Walnut Grove School
EVENTS
1900's
TRANSCRIBED BY : TINA EASLEY
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JAN. 21, 1909 - PARAGOULD DAILY PRESS
VICKIE HALLEY , EVERLIEW HUNT , REPORTERS
MACK STEVENSON , TEACHER
OUR SCHOOL IS PROGRESSING NICELY WITH AN ENROLLMENT OF 53 PUPILS.
MISS RHODA JOHNSON ENTERED SCHOOL MONDAY.
JOE BATEY , EARL BATEY AND JOE MILLER ARE ABSENT FROM SCHOOL TODAY.
MISS EVERLIEW HUNT RE-ENTERED SCHOOL MONDAY AFTER HAVING SPENT THE PAST WEEK VISITING AN AUNT.
MR. AND MRS. LUTHER MARTIN VISITED MRS. MARTIN;S BROTHER MRS. HARRIS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
R,C, GRAMLING OF BEECH GROVE WAS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SATURDAY.
MRS. JAP MARTIN OF STANFORD DIED SUNDAY NIGHT.
MRS. WATSON THE MOTHER OF MRS. MARTIN OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WAS BURIED LAST THURSDAY AT OWEN'S CHAPEL CEMETERY.
MR. AND MRS. ELMER AUTREY WERE GUESTS OF MISS PEARL JOHNSON.
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APRIL 1, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
MAUDE MERTS , BERTHA GARNER - REPORTERS
MACK STEVENSON , TEACHER
OUR SCHOOL OPENED MONDAY WITH 37 STUDENTS ALL OF WHOM ARE DOING GOOD WORK.
WE HAVE SIX MORE WEEKS OF SCHOOL.
THE INFANT OF MR. AND MRS. BUD CLINE DIED SATURDAY AT 12 0'CLOCK . WAS BURIED AT PINE KNOT , SUNDAY .
MISS RHODA JOHNSON WAS THE GUEST OF LAVEDER JONES .
ELLA AND EVA MARTIN WERE VISTORS OF OUR SCHOOL , MONDAY.
MAUDE MERTS AND MERTIE MERTS VISITED CLARA CRAWFORD , SUNDAY.
SUDIE AND LOU GRAMLING VISITED MAGGIE GRAMLING , SATURDAY.
RUTH MARTIN AND WILL ARNOLD WERE MARRIED AT THE HOME OF THE BRIDE'S PARENTS ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON .
MR. AND MRS. A.C. DUSOUCHET WILL LEAVE FOR KENTUCKY , WHERE THEY WILL RESIDE IN THE FUTURE.
MISS HAZEL ELMO AND LIZIE SMITH ENTERED SCHOOL MONDAY , AFTER BEING ABSENT FOR SEVERAL DAYS.
THE FARMERS HAVE NOT FULLY RECOVERED FROM THE DAMAGE OF THE FLOOD YET BUT IF THE NICE WEATHER CONTINUES , THEY WILL SOON .
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MARCH 4, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
WALNUT GROVE SCHOOL
LAVEDER JONES , RHODA JOHNSON - REPORTERS
MACK STEVENSON , TEACHER
THERE IS SOME SICKNESS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AT THE PRESENT TIME. AMONG THOSE SUFFERING ARE W.O. YARBROUGH WITH LAGRIPPE .
MISSES LOU BOHANON , LENA SMITH AND RHODA SMITH ARE ABSENT FROM SCHOOL TODAY.
REV. BEN COOPER FILLED HIS REGULAR APPOINTMENTS AT HUNT'S CHAPEL , SUNDAY.
THE CROSS ROADS FOOTBALL TEAM AND THE CENTER HILL FOOTBALL TEAM PLAYED AN INTERESTING GAME SATURDAY.
MISS VICKIE HALLEY VISITED LIZZIE MERTS , SUNDAY.
MISS MERTIE MERTS WAS THE GUEST OF MISS CLARA CRAWFORD.
OUR SCHOOL IS PROGRESSING NICELY WITH AN ENROLLMENT OF SIXTY-FIVE AND A GOOD DAILY ATTENDANCE.
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