Bard School
EVENTS
1900's
RECORD CREATED BY : TINA EASLEY
UPDATED
04/11/2010 05:44:23 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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JAN. 14 , 1909 - PARAGOULD DAILY PRESS
NANCY FIELDER , PEARL CARMACK - REPORTERS
MISS RACHEL BEGGS , TEACHER
OUR SCHOOL IS PROGRESSING NICELY WITH AN ENROLLMENT OF 43 ALTHOUGH WE ARE HAVING SOME BAD WEATHER.
CLYDE CURRY HAS BEEN ABSENT SEVERAL DAYS ON ACCOUNT OF MOVING .
MAUDE JOHNSON IS ABSENT ON ACCOUNT OF SICKNESS.
JIM PAYNE AND RABBIE BRYANT PAID US A SHORT VISIT MONDAY.
MRS. JOHN JOHNSON IS VISITING HER MOTHER MRS. CARMACK THIS WEEK.
MISS NELLIE LYNCH SPENT SUNDAY WITH MAUDE JOHNSON.
MISS NANNIE BROWN WHO IS VISITING , MRS. ED NEWCOMB WHILE ON HER WAY TO MRS. RODGERS SATURDAY NIGHT FELL AND INJURED HER SIDE VERY BADLY. SHE IS ABLE TO BE UP AGAIN.
MISS NETTIE BRYANT OF BRIGHTON , HAS BEEN VERY LOW WITH ERYSIPELAS , BUT IS REPORTED SOME BETTER.
MISS JESSIE HAYS OF PARAGOULD VISITED MRS. SPILLMAN TUESDAY NIGHT.
WE STILL HAVE SINGING AT THIS PLACE TWICE A WEEK WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY EVENING. ALSO SUNDAY SCHOOL AT 10 O'CLOCK . EVERYBODY INVITED TO COME AND TAKE PART.
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JAN 21 , 1909 - PARAGOULD DAILY PRESS
PEARL CARMACK , NANCY FIELDER - REPORTERS
MISS RACHELL BEGGS , TEACHER
WE ARE HAVING SOME BAD WEATHER BUT OUR SCHOOL STILL INCREASES IN NUMBER. WE NOW HAVE 45 ENROLLED.
DELLA LYNCH IS ABSENT ON ACCOUNT OF HOME DUTIES.
ARTHUR BISHOP ENTERED SCHOOL AGAIN AFTER BEING ABSENT SEVERAL DAYS ON ACCOUNT OF SICKNESS.
PEARL CARMACK AND MAUDE JOHNSON WERE ABSENT THURSDAY ON ACCOUNT OF HOME DUTIES.
WILLIE WILCOX AND ALBERT CARMACK ENTERED SCHOOL MONDAY.
MISS EDITH RODGERS WAS A WELCOME VISITOR TO OUR SCHOOL FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
T.E. WARTHEM IS REPORTED TO BE QUITE SICK THIS WEEK.
J.L. JOHNSON AND C.F. CARMACK RETURNED HOME SUNDAY FROM THEIR WONDERFUL HUNT OF ONE WEEK.
MRS. JESSIE DENNINGTON VISITED HER MOTHER , MRS. LYNCH , SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
MR. AND MRS. GROVER BRYANT AND LELA PRINCE OF BRIGHTON SPENT SUNDAY WITH MISSES GERTIE PRINCE AND ELLA WILSON.
MISS LETHA WILLIAMS WHO HAS BEEN STAYING WITH MRS. LENA MELTON HAS CHANGED HER HOME TO MRS. R.L. SMITH'S.
ASK MAUDE JOHNSON WHAT SHE HAS BEEN LOOKING SO PLEASING ABOUT SINCE MONDAY ?
THERE WILL BE A BOX SUPPER AT THIS PLACE TUESDAY NIGHT JANUARY 25. EVERYBODY COME AND HELP US.
BRO. OWNSBY PREACHED AT THIS PLACE SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
THERE WILL BE A FEW DAYS MEETING HELD AT THIS PLACE BY BRO. CLARK OF JONESBORO BEGINNING FRIDAY NIGHT BEFORE THE FIFTH SUNDAY. EVERYBODY IS INVITED TO COME OUT TO CHURCH.
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FEB. 5, 1909 - PAGE 4 - VOL XVI - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
NANCY FIELDER , ROSEBUD CARMACK, REPORTERS
MISS RACHEAL BEGGS , TEACHER
WE HAVE A VERY GOOD ATTENDANCE ARE ARE DOING SOME FINE WORK.
THE SCHOOL PARTICIPATED IN A SPELLING MATCH LAST FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SEVERAL VISITORS WERE PRESENT AND TOOK PART .
