The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1922-09-07
LARGE CROWD AT
SCHOOL OPENING
AT PISGAH, SEPT. 4

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Monday September 4th, the peo-
pie of the Pisgah community came
out as solid body to be present at
the opening exercises of the third
session of the consolidated school.
Their very presence and enthusiasm
fOretold that this is going to be the
biggest and most successful term in
the history of the work. At ten
o'clock the faculty, students, patrons
and visitors were called into the as
sembly hall and listened to the de-
votional exercises led by Prof. f. NJ.
LOwther and the prayer by our
county agent, MI Simmons, after
which Mr.. B. T. Hilbun, Supervisor
Of Rural Schools, made one of the
strongest appeals for the educational
interests of Mississippi that has
ever been delivered in Rankin Coun-
ty. Mr.. Hilbun is in direct touch
with the rural schools of the Stare
uplifting and inspiring but filled
with an encouraging note for the
community teachers and workers Of
this county. II at any time a com
munity of this county is fortunate
enough to secure Mr. Hilbun as a
speaker they will find him to meas
ure fully to the hight standards re-
quired of school man.
After Mr.. Hilbun's address dinner
was announced and the table was
filled with enough food to take care
of four or five crowds such as
gathered around it. After the dinner
hour the crowd gathered in the hall
and listened to the piano selections,
after which Mrs. Simmons made a
strong appeal to the girls and ladies
for community work for the better
ment of home conditions and con-
veniences and finished her plea by
giving select reading which great
ly pleased the boys and girls as
well as the grown folks. The women
of the community have had a good
organization but seeing the great
call for a stronger effort through
organization they made new resO-
luton to meet the growing needs OF
their community life. Mr.. Simmons,
our county agent, then addressed
the meeting along agricultural and
community development lines. I'm
der the leadership of Prof Lowthe1
and with the cooperation of the
people of this community, we are
going to use Mr.. Simmons in carry
ing out some of the projects he out
lines in his talk. We were brought
more fully to realize that the office
of our county agent is for the ad-
vancement of all interests in Oui
community life and that Mr.. Sim
mons is in this county to serve all
the people if they will let him know
just what they want. He outlined
to us just how to go about the work
| ing out Of good community fair,
and we are going to work on this al
once, in fact, we have been working
on it since last fall when we found
out the real benefit tONa school and
community of fair. BY electing
Mr.. w. G. Barksdale as president
Of the Fair Association, we are plan
ming the details of the best fair we
have ever put on, and, without q
doubt, the best community or beat
fair in Rankin County to be held
| this fall. Realizing that in the boys
and girls of our community we have
| the greatest asset possible, that they
are as deserving and capable as any
boys and girls we find in any town
or city, we have secured for them
| the. very best teachers and under
lthe instruction of Mr.. Lowther, Mr.
benson, Miss Hurt and Miss Camp.
bell we feel that we have an as
lsurance that our boys and girls and
every interest Of the community will
lbe taken care OF In the best possible
Iway. Reporter From Pisgaf