRESS - PAGE 3
GEA. H. ROGERS , TEACHER
DAN MILLENDER IS IN SCHOOL AGAIN , AFTER SEVERAL DAYS ABSENCE ON ACCOUNT OF SICKNESS . MISS JULIA LLOYD VISITED OUR SCHOOL LAST WEEK.
MINNIE ROGERS WENT HOME TUESDAY TO MAKE PREPARATIONS FOR THE DISTRICT MEETING AT ROCK HILL BEGINNING FRIDAY THE 29TH.
WE HAVE THREE CLASSES IN ALGEBRA AND ALL ARE DOING GOOD WORK.
THE ADVANCED GRADE HAS FINISHED THE BOOK ON CIVIL GOVERMENT AND STAT HISTORY AND MORE TIME WILL BE GIVEN TO ALGEBRA AND GRAMMAR IN THE FUTURE.
MRS. GEO. YOPP WAS DANGEROUSLY ILL SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY BUT IS BETTER NOW.
BELLE AND MAY MINETREE HAVE MOVED FROM OUR DISTRICT INTO DISTRICT 23. WE ARE SORRY TO LOSE THEM.
EDGAR COX IS ABSENT ON ACCOUNT OF SORE EYES.
MR. JOHN HOWE HAS MOVED INTO ONE OF MR. WEBB'S RENT HOUSES.
WE CONTINUE TO HEAR OF OTHERS WHO ARE PREPARING TO ATTEND OUR NORMAL IN THE SPRING. WE HAD A GOOD SCHOOL LAST SPRING , BUT WE ARE FAR BETTER PREPARED TO ACCOMMODATE PUPILS NEXT TIME , AS WE HAVE A LARGER HOUSE , BETTER FURNISHED AND SITUATED ON THE RAILROAD.
BOARD NEAR THE SCHOOL HOUSE CAN BE HAD CHEAP.
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FROM THE WEEKLY SOLIPHONE
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ADRIAN DIGGS , GRACE McCANLEY , REPORTERS
MISS ELSIE DIGGS WAS A VISTOR TO OUR SCHOOL FRIDAY.
SAM MCDANIEL ONE OF OUR DIRECTORS VISITED US TUESDAY .
OUR LITERARY SOCIETY MET FRIDAY NIGHT AND RENDERED A SMALL PROGRAM AND WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF DR. CLYNE , MESSRS, GRANGER AND MCDAIEL , DELBERT WATKINS , ADRIAN DIGGS AND MISSES EDNA DIGGS , BERTHA DIGGS AND MAGGIE WOOD WHO PLAYED SOME FINE MUSIC ENJOYED BY ALL. WE WERE PLEASED TO SEE SO MANY OF THE PARENTS OUT.
IT IS ESPECIALLY ENCOURAGING TO THE PUPILS TO HAVE YOU WITH THEM. COME FRIDAY NIGHT JAN. 22, AND HELP US BY YOUR ATTENDANCE FOR THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM.
READING AND PRAYER ; SONG, AMERICA , BY SCHOOL . RECITATION , INDEPENDENCE BELL BY CARL TAYLOR . SONG DIALOGUE ; BOBBY SHAFTOE, HAZEL DIGGS , RECITATION ; BARBARA FLETCHER - BY BERTHA DIGGS . PANTOMIME; HOME, SWEET - BY NINE GIRLS . TEMPERANCE ;
PROF. C.D. MORRICE . RECITATION ; - I HAVE DRUNK MY LAST GLASS - RALPH BERRYHILL. SONG , DEBATE ; RESOLVED , THAT THE CRIMES OF WHITE MEN AGAINST THE INDIANS HAVE BEEN GREATER THAN THOSE AGAINST THE WHITES , ADRIAN AND RAY DIGGS , AFFIRMATIVE , ERED BERRYHILL AND AD CAMP NEGATIVE . PIANO - WILL TROVATORE - MRS. BECK
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NOVEMBER 11, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
BETHEL SCHOOL NOTES
EMORY CORBETT , JOHN LANE - REPORTERS
THIS IS THE SECOND WEEK OF OUR SCHOOL . WE HAN AN ENROLLMENT OF 52 AND THERE ARE OTHERS TO COME.
