1900'S
BEECH GROVE SPECIAL SCHOOL & BEECH GROVE PUBLIC SCHOOL
DISTRICT # 8
EVENTS
TRANSCRIBED BY : TINA EASLEY
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THIS INFORMATION ON THE SCHOOL EVENTS HELP TO CREATE A RECORD OF STUDENTS THAT ATTENDED SCHOOL.
FROM THE WEEKLY SOLIPHONE
JAN. 15, 1915 - FRIDAY
EARL SMITH , PRINCIPAL , DELLA BRECKENRIDGE , ASSISTANT
WILLIE SCOBY , VALLA DAVIDSON , REPORTERS
THERE ARE ONLY SIX MORE WEEKS OF OUR SCHOOL AND WE MUST GET BUSY AS SOME OF OUR PUPILS ARE PREPARING FOR THE EXAMINATION IN MARCH.
BRO. NORTHWORTHY PREACHED A SERIES OF SERMONS AT THE NAZARENE CHURCH LAST WEEK.
BRO. JOHNSON FILLED HIS REGULAR APPOINTMENT HERE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT.
THE UNION SUNDAY SCHOOL HAD DISBANDED AND NOW THERE IS SUNDAY SCHOOL AT ALL THE CHURCHES.
SOME OF THE PUPILS WHO HAVE BEEN ABSENT ARE BACK IN SCHOOL.
WE HAD AN INTERESTING GEOGRAPHY MATCH FRIDAY AFTERNOON BETWEEN THE GIRLS AND THE BOYS . THE GIRLS WON.
WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL VISTORS MOSTLY YOUNG FOLKS. WE APPRECIATE VISTORS AND WE EXTEND A SPECIAL INVITATION TO ALL THE PATRONS OF OUR SCHOOL TO VISIT US. IT WILL DO YOU GOOD AND HELP YOUR CHILDREN.
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FEB. 12, 1915 - FRIDAY
EARL SMITH , PRINCIPAL ; MISS DELLA BRECKENRIDGE , ASSISTANT ;
MARTHA DAVIDSON , ESTHER SPAIN , REPORTERS .
CLAUD LOVELADY AND OPAL COOPER WERE ABSENT YESTERDAY ON ACCOUNT OF HOME DUTIES. VESTA TAYLOR , BEING VERY SICK IS ABSENT TODAY.
PROF. RALEY OF KNOBEL WAS IN THIS VICINITY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
BRO.CASTLEBERRY FILLED HIS REGULAR APPOINTMENT AT THIS PLACE SUNDAY.
BRO. NORTHWORTHY PREACHED HERE SUNDAY NIGHT.
OUR TEACHER'S FATHER VISITED HIM YESTERDAY.
MRS. ELMER HORNE IS AMONG THE SICK THIS WEEK.
JOHNNY MURDOCK VISITED RELATIVES HERE SUNDAY.
REV. SAM WATSON AND WIFE OF MARMADUKE VISITED FRIENDS AND RELATIVES HERE LAST WEEK.
SEVERAL HAVE BEEN PROMOTED FROM THE PRIMARY TO THE ADVANCED ROOM.
WE ARE PREPARING FOR AN EXHIBITION THE LAST DAY OF OUR SCHOOL , TWO MORE WEEKS OF THE TERM REMAINING;
THE INFANT OF MR. AND MRS. BUD BOYD WAS LAID TO REST IN THE TRIER CEMETERY (FRIAR/BEECH GROVE ) LAST WEEK.
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JAN. 16 , 1909 - PARAGOULD DAILY PRESS
BEECH GROVE PUBLIC SCHOOL
W.A. STEVENSON , MRS. EULA STEVENSON , TEACHERS
MISS LULA CARTER , BEN GREEN , REPORTERS
WINTER HAS COME TO US LAST AND HAS HUSHED ALL COMPLAINING OF HIS DELAY.
OUR ATTENDANCE IS GOOD NOT WITHSTANDING THE COLD. EVERYTHING IS MOVING ON SPLENDID WITH A GOOD INTEREST. THE BAD WEATHER SEEMS TO HAVE REDUCED ATTENDANCE IN THE PRIMARY ROOM BUT THERE IS A FAIR AVERAGE LEFT. WE HAVE NOW 100 PUPILS ENROLLED.
MISS DELLA BRECKENRIDGE HAS BEEN ABSENT SEVERAL DAYS ON ACCOUNT OF SORE EYES , AND WE ARE GLAD TO SEE HER WELL.
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MARCH 21, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
W.A. STEVENSON , MRS. EULA STEVENSON - TEACHERS
MISS NELLIE OWENS , FISHER SPAIN - REPORTERS
THE FLOOD HAS GONE DOWN AND LEFT MOST OF BEECH GROVE HERE , OUR COMMUNICATION WITH THE NORTH IS SEVERED. OLD HEADS SAY THIS HAS BEEN THE GREATEST FLOOD SINCE THIS HAS BEEN A PLACE .
OUR SCHOOL WAS SMALL TODAY ON ACCOUNT OF HIGH WATERS. HOPE ALL WILL COME TOMORROW.
OUR TEACHERS WENT OVER TO PARAGOULD FRIDAY. MR. STEVENSON HAVING TO ATTEND A MEETING WITH THE GREENE COUNTY TEACHERS ASSOCIATION.
BRO. DAVID FAULKNER FILLED HIS APPOINTMENT SUNDAY .
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MARCH 8, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
BEECH GROVE PUBLIC SCHOOL
MR. AND MRS. W.A. STEVENSON - TEACHERS
MISS LILLIE HOWELL , MR. GEORGE BUTLER - REPORTERS
LAST MONDAY NIGHT THE RAINS DID QUITE A LOT OF DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS , ROADS AND THE COUNTRY IN LARGE.
WE HAVE ABOUT FIVE MORE WEEKS OF SCHOOL. WE REGRET TO SEE SCHOOL CLOSE.
MR. JOHN CLIFTON , WHO HAS BEEN WITH US SOME TIME RETURNED HOME FRIDAY TO BEGIN MAKING A CROP. SORRY TO LOSE YOU JOHN.
LITTLE MISS BEINIE BRECKENRIDGE THE AFFLICTED DAUGHTER OF J.H. BRECKENRIDGE CAME NEAR DROWNING BY FALLING INTO THE CREEK. HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THE PRESENCE OF MIND OF ONE OF HER SISTERS , WHO HAD BEEN PLAYING ON THE BANK OF THE STREAM WITH HER WHO RAN TO HER FATHER WITH THE NEWS , SHE COULD OF NOT BEEN SAVED. SHE HAD GONE UNDER THREE TIMES AND WHEN RESCUED FROM THE WATER BY HER FATHER SHE WAS IN A DROWNING CONDITION.
REV. McKELVEY FILLED HIS REGULAR APPOINTMENT AT THIS PLACE , SUNDAY.
DR. J.H. LAMB IS HAVING A NEW SHINGLE ROOF PUT ON HIS HOUSE.
TIP SPAIN IS ABSENT FROM SCHOOL , AS HE HAD TO GO TO PARAGOULD.
DELLA BRECKENRIDGE HAS BEEN ABSENT ON ACCOUNT OF SICKNESS.
REV. ALLEN IS EXPECTED TO PREACH HERE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. EVERYONE INVITED .
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