VILLIAGE SCHOOL EVENTS
1900's
THE PHOTO ABOVE WAS TOOK ABOUT 1914 . VILLIAGE SCHOOL WAS LOCATED ABOUT TWO MILES DOWN PEKIN ROAD.
RECORD CREATED BY : TINA EASLEY
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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FROM THE DAILY SOLIPHONE -APRIL 30 , 1902
WE HAD A GOOD SUNDAY SCHOOL LAST SUNDAY EVENING , ALSO A FINE SERMON BY REV. STERLING ROGERS .
MR. DILLARD AND WIFE SPENT SUNDAY WITH E.C. MILAM'S FAMILY .
GEORGE VINCENT SPENT SATURDAY NIGHT WITH BEN REED .
MISS MINNIE SPAIN WAS ACCOMPANIED HOME FROM SUNDAY SCHOOL BY JIM O'STEEN OF THE ROCK HILL NEIGHBORHOOD.
HOHNEE SPAIN IS THROUGH BREAKING GROUND HERE FOR THIS SEASON . HE IS EARLIER THAN A GREAT MANY OF US.
E.C. MILAM AND WIFE OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WERE TWO OF THE 83 PERSONS WHO ATTENDED THE BIRTHDAY DINNER AT H.E. WALKER'S HOUSE LATELY.
FRED DAVIS HAS BUILT A LOT OF NEW FENCE THIS SPRING AND HAS IMPROVED HIS FARM IN SEVERAL OTHER WAYS. HE HAS PURCHASED A NEW McCORMICK MOWER AND RAKE , AND WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF HIS OWN AND HIS NEIGHBORS' HAY.
MR. DILLARD KILLED A MAD DOG ON HIS FARM LAST WEEK.
LITTLE ELBERT REED IS SPENDING A WEEK WITH HIS GRANDFATHER REED.
OUR SUNDAY SCHOOL IS PROGRESSING NICELY UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF W.D. WADLEY AS SUPERINTENDENT. WE HAVE SUNDAY SCHOOL EVERY SUNDAY EVENING .
PREACHING NEXT SUNDAY BY REV. ED COOPER . ALL ARE INVITED TO COME.
WE HAVE BOUGHT THE TIMBER TO SEAT OUR SCHOOL HOUSE.
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January 6, 1909 - Paragould Daily Press
VILLAGE SCHOOL
FLORENCE McKINNIS , MAY REED - REPORTERS
WILLARD MEYER , TEACHER
WE ARE ALL DOWN TO WORK AFTER A WEEK'S VACATION WHICH WAS GREATLY ENJOYED BY ALL OR OUR PUPILS.
MRS. EMELINE HOLMES WHO HAS BEEN QUITE SICK FOR SOME TIME HAS FULLY RECOVERED AND LEFT THE FIRST OF THE WEEK ON AN EXTENDED VISIT TO FRIENDS AT WHITEHALL, ARK.
MISS SOPHIA MILLER HAS GONE TO MALDEN WHERE SHE WILL SPEND THE WINTER WITH HER SISTER WHO RESIDES AT THE PLACE.
MRS. HENRY GLOVKA ENTERTAINED A NUMBER OF HER FRIENDS WITH A TURKEY DINNER ON LAST SUNDAY.
MR. AND MRS. W.D. McKINNIS ENTERAINED A NUMBER OF THEIR FRIENDS WITH A MUSICAL ON LAST MONDAY NIGHT.
MISSES PEARL AND NELLIE McCLAIN ARE VISITING FRIENDS AT POPLAR BLUFF THIS WEEK.
JOHN W. BURKE HAS RECENTLY PURCHASED THE FARM OWNED BY MR. WALLACE.
THOM HALL'S SOUTH END ADDITION TO PARAGOULD IS ON THE BOOM. DWELLINGS ARE GOING UP AS IF BY MAGIC AND ARE BEING OCCUPIED AS RAPIDLY AS COMPLETED.
MISS FLORENCE AND MASTER HENRY McKINNIS WERE THE GUEST OF RELATIVES AT CARDWELL LAST WEEK.
