>Separation
of Junior, Senior Schools Urged - ( The Lakeland Ledger, Jan. 14, 1944.
)
The outstanding need in the city school system is separation of Junior
and Senior high schools. Dr. Carl S. Cox, supervising
principal, told
the Lake Mortan Parent Teacher association. He was said to say, he had
often been asked how school money is spent, One answer;" To Educate "
Dr. Cox pointed out that separation of junior and senior high schools
would neccessitate more money, another building, and more teachers, but
urged it is a worthwhile postwar project. Dr. Carl H. White
made an
appeal for the community chest. Mrs. Henry Conibear
presided and Mrs.
T. H. Hutchinson gave the devotional. It was announced that to
date
pupils at the school have purchased $3,345.10 worth of war bonds and
stamps. |
>Mrs.
SUMMERLIN, age 72, died on Friday morning, Dec. 11, 1896
She died at
the home of her son, Mr. Jasper Summerlin in this city.
Funeral services conducted at the Episcopal Church by the Rector,
Rev.
A. Kenny Hall.
Burial in the Old Cemetery by the side of her husband, the late Jacob
Summerlin, the founder of the Noble Edifice which bears his name.
In an
act of respect the school was dismissed so the entire school could
attend the burial, a large body of citizens to give respect and great
honor to the memory of the good old lady and her family. Mrs. Summerlin
came to Bartow about 3 weeks before her death, she was taken ill soon
after she arrived. During her illness she left the impression fall that
she came to Bartow with expetation of never returning to Orlando. She
died at about the same age her husband died in Nov. and would have been
72 on the following Feb. Mrs. Summerlin died surrounder by all
her surviving children, save one, Robert who lives in Texas.
( Wed.. Dec. 16, 1896, Courier Informant, Bartow, Fl. ) |
>Fire
of
unknown origin destroys Socrum School - ( Ledger,
Wednesday, May 6, 1936 )
The two-room, frame school house here is a mass of blackened
ruins after a fire of unknown origins swept through yesterday. A
meeting of patrons has been called for tomorrow night at 7:30 in the
Baptist Church to make provisions for its 69 pupils.
The structure and its contents valued at approximately $ 3,000.,
was completely covered by insurance under a blanket policy of the
county, Norman S. Stone, Lakeland member of the school
board, said. Stone said the building was burned to the ground and
only a few desks and the piano were saved.
He said the fire broke out shortly after 3 yesterday afternoon. Mrs.
Thelma Mize, principal of the school said she eft for home at
about that hour. The blaze was discovered about 5 min. later. Paper was
burned in a stove in the school about 9 or 10 yesterday morning, but it
is not known that this caused the fire.
No attempt will be made to hold school this week. Ralph
Mallory, trustee, called the mass meeting tomorrow night to work
out some definite plans to resume school Monday either at Providence or
in the Baptist Church here. The school will be rebuilt and there is a
possibility that a WPA project can be secured to erect a brick
structure. |
>Winston School Opens Monday -( Ledger,
Tuesday, June 24, 1930 )
The Winston School will open Monday, June 30, according to an
announcement made today by C. M. Sutton, principal. Teachers of the
year are;
Miss Grace Platt - Miss Lessie Platt - Miss Bernice Wiggins - Mrs. J.
O. Robbins - Mrs. Laveina Maddox - Mrs. Kate E. Hodges - and - C. M.
Sutton.
Pupils expecting to do nint grade work are requested to see Mr. Sutton
at the school office Friday afternoon between 1 and 4. |
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