BROWN'S CHAPEL
DISTRICT # 31
RECORD CREATED 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 .
Notes - If you have memories of this school , photos, what the schoolhouse was like , or just memories of going to school there or the community . Please email me !
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JAN. 15, 1915 - FRIDAY FROM THE WEEKLY SOLIPHONE
MISS EFFIE BROOKS , TEACHER
MARY AND IDA WILCOXSON , REPORTERS
THIS WORLD IS NOT SO BAD A WORLD AS SOME WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IT, THOUGH WHETHER GOOD OR BAD DEPENDS ON HOW WE TAKE IT.
WE HAVE AN ENROLLMENT OF 65 PUPILS AND ARE PROGRESSING FINE IN OUR WORK.
THE SON OF MR. AND MRS. D.K. BARNHILL IS BETTER .
CARRIE AND SUSIE SWINDLE ARE ABSENT TODAY ON ACCOUNT OF HOME DUTIES.
ROSS McLERKIN VISITED HOME FOLKS SUNDAY.
MRS. McKINNEY OF HALLIDAY IS VISITING HER SISTER , MRS. W.H. WILCOXSON .
CLINE CLARK AND EULA DIGGS VISTED OUR SCHOOL FRIDAY EVENING.
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FEB. 5, 1915 - FRIDAY
MISS EFFIE BROOKS , TEACHER
EVA FOSTER , DAISY WILCOXSON , REPORTERS .
EXPERIENCE KEEPS A DEAR SCHOOL , BUT FOOLS WILL LEARN IN NO OTHER .
THERE ARE SEVERAL ABSENT TODAY (MONDAY) AMONG THEM BEING RUIE SWINDLE , ONA WHITE , LUEY AND MAGGIE WILCOXSON .
MR. AND MRS. J.T. ROGERS MADE A BUSINESS TRIP TO RECTOR FRIDAY MORNING AND RETURNED SUNDAY MORNING.
DR. WILCOXSON OF MEMPHIS VISITED .
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MONDAY , FEB 8, 1909 - DAILY SOLIPHONE - FRONTPAGE
MISS LENA KITCHENS HAS ARRIVED HOME TODAY FROM BROWN'S CHAPEL SCHOOL , WHERE FOR THE PAST THREE MONTHS SHE HAS BEEN TEACHING . SCHOOL CLOSED FRIDAY , FEB. 5, AND THE SCHOOL DIRECTORS WERE HIGH IN THEIR PRAISE OF THE EFFICIENT WORK PERFORMED BY MISS KITCHENS. IT WAS HER FIRST TERM OF SCHOOL AS A TEACHER.
SHE MADE A SPLENDID RECORD AND THE DIRECTORS OF BROWN'S CHAPEL SCHOOL WERE MORE THAN IMPRESSED WITH HER EFFORTS AND RECOMMEND HER HIGHLY.
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