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Menola School His I Opportunities Pi In last week's issue of the HERALD, the order of a pro* gram rendered at the Menola school was published. Space requirements did not allow us to publish the full content of the program. In this issue, to show other schools just what glory belongs to this school, and for its value as wholesome reading matter, the program as rendered is giv en in full. Some interesting facts are .given in the history of the school, the men and women it has among its alumni, and other notes of interest in the paper read at the public exer cises. History of School (Anna Higgs Griffith) The first building that was used for school that I can find any record of was erected in 1833 and waa situated near Benthall's bridge. It was called ^arrick's school. This was a very poor structure, a one room log cabin. It did not even have any windows, only one door, a shutter like blind, which was used for admittance of light, also writing desk. The teacher would make pens for the children from goose quills with which to write. There was a large fireplace at one end of the building. The-only teach ers which I can find any record of were, Robert Cobb, John Lewis Snipes, Miss Hutchins, Janie Chetty and Rawles Parker. School was taught here until 1961. There Miss Mary Ann Brown taught school in a very small house, almost opposite Jake Parker's house today, for almost five years. In 1867 a free school was erected opposite Mrs. Laura Parker's house. This was only in session for about two months per year. Misses Deborah and Mary Ann Peele taught here. This was closed in 1873. In 1874 Mr. William Brown taught a private school at his house where Mr. H. G. Snipes now lives. But anybody who could pay their tuition could attend. At the same time there was also a free school at Star College where the colored people now attend school and at Cobb's School near the Benthall place. In 1878 Mr. Soph ronia Brown opened a subscription school on the present church grounds. She had never been to this community before she was married and realising the ignorance of the place she there fore determined to do all in her power to educate the people as best she could. She taught in a one room bui)ding for a period of five years without any assistant. She had so few pupils that she taught only what she deemed necessary. But in 1883 her husband . turned the fiuilding around and added another room, then Miss Alice Copeland from near Sea board assisted her. During the re maining days of her teaching the fol lowing assisted her: Mises Alice Winslow, Annie Blair, Addie White, Parthenia Henly, Dr. J. L. Outland and Prof. Gates. There Mrs. Brown resigned and Miss Pathenia Henly took the principal's place with Miss Mary Dilday, assistant. Menola then had no church and the school build ing was used for church, Sunday School, societies, weddings, etc. The next teachers who taught here were Miss Amy Steven with Misses Delia and Kitty Snipes, assistant In 1893 a building was erected on the present site. Here the following teachers taught: Mrs. Frank Blair, Miss Eva Chetty, Prof. Litlner and Mr. Thomp son. In 1898 the house was burned and they were forced to return to the old building on the church grounds. Here taught Misses Kate Newsome, Mae Williams, Brownie Lambertson, Annie Parker, Fannie and* Lena Gary, Ovie little, Arra and Myrtle Balling, Mattie Sykes, Effle Sumner, Nettie Britt, Mary EWy, Virginia Tayloe, Bessie and Lottie Parker, Eayie Wynne, Ruth Peele, Elisabeth Pritchard, Elisabeth , Rossis Avery, Etta Banks, Zola Harrell, Mabel Lawrence, Hettie Blanchard, Kale 8tory, Mr. Wallace Edwards, Mimes Josie Cowan, Retta Griffin and Esteile Beale. In 1919 a new building wu erected on the une site where the One was that was horned. This is a-large two story building, has a nice stage equipped with pretty curtains, rags, chairs, etc. Misses Janie Brown, Elisabeth Griffin, Ruby lfyers and Vernie Stephenson hare taught here. The present teachers are Mr. JL G. Otwell, Misses Bertie Northcott and f i msi st ? HBf vvvpVT? fa We base a basket-ball court, a ten' ids court, and a track to bring th< children to and from school. This h alee a group Mater school. The reM call of all the boys and tory, Needs And jrtrayed By Pupils girls who hare received inatructioi at Menola High School is indeed < long one, too long in fact to be con' aidered with in the limit of one short paper. I shall therefore confine my self to the Menola boys who have since become professional menln th< various walks of life. In scanning the list of names I air forcibly impresed by the number ol physicians whom our little community has sent out into the world. Among them find the name of Dr. Jamea Parker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Solomon Parker who received his professional training at Baltimore Medical Col lege and is now a reputable physician located at Clereton, N. C. Dr. Clifton Parker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Council Parker received his de gree at University College of Medi cine, now Medical College of Virginia at Richmond, and his service is a blessing to our country-side for miles around. Dr. Paul Brittle, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Brittle also received his training at University College of Med icine and is now located at Conway, N. C. A few years later Dr. W. Ral eigh Parker, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Parker, after graduating at Medi cal College of Virginia took np the practice of medicine in his native town. Dr. Clayton W. Eley, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Eley, received his pro fessional training at University of Philadelphia. He now has a very successful practice in Port mouth, Vs. Dr. Vernon L. Eley, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Eley, a brother of Dr. Clay ton Eley, completed the medical course at our state university and later received his degree at Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia, Pa. He is serving at Municipal Hospital of Philadelphia at this writing. Aside from the above mentioned representatives Menola has able sons whose lives bless the world as minis ters of the gospel. Prominent among this group is Rev. C. J. D. Parker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Council Parker, who is an eminent divine in the city of Danville, Va. After leaving Menola High School he received farther training for his life work at Wake Forest College and at* the Baptist Theological Seminary of Louisville, Kentucky. Just at this time Mr. Parker has under consideration an important charge in the city of Rich mond, Va. Rev. Asa Parker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Parker, a former student at Menola, was train ed for the ministry at Trinity College, North Carolina and later became one of the most powerful ministers in the methodist demnomination of the state In the list pf preachers we find also the name of Rev. Lloyd Parker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Council Parker, a Wake Forest graduate who later re ceived his theological degree from the Baptist Seminary at Louisville, Ky. He now has charge of a church at Dayton, Kentucky. In the profess ion of dentistry our community has two representatives . Dr. * W. E. Snipes, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Snipes, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Snipes and Dr. J. W. Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Brown. The form er of Franklin, Va., and the latter of Rich Square, N. C. Both of these received their D. D. S. degree at N. C. M., Richmond. Menola has one licensed pharmacist in the person of Mr. P. V. Chetty, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Chetty now located in Eden ton, N. C. Our community is also represented in the legal profession by Attorney Edgar T. Snipes, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Snipes, the former is a prominent lawyer of Philadelphia. Mr. Snipes holds diplomas from West town Boarding School, University of North Carolina, Guilford College, N. C. and Earlam College, Richmond, In diana. In the teaching profession Mr. Robert Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Brown is one of our rep. resentatives. After graduating at Guilford College he taught for twc years at Hie State School for Blind, Raleigh, and is now principal of th< High School at Wlnton, this county for the third year. Menola has about thirty college graduates and that is i most unusual showing for a country community. School Song In Hertford County in the Old Nortl ' State ? Them is a school that's up-to-date. Chorus 1 Bye, baby bye, 0 baby bye, Good bye my lover, rood bye. ' Mr. Otwell's room is out of eight 1 They'll always do the thine up right Chorus. ? An there's the Latin class 1 Those girls and boys you can't sui 1 pass. Chorus. Miss Cowper's room just can't be bee Her children are so smart and sweet I Miss Northcotf s children too, are fin In primary work they load the line. Chora*. , And se, although w? are not many 1 Well do oar part ae well a* any. Chorna. || School Roil (By Emma Britton) t A?is for Anderson Joseph by name; ' We have no doubts, i Of his great fame. B?is for Britton, i Baker, Butler and Brown, We are still sura to smile, ' When they are around. And then come the Britts, i Raymond and JBilL i It takes a good teacher To keep them still. And also the Blows, Two girls and one boy, Although they're not small, They are ehock full of joy. The Cowan girls Don't look like twins But we always see them Neat as pins. Now one more Cowan ^nd little Chittys, four. When the school bell rings They're at the door. Three more jolly ones We must add, Elisabeth and Montgomery, And Ray the sad. Then Anna Higgs Griffith, Tho but a small mite Keeps her tongue going From morn till night. The Jordans three Come next in line Although they're small Their work is fine. Then Odell Liverman, Yqp surely must know Will always be here, If the wind don't blow. An then there is Therrell So rosy and red, We always admire him For what he has said. Then Otwell and Outlands Ada, Mandra, and Glen. We are glad to see them When they come at ten. The P. stand for Parkers, The short and the long. If you give them a chance They'll sing you a song. The Snipes are next Some short and some tall. They come in the spring And they come in the fall. Then Sarah Leigh Vick . From Virginia came Just to tell us Of its fame. And then there is Olie Of basket bqjl fame Whose highest ambition Is to change her name. Then last Ethel Willoughby, Tho she came from miles Has already begun To win many smiles. School Trail (By Intermediate Grades) Vacation days are over, and we've gone back to work. We're going to do the beat we can and never shirk. It's a long, long trail to knowledge, bnt we're going to see- it through. Dear teachers, we are going down this long, long trail with you. Why Menola Isn't An Ideal School (By Sarah Leigh Vick) Menola with a little improvement would soon be an ideal school But it is lacking in this because the people and the committee will not take in terest in the schooL Menola School should have a library. If it can't af ford to have a large expensive one, it should have a small one. It needs a library so as to have good Books to read and also refer to them about our lessons. Every one's mind, old or young can be improved by reading good literature. The people in science could.learn lota more and would un derstand the methods of science bet ter, the school would have a labor atory put in. A "laboratory is needed because of the experiences in science. It is absolutely impossible to teach anything except the theory of science. A third reason why Menola school is ' not an ideal school is beacuse the com ' mitteea will not visit the school. By ' their not coming to the school, even ' once a month, causes them not to see the needs of the school. The parents 1 are lacking in this respect also. They ' should visit the school and see how the work is being carried on and how and what their children are doing. Another reason why it can't be i come .an ideal school is because H doesn't have a certain average at tendance. This is caused by lack ol interest on the parents part some times, and then again, the child doei not care about getting an educatior and therefore thinks coming to schoo ? is unnecessary. The school rooms an lacking in the following respects First: The doors should swing out in - stead of in. Second: There ought t< be a transom over every door. Botl these would help the looks of tlw t rooms. Then there is-the auditorium t. We could not give a play during thi winter months because we have m e heating system. Next Pre need a flat ?????MHWkk. pole. We should have one to be able to fly the flag on patriotic days. We also need more equipment for the playground. A few shade trees here and there would Improve the looks of the grounds. If there were a few flower beds, for instance, cannai would help the looks of the grounds, as the no-fence law has been passed the people of