The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-09-08
FORMER PUPILS GIVE PICNIC

: letter day in the history of that COM
munity, when the former pupils of
Prof. w. s. Moore, of Hawthorne,
, Fla, met at the Clopton churchyard
, and spread a most sumptuous re-
/, past and also fed their minds on
"reminiscences of days of "A years
! ago, when Prof. Moore was their
teacher in the little schoolhouse.
There were more than 100 present
Wednesday to enjoy the day and 30
pupils answered the roll call. Mr..
I A. M. Moose was master of cere-
monies, and needless to say, every
thing passed off according to the
program he had planned.
After the dinner hour Prof. Moore
addressed his former pupils and it
will be of interest to many of our
readers to read what he had to say
to them after such a long separa-
4 ton:
"My Dear Pupils, Your Children
and Friends-Language is inadequate
to express my pleasure and graft
tude at being with you at this re-
union celebration. While it is at
Clopton, my pupils at Clopton,
Braden,. Arlington and Mason are
most welcome, for the relation of
teacher and. pupil between us all is
mutual, as we'll as the love and es-
teen which we have for each other.
One Of the most wonderful things I
have known of is the esteem and
warm friendship all of my pupils
have for me, and / have never known
or heard of one who is not, my
warm friend. This is a source 81
great comfort and pleasure to ne
and ! feel that my life has not been
in vain. ~
"The conception and plan of this
occasion came about in this way:
Last, fall, by appointment, met Bob
Hughlett and his family at the
State Fair in Memphis. We had 4
most delightful day together. We
talked OF so many of you and of
our good times at old Clopton. Here
relate an incident of recent date.
We stopped, with others, out of the
rain on the 18th of this month at |
the home Of some delightful people, /
who knew most of my pupils. but |
had never gone to school to me. One |
Of the interesting ladies asked me:
Mr. Moore, how is it that you know
and remember so much of your
pupils 2 | replied: You know and
remember your children. Your
mothers love causes this: so it is
with me. The names and PERSONAL |
tiles OF my old pupils are inscribed !
upon my heart
"At the close of my visit with
Bob in Memphis, had lust re-
marked how much l regretted that
had not seen more Of my old
pupils. Bob was silent for some |
moments, looked up and with a feel
ing, sympathetic voice, said: Can
you come back next summer? I'll
you will, we will have a reunion Of
as many of your old pupils as can
get there | took his hand and said:
1 will come thousand miles to be
with you, and here am.
I'm the forty odd years that have
gllded by since we were teacher and
pupils there have been many
changes. In the fields where | used
to shoot birds, now there are good
farms, growing crops, nice dwell
ings and happy homes. The waste
lands in this section are blushing as
the rose and peace and plenty seem
to abound all around. On the other
hand, there have been many sad
changes. This beautiful wooded
park we can hardly recognize. Most
Of the great trees have been taken
away. Agriculture has infringed on
our snace and no longer the stream
Of bright water trickles through our
old playground. The old schoolhouse,
IS gone and it is sad to know and
think of so many of our dear pupils
and friends who helped to make ms
80 happy in the past and make
Clopton,s school so noted, and made
our ball games really famous have
rome. We miss them as they have
nassed over the river and rest on
me other shore, and we pray Cod
i 1t IS in accord with His great
olans of the universe, NAV their
spirits be with US here today
And join with US this our last roll
call,
And when our days work is over
on earth,
And the dark shadows around us
fall, -
May they meet US on that mystic
shore,
IND lead us to the city Beautiful.
And with us dwell forever more
Now we are going to make a re-
Iuest of Old Father Time. Listen!
Turn backward, turn backward, o,
Time in thy flight,
IND make these all children again.
so happy and bright,
of yore,
md make them all young again as
they were before.
No titles we know-it's Warren and
Billy; its Manuel and Bob:
It's Bessie and Addie and Ada and
Blanche; w
nd the other young girls, too many