Cooper School
1900's
EVENTS
RESEARCHED BY : TINA EASLEY
SCHOOL PHOTOS
I HAVE CREATED THIS DOCUMENT WHILE RESEARCHING THE OLD NEWSPAPERS .
THIS RECORD OF SCHOOL EVENTS BELOW WILL HELP TO CREATE A RECORD OF STUDENTS THAT ATTENDED THE SCHOOL.
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SOMEONE WOULD WRITE IN TO THE PAPER THE SCHOOL 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 .
Notes - If you have memories of this school ,photos , what the schoolhouse was like , or just memories of going to school there or the community . Please email me !
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RESEARCHED FROM - SATURDAY , FEB. 5, 1909 - PAGE 4 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
FLOSSIE WOODS , TESHIE WYCOTT , REPORTERS
WILLIAM AHLF , TEACHER
WE PUPILS AND TEACHERS ARE VERY BUSY THIS WEEK WITH OUR EXAMINATIONS.
JOHN AHLF AND OLA HYDES ARE ABSENT ON ACCOUNT OF HOME DUTIES .
JIM DOOLEY WAS A VISTOR OF OUR SCHOOL LAST FRIDAY AFTERNOON. WE ARE ALWAYS GLAD TOO WELCOME VISITORS.
MRS. LULA WAMBLE VISITED HOME FOLK LAST TUESDAY.
MISS MYRTLE TURBIVILLE WAS THE GUEST AT THE HOME OF ETHEL MORGAN , SUNDAY.
LILLIAN YANCY WAS THE GUEST AT THE HOME OF MISSES MINNIE AND TASSIE WOODS SUNDAY.
ARTHUR JORDAN , WHO HAS BEEN QUITE ILL , IS REPORTED IMPROVING.
MISS OLA TERRY, TOBE DORTCH WERE GUESTS AT THE HOME OF MAC ELROD AND JOHN WYATT , SUNDAY.
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RESEARCHED FROM - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE FEB 17, 1909
WILLIAM AHLF , TEACHER
SEVERAL ARE ABSENT THIS WEEK ON ACCOUNT OF BAD WEATHER.
WE ARE GLAD TOO HAVE THE STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN SICK BACK IN SCHOOL.
WE WILL HAVE ONE MONTH OF SCHOOL , AFTER THE END OF THIS MONTH.
ARTHUR JORDAN AND WIFE HAVE MOVED INTO THE HOME WITH V.O. ??? OUR MAIL CARRIER ON ROUTE 2.
THE SNOW IS ABOUT ALL GONE AND THE SUN IS SHINING AGAIN.
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RESEARCHED FROM - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE FEB 26, 1909
WILLIAM AHLF , TEACHER
HEALTH IS GOOD.
THERE WAS ONLY A SMALL NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO ATTENDED SCHOOL TUESDAY A NUMBER OF THEM NOT BEING ABLE TO ATTEND ON ACCOUNT OF THE FLOOD MONDAY NIGHT. WE WERE ELEVEN IN ALL .
WE LEARNED SOMETHING NEW , LEARNING TO COUNT IN GERMAN .
REV. COOPER PREACHED US A FINE SERMON SUNDAY.
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THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
COOPER SCHOOL
MINNIE AHLF , AFFA WYATT - REPORTERS
WILLIAM AHLF - TEACHER
OUR SCHOOL IS DOING SOME FINE WORK.
JAMES DOOLEY AND ANDY FRENCH WERE VISITORS TOO OUR SCHOOL FRIDAY.
MRS. INA BROWN DIED AT HER HOME MONDAY NIGHT , MARCH 1, 1909 , AT 7 A.M. A HUSBAND AND TWO CHILDREN IS LEFT BEHIND.
THE SINGING AT PROF. COFFEE'S HOME SUNDAY NIGHT WAS WELL ATTENDED.
WE ARE MAKING PREPARATIONS FOR ENTERTAINMENT FRIDAY NIGHT , MARCH 19.
OUR SCHOOL IS COMING TO A CLOSE . WE REGRET TO SEE THE LAST DAY.