THIS IS THE LAST WEEK OF OUR SCHOOL COMPLETING A THREE MONTHS TERM.
MAUD JOHNSON HAS BEEN ABSENT FROM SCHOOL TODAY ON ACCOUNT OF HOME DUTIES .
A PROTRACTED MEETING IS IN PROGRESS AT THIS PLACE , THE SERVICES BEING CONDUCTED BY BRO. CLARK , OF JONESBORO , ARKANSAS.
WE ALSO HAVE A INTERESTING SUNDAY SCHOOL AND WISH TOO INVITE THE OLDER FOLKS OF BARD TOO COME OUT AND HELP US IN THIS WORK.
MISS MAUD JOHNSON WAS THE GUEST OF MISS ROSEBUD CARMACK , TUESDAY.
MISS NANNIE BROWN , OF THE ST. PAUL NEIGHBORHOOD , WHO HAS BEEN THE GUEST OF HER UNCLE, HAS RETURNED TOO HER HOME.
MISS RUBY SPILLMAN IS VISITING RELATIVES AND FRIENDS AT BARD AND BRIGHTON THIS WEEK.
MISSES GERTIE PRINCE AND ELIA WILSON WERE GUESTS OF NORA LYNCH , SUNDAY.
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FEB. 11, 1909 - PAGE 2- THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
ROSEBUD CARMACK , NANCY FIELDER , REPORTERS
RACHAEL BEGGS , TEACHER
WE WANT TOO CORRECT A MISTAKE IN SAYING THAT OUR SCHOOL WOULD BE DISMISSED IN ONE WEEK , AS OUR TEACHER , HAD ONLY A THREE MONTH TERM . WE THOUGHT OUR SCHOOL WOULD BE OUT LAST WEEK BUT THE DIRECTORS HAVE DECIDED TOO GIVE US ANOTHER MONTH OF SCHOOL.
OUR TEACHER VISITED HER PARENTS SATURDAY AND RETURNED TOO BARD SUNDAY MORNING.
PARK SPILLMAN WAS THE GUEST OF HARRY SPILLMAN SUNDAY.
MISS RUBY SPILLMAN RETURNED TOO HER HOME NEAR MITCHELL'S POINT , SUNDAY EVENING.
MR. ROGERS IS MOVING THIS WEEK.
M.R. ROBINSON SPOKE TOO THIS PLACE ON BEHALF OF THE FARMERS.
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MARCH 4, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
ORA CARMACK , FLORA CARMACK - REPORTERS
MISS RACHEL BEGGS - TEACHER
OUR SCHOOL IS SMALL THIS WEEK ON ACCOUNT OF HIGH WATERS . BUT WE THINK WE WILL ALL BE BACK BY THE END OF THE WEEK.
OWING TO THE HIGH WATERS LAST WEEK WE DIDN'T HAVE SCHOOL WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY, AS OUR SCHOOL HOUSE WAS SURROUNDED BY WATER , BUT WE HAD A SPLENDID TIME BOATING.
MISSES ORA CARMACK AND BEULAH LYNCH SPENT SUNDAY WITH MISS BESSIE SHATELY.
MISS MAUDE JOHNSON SPENT SUNDAY WITH MISS NELLIE LYNCH.
BRO. CLARK WILL ARRIVE THURSDAY FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONDUCTING A SINGING SCHOOL AT BARD.
MR. AND MRS. SIDNEY MILLER SPENT SUNDAY AT CARDWELL WITH RELATIVES.
ASK MISS PEARL CARMACK HOW SHE LIKES TO BOAT RIDE.
FRANK CARMACK IS OFF ON A HUNT.
MR. AND MRS. JOHN JOHNSON VISITED MRS. L. CARMACK LAST WEEK.
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THURSDAY , SEPTEMBER 2, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
MAUD JOHNSON , EDITH REPORTERS
TOM ROSS - TEACHER
WE HAVE AN AVERAGE ATTENDANCE OF FORTY PUPILS AND ALL DOING FINE WORK.
MISS ROSEBUD CARMACK IS ABSENT THIS WEEK ON ACCOUNT OF HOME DUTIES.
MRS. ORA JOHNSON OF RECTOR IS THE GUEST OF HER SISTER MRS. EUGENE NETTLES.
MRS. LAURA MILLER IS QUITE SICK.
MINN NONA LYNCH IS THE GUEST OF MISS MAUD JOHNSON
ROSEBUD CARMACK IS THE GUEST OF EDITH ROGERS , SUNDAY
WILL MERES AND MISS GERTIE PRINCE WERE UNITED IN MARRIAGE AT THE HOME OF THE BRIDE'S FATHER , JOHN PRINCE , SUNDAY AT 4:00 P.M. THEY WILL MAKE THEIR HOME AT BRIGHTON.
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