Clarks Chapel School
EVENTS
1900's
RESEARCHED BY : TINA EASLEY
I HAVE CREATED THIS RECORD WHILE RESEARCHING THE OLD NEWSPAPERS .
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 .
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CLARKS CHAPEL SCHOOL PHOTOS
CLARKS CHAPEL SCHOOL RECORD 1938 - 1939
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JAN. 6, 1909 - PARAGOULD DAILY PRESS
DOCK BOYD , HARVEY ELLINGTON , REPORTERS
EDWAR ELLINGTON - TEACHER
THREE NEW SCHOLARS THIS WEEK WHICH MAKES THE ENROLLMENT 68.
SEVERAL ARE ABSENT TODAY ON ACCOUNT OF BAD WEATHER.
SANE McNEIL IS TRANSACTING BUSINESS IN PARAGOULD TODAY.
ER. W.M. MAJORS OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD HAS MOVED TO WALCOTT.
THE LITTLE GIRL OF J.A. BOYD HAS PNEUMONIA AND IS REPORTED TO BE SOME BETTER.
THE BAPTIST PEOPLE OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD BEGAN THEIR CHURCH AT THIS PLACE MONDAY.
WILLIE McCLURE ENTERED SCHOOL AGAIN TODAY AFTER AN ABSENCE OF SEVERAL DAYS.
GUS ELLINGTON , OF MITCHELL'S POINT , VISITED OUR SCHOOL YESTERDAY.
A LARGE CROWD ATTENDED THE SOCIETY LAST FRIDAY NIGHT , AMONG THEM BEING PROF. W.A. BRAND, WHO MADE US A NICE TALK.
THE QUESTION FOR DISCUSSION NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT IS RESOLVED , THAT MAN WILL GO FARTHER FOR THE LOVE OF WOMEN THAN FOR THE LOVE OF MONEY.
AFIRMATIVE , GARDNER ELLINGTON , EDGAR ELLINGTON , G.M. TENNISON ; NEGATIVE HERVEY ELLINGTON , ALBERT ROBINSON , P.N. McNEIL.
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JAN. 28, 1909 - PARAGOULD DAILY PRESS
LETTIE TENNISON , UELLA WOOD - REPORTERS
EDGAR ELLINGTON - TEACHER
WE ARE HAVING SOME FINE WEATHER , AND A LARGE ATTENDANCE AT SCHOOL.
WE ARE GLAD TO SAY THE INFANT OF G.M. TENNISON IS RECOVERING FROM AN ATTACK OF PNEUMONIA.
THE ADVANCED PUPILS WILL BE ABLE TO COMPLETE SOME OF THEIR BRANCHES IN TIME TO REVIEW BEFORE THE CLOSE OF SCHOOL.
THE PEOPLE OF THIS COMMUNITY WORKED ON THE BAPTIST CHURCH AT THIS PLACE MONDAY.
BROTHER HENRY PREACHED HERE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. BROTHER SEAY BEING SICK AND UNABLE TO FILL HIS REGULAR APPOINTMENT.
OUR GRAMMAR CLASS IS DOING SOME GOOD WORK.
DR. HUTCHINS HAS MOVED TO THE FINCH NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE HE WILL PRACTICE MEDICINE . WE ARE GLAD HE CAME TO OUR NEIGHBORHOD AS WE NEED A DOCTOR.
DR. W.E. HYDE WILL BE READY TO ROLL , THE FIRST OF NEXT MONTH . WE DO NOT KNOW WHERE HE IS GOING TO LOCATE, BUT WISH HIM SUCCESS WHEREVER HE MAY GO.
CHARLIE WINN WENT OVER TO BAR CAMP YESTERDAY WHERE HE IS GOING TO WORK.
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FEB 11, 1909 - DAILY SOLIPHONE PAGE 2
ETHEL McNEIL , ALBERT ROBINSON , REPORTERS
EDGAR ELLINGTON , TEACHER
HEALTH IS NOT VERY GOOD IN THIS COMMUNITY .
THE INFANT OF J.T. HYDE WAS BURIED SATURDAY BURIAL WAS AT NEW LIBERTY CEMETERY.
MAY ELLINGTON ENTERED SCHOOL MONDAY .
THE LADIES OF FINCH GAVE A BENEFIT SUPPER FOR THE BAPTIST CHURCH AT THIS PLACE .
WE HAVE FIVE MORE WEEKS OF SCHOOL . THE GRAMMAR CLASS IS DOING SOME FINE WORK.
A DANCE WAS GIVEN AT SAM LEVINS HOM WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
CHARLEY WINN AND MISS MARY TENNISON WERE VISTORS TOO OUR SCHOOL .