WE HAD NO SCHOOL DURING THIS PAST SUMMER BUT WE WILL MAKE UP FOR LOST TIME THIS WINTER
SEVERAL ADVANCED PUPILS ENTERED SCHOOL THIS MORNING , CALERNCE GRAMLING OF PRUET'S CHAPEL , BEING AMONG THE NUMBER .
WILLIAM BROWN OF KENTUCKY RETURNED HOME THIS MORNING AFTER VISITING FONZO MILTON .
WILL JINKS OF BROOKLAND WAS IN OUR TOWN , SUNDAY
PROF. D.P. JOHNSON IS TEACHING A SINGING SCHOOL AT THIS PLACE , ALSO ONE AT NEW HOPE EAST OF HERE .
OUR TEACHER , G.H. ROGERS HAS MOVED CLOSE TO THE SCHOOL HOUSE SO HE CAN SLEEP IN THIS WINTER.
G.T. YOPP IS BUILDING A NEW HOUSE ON HIS FARM SOUTH OF BETHEL.
UNCLE JOHN EDWARDS ONE OF THE LEADING MERCHANTS IS OFF THIS WEEK ON A BIG HUNT .
S.A. BURTON VISITED OUR SCHOOL LAST FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND UNCLE TOM LLOYD CAME BY TODAY.
WE HAD A WRECK IN BETHEL ONE DAY LAST WEEK , THE HAND CAR JUMPED OFF THE TRACK AND THE BOYS ON THE CAR WERE HURT TO SOME EXTENT , BUT NOT SERIOUSLY.
WE THANK THE EDITOR OF THE SOLIPHONE FOR HIS DAILY PAPER WHICH HE IS SENDING AND THE SPACE GIVEN US FOR THE SCHOOL ITEMS. WE HOPE TO READ WEEKLY REPORTS FROM EVERY SCHOOL IN THE COUNTY.
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NOVEMBER 18, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
BETHEL SCHOOL
EMMORY CORBETT , JOHN LANE - REPORTERS
THIS IS THE THIRD WEEK OF OUR SCHOOL.
REV. G.W. LLOYD WAS A WELCOME VISITOR IN OUR SCHOOL LAST WEEK .
RICHARD HOWE IS IN SCHOOL THIS WEEK AFTER A ABSENCE OF TWO DAYS.
ED ROGERS AND FAMILY OF PARAGOULD VISITED IN BETHEL SATURDAY.
VIOLA TEMPLETON WAS ABSENT LAST WEEK , BUT IS BACK IN SCHOOL TODAY.
OWEN NORTON , JOE AND JOHN LANE GATHERED CORN FOR SAM McDANIEL LAST SATURDAY. SAM DESERVES THE PRIZE ON CORN THIS YEAR HIS CROP AVERAGED 60 BUSHELS TO THE ACRE.
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DECEMBER 1, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
BETHEL SCHOOL
SUSIE EDWARDS , ETHEL LANE - REPORTERS
GEO. H. ROGERS - TEACHER
THE SINGING SCHOOL WHICH WAS CONDUCTED HERE BY D.P. JOHNSON HAS JUST CLOSED.
MISS LELA WEBB OF PARAGOULD , VISITED HER SISTER MRS. MCDANIEL , MONDAY.
MISSES MARY TAYLOR AND BERT MILLENDER WERE ABSENT FROM SCHOOL TODAY.
SUSIE EDWARDS WHO WAS VISITING IN PARAGOULD LAST WEEK , IS BACK IN SCHOOL THIS WEEK.
FONZO MELTON AND SISTER , MRS. WASHINGTON , LEFT FOR KENTUCKY , SUNDAY . THEY WILL BE GONE FOR SEVERAL DAYS VISITING RELATIVES IN THE BLUE GRASS STATE.
OUR SCHOOL CLOSED THANKSGIVING AND WE STAYED HOME AND ATE TURKEY AND CRANBERRY SAUCE.
GEO. H. ROGERS AND FAMILY WERE VISTORS IN PARAGOULD , SUNDAY.
MISS DILLIE EDWARDS SPENT SATURDAY WITH HOME FOLKS.
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