HALLIDAY SPECIAL
DISTRICT
EVENTS
1900's
RESEARCHED BY : TINA EASLEY
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HALLIDAY SCHOOL
NOVEMBER 18, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
WASSIE ROBBINS , ELBERT DIXON - REPORTERS
MISS AGNES WILLIAMSON - TEACHER
SCHOOL OPENED THE 1ST AFTER A MONTH VACATION.
WE HAVE AN ENROLLMENT OF 35 PUPILS.
MRS. WEATHERLY IS VISITING AT THE HOME OF MR. ERNEST STEVENSON IN THE FAIRVIEW NEIGHBORHOOD.
REV. ALLEN WILL PREACH HIS LAST SERMON AT OLD FRIENDSHIP THE 4TH SUNDAY THIS MONTH.
G.W. JACKSON WILL LEAVE FOR A VISIT TO HIS OLD HOME IN CHARLESTON , MO.
MRS. GOODMAN HAS RETURNED TO HER HOME AT HONERSVILLE AFTER VISITING FRIENDS AT THIS PLACE.
JIM ACTON AND FAMILY HAVE RETURNED TO HALLIDAY AFTER TWO MONTHS VISITING AT FISHER , ARK.
E.J. RIDENOUR HAPPENED TO A VERY PAINFUL ACCIDENT TUESDAY , WHILE AT WORK AT HIS SAWMILL , CAUSED BY A PIECE OF OF TIMBER STRIKING HIM ON THE WRIST.
THERE ARE THREE MILLS IN OUR BURG AND ALL ARE PUTTING IN A GOOD TIME. THERE SEEMS TO BE A SCARCITY OF HANDS. WE FEAR SOME OF OUR LARGER BOYS WILL BE KEPT FROM SCHOOL IF THE NEW SCHOOL LAW ISN'T ENFORCED.
A BOX SUPPER WILL BE GIVEN AT OUR SCHOOL SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 27TH , FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SCHOOL.
ALL INVITED
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FROM THE WEEKLY SOLIPHONE
JAN. 15 , 1915
GRANDMA WILLBANKS WHO HAS BEEN SICK IS REPORTED TO BE ABOUT WELL AGAIN .
THE CLASS OF FIFTH IN ARKANSAS HISTORY HAS COMPLETED THE BOOK AND REVIEWING .
THE CORN AND COTTON CROPS IN THIS SECTION ARE BETTER THAN WAS EXPECTED AND ARE NOT ALL GATHERED YET.
ATTENDANCE HAS BEEN LARGE SINCE THE HOLIDAYS AND ALL ARE DOING GOOD WORK IN THEIR RESPECTIVE GRADES.
MOST OF THE FARMERS IN THIS DISTRICT HAVE THEIR LANDS POSTED BUT SOME HUNTERS CONTINUE TO TRESPASS AND SHOOT RECKLESSLY AMONG THE DOMESTIC ANIMALS.
WE HAVE ONE OF THE LARGEST AND BEST FURNISHED RURAL SCHOOL HOUSES IN THE COUNTY , AND OUR TEACHING FORCE IS EQUAL TO ANY IN POINT OF EXPERIENCE.
JAN 22, 1915
MID-TERM EXAMINATIONS WILL BE CONDUCTED THE LAST OF THIS WEEK.
THE LOCAL TELEPHONE PEOPLE HAVE INSTALLED NEW POLES AND WIRES BY OUR SCHOOL HOUSE.
PETTY THIEVES HAVE BEEN STEALING FROM CORN CRIBS , SMOKE HOUSES AND POTATO BINS IN THIS SECTION.
THE ADVANCED ENGLISH CLASS DEVOTES A PERIOD EACH DAY TO CURRENT NEWS AS REPORTED IN THE DAILY PAPERS.
THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF THE LITERARY SOCIETY WILL RENDER A PROGRAM FRIDAY EVENING, IT THEY SURVIVE THE EXAMINATION ORDEAL.
A NUMBER OF ENERGETIC FARMERS IN THIS SECTION ARE READY TO BEGIN PLOWING AS SOON AS WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE.