DESLOGE AND MURRILL SCHOOL DISTRICTS MERGE Old Murrill School House Prince Progress is still in the saddle and militant. The rich Murrill district on last Saturday voted almost unanimously to annex to the Desloge district. The County Superintendent feels that this step will result to the mutual advantage of both districts. It will add about $300,000 to the assessed valuation of Desloge and place the Murrill school under close and effective city supervision. The consolidation of the Desloge and Murrill districts is the biggest thing that has happened in educational circles in this county for several years. Miss Marguerite Warren, principal of the Esther High School, writes: "Recently a Parent-Teachers' meeting was held in the school assembly room. Discussions were led by several of the patrons, also the teachers, and the principal talk of the evening given by our County Superintendent, Mr. Akers, said many good things, and to a noticeable degree achieved the difficult task of getting his audience into perfect sympathy with his point of view. During his talk he quoted a few appropriate lines from Kipling's "L'Envoi." This beautiful poem is said to have been a favorite selection of the elder Mr. Akers, who was so beloved by the people of St. Francois county. Monday morning the school "showed her colors" by decorating her rooms and her children with small American flags. A most patriotic spirit prevailed throughout the day and a sound of applause was heard whenever Mr. Danuser, bearing an American flag, entered any of the rooms. Congress was ushered in with due regard by the loya! l future citizens of Esther." List of pupils recently receiving attendance certificates from this office, continued: Nellie McFarland, Beulah Byers, Bernice Arenz, Maggie Bailey, Charles Jones, Edward Gilliam, Thelma Robinson, Lester Skaggs and Arthur Fleeman, of the Frankclay school; Hazel Huff and Maude Huff, of the King school; and John Eaves, Pearl Gruner, Georgie Self and Earl Kassabaum, of the Doe Run school. Co. Supt. of Schools. Published by THE LEAD BELT NEWS, Flat River, St. Francois Co. MO, April 20, 1917. --------------------------------- HISTORY OF MURRILL SCHOOL HOUSE (As Published in 1913 BTHS Diamond Drill Yearbook) About forty-four years ago Messrs. Thomas Murrill, Acy Jackson, George Dogget, John Day, Joseph Coleman, John Delona, King Williams, James Williams, George Crump, Isaac Crump, Edmund Crump, William Murrill and Briggs Murrill, neighbors living southwest of Bonne Terre, worked together and built the Murrill School House. This was the first school house ever built in the vicinity and so was a cause for rejoicing. Consequently the women of the neighborhood worked together and gave a basket dinner celebrating the completion of the school. The women who gave the dinner were Mesdames: George, Isaac and Edmund Crump, Martha Jackson, Fannie Jackson, Mary Ann Williams, Pomelia Williams, Rachael Murrill, Mary Day, Lutetia Delona, Frances Coleman and Jennette Murrill, who were the wives of the men who built the school. The first teacher was Mrs. AuBuchon affectionately called Grandmother AuBuchon. School is still taught at Murrill School and, little log house though it is, it has educated some men that Bonne Terre is proud to own as among her best citizens. SCHOOL INDEX PAGE May your Day be filled with many Blessings from above and Lord please help me to control my mouth.A Miracle passes you by every minute all you have to do is reach out and grab it Karen Researching the Following Names: Alphin, Ball, Bass, Bean, Chesser, Cook, Davis. Flagg, Foley, Fortune, Gunthrie, Hardin, Harris, Henry, Hindman, Hogge, Ivy, Jamison, Jourdan, Marr, McDonald, McKeown, Miller, Nichols, Price, Reno, Richardson, Rock, Saylor, Sharp, Smith, Teal, Thomas, Walker, Watson, Windborn

This is really interesting. Thanks for sending. I have seen the cemetery near there and the names sound so familiar. Might be one of my William A Murrells relatives.. but the Briggs Murrell seems to have come from another line that is documented.. there were soooo many Williams you could go crazy trying to figure them out. Dates are too late to be helpful in getting to William A parents but if I could run into someone that had more information on their line might be of help. You sure do dig up allot of interesting thing!! How have you been? Still living near Cape Girardeau? I have been taking care of grandchildren again this summer. It is about time for school to start so that will be over in a couple more weeks. I went to St Louis on the 23 of July to my dad's last relative, his sister's 60 th wedding anniversary. They had gone to Cape Girardeau and married after Lloyd got home from WWII. They did not have any family or friends there and did not even know the witnesses. She had always wanted to have a minister marry them and have some family there. She almost waited too late. She only had two children and one of them is dead. I was the only one besides her daughter and her grandchildren and great grandchildren. It was such a happy time but one has to be a little sad to realize not likely they will have #70 and that one will die and leave the other. My aunt like my dad was born in a log cabin on my great grandfather's homestead. My grandmother inherited it when both her parents died. Other people lived there until she married and was able to claim it. Some story. My dad became a teacher and guidance counselor. He went to school until he retired. His dad did not know how to read and write, yet his grandfather had a post office at Dry Spring, MO from about 1855 until it closed in 1895. Civil War and depression changed