Midlothian School Records
1897 - 1902
"It Happened in Midlothian a Long Time Ago"
Summer Normal
Right now is the time for everyone in Midlothian having a large enough residence
above what the family actually requires to begin to think about just how
many teachers they can take to room and board during the summer normal. There
are more than 150 teachers in this county and more than this in each of the
counties of Dallas and Tarrant. In other words, there are in the three counties
about 500 teachers. Of this number there will, at a low estimate, be at least
one hundred of them that will attend the normal. There may be more, therefore
it behooves every family who can arrange to take care of one or more to begin
preparation to do so. Mr. SAM REESE has been appointed a committee
to find who will care of teachers and how many and also at what price. Mr.
Reese will call on those of the ladies next week who he thinks likely will
help in this matter in order to ascertain just where we are at in the way
of room and board. The teachers will be with us five weeks and if you have
the room and are short on bedding or a few pieces of furniture it might be
well to look after these things beforehand. Mr. Reese and the teachers too,
we learn are desirous of having uniform price set on the room and board.
Owing to the high price of all eatibles it has been suggested by some that
$2.50 or $2.75 per week for the entire five weeks, and where no time was
lost in visits or the like, would be a fair price to charge. This might seem
high to some and not enough to others and it has only been given as a suggestion.
Certain it is that we must take care of the teachers and sooner arrangements
are put on foot and a start made the better shape will find ourselves when
the summer normal opens. Let everybody do what they can to give Mr. Reese
a definite answer when he calls on you, and if he fails to see you and can
take one or more just come and report to this office and we will have you
put down on the list.
School Accts to Dec. 28th, 1897
R. W. DILLARD - $60
Martin T. COOPER - 11.55
J. C. VANCE - 5.75
Midlothian Grain Co. - 12.25
T. H. NEWTON - 7.25
C. E. ALEXANDER - 9.90
[undated - perhaps 1898]
District 21 to 20 - 2 children of T. H. Eastwood
District 19 to 20 - 1 child of S. F. GARVIN
District 19 to 20 - 1 child of J. W. PIERCE
District 10 to 20 out - 2 children of Emma CRAWFORD
District 20 to 20 - 2 children of J. W. POINDER
District 21 to 20 - 6 children of J. L. LAYNE
District 10 to 20 - 1 child of J. I. LOVETT
District 19 to 20 - 3 children of Rachel SANDERS
Transfers May & June 1999
From 19 to 20 - Finice GARVIN 2 children
From 19 to 20 - Rachel Sanders 3 children
From 19 to 20 - John Pierce 1 child
From 2 to 20 - A. J. HAYNES 1 child
From 2 to 20 - Ben MELTON 2 children
Transfers from Other Dist. to District 20
19 to 20 - J. G. LOVETT 1 child Year 1899 and 1900
2 to 20 - F. M. MASSEY 2 children
19 to 20 - F. M. MASSEY 2 children
19 to 20 - Rachel; SANDERS 3 children
19 to 20 - F. L. GARVIN 2 children
-- to 20 Carry GILL - 1 supplement
21 to 20 - J. L. LANE - 6 children
21 to 20 - J. L. Lane - 6 children
21-20 - J. H. Estwood - 2 children enrollment 266
19 to 20 - J. W. Pierce - 1 child 1 transfer
19 to 20 T. L. Poindexter - 1 child
2 to 20 B. F. Milton - 2 children
Term 1899 & 1900
Names entering in scholastic year - did not transfer into this
district
Lela Cahill - 1 entered 1st week - 4-1/2 months - $4.00
Mr. Blair -0 2 attended 3 months - $9.00
W. D. Hale - 2 attended Oak Grove Tarrant 2 months - $6.00 Mrs. Works - 1
entered 1st week - 4-1/2 months - $4.50
Carroll Witterspoon [sic] attending 4 months paid $4.50
Collected from Lela Cahill - $7.00
Collected for window light $.10
Apr 7 - Handed to C. W. Berry, secretary $11.60
May 15 - handed to C. W. Berry for Mrs. Hadkins - $5.00
List of Accounts of Public School 1900
Una Works entered 1st week 7-1/2 months - $10
Chester Ezell thought he ought not to pay as he moved into district 7 months
- $9.50
Somme Ezell - 7 months $9.50
Mattie Blair Nov. 4-1/2 months - $9.00
Nora Blair by note $9 and due 15th August
Howard Lovett 1st week $3.00 - paid
Nellie Massey 7-1/2 months - $5.50 by note and due 1st October
Howard Garvin - 6-3/4 months - $4.50
Bob Melton - 6 months - $3.00
Will Melton - 6 months - $3.00
6.00 paid
Joe Lane - 5-1/2 months - $1.50
Willie Lane - 5-3/4 months - $1.75
Awbry Lane - 5-3/4 months - $1.75
Lizzie Lane - 5-3/4 months - $1.75 by note due Oct 1st
Aug 25 Collect from Lovett $3.00
July 10 R. A. Blair for $9.00 left
with
Sept. Massey's note for $11 left with
Lanes note for $6.75 left
with.
Transfers Other Districts into No. 20 - Term 1901 and 1902 Oct
From 5 to Dist. 20 - Violet Blair
Dona
Mattie
Mestel
From 2 to Dist 20 A;lmer Cook
From 19 to Dist. 20 Watten Jenkins
From 21 to Dist 20 Maud Eastwood
Binnie
From 10 to Dist 20 Rosco Sullivan
John
Myrtel
Rena Hendricks
Sherwood
Jack
From 2 to Dist. 20 Arthur Hayns
Edna
Out
From 20 to Wax. Chas. Odum
Willie
Tom
From 20 to 21 Robt Garvin
Evin
William
School Claims for Uncers 1901-1902
Sullivan, Homer
J. W. Barnett Herm
W. D. McElroy Rubie
W. W. Major Rubin
B. S. Cornwell Jass.
Ham Leonice
T. C. Perry Brta
D. B. Holland Herbert
W. Messon - May
B. Martin - Vera
[Obituary Midlothian Argus]
S. L. Reese, a citizen of this community for nearly fifty years, died at the Waxahachie sanitarium Thursday night, Dec. 3, 1925, and was laid to rest in the Shiloh cemetery Friday afternoon by the side of his wife who went on about forty years ago. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. L. C. Collier of Forrest Hill. Mr. Reese was born in Georgia in 1843, moved to Louisiana from which state he entered the Civil War before he was 18 years old. He did service in Co. H, 3rd Louisiana Regiment and was engaged in such battles as Corinth, Iuka, Vicksburg and others. He was the lone survivor of five brothers who went to the war. In 1870 he was united in marriage to Miss Kate Armistead and six years later they moved to Texas, locating a few miles east of Midlothian where he lived until his death except for a few years spent in Midlothian, where he came to educate his children. For a number of years he was a member of the school board here. Two sons and three daughters are left to mourn his death as follows: Sam Reese, Midlothian; Ed Reese, El Paso; Mrs. E. C. [Kate] McElroy, Ponder, Mrs. S. H. [Mary L.] Hendricks, Midlothian and Mrs. Winnie Hendrixson of Waxahachie. All of the children were here to attend the funeral except the son who lives at El Paso who arrived a day or two later.
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