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EDITED IN THE INTEREST JDF McCRORY AND WOODRUFF COUNTY
VOLUME 3. McCRORY, ARKANSAS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14,1917
NUMBER 8
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McCRORY’S BIG
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Chautauqua Is Coining! |
THREE--BIG DAYS-THREE
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| Wednesday, Thursday, and
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Friday, Sept. 19, 20 and 21st. |
I DON’T MISS THIS RARE TREAT I
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CHAUTAUQUA NEXT
WEEK IN McCRORY
Wednesday, Thursday and Fricfcay Will Be Three
Big Days for Our Town. Noted People
on the Program. Visitors Expect
ed from Nearby Towns.
Once more the people of Mc
Crory and vincinity are to have
the opportunity of attending a
Chautauqua, for on next Wednes
day, Thursday and Friday, Sept.
19th., 20th., 21st.. the Radcliffe
Chautauqua, operated from
Washington, D. C., will present
its programs of clean, whole
1 some and elevating numbers.
The chautauqua this year will
be in charge of Dr. W. H. Nelson
°f Kansas, who is one of the
Chautauqua’s greatest lecturers
along the lines of community
building. On Thursday after
noon and night he will deliver
two of his powerful addresses
concerning things of vital impQr
tance to every citizen of McCrory.
Just as it is true that one visit
ing Chicago has not seen the
town till he has heard Dr. Gun
saulus preach, or he has not seen
Philadelphia until he has heard
Dr. Conwell, so was it true until
i about three years ago that a visi
tor in San Francisco had not seen
| all the town had to offer him un
! til he had heard Dr. William
! Rader. Three years ago, W. L.
Radcliffe, manager of the Rad
cliffe, Chautauquas, secured Dr.
Rader to lecture on the Booster
Club Chautauquas. This cele
brated speaker, listed by the edi
tor of Collier’s Weekly as one of
the twelve great orators of the
j day, will be in McCrory on *Wed
| nesday afternoon and night.
Dr. Rader’s lectures alone are
worth the price of a season ticket.
Besides the celebrated lecturers
mentioned, there will be a num
ber of concert companies and
entertainers, one of whom is Dur
no, the Mysterious, one of the
six great magicians of the day.
Durno's program comprises a gal
axly of magic, music, mystery,
mirth and merriment.
The concert companies include
the Columbia Concert Company,
of Washington, D. C, one of the
most widely known trios of the
Chautauqua and lyceum, The
Hungerford Concert Company,of
Chicago, and the celebrated
Swiss Alpine Yodlers of Geneva
Switzerland.
The price for this splendid series
of entertainments is only $1.50
for the season ticket, and every
one is urged to purchase one or
more of these tickets and attend
as many numbers as possible.
In the mornings of the Chau
tauqua there will be lectures
along the lines of agriculture,
education, public health, and
patriotism, definite announce
ments of which will be made
later.
Let's everybody go to the
Chautauqua.
Mr. Claude Gipson of River
side brought in a fine water
melon last week which weighed
65 pounds and will be exhibited
at the county fair. He stated
that he had grown several larger
ones but had failed to save
them.
School Opened Monday
The McCrory High School
opened Monday under most fav
orable conditions with an enroll
ment of 225 pupils, 54 of whom
are in the high school depart
! ment.
j Rev. F. A. Lark, pastor of
the Methodist church, and Mr.
| F. Lewis, president of the school
board, made interesting talks
I along the line of education, as
1 suring the teachers that they
! would have the loyal support of
both the board and patrons.
I The teachers and their grades
I are as follows: Prof. J. C. Gray
j of Guy, principal, history and
science; Miss Nell Stewart of
Martin, Tenn., english and
mathematics; Miss Nan Raglan
of Forrest City, 7th and 8th
grades; Mils Annie Harrell of
Lake City, 5th and 6th grades;
Miss Oma Turner of Augusta,
3rd and 4th grades and Miss
Mattie Wells of Lake City, 1st
and 2nd grades. Miss Ida Tar
pley of McCrory has charge of
the music department.
The teachers are greatly
pleased with the outlook for a
successful term and are receiv
ing the hearty co-operation of
both students and patrons in
their work.
Woodruff Co. Fair, McCrory, Oct.24-5-6th