The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-06-30
A. W. CURTIS
PASSES AWAY
WAS PRINCIPAL Of sHER1ARp
HIGH SCHOOL AT TINE
OF DEATH.
Formerly Had Charge of Elm Grove
sehocl-was Well Known Through
cut This Par OF the state.

coming a. a mos severe shc,k - hts
vid~ r,rrie II fricna, ana sctuaintan-s-.
the death - Prof. Nlen " curtis ur-
,ur-~i last right shortly aftc- ~ O'Clock
a. toe fcr-'lv HON. in Sucrrard. TIE.
sfc : Vas Az -. moe. seN ere because
% 49, uueNp e"tedn-ss Will ie lJi
been -etipI~iv ~ cot nearly a month.
nj condition Wa ~ioNls ifnrro,iug ~
30 YESTERDAY During Tho uorulug his
CO. Gifinn suddenly changed for The
worse and MS immediate" relatives were
called ~ riS bedside. .Niulougl plNSi-
ans made every effort 10 p~ruiung we.
Ire continued - sink rapidly ami death
resulted few minutes before midnight
ir.f CItiS VAS "r- 80 tie foremost
s.4t EfHr- q TINS section nr the stat"
.ri lt- h' en a teacher ia TIE schools Of
ONO and Marshall counties fog ucariy
20 wears
TIE Il ceased vas abo,., 80 years ~
~" MAS the ION 81 Dr. and Mrs !.
~ 'Irtir. AMI MAS bora uear West Lib
erty it, received hi~ early education
IN t." iIuli' schools AMI was later
graduated from the est Liberty State
\ofrual school ana the Wet Virginia
university. at Morganto~n lie was a
grandson - the Late General ". r. cur
It's. ~. diStiuguisn-d civil war veteran.
IT, June. 1909. Irof CURTIS wa married
to Miss Zelda Epstein. OF West Liberty
was Prominent Educator.
Mr. curtis began his "sIeer as a
teacher lu ne public schools 81 Mar
snail county Re taught - Few wears
IN TIE rural schools - that county and
onto county and later became principal
NJ the Elm GROVE graded school. holding
tlat position for ter consecutive wears.
WHrg ne assumed The p"rinCtpalsntp of
IN" school 90 was . email. obscure inst
tuition. hIt itrge'N tnTough GiS EFFORTS
- developed irtu one ~ the best nigh
SCHOOLS in this section. and - attended
~ pupils from the surrounding country
4istitct~
Atloue 80 was required ,p teach
only TO-" common h""l IRAN. he's BOO"
arrange a nigh school c1ur0". short AZ
ffSt l'sf gradually increase 2. for 800"
benefit ~ h'S pupils VINO wished Q" tab"
ADVANCE .Nn~N \ '-N wears ago llS
.iEa srhoo' course was adopted by tr-
stat" AMI made q art of the school
,n.r~e NJ later developed q into -
tnl'~ YEAR course
Two years aSu lee rsSl-nsI hts position
az tim ''"V" - accept th" rln'ii"lS"-p
- the luton DISTRICT Consolidate ii.S
school At Sh'riard u" lds been IN
cn4is- OF 't~ p n.ul since that time n,
waS tie oHl! principal 90 "a" Sr"tr1rd
SCHOOL ana Was developing a splendid
COURSE
rhr deceased ~4S a cons stem, mem
Ter ~ &c Presley. az 'tur,t AZ " -st
i.oertN W !- located ia Elm Gr"t-
Class 81 -" Ston" church 90" largest
Rtb," class 600 tim ';rov- After uYtIuE
20 ~u~rtart took au active interest IN
the Nll-u 'iIoNs tsnvi'!idu '4'.I'H ana
~as teacher "t a ltrg~ Hi".c class or
men.
On f|raterual circles ~ was affiliated
WIN FNF- . - ~ 4'aH
men OF Nu-fiDt 81 Elm Grove. having
been a member oi tat Equalization IN
several wars I" ws- also being iultia-
tel into Toe Ev"ulns star .ui~". NJ. T..
htaErt~ of lFfa.ts ~ ami
hat "."tv"I tn rank 'f I.t-- before
becoming DO.
it, = SufN ,,d tv has wife and two
C.4.dfsi. e. dhuEht,f. H'.vu. and son.
N~sHtgvu.IN lii- 1u. thtr and o. S'ster.
Nt-. or i.-V "f 'L,~ts.. Doe add ton
q" 81 haif-tf"fn.t and ture. haIt-~isivrs.
3 n - survive
Post MOrtem To-day.
g. an effort Goo as1.ru.IH- the cause
I 81 MS urtiul-lv ,,-rts- = post murjem
/ exam rafi.t' uIl h- ~,uLd.St'i over the
lrua us tuiS uIuiu,.s 10 VIII B." CON
Quoted ht If~ y kutl.. ut lin
/ riut-. auI James ~Strwiru. af tl.S clty
, l- VIZ taken suddenly 90 about a
nome ag' while sfT'tuuG the IIrgafa-
3 f.o.S g. tIr ugh school auditorium Tor
commencement .Nsr,ir-~. lie has tr,n
.tnu-d to it~ bed since fHat time but
uUfil yesterday 70 waS thougnt he would
recover 10 i~ believed h'~ death vac
ca4scl by ~ LbSresS 81 INC brain.
40 arrangements fuT the funeral
tas. tren made The funeral VIII b-
90 charge ~ Henry Gay camp Modern
/ ~ .OcfaeI uf America. ana intermtnt
will probably be- made in the stone
. &, fvTcn cemetery. although u has not
been definitely settled.