MISSES MAUD AND PEARL HILL VISITED THEIR SISTER AT DEXTER , MO. LAST WEEK.
FRED HILL
HAS RENTED THE McKINNIS FARM ON VILLAGE CREEK AND TOOK POSSESSION
LAST FRIDAY.
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SATURDAY , FEB. 5, 1909 - PAGE 4 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
MAY REED , FLORA BURKES , REPORTERS
WILLARD MEYER , TEACHER
WE ARE MAKING RAPID PROGRESS IN OUR SCHOOL WORK AND HAVE AN ENROLLMENT OF 30 PUPILS .
MISS MAY REED HAS BEEN ABSENT THE PAST WEEK.
MRS. JOHN SPAIN HAS BEEN SICK THE PAST WEEK SUFFERING WITH AN ATTACK OF LAGRIPPE.
HENRY McKINNIS WAS A VISITOR TOO OUR SCHOOL MONDAY.
MISS FLORENCE McKINNIS HAS RETURNED FROM JONESBORO WHERE SHE HAS BEEN SEVERAL WEEKS UNDER THE TREATMENT OF A PHYISCIAN. WE ARE GLAD TOO NOTE THE IMPROVEMENT.
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SEPTEMBER 16, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
FLORA BURKE , MAY REED - REPORTERS
MISS MEDA McHANEY - TEACHER
WE ARE NOW STARTED ON OUR LAST MONTH OF THE SUMMER TERM OF SCHOOL WITH ATTENDANCE OF ABOUT TWENTY TO TWENTY FIVE .
THE COTTON IS OPENING AND SOME HAVE STOPPED TO PICK , OTHERS ARE INDISPOSED IN VARIOUS WAYS .
MRS. POLK REED RETURNED SATURDAY FROM HARRISBURG WHERE SHE HAS BEEN VISITING RELATIVES.
THERE IS SOME KIND OF ATTRACTION AT JOHN EUBANKS' FOR A CERTAIN NEWLY FLEDGED SWAIN OF THIS COMMUNITY. ASK MED McLAIN FOR FURTHER PARTICULARS.
MISS SOPHIA MILLER OF MISSOURI IS VISITING HOME FOLKS OF EIGHT MILE NEIGHBORHOOD.
MISS MAY REED WAS THE VISITOR OF MISS SOPHIA AND ALTA MILLER , SUNDAY.
REV. GATHER IS HOLDING A MEETING AT HUNT'S CHAPEL THIS WEEK.
MISS FLORA BURKE VISITED OUR TEACHER WEDNESDAY AND ATTENDED THE TEACHER'S INSTITUTE WITH HER THURSDAY . THEY REPORTED AN INTERESTING SESSION OF TWO DAYS.
AN OYSTER SUPPER AND FISH POND WILL BE GIVEN AT THIS PLACE SATURDAY NIGHT . OCT 2ND FOR THE BENEFIT OF SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT . WE HOPE EVERYONE WILL ATTEND TO HELP US DRINK SOUP AND EAT FRESH OYSTERS AND ANGLE FOR THE FINNY TRIBE . EVERYBODY INVITED.
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THE DAILY SOLIPHONE - NOVEMBER 24, 1909
MAY REED , PEARL HILL - REPORTERS
MISS MEDA McHANEY - TEACHER
ALEX AND DICK McLAIN ENTERED SCHOOL THIS MORNING.
MISSES MAUD AND PEARL HILL HAVE JUST RETURNED FROM A TWO WEEKS VISIT TO FRIENDS AND RELATIVES AT DEXTER, MO. THEIR COUSIN MISS CORA YOUNG ACCOMPANIED THEM HOME.
CLARA McLAIN , RUTH AND BIRDIE GATLIN , ROY BALDWIN AND LESLIE BUCKMAN ARE ABSENCE TODAY.
OUR NEW FENCE IS COMPLETED AND ADDS MUCH TO THE APPEARANCE OF OUR SCHOOL.
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