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Edward Hely Gives Board Car Load to Tide Schools Over. A coal shortage in the public schools was averted by the kindness of Ed Hely, owner of the rock crusher on the Rock Levee Road, when he “loaned” the School Board a carload of coal in the early part of the work. Owing to the shortage of freight cars, the School Board could not secure any coal, and the supply in all of schools was nearly consumed, when Hely stepped in as the “angel” and prevented the schools from closing. The School Board ordered coal be fore Christmas, but no fuel could be bought from the dealers because of the shortage of freight cars. Several dealers in the city were asked to de liver coal at the school houses, but none had a sufficient supply to meet the request of the School Board. When Mr. Hely heard of the scar city of coal in the public schools he offered the School Board a carload. He had just received a large shipment of coal to cover his consumption for several weeks.
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The Weekly Tribune
Cape Girardeau, Missouri, US
Thu, Jan 25, 1917
Page 3
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