Petitions (white schools) 1929 Emerick response to Philomont that there are not enough students to open a school

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Title: Petitions (white schools) 1929 Emerick response to Philomont that there are not enough students to open a school
Description: Loudoun County School Board Superintendent Oscar L. Emerick's 18 Oct 1929 response to a petition from Philomont residents requesting a school for their children. Emerick states that he school board did not find there to be enough students to open a school.
Tag: letter, October, 1929, Mrs. Lucy Hunt, Philomont, Virginia, educational challenges, rural communities, 20th century, petition, school, Division Superintendent, children, resources
Date: 1929-10-18
Creator: Emerick, Oscar L.See all items with this value
Place: Philomont WhiteSee all items with this value; VirginiaSee all items with this value
Identifier: 1041403
Is Version Of: 1041403_2.5.B_Yr 1929 Emerick Response to Philomont Wants to Keep School.pdf
Format: Pdf DocumentSee all items with this value
Publisher: Digitized by Edwin Washington ProjectSee all items with this value
Rights: Loudoun County Public SchoolsSee all items with this value
Language: English
Replaces: /Volumes/T7 Shield/EWP/Elements/EWP_Files/source/Ingest Two/EWS Special Projects/Lost_Letters Project/Ed Washington Folder/2.5B White Petitions/2.5.B Philomont/2.5.B Yr 1929 Emerick Response to Philomont Wants to Keep School.pdf
Transcription: October 18, 1929
Mrs. Lucy Hunt,
Philomont, Virginia.
My dear Mrs. Hunt:
Your petition was presented to our board but there do not appear to be enough children for a
school and the board decided not to open a school.
Very sincerely yours,
Division Superintendent.
OLE-RME

Item sets: White Petitions