REV. KAVANAUGH PREACHED AN INTERESTING SERMON AT PLEASANT GROVE SUNDAY.
MESSERS , AHLF AND CLARKSON ARE ENCLOSING THEIR FIELDS WITH WIRE.
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COOPER SCHOOL
NOVEMBER 17, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
ELLA GOGUE , FLOSSIE WOODS - REPORTERS
VERNER F. SMITH - TEACHER
SCHOOL BEGAN ON THE 8TH WITH ENROLLMENT 52 . THE ATTENDANCE HAS NOW INCREASED TO 60 AND WE ARE EXPECTING SEVERAL MORE TO ENTER.
THE U.S. HISTORY CLASS WILL FIGHT WITH DAVID CROCKETT AND COL. BOWIE AROUND THE ALAMO THIS WEEK.
MR. CLARKSON HAS MOVED TO HIS FARM IN CACHE BOTTOMS .
W.G. WHITE OF HAZELTON , IND. HAS PURCHASED AND MOVED UPON THE CLARKSON FARM. WE BID HIM WELCOME.
PROF. MEDLIN SPENT LAST FRIDAY MORNING VISITING OUR SCHOOL .
FLOSSIE WOODS ENTERED SCHOOL THIS WEEK.
RUTH MEDLIN WAS ABSENT MONDAY ON ACCOUNT OF RAIN.
O.D. CLARKSON , ONE OF OUR PROGRESSIVE YOUNG FARMERS, IS MOVING TO CACHE BOTTOMS .
ALONZO WOOTEN IS VERY SICK WITH PNEUMONIA BUT IS REPORTED BETTER THIS WEEK.
ROBERT UTLEY AND WIFE WILL MOVE TO THEIR NEW HOME NEAR RECTOR THE LAST OF THIS WEEK.
LENARD , LOTTA AND ALTA WHITE WILL ENTER SCHOOL SOON AND TAKE UP THE STUDIES FOR 1ST GRADE LICENSE.
MISS POLLY GOGUE IS VISITING HER SISTER , MRS. V.O. CUDD , AT RECTOR.
BERTHA YATES WAS THE GUEST OF LILLIE YANCEY , SATURDAY.
ERNIE DORRIS IS BACK IN SCHOOL AFTER BEING ABSENCE A FEW DAYS.
A UNION CHURCH IS TO BE ERECTED AT THE PURCELL CEMETERY.
PROF. MEDLIN OPENED SCHOOL AT PURCELL THIS WEEK.
LILLIE YANCEY , BERTHA YATES AND ELLA GOGUE WERE THE GUESTS OF FLOSSIE WOODS , SUNDAY.
G.I. GOGUE IS DOING SOME REPAIR WORK ON M. CLARKSON'S RESIDENCE .
MISS HATTIE HILL WAS THE GUEST OF MISS POLLY GOGUE.
A NUMBER OF PARENTS BROUGHT PUPILS TO SCHOOL THIS WEEK IN THE RAINY WEATHER , IN BUGGIES AND WAGONS.
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THE DAILY SOLIPHONE - NOVEMBER 26, 1909
COOPER SCHOOL
RUTH MEDLIN , ELLA GOGUE - REPORTERS
VERNER F. SMITH , TEACHER
SEVERAL NEW PUPILS ENTERED SCHOOL THIS MORNING . WE HAVE 73 ENROLLED WITH 70 PRESENT AT THIS WRITING.
ETHEL ABNEY IS BACK IN SCHOOL AFTER AN ABSENCE ON ACCOUNT OF SICKNESS.
GILLIAM LOWE WAS THROWN FROM A HORSE FRIDAY, BUT WAS NOT SERIOUSLY HURT.
REV. COOPER FILLED HIS REGULAR APPOINTMENT AT HOPEWELL SUNDAY.
J.B. DOOLEY AND SISTER ENTERTAINED THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD FRIDAY NIGHT.
MR. AND MRS. CLYDE SADDLER AND CHILDREN OF HARRISBURG , ILL. ARE VISITING HER SISTER , MRS. M.D. MEDLIN.
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