Rankin County Teachers Association Has Saturday Meeting
The Rankin County Teachers Association met at Brandon High School Saturday with about sixty teachers attending. Prof. R. E. Steen was elected president, with T B R Phillips as vice president and Katherine Duratie as secretary treasurer. Prominent speakers included Prof. A G Gainey and Mrs. Daisy McLaurin, who urged strong teaching and welcomed educators, as the group planned a Lyceum series and county-wide activities foreshadowing Florence gathering on October 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brandon High
Jon
F. M. Lawther
Edhairman
A. G. Gainey
Sisting
Gainey
HU. P. Barksdale
O. L. Simmons
Daisy Melaprin Stevens
R. E. Steen
T. BR. Phillips
Treas
Katherine Duratie
F. M. Lowther
Hubert Flurry
Florence
T. M. Phillips
P.T.A
Fannin
Puckett
Clear Creek
TL 8
Parent- Teachers Association
Brandon
Will Steen
S. L. McLaurin
J. B. Williamson
H. H. Fox
Pelahatchie
Beat 5
O. E. Martin
County Teachers Association
Fall Term Chancery Court Opens With Divorces
The fall term of the Chancery Court convened Monday in Meridian with Judge G C Tann presiding. A large attendance and a docket focused mainly on divorce cases, including Batt and Batt, Rogers and Rogers, Dent and Dent, Lang and Lang, and Berry versus Berry, all resulting in divorces or property divisions. Several accounts were allowed, and the session ran late before adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chancery Court
G. C. Tann
Meridian
C. Tunn
Will Batt
Annie Batt
Estelle Rogers
Wallace Rogers
Ida Dent
Thomas Dent
Ida
Louise Scott
Willie Scott
Alice Byrd
Hugh Byrd
Bertha Lang
Henry Lang
White
Ethel Craig
Eugie Craig
Mma Crane Hester
E. O. Hester
Irene Berry
Andrew Berry
Local Masons to attend cornerstone ceremony in Virginia City
Masons from Rankin County plan to attend the cornerstone laying of the George Washington Masonic National Memorial at Alexandria Virginia on Thursday November 1. The event promises the largest gathering of Masons at any ceremony with the memorial expected to be the grandest ever erected to a single individual.
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Rankin County
George Washington Masonic National Memorial
Alexandria
George Washington
Shooters Hill
Potomac River
Washington, D
Mount Vernon
Washington
Masonic Blue Lodge
Williams
United States
General Washington
National Capitol Building
Washington, D. C
Langford School Opens With Strong Faculty and Attendance
The Langford School opened September 17, 1923 led by Principal Miss Inez Watts and Assistant Miss Bethune. Patrons and trustees attended as C. O. Rouse spoke and Miss Watts presented How to Obtain Wisdom, signaling renewed enthusiasm and expectations for a successful year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inez Watt
Langford School
Henry Bethune
Langford
Inez Watts
Consolidated Schools and Good Roads Go Together
Rural districts experiment with consolidated or union schools to improve education at little or no extra cost. Centralized schools replace multiple smallhouses, pooling teachers libraries and facilities under one roof and transporting children via country lines.
Mrs William Hearat Sails for Three Month Abroad Trip
Mrs William Randolph Hearat, wife of the renowned publisher, sails for a three month international trip. She will be joined later by Mr Hearat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Randolph Hearat
Mr Hearat
Better School Week Campaign Aims to Boost Mississippi Schools
Better School Week in Mississippi runs five weeks starting October 22 with a statewide cooperation effort. American Education Week November 18-24 is set by the American Legion and U S Commissioner of Education, while Fire Prevention Week is October 7-13. County superintendents arrange local timing for the campaign to mobilize teachers, pupils, trustees, and citizens for maximum school results.
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Mississippi
American Legion
United States Commissioner of Education
National Chamber of Commerce
Constitution Week Observed in Brandon School
Brandon students observed Constitution Week with a morning chapel program. Primary pupils quoted duties of a good citizen, third to sixth graders performed as constitutional figures, and seventh graders recited the patriot creed. Irene Cooper narrated Washingtons army escape tale while Marion Sherrill and Bertha Lee Grey recounted the flag origin, national anthem, and Articles of Confederation flaws corrected by the Constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brandon Peueoly
Irene Cooper
Washington
East River
Marion Sherrill
Bertha Lee Grey
Progress Noted Since Holly Bush School Opened
Professor M W Steen and two assistants in charge describe growth at Holly Bush School as enrollment nears sixty five since opening September 3. With three teachers this year, plans include new blackboards desks other necessities and a library, funded by public programs and proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. W. Steen
Holly Bush School
Rankin County Teachers’ Association
Steen
S. A. Watts
Edna Holmes
Peabody College
County P.T.A. Council Meets. Beat Chairs Appointed
The County Council of the P.T.A. met in Brandon with Mrs. O L Simmons, county chairman, outlining district beat chairmen roles to organize a full PTA countywide. Meetings set for Florence October 27, urging 100 percent school membership and district reps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. L. Simmons
Florence
Collier Visits Brandon Friends in Eighth District
Hon J W Collier of Vicksburg, incumbent in the Eighth District, was in Brandon Monday to attend to business and visit friends. When asked about another bid, he indicated plans would be announced soon. The timber industry’s future via reforestation hinges on a scientific tax plan.