Menola could beautify the grounds by planting a hedge all around the school. To do this it would only take a little interest, en ergy, and maybe a little bit of money. Thus making Menola an ideal school of Hertford County. N.ed. of the School (Rethe Cowan) The need* of Menola School are many. First of all we need the school board and the parents to visit us and tell us oar mistakes or offer u* some suggestions. We need shade trees for our playground because in the fall and spring it is too warm to stay in the sun very long. We need a good library to help us In our stud ies for very often in our text books, our teacher gives us something- to read in connection with oue lesson. We need the people of the community to become interested in the school and send their children every day, and unless this is done our school will be trown back with only ore or two teachers. We ought to have another teacher because we have so many grades we do not have time to have all the lessons every day. We ought to have a music teacher and at least all the girif take music because we are liable to be called on any time to play and sometimes we need to play for the school when the teachers can not play. As we have electric lights in our auditorium we need a light plant of our own, so we can use it when we please without bothering anybody. We need a domestic science teacher because when we learn domestic science we have learn ed something that will help us always. 'Til Summer Cesses Again" (By School) Smile the while we study hard each day? When our work is over, we will play, Then our days are full of Joy down in old Menola dearie. School bells ring each morning mer rily, Summer days are but a memory. So smile and work each happy day, 'Til they come again. Th? DMt (By Elisabeth Forbes) Do you know the grandest State In our Union, strong and great, 'Tig North Carolina. From Hatteras to the Golden Gate? - Of all her counties, would you know, Where sunshine has a warmer glov. And where the breeses gently blow? It's Hertford County. And what's the best and fairest town That you can find for miles around, Although you wonder up and oewn? Why, 'tis Menola. And would you have me tell you what la Menola's most important spot Why surely, 'tis the playground lot. Where stands the schoolhouse. And in the school, what is the part, That twines most closely round my heart, Although them I'll soon depart? The Intermediate children. And my steps I ne'er retrace, Each dear familiar little face In memory shall hold a (dace, Always and forever. ?Written by Miss Jessie Cowper. A Sonnet Menola wood* are Brown and sere Said Ethel to Emma one day Then answered Marvin, "I'm sure my dear. ? i It's time to be up and away." The South winds Blow with pleasure Over all the pasture green And the song of the busy wood Snip?er Is loud and sharp and keen. Said Joseph as he closed the door And I know where youll find him said Retha, Just trot right down to the store. I've read somewhere said Elsie That to the Vick?tor belongs the spoils But I rather guess, says Ray They belong to ho who toils. At last Anna Higgs spoke up and said, I've lost one of my shoes, Well then the laughing girls replied Why don't you borrow Fitaogh's? A. G. OtwelL Ambitions of High School -Rooas Ethel Willoughby, to capture Fits hugh. Jesse Brown, to go Snipe hunting Ann a Higgs, either to get so sh< can talk or get Roy so that he he can Ray Forbes, to find a barrel t< hold his knowledge. Roy Baker, to be a yodler. Gertude Snipes, to live in Raleig) or George. ?3sis Cowan, to reduce. Joseph Anderson, to butcher thi alphabet r Fitshugh Parker, to sell Vick'i salve. James Robert Brown, to find a sub stitue for the expression, "I don't know." Retha Cowan, to be popular. Virgie Cowan, to sniper Virgi* Blow, to learn to paint Sarah Lea Vick, to have her way. Emma Britton,~to marry a brown eyed man. Marvin Britton, to earn enough to support two. ?A. G. Otwell. 1 ? ? t a FOR SALE?BARRED ROCK EGGS ?15 for $1.00; 100 for $5.00. B. N. SYKES, HwreUaviUo, N. C. 8-15-4 tx FARM rOR RENT?1 OR S HORSE Crop, gwbd buildings, stc. Apply to R. E. HODGES, 2 miles east of Menola. 8-16-4t. | BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCK EGGS, from best strains including Thompson's and Park's; $1.00 pet 16, postpaid. RICHARD McGLO HON, Winton, N. C. . 