MEADOWS GROVE SCHOOL
Events
1900'S
THE WEEKLY SOLIPHONE
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RESEARCHED BY : TINA EASLEY
I HAVE CREATED THIS RECORD WHILE RESEARCHING THE OLD NEWSPAPERS .
SOMEONE WOULD WRITE IN TO THE PAPER THE SCHOOL EVENTS , NEW STUDENTS , TEACHERS , OR OTHER SCHOOL EVENTS .
I WILL BE ADDING MORE TO THE RECORD AS I COME ACROSS EVENTS LISTED FOR EACH SCHOOL .
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JAN. 2, 1902
ZONA WILLIAMS , FANNIE MEADOW , EDITORS
SALLIE KENNEDY , TEACHER
SCHOOL BEGAN AT THIS PLACE THE SECOND MONDAY IN DECEMBER , AND IS PROGRESSING NICELY.
WE HAVE TWO NEW SCHOLARS THIS WEEK, CURT AND MARTHA HORNE. WE HIGHLY APPRECIATE THEM IN OUR MIDST.
MISSES MYRTLE AND MARTHA ASKINS ARE ABSENT FROM SCHOOL THIS WEEK ON ACCOUNT OF BAD WEATHER.
JOHN LAMB STOPPED IN THIS MORNING AND SPENT A SHORT WHILE WITH US. WE WISH HE WOULD COME AGAIN.
OUR SCHOOL WAS DISMISSED LAST TUESDAY UNTIL MONDAY MORNING FOR CHRISTMAS. OUR TEACHER SPENT THE HOLIDAYS AT HER HOME IN WALCOTT. AND SAYS SHE HAD A SPLENDID TIME.
EZRA BRECKENRIDGE MADE A FLYING TRIP TO MEADOWS GROVE ON THE NIGHT OF CHRISTMAS.
THE INFANT OF JOHN LAMB IS QUITE SICK.
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NOVEMBER 11, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
RANDALL JONES - REPORTER
GILBERT GARNER - TEACHER
SCHOOL BEGAN THIS MORNING WITH AN ENROLLMENT OF 16 PUPILS . A NUMBER ARE NOT THROUGH WITH CROPS YET , BUT WE HOPE THEY WILL BE IN SCHOOL BEFORE LONG.
WE HAVE SEVERAL CASES OF PNEUMONIA IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UNCLE JOE DAVIDSON IS SUFFERING FROM A SLIGHT ATTACK OF PNEUMONIA . WE HOPE HE WILL SOON RECOVER .
SAM JONES WENT TO VISIT RELATIVES AT BROWN'S CHAPEL .
WALTER JONES DID THE MATRIMONIAL STUNT LAST SUNDAY AND HAS GONE TO KENTUCKY TO LIVE . WE LOOK FOR HIM BACK BEFORE SPRING.
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NOVEMBER 18, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
RANDALL JONES , ARTIE GARNER - REPORTERS
GILBERT GARNER - TEACHER
UNCLE JOE DAVIDSON IS IMPROVING BUT IS STILL UNABLE TO BE UP AND ABOUT.
THE WOOD CONTRACTORS ARE FURNISHING US SOME FINE WOOD FOR WINTER USE , WE APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.
ELD. D.M. HOLDER AND A. HAYNES WHO RESIDE NEAR POCAHONTAS WERE THE GUESTS OF OUR TEACHER , SUNDAY.
WE EXPECT TO HAVE A EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD SCHOOL THIS WINTER . WE HAVE A TERM OF FIVE AND ONE - HALF MONTHS .
WE HAVE A NICE LOCATION . THE SURFACE IS JUST ROLLING ENOUGH TO DRAIN OFF THE WATER A GOOD ROAD RUNS NEAR THE SCHOOLHOUSE AND WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT PHONE SYSTEM.
OUR TEACHER'S BROTHER HAS COME TO STAY WITH HIM AND WILL ATTEND SCHOOL.
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DECEMBER 3, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
MEADOWS GROVE
ARTIE GARNER , CLARA MEADOWS - REPORTERS
GILBERT GARNER - TEACHER
WE NOW HAVE AN ENROLLMENT OF 31 PUPILS . AMONG THE NEW PUPILS THIS WEEK ARE JESSIE AND WALTER RAY , RALPH EVERHART AND FREDDIE BURROW.
WE HAVE HAD TWO WEDDINGS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THE PAST WEEK. J.A. SMELSER AND MISS ZONA WILLIAMS WERE MARRIED ON THANKSGIVING AT THE HOME OF THE BRIDE'S SISTER , MRS. ELI BRECKENRIDGE , AT PARAGOULD. MR. SMELSER BROUGHT HIS BRIDE IN TO A BIG THANKSGIVING DINNER WHICH HE HAD PREPARED FOR HER AND THAT NIGHT THE BOYS FROM FAR AND NEAR CAME IN AND SPENT THE EVENING EATING CANDY AT THE EXPENSE OF MR. SMELSER.
THE OTHER COUPLE WAS MACK KAMINER AND MISS LIZA MERIOTT , WHO WAS MARRIED ON LAST SUNDAY. A NUMBER OF FRIENDS OF THE COUPLE WITNESSED THE CEREMONY.
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