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1924 -- "My School Life" Diary of Florence (Silvey) Garrison (98 pages)
Florence Silvey was born in 1907 at Ava, Missouri. She entered the first grade in Ava Schools in 1913 and graduated from Ava High School in 1924. In this 98 page booklet, Florence documented her schooling and many of her social activities in this old school album. After college, Florence returned to Ava, married Neal Garrison in 1931, and went on for many decades teaching English to hundreds of Ava high school students. She was a favorite of so many of her students. In my personal reading of the Album, Florence appeared to have created a historical document for others to read, not a personal one. If the reader should find something in the album that might be too personal, please contact the Ozark Uncle by email so it can be redacted.
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1887-1899 -- Dr. Brown's Excerpts of the Douglas County (MO) Herald (157 Pages)
My personal fascination with the old issues led to the preparation of this volume of excerpts more than 10 years ago. Almost all the excerpts were obtained from two pages of each issue--the editorial page and the local news page. During those early years, the remainder of the paper was filled with “ready print,” i.e., state and national news that was funneled to the paper from outside the county. I chose not to make excerpts from such non-county news items because of their availability from sources.
Initially, this volume started out as a set of notes for my personal interests in the commercial, educational, and entertainment histories of the county as well as my own family history (Brown, Hartley, Morris, Gunnels, Johnson, Honeycutt, and Lakey). Along the way, I transcribed excerpts for my nieces and nephews who have ancestors within the following families--Sell, Elliott, Durham, Goodnight, Hamby, Ingram, and Potter. As the pages of notes mounted, I realized that others might benefit from the excerpts; thus the idea of this document
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