ST. PAUL

EVENTS

1/2 OF MILE SOUTH OF SCHUGTOWN

THE PHOTOS OF ST. PAUL SCHOOL WERE DONATED BY DANNY MCDANIEL . DANNY TOLD ME THIS SCHOOL WAS ALSO KNOWN AS CHIGGER HILL .

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FROM THE WEEKLY SOLIPHONE

1915

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JAN. 8, 1915 - FRIDAY

JIM ELLINGTON OF NEAR PARAGOULD HAS MOVED TO THIS VICINITY .

MR. TAYLOR MOVED TO TOWN LAST WEEK.

BRO JONES OUR NEW PREACHER , FILLED HIS APPOINTMENT HERE SUNDAY.

DR. GEO BRIDGES AND HARRY DAY , OF NEW LIBERTY , ATTENDED CHURCH HERE SUNDAY .

MRS. MARY GAITHER IS SICK.

PORTER VANNOY AND FAMILY AND MRS. JANE MARTIN VISTED MRS. EMMA EVANS AT DEASON LAKE SUNDAY.

MR. SCHUG IS ERECTING A NEW HOUSE ON ONE OF HIS FARMS.

PRAYER MEETING WAS HELD AT THE HOME OF MR. THAYER SUNDAY EVENING.

JIM HOWE AND WIFE ARE THE PROUD PARENTS OF A BABY GIRL.

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JAN. 15, 1915

TOM BROWN MOVED LAST WEEK TO UPPER BIG ISLAND .

MRS. MARY GAITHEL IS RECOVERING FROM A HARD SPELL OF SICKNESS.

J.E. MARTIN AND FAMILY VISTED AT THE HOME OF JOHN HENDRIX NEAR MAYES MILL SUNDAY.

THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF THIS VICINITY ENJOYED A DANCE AT THE HOME OF MR. WALLACE MONDAY NIGHT.

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FEB. 5, 1915

CHARLEY McARTNEY AND WIFE VISITED RELATIVES NEAR NEW HOPE THE LATTER PART OF LAST WEEK.

LEE BAKER MOVED NEAR HALLIDAY LAST WEEK.

PORTER VANNOY'S BABY IS SICK.

MR. DUTY WHO HAS DROPSY , IS NO BETTER.

MR. SHOOPMAN AND TWO OF HIS CHILDREN ARE SICK.

MR. AND MRS. CLEVE COX ARE THE PROUD PARENTS OF A BABY GIRL.

MRS. J.W. BIGGS HAS PNEUMONIA.

LENZIE KIGER IS ILL OF TYPHOID FEVER.

MR. SCHUG IS BUILDING AN ADDITION TO HIS BARN.

LUTHER BIGGS AND WIFE OF PARAGOULD ARE SPENDING THE WEEK WITH HIS PARENTS , MR. AND MRS. J.W. BIGGS.

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MARCH 5 , 1915 - WEEKLY SOLIPHONE

CHARLEY ROACHE OF BAY , POINSETT COUNTY , CAME UP MONDAY TO VISIT HIS BROTHER , HENRY , A FEW DAYS .

MRS. MARY OVERALL RETURNED HOME SUMNDAY FROM BOWMAN WHERE SHE SPENT TWO WEEKS WITH HER MOTHER , WHO IS SUFFERING WITH DROPSY. SHE SAYS SHE LEFT HER MOTHER MUCH IMPROVED.

MR. DUTY , WHO HAS BEEN SUFFERING WITH DROPSY THE PAST TWO MONTHS, DIED SUNDAY AND WAS BURIED MONDAY. HE WAS 72 YEARS OLD.

JOHNNIE BIGGS JR. SON OF MERCHANT J.W. BIGGS ,LEFT SATURDAY FOR OKLAHOMA TO SPEND THE SPRING AND SUMMER WITH HIS SISTER , MRS. ANNA NEWBERRY.

MISS LELA MARTIN IS RECOVERING FROM A SEVERE ATTACK OF ERYSIPELAS .

HERMAN WILHIDE LEFT TUESDAY FOR KENTUCKY TO BE GONE A WEEK OR TEN DAYS ON BUSINESS.

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FEB. 9 , 1915

REV. JONES FILLED HIS REGULAR APPOINTMENT HERE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT.

HENRY CHAMBERS OF MONETTE IS ILL AT THE HOME OF MR. AND MRS. ANDY SCHUG HERE. CHAMBERS IS A NEPHEW OF MRS. SCHUG.

ALEX JONES AND HARRY DAY OF NEW LIBERTY ATTENDED CHURCH HERE SUNDAY.

MRS. EDITH WINELAND OF LOWER BIG ISLAND WHO WAS SERIOUSLY BURNED A MONTH AGO , WAS BROUGHT TO THE HOME OF HER PARENTS , MR. AND MRS. DOT CARPENTER , HERE WEDNESDAY OF LAST WEEK. SHE IS RAPIDLY RECOVERING FROM HER BURNS.

LON ROBINSON OF LOWER BIG ISLAND ATTENDED CHURCH HERE SUNDAY.

MRS. ILA LAWRENCE AND CHILDREN OF PARAGOULD ARE VISITING AT THE HOME OF HER BROTHER-IN-LAW , LUTHER LAWRENCE.

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