allot of people's lives during those years I guess. Hard for some to believe but I am the first in my family on both sides to have a birth certificate. Karen remind me what lines you are searching for again? I have started writing them down since I realize that I don't remember them like I did.. don't ever get old. I know this blood sugar is causing me to have not much short term memory .. I talked to a woman I went to High School with in 1956 on Tuesday. We talked like we had always been in touch.. but I cant remember what I cooked yesterday. It was so nice to hear from her again and to know she was well and a 63 year old can be. She had a good life. She used to have to get up and milk cows at four am by lantern light before she could go to school. I had led a pretty sheltered life up until then. Later I had hard times and often remember how hard she had it just to go to school. I think knowing her gave me courage and knowledge that people can get thought tough times. Her father was killed in a truck accident when she was about 12 or so. Let me hear from you.. and thanks for never forgetting me and sending me all those good things especially from MO. Hugs, Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Richardson" <coltonsgrandma@yahoo.com> To: <MORIPLEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 8:29 AM Subject: [MORIPLEY] History of Murrill School House > > DESLOGE AND MURRILL SCHOOL DISTRICTS MERGE > > Old Murrill School House > > > Prince Progress is still in the saddle and militant. The rich Murrill > district on last Saturday voted almost unanimously to annex to the Desloge > district. The County Superintendent feels that this step will result to > the mutual advantage of both districts. It will add about $300,000 to the > assessed valuation of Desloge and place the Murrill school under close and > effective city supervision. The consolidation of the Desloge and Murrill > districts is the biggest thing that has happened in educational circles in > this county for several years. > > Miss Marguerite Warren, principal of the Esther High School, writes: > "Recently a Parent-Teachers' meeting was held in the school assembly room. > Discussions were led by several of the patrons, also the teachers, and the > principal talk of the evening given by our County Superintendent, Mr. > Akers, said many good things, and to a noticeable degree achieved the > difficult task of getting his audience into perfect sympathy with his > point of view. During his talk he quoted a few appropriate lines from > Kipling's "L'Envoi." This beautiful poem is said to have been a favorite > selection of the elder Mr. Akers, who was so beloved by the people of St. > Francois county. Monday morning the school "showed her colors" by > decorating her rooms and her children with small American flags. A most > patriotic spirit prevailed throughout the day and a sound of applause was > heard whenever Mr. Danuser, bearing an American flag, entered any of the > rooms. Congress was ushered in with due regard by the loya! > l future > citizens of Esther." > > List of pupils recently receiving attendance certificates from this > office, continued: Nellie McFarland, Beulah Byers, Bernice Arenz, Maggie > Bailey, Charles Jones, Edward Gilliam, Thelma Robinson, Lester Skaggs and > Arthur Fleeman, of the Frankclay school; Hazel Huff and Maude Huff, of the > King school; and John Eaves, Pearl Gruner, Georgie Self and Earl > Kassabaum, of the Doe Run school. > Co. Supt. of Schools. > Published by THE LEAD BELT NEWS, Flat River, St. Francois Co. MO, April > 20, 1917. > --------------------------------- > > HISTORY OF MURRILL SCHOOL HOUSE > (As Published in 1913 BTHS Diamond Drill Yearbook) > > About forty-four years ago Messrs. Thomas Murrill, Acy Jackson, George > Dogget, John Day, Joseph Coleman, John Delona, King Williams, James > Williams, George Crump, Isaac Crump, Edmund Crump, William Murrill and > Briggs Murrill, neighbors living southwest of Bonne Terre, worked together > and built the Murrill School House. > > This was the first school house ever built in the vicinity and so was a > cause for rejoicing. Consequently the women of the neighborhood worked > together and gave a basket dinner celebrating the completion of the > school. The women who gave the dinner were Mesdames: George, Isaac and > Edmund Crump, Martha Jackson, Fannie Jackson, Mary Ann Williams, Pomelia > Williams, Rachael Murrill, Mary Day, Lutetia Delona, Frances Coleman and > Jennette Murrill, who were the wives of the men who built the school. > > The first teacher was Mrs. AuBuchon affectionately called Grandmother > AuBuchon. > > School is still taught at Murrill School and, little log house though it > is, it has educated some men that Bonne Terre is proud to own as among her > best citizens. > > SCHOOL INDEX PAGE > > > > > > May your Day be filled with many Blessings from above and Lord please help > me to control my mouth.A Miracle passes you by every minute all you have > to do is reach out and grab it > Karen > > Researching the Following Names: > Alphin, Ball, Bass, Bean, Chesser, Cook, Davis. Flagg, Foley, Fortune, > Gunthrie, Hardin, Harris, Henry, Hindman, Hogge, Ivy, Jamison, Jourdan, > Marr, McDonald, McKeown, Miller, Nichols, Price, Reno, Richardson, Rock, > Saylor, Sharp, Smith, Teal, Thomas, Walker, Watson, Windborn > > > > > > > > > ==== MORIPLEY Mailing List ==== > To Unsubscribe to MoRipley GenWeb > mailto:MORIPLEY-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe > mailto:MORIPLEY-D-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx

sorry for these long letters getting to the list.. Pat