EVEN LEMMONS AND MISS EVA GREENWAY WERE UNITED IN MARRIAGE SUNDAY .
BROTHER HENRY PREACHED A VERY INTERESTING SERMON AT PLEASANT GROVE , SUNDAY NIGHT.
CLIFFORD TENNISON IS ABSENT FROM SCHOOL ON ACCOUNT OF HOME DUTIES.
WE HAVE AN ENROLLMENT OF 54 STUDENTS THIS WEEK.
SAM ROBINSON WENT ON A BUSINESS TRIP TOO HARRISBURG SUNDAY AND RETURNED MONDAY.
JESSIE AND SELMA ELLINGTON RETURNED TOO SCHOOL MONDAY AFTER SEVERAL DAYS ABSENCE.
DEE SMITH WAS A VISTOR TOO OUR SCHOOL TUESDAY.
M.S. LENDERMAN AND DILLIE BRANCH MADE A TRIP TOO TOWN MONDAY FOR THE PURPOSE OF GETTING PHONE BOXES WHICH WERE INSTALLED IN THEIR HOMES.
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APRIL 1, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
CLARK'S CHAPEL
M.H. ELLINGTON WHO HAS BEEN IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THE PAST 22 YEARS LEFT US THIS SPRING TO ACCEPT A POSITION ON A FARM NEAR WALCOTT . MR. ELLINGTON IS ONE AMONG THE BEST THAT EVER WORKED AROUND HERE AND IS CAPABLE OF HOLDING A JOB ANYWHERE . WE HOPE HE WILL BE PLEASED WITH HIS NEW LOCATION . HE SPENT THE PAST WINTER ATTENDING SCHOOL HERE AND LEAVES A SPLENDID RECORD. WE FEEL THAT IT IS OUR LOSS BUT A GAIN TO WALCOTT AND WISH HIM SUCCESS AND HAPPINESS WHEREVER HE MAY GO .
A NEIGHBOR .
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NOVEMBER 11, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
NEALIA WOODS , LETTIE TENNISON , REPORTERS
SCHOOL OPENED MONDAY WITH AN ENROLLMENT OF 26 PUPILS . SEVERAL MORE ENTERED SCHOOL TODAY , AMONG THEM ARE NEALIA WOOD , DEXTER AND BEA JARRETTE , LOUIS AND JEFF COX .
HEALTH IS GOOD IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
MRS. ALEX EDDINGS OF THE BOBO SETTLEMENT IS VERY LOW.
CHARLIE WINN LEFT THE FIRST OF THE MONTH FOR CONWAY , WHERE HE WILL ENTER SCHOOL.
MR. COBB HAS MOVED TO DR. HYDE'S FARM .
M.S. LANDERMAN HAS MOVED TO PARAGOULD AND R.E. McMILLION TO HIS PLACE.
MR. EPPS OF NEAR NETTLETON IS MOVING TO HIS FARM WHICH HE BOUGHT FROM P.J. ELLINGTON .
PROF. WILL BRANCH STILL VISITS THE HOME OF MR. G.M. TENNISON ON SUNDAYS.
CLEVELAND LENDERMAN HAS IMPORTED BUSINESS NEAR THE OLD HOME PLACE .
SUCCESS TO THE SOLIPHONE .
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DECEMBER 1, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
CLARK'S CHAPEL SCHOOL
MOLLIE MCCLURE , LOTTIE TENNISON , REPORTERS
DOCK BOYD , TEACHER
THIS WEEK CLOSES THE FIRST WEEK OR OUR SCHOOL . OUR ENROLLMENT IS AT 62.
MR. AND MRS. LENDERMAN OF PARAGOULD WERE VISITING FRIENDS AT THIS PLACE SUNDAY.
SEVERAL ENTERED SCHOOL THIS WEEK , AMONG THEM CHARLES BARNES , MINNIE CASEY AND DOVIE MCNIEL.
A.M. BOYD IS MOVING TO MR. HOLLAND'S PLACE THIS WEEK.
LENA STRICKLAND VISITED OUR SCHOOL LAST FRIDAY.
M.H. ELLINGTON'S BABY IS REPORED AS BEING VERY SICK.
CHARLIE WINN WHO IS ATTENDING SCHOOL AT CONWAY SAYS HE IS GETTING ALONG VERY WELL.
AUSBON AND GUS ELLINGTON OF MITCHELL'S POINT ARE ON THE HILLS ONCE MORE.
WE SAW WILL GREENWAY GOING UP THE ROAD LAUGHING . HE SAYS ITS OVER A GIRL.
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