3-16-23-41. i. .i.i i CLERKS, 18 UPWARD. FOR GOV ERNMENT positions. $120 month ly. Experience unnecessary. For free list positions now open, write R. TERRY, (former Civil Service , examiner) 2201 Barrister Bldg., Washington, D. C. Dr. W. L. Davis, eye specialist will be in Ahoskie Tuesday, April 10th at D. L. Myers Jewelry store. If your eye sight is not perfect see Dr. Davis on this date. NOTICE By authority of dead of trust, J. W. Brown and wife Mae, to the un dersigned Trustee, executed 18 Nov ember, 1922, recorded Hertford county, North Carolina, book 76, page 1, made for the purpose securing in dorsees therein named, they Saving been called upon and having assumed payment of note therein referred to, and at request of said indorsees, ben eficiaries, I shall sell, for cash, at < court house door, Hertford county, Winton, N. C., between the hours of eleven and one o'clock, on FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1922, Land conveyed (n> said dead of trust, and therein described. Located North Carolina, Hertford county, Maneys Neck Township, be ginning at a post oak, near the Me herrin river; thence along the edge of the road (124) one hundred and twenty four feet to a stake; thence parellel to the said river, one hundred and sixty feet (160) to a stake; one hundred and thirty eight feet (188) to a Spanish oak on the bank of the said river; thence to the said river and down the said river to the Starting point, containing one-half acre more or less and known as the "Sears Wharf Property." Place sale; Court House Door, Win ton, N. C. Time sale; Friday, April 20, 1928. Terms; Cash. This the 18th day of March, 1928. A. PILSTON GODWIN. Trustee. 8-16-28-41. NOTICE OF RE-SALE UNDER DEED 6F TRUST By virtue of the powers contained in a certain deed of tract executed on tile 80th day of December, 1919 by J. E. Newsome to W. L. Curtis, Trus tee, which deed of trust is recorded in the Register of Deeds office for Hertford County in book <8, on page 60; the conditions contained in said deed of trust having not been com plied with and on request of the hold er, the undersigned trustee will there fore, on the 14th DAY. OF APRIL, 1928 Offer for re-sale to the highest bid der for cash, in front of the U. S. Post Office in the own of Ahoekie, N. C., county of Hertford, the follow ing tract of land to-wit: That certain tract of land lying and being in Hertford County, N. C., ad joining the lands of D. P. Baker's heirs, Alice Riddick, and others, bounded as follows, vis: On the North by the lands of Chas or Alice Riddick and D. P. Baker tieirs, on the East by the lands of P. P. Baker heirs, and F. G. Tayloe, on the West by the lands of T. E. Browne and Pleas or Alice Riddick, on the South by County Road leading from Ahoe kie to St Johns; which is all the land oa the North side of said road pur chased by 4. D. Sessoms from J. H. Mitchell and wife on January 1,1918, known as the Riddick farm except that part of said land sold by A. W. Greene and J. E. .Newsome to F. G. Tayloe. Time of sale?April 14, 1928, be tween the hours of 12 m. and 1:00 o'clock p. m. Place of sale?In front of U. & Post Office, Ahoslde, N. C. Terms of sale?Cash. This 80 day of March, 1928. W. L. CtJRTIS, 8-80-28-2L Trustee. Queer 1 ^ Fe^lm^s I Ite Woman's To* K and of others, who seemed to ^ base the same troubles I had, ? lT^S,-tt'0?i&?a^ I .'??1 >r : | iaal -? 'L ii ddi ?? tSOL ? ? ticuu. i too* several Dottles M5 .... and was made so much g% belter I didn't have anymore | kind. ft reg- I Cardui has been found very M helpful In the correction Of many gg S&'W! ?? 1 Wi mentions above. If you suffer g pi as she did, take Canhd-a 1 By purely vegetable, medicinal R8 w'\ tonic, ia use for mote than 40 m K? years. It should help yon. I W. Sold EverywhMk, Ya >ss wS LI THE SUPERIOR CHEVROLET PRICES DELIVERED * SUPERIOR Two ptimitr Roadster $581.22 SUPERIOR Fhre Passenger Touring 586.82 SUPERIOR Two passenger Utility Coupe 78U7 I SUPERIOR Four passenger Sedanette 935.92 SUPERIOR Free Passenger Sedan? 946.32 _ For Economical Transportation the CHREVROLET epotimixes the progreM of industry to date along the line of ma winning economy ommal?it with all latest improvements in mechanical design Tftne payment* by mouth can bo hod by paying one-third Cash. ? ^Lot me demonstrate a New Model. : . W. M. ELEY, Agent - - Winton, N. G. 9 v ===j
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