Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-08-09
Reunion Of old Schoolmates.

Rev. L. M. Hurst of Merrittstown,
Pa, an OH Hardin county boy,
which appeared in the Courier,
awoke the echoes in Memory's
Hall to such an extent that it hap.
lily occurred to Mrs. ID. w. Broylcs,
who is ever thoughtful for the
pleasure of others, to have q re.
union of old schoolmates at her
hospitable home on last Wendes.
day; and the following is a form
of the invitation sent out:
Patience McDougal sends greet.
ing to her friend Jennie East and
requests the pleasure of her com.
pany tomorrow, to spend the day
and meet some schoolmates. /
paraphrase the words of the poem
Turn backward, turn backward,
oh time in your high
And make us all girls again, jus
for tomorrow;
Oh strengthen our friendship, and
make our hearts light,
So we may rejoice, and forget ev.
cry sorrow.
Aug. 6, 1901.
Seventeen invitations were is.
sued and those present were Miss.
es Dora Crook, Hattie Jones, Ell.
Ia Hardin, Annie Winborn, and
Madams Mariah Broylcs Welch,
Mollie Crook Mangum, Matte Set
tie McDougal, Aratanna Hamil.
ton Herring, Mary Broyles Chan.
dler, Jennie East Hefner, Ida
Paine Sewer and Daisy Seaman
Baker. We were disappointed in
not having Annie Baker Barnhill
with us as she failed to arrive
from Paducah as was expected.
And Ned Jour pet name for Mollie
Maxwell DeFord) though absent
was not forg0tten-a sore toe, the
whoopingcough or some other in.
venile complaint kept her at home
and Sallie Cherry Benton could
not be with us because she had
to 60 out to uncle John AIS to
tell little Henry Smith goodby
who with his wife and two bOys)
left the next day for the West.
School incidents were related
thick and fast, Ida Paine telling
how she used to gather up all the
books lying loose around home
taking them to school to make
big show, among them a bulky old
Latin lexicon of her fathers. And
Patience McDougal told of going
into the schoOlrOom one day and
finding Mary Broyles and Clay
Carter talking, and how surprised
she was that the decorous Mary
would break that memorable "9th
Rule.n Yes, we talked about our
sweethearts and Dora Crook re-
minded me that she was in my
confidence and remembered how
I admired him of the brightest
intellect" as Mr.. Hurst put it, and
confessed to having always been
a wOrshiper at the shrine of Intel
lect, though mine be only mediocre.
But when Paish casually mention
ed Frank Witherspoon in that con-
nection, nothing was left but to
deny the charge, as Frank, in his
Kansas City home reads the Cou.
rier, and has for his wife one of the
sweetest little girls that ever
pressed a dainty foot on Hardin
county soil-Ella Williams, a fact
to which the Rev. Fl. S. Mcbride
would willingly testify. No, we
have not forgotten Mr.. Mcbride
though twenty.odd long years are
gone since he lab0red among us
he Is still pleasantly remembered
by the people of Savannah. But
memory runs away with the per
and we must come back to thai
reunion and the elegant dinner
the hostess served in lieu of thu
schoolgirl lunch. And though w
fingered long at the festal board
we were ready for the green ap
Piles and salt later in the after
noon, of which Mary Broyles ant
Ida Paine ate SO greedily that
threw Hattie Jones into a panic
fearful they would not be able t.
attend the picnic the next day.
Well, it was a jolly reunion an
we hope there will be many NOR
before the final farewells are a
l enid