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noted on the claim docket.m%:f.'.Vstianshanth.Jaglt;in ISTATE HOMECONTINUED FROM FIRST PAGE Worth, out-going president, prc-' tusided at the affair. | suRecognition came at the banquet is for the old grads who had traveled ro' the fartherest in returning. Two graduates came from California, ws there was representatives from P° Illinois, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Ar- pH kansas and from the far reaches of su Texas. ( phOldest student present was Mrs. I ofW. F. Odom, 1501 West Thirteenth i avenue, Corsicana, who entered the nit school in 1890 and graduated with fn the class of 1894. Next oldest stu- crc j dent was Lon Myers, class of 1896, shlt; who resides at 616 North Beaton, spi Corsicana. Others who left the solt; school in the late ’90’s and early 1900's were Mace Tungate, John Wilburn, Mrs. Melana Nelson Wil-; ^ burn, Frank Bodine, Miss Sarah Q Garvey, and Mrs. Winnie Garvey Portwood.Home Started In 1*87 State Home School was first brought to life in 1887 with the f®1 original grant of 200 acres and Mlt; classes formally began two years later. During that time there have ‘ been numerous superintendents. Pe At the banquet Mrs. W. F. Bar- ®ei nett, wife of the late Dad” Bar- r nett, was introduced. She was mother” to the students from 1918- brt 1919. Also present were Odie Mina- an‘ tra, his wife and son. Mlnatra was *.eF at the home from 1919-1925. At , present he is recreational director £r£ and counsellor for Texas State prison system.i Sending communications were J. T,; Stanford Hailey and wife, who were q'I at the school from 1927-1941. John 'j?,, H. Robertson, who was superinten- p... dent from 1941-1944, wrote a letter. !ch[ Official greeter for the school was!^the present superintendent, Moyne jwir L. Kelly, class of 1918 and his wife, i tv class of 1919. ■£'Veterans Present [ZocA minute of prayer was held at ./. the banquet in memory of Joe Long, Wi: a former student who died on the Mr. Bataan Death March. Present were No James Frisbee, Ray Murray, Cur- Mrs ren Hartley, Thomas B. Lane, Fred Stu McHugh, and George Myers who also made the gruelling march and 0,' lived in the horrors of Jap prison t,ial camps. Weldor; Wooten, also a prisoner of the Japanese was cap-'ii tured on Java. Coy Martin and Jim | ““ Haley, prisoners of the Germans,' were present.Robert W. Calvert, Hillsboro,1 class of 1923, former speaker of the House of Representatives, was a returning student. Greatest representation of the students was from the 1940-43 classes. The spread included ovdr fifty years. jHelped With Chores !Sunday morning saw a rc-cnact-ment of school days when a number of the old grads rose early and went I to the barns and helped milk the } dairy herd. Marvin Fowler, Houston, was one that relived the me-' mories of another day.I Following chapei exercises in the auditorium, the Ex-Students Asso-J ciation held its annual meeting and elected officers. A discussion on increase of dues and abolishment of the debt provision were highlights. A picnic lunch was held on the lawn at noon. After that the[students began making the long treks home.i!
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Corsicana Daily Sun
Corsicana, Texas, US
Mon, Jun 10, 1946
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