Arkansas School System Review Meeting Agenda
The regular meeting scheduled for Friday March 1st will begin at 8:30. President will call to order and minutes from last meeting will be read. Reports from standing committees follow with unfinished business and new business. The program centers on Arkansas school system origins growth and current status with talks on attendance lunches and reading material. Vocal solos and announcements conclude the agenda.
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Arkansas School System
Statis
Barnett
Etter
Dermott High School Announces Piano Contest
The preliminary piano contest at Dermott High School will be held Wednesday evening March 2 in the high school auditorium at 8 o clock. Pupils Helen Blanks Christine Kennedy Scottie Courtney and Bessie Morris will perform. The public is invited.
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Dermott High School
Helen Blanks
Christine Kennedy
Scottie Courtney
Bessie Morris
Trion
Dermotter Elected to State Office
Chas F Crook, who attended the Head Camp of the Woodmen of the World in Hope, was elected state banker, marking Southeast Arkansas's first representation in major offices. About 650 delegates attended, plus 400 from the Circle auxiliary. Pine Bluff will host the next convention in 191%. Officers named for two years include Head Consul Farrar Newberry Arkadelphia and Head Clerk C. do., with Head Banker Chas P Crook Dermott and FE Brown El Dora.
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Chas. F. Crook
Woodmen of the World
Hope
Arkansas
Woodmen's Lodge
Pine Bluff
Farrar Newberry
Arkadelphia
R. R. Johnson
Walnut Ridge
C. Do
Chas. P. Crook
Dermott FE
Letter from C A McDermott Commends Dermott Improvements
A dated letter from Santa Monica dated March 12 1417 to C A McDermott notes enclose a money order for 1.1 W to apply on dues for the Dermott paper. The writer praises Dermott Mississippi Delta road and canal projects and urges irrigation pumps for farming, highlighting drainage and infrastructure improvements.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Dermott
Mississippi Delta
Methodist Shop Talk Sunday School and League Notes
Sunday School attendance reached 140 last Sunday while League attendance stood at 49. The Quarterly Conference elected Gillham Sunday School Superintendent and delegates J T Crenshaw Barnett Ray Shirey and Beryl Evans to the District Conference in Eudora next month.
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Davidson Sens
Levens
Ketek
Rirkpateach
Sista Gillham
J. T. Crenshaw
Barnett
Ray Shirey
Beryl Evans
Eudora
Parrott-Beard Nuptials Reported In Warren Arkansas
Former Dermotter Miss Bettie Beard of Warren Arkansas wed Walter W Parrott of New Edinburgh Ark Wednesday evening at the residence of Mr and Mrs COA Colvin 608 Spruce Street The Rev I N Hundley of Pulaski Heights Methodist Church officiated The couple will reside in New Edinburgh with best man Hugh Parnell accompanying the groom
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Arkansas Democrat
Mareh Vth
Hugh Parnell
Parrott
Little Rock
Bettie Beard
Warren, Ark
Walter W. Parrott
New Edinburgh
Ark
Coa. Colvin
Spruce Street
I. EN. Hundley
Pulsait Heights Methodist Church
New Educational Measures in 1917 Arkansas Law
State superintendent J J Bond outlines compulsory education and illiteracy commission provisions from the 1917 legislature. Children aged 7 to 15 must attend public private or parochial schools for at least three fourths of the term with exemptions allowed. Effective September 1 1917. An eight member illiteracy commission will study conditions and advise on improvements.
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J. J. Bond
Arkansas
Arkansas act expands school funding and bonds safeguards
The measure updates the permanent school fund to four percent interest, creates a one tenth of a mill state levy to pay interest, and raises annual support for rural and village high schools to introduce standard courses. It eases bond issuance with safeguards, enables federal aid for agricultural and vocational education, and sets a text book commission to standardize materials.
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State Board of Education
Arkansas
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J. Cohen & Son
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Monticello
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G. V. Jones
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