The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-08-11
THE WELLS VALLEY PICNIC.
Interesting Write-up by Prof. Geo. W.
AllOway, Former Fulton COun-
ty Teacher.


something about myself and the
picnic, l offer the following;
Forty-five years ago I was lit
tie boy attending school at Wells
Tannery. In the spring of 1865,
my father, because of iH.heaith,
moved with his famlly to Iowa,
where we sojourned for a year
and half. My fathers health
becoming no better, we all return
ed to Broadtop City, where in a
few months he died, and was ten
derby buried by the noble order
of Odd Fellows. The day follow
ing the funeral, [ went to New
Grenada to live with my fathers
uncle, John Alloway. After five
years spent with this uncle on
the farm, | was induced through
the influence and ki.dness of ii.
H. Woodal, then superintendent
of the Fulton county schools, to
enter the profession of teaching.
1t is to him that l owe an ever.
lasting debt of gratitude for his
example as a man, his fidelity as
friend, and his personal help to
me in my first struggle for high
er education. His kindness to
me in securing me my first school
as well as his future help, shall
ever burn bright on the altar of
my heart and be sweet incense
of his memory. To me, the story
of my life in It's failures and sue
cesses, Its sorrows and pleasur
es, It's mistakes and attalnments.
its sinfulness and goodness,
Is stranger than fiction itself,
and, whatever has been the ultl-
mate success of it all, lowe partly
to my own effort, largely to good
and faithful friends, but more
than all, to Him from whom COM
eth every good and perfect gift.
In ALL my school days, / never
had poor teacher, and If any of
them are yet living and their eyes
should fall upon this letter, I hope
they will accept my thanks for
what they did for me, and I wish
they would write to me. 1 had
the pleasure of meeting one of
my teachers, Miss Kate Wishart
at to-day's picnic.
shall not weary you nor your
readers with a detailed biography
of myself, but permit me to state
that in 1872, l again returned to
Wells Tannery to school. l. was
not then a little child, but a full
grown youth with more or less
consciousness of what life meant.
Superintendent Woodal con.
Quoted a Normal School at this
place, and | was one Of many stu.
dents. Everybody was full of
enthusiasm and sociabllity, and
the memory of that school Is in
delibly stamped upon the woof
and fiber of my beng. Il taught
school the following winter and
then attended Superintendent
Woodal's Normal at Saluvla.
This was another successful
terms work, but some of the
near by farmers may remember
that we boys had a strong liking
and large capacity for good ap-
pies. At this school, l formed
the acquaintance Of George
Shoemacher (that may not be
spelled correctly and | remem-
ber he "stood by" me one day on
the ''Elihu COW" problem. I al
ways held him in high esteem
aud l have heard that he is
minister of the Gospel. | very
much desire to know his address.
taught IN Fulton county the
next winter and then went to
huntington county, then to Milf
lin county, and from there to my
present home. Youngstown, Ohio,
where ] have been employed con-
tinuously for thirty years. In
1899, l began a thorough college
course, and, alter ten years hard
study, | graduated in the classi-
cal course with the degree of
A. B.
have written more about my
self than some people might think
should write, butt have writ
ten 1t for two reasons, namely:
that Fulton county people may