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U. S
California
Point Honda
Young
J. W. Collier
Brandon Friends
Vicksburg
Dorothy Clover Wins New England Bathing Beauty Title
Dorothy Clover, a millinery and dressmaking student, impressed judges as she captured the prettiest bathing girl honor in New England. She wore a simple green bathing suit and her dark bobbed hair completed the look.
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Dorothy Clover
New England
Miss Clover
County Agent Requests Full Crop Report From Five Acre Contest
County Agent C. L. Simmons urges farmers with five acre contest plots funded by Mr. R. H. Green to prepare complete crop reports. He cannot visit all, asks two close neighbors to measure the plot and sign a statement, and to help gather corn or other crops. Weigh cotton at the gin. neighbor exchanges may cover time if Simmons cannot visit before harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Green
C. L. Simmons
Mississippi
Leesburg School Opens Monday in New Building
Readied for occupancy October 1 the Leesburg school launches the 1928-24 session in a new building. Prof. H. D. Welch named principal with Miss Marie Myers and Mrs. Agnes Walsh as assistants. Community fund drives in Rankin County aim to paint the facade after the bond effort failed.
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Leesburg
D. Welch
Marie Myers
Agnes Walsh
Rankin County
New Building at Clear Branch Near Completion
The opening exercises of Clear Branch School were held Monday morning with a large turnout. Although not finished, the new building is nearly complete and classes operate in homes for about ten days. Principal D B Courtney and three assistants oversee 115 enrolled, with more expected. Trustees J M Tucker W B Ross and Tulius Smith attended in city business.
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Clear Branch School
D. B. Courtney
Oscar Byrd
Maria Thompson
Fannie Nicholson
Clear Creek Schole
Messrs. J. M. Tucker
W. B. Ross
Tulius Smith
Plan Beat and Fair Preparations Across Hankin County
County wide fair plans accelerate ahead of the State Fair in October with Beat Three activities in Pisgah and Holly Bush. Dairy farming and diversified crops are urged as stabilizing income while planning for oats and winter clover to boost feed, and county agents offer guidance to farmers weighing a shift from single cash crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weild
East Rankin
Piney Woods School Praised by Iowa Daily
The Brandon News reports on the growth of the Piney Woods Country Life School at Braxton founded by Laurence C. Jones. It notes loyal northern supporters including Frederick J. Sullens and R. H. Green of Mississippi, T. J. Thomas and W. B. Potts bankers, the Barwick family, C. W. Winn editor, and other prominent men.
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Brandon News
Webster City
Iowa
Daily News
Tiney Woods Country Life School
Braxton
Laurence C. Jones
Frederick J. Sullens
Jackson, Miss
Donation appeal for Biloxi Old Soldiers' Home hospital fund
Confederate veterans and widows at Jefferson Davis Soldiers Home seek donations to finish a $50,000 hospital fund. With $40,000 raised, each of 270 residents has pledged to raise $10 toward the remaining $10,000. Contributions may be sent to Maj. Pat Henry in Brandon or to Supt. E Tartt at the Biloxi home.
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Jefferson Davis Soldiers
Pat Henry
Brandon
Miss
E. Tartt
Old Soldiers’ Home
Biloxi
Egyptian lawyer to defend Princess at Old Bailey murder trial
Maite Abdel Rahman El Binly, Egyptian lawyer, chosen to represent Princess Aly Bey Fahmy in a trial at the Old Bailey in London for the murder of her husband, a wealthy Egyptian prince.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maite Abdel Rahman el Binly
Aly Bey Fahmy
Old Bailey Court
London
Bids Sought for Jackson Pelahatchie Plain Highways
Bids for constructing the Jackson Pelahatchie and the Plain Highway will be opened at Rankin County Court House in Brandon on Friday this week. The correspondent hopes no delay occurs and a quick start to construction follows. Roads Brandon to Jackson and Brandon to Pelahatchie are in deteriorating condition due to sand holes, dust, and lack of rain.
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Jackson- Pelahatchie
Rankin County Court House
Brandon
Jackson
Pelahatchie
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Pankin County Teachers’ Ass
Virginia City
Washington Memorial
Consolidated Schools
Good Roads
William Randolph Hearst
Superintendent of Education
Brandon School
Holly Bush
County Council OF
P.T. A
Clear Branch
Pisgah
W. D W. French
L. J. Denson
Elsie Horne
Henry Grady
Ss. D. Welch
Beat Three
Barksdale
Simmons
H. O. French
Clarksburg
Hankin County
Piney Woods
Iowa Daily
OLD Soldiers
Fahmy
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