Eight-Mile School Events
1900'S
RESEARCHED BY : TINA EASLEY
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FRIDAY , FEB. 5 , 1915 - THE WEEKLY SOLIPHONE
MINNIE SKAGGS , MAGGIE SIMS , REPORTERS
MRS. MERLE C. FLOTA , TEACHER.
THIS IS THE LAST WEEK OF OUR SCHOOL AND WE ARE SORRY TO PART WITH OUR TEACHER AND SCHOOL MATES.
WE HAVE AND ENROLLMENT OF 49 AND HAVE HAD GOOD ATTENDANCE CONSIDERING THE BAD WEATHER. SEVERAL CLASSES HAVE COMPLETED THEIR BOOKS.
WE HAD AN INTERESTING SPELLING MATCH AT SCHOOL FRIDAY NIGHT.
EARL FEAGAN AND MISS LENA STEVENS WERE MARRIED AT THE HOME OF THE BRIDE'S PARENTS. THEIR FRIENDS SURPRISED THEM WITH A CHARIVARI AND PARTY , AT MR. FEAGAN'S HOME.
MISS MATTIE WALKER IS SPENDING THE WINTER IN ILLINOIS VISITING RELATIVES.
LINNIE SKAGGS IS ABSENT THIS WEEK ON ACCOUNT OF HOME DUTIES.
MR. STEVENS AND MR. MARCUMS CHILDREN ARE ABSENT THIS WEEK ON ACCOUNT OF BAD ROADS .
MAUDIE WALKER IS ABSENT TODAY ON ACCOUNT OF SICKNESS.
MRS. LULU FEAGAN'S CHILDREN HAVE RECOVERED FROM A LIGHT ATTACK OF CHICKENPOX.
MISS ESTHER BAKER AND OUR TEACHER SPENT SATURDAY AT THE SKAGGS HOME .
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THE DAILY SOLIPHONE - NOVEMBER 26, 1909
BESSIE WILLIAMS , LILLIE SMITH - REPORTERS
MISS RACHEL BEGGS - TEACHER
OUR SCHOOL OPENED MONDAY , WITH AN ENROLLMENT OF 19 .
T.H. WALKER'S CHILDREN WERE CALLED HOME MONDAY ON ACCOUNT OF ILLNESS OF THEIR LITTLE BROTHER , BUT WE ARE GLAD TO REPORT HE IS MUCH BETTER.
AUSTIN REYNOLDS AND FAMILY FROM CHESTER , ILL. HAVE BEEN THE GUEST OF M.V. SMITH THIS PAST WEEK.
SEVERAL FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD ARE WORKING ON THE DITCH RIGHT OF WAY WHICH ONNIE WALKER IS BOSS.
RICHARD WHITNEY AND FAMILY HAVE MOVED FROM THIS PLACE TO GREENFIELD , ARKANSAS .
RICHARD WINN DIED FRIDAY NOVEMBER 19 , AT 7 P.M. AND WAS BURIED AT BROWN'S CHAPEL , REV. HENSON CONDUCTING THE SERVICES . HE IS SURVIVED BY A WIFE AND EIGHT CHILDREN WHO HAVE OUR HEARTFELT SYMPATHY.
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THE DAILY SOLIPHONE - DECEMBER 1, 1909
EIGHT MILE SCHOOL
EARL FEAGAN , LILLIAN SMITH - REPORTERS
MISS RACHEL BEGGS , TEACHER
THIS IS THE SECOND WEEK OF SCHOOL . WE HAVE AN ENROLLMENT OF 29.
AMONG THOSE WHO ENTERED SCHOOL MONDAY WERE , MATTIE SMITH , BELLE WALKER AND EARL FEAGAN .
EARL AND EDWARD MCFARLAND ARE BACK IN SCHOOL TODAY AFTER AN ABSCENE ON ACCOUNT OF HOME DUTIES.
MRS. GENE WILLIAMS WAS A VISITOR TO OUR SCHOOL FRIDAY.
OUR TEACHER VISTED HER PARENTS AT PARAGOULD , SATURDAY.
JAS. SMITH IS MOVING DOWN ON THE M.V. SMITH , PROPERTY RECENTLY VACATED BY MR. EDGAR.
SAM LEE IS RECOVERING HIS HOUSE.
GRANDPA REYNOLD'S IS A VISITOR OF OTIS REYNOLDS THIS WEEK.
J.H. VAUGHN IS PREPARING TO MAKE A TRIP TO ILLINOIS.
JOHN THOMAS HENSON WHO HAS BEEN VERY SICK IS REPORTED BETTER.
M.V. SMITH AND WIFE WERE VISTORS OF MR. AND MRS. PONY MCFARLAND , SUNDAY.
SEVERAL OF THE UNION BROTHERS ATTENDED THE DISTRICT MEETING AT BARD , TUESDAY.
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