Petitions (white schools) 1932 Sycoline and Evergreen communities petition for trasport to Leesburg

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Leesburg Va
March 9/32
Mr Bernard Costello,
Leesburg, Va
Dear Sir,
I am inclosing a petition which the singed patrons have asked me to wait you and request of youtube put before the School Board Thursday. On account of snow was unable to get it to you so am sending it to Mr Emerick.
Yours truly,
H.C.Daniel
P.S. You can include in the petition 2 children from Mr Paul Bell’s
1 child from Mr A. S. Bell,
These were going to sign the petition but due ot the blizzard it was not taken to them.
[page 2] We the citizens of Sycoline and Evergreen communities who have been deprived of half day of school and are dissatisfied with the progress of our children’s education do hereby apply for a bus to the transfer them to Leesburg school for the session 1932-33.
Parents / no children / age / Grade
Mr & Mrs John Gardner / 1 / 16 / 2nd year
Mr W H Gibson / 1 / 7 / 1st grade
Mr & Mrs A L Leith / 1 / 6 / 1st grade
Mr. & Mrs. Paul E. Bell / 2 / 7 & 8 / 2nd
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Leesburg, Va.
April 11, 1932
Mr Bernard Costello
Leesburg, Va.
Dear Mr Costello,
Please find inclosed the remainder of a petition. We failed to get these names on the other one that has been sent to Mr Emerick. Hope you can put this through for us, as we surely need it.
Yours truly
H. C. Daniel
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We the undersigned citizens of Sycoline and Evergreen Communities who have been deprived of half of our school day and are dissatisfied with the progress of our children’s education do hereby apply to the Loudoun County School Board for a bus to transfer them to Leesburg school for the session of 1932-33.
Parents name / no children/ ages/ grades
Mr. & Mrs. C. W. Atwell / 3 / 9, 14, 17 / 4th, 8th, 11th
Mason Kirkpatrick / 1 / 15 / 8
H. Clint Shetwers / 3 / 19, 16, 13 / 6, 9, [illegible]
T. D. K. Jessee / 1 / 9 / 4
Otto Lemarr / 1 / 7 / 1
Mr & Mrs Lewis A. Lee / 3 / 8, 13, 16 / 1st-6th-7th
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Parents name / no children / age / grade
Mr & Mrs Fred Rollins / 3 / 8-10 / 1 2 4
Mr & Mrs Herbert Dowham / 2 / 18, 7 / 6, 7
J W Daniel / 2 / 7-9 / 2-4
J S [illegible] & W (C. R. Maran) / 6 / 13, 17-9, 11, 15 / 1 - 2 - 3 - 6 - 8
Mr & Mrs H. C. Daniel / 1 / 9 / 4

Title: Petitions (white schools) 1932 Sycoline and Evergreen communities petition for trasport to Leesburg
Description: In this petition, white community members in Sycoline and Evergreen, Loudoun County, Virginia, report that learning has decreased since their school was shortened to half days. They request a bus to transport their children to school in Leesburg.
Tag: March, letter, Virginia, transfer, school, blizzard, petition, dissatisfaction, education, parents
Date: 1932-09
Creator: Loudoun County PatronsSee all items with this value
Place: Sycoline ColoredSee all items with this value; VirginiaSee all items with this value
Identifier: 1041449
Is Version Of: 1041449_2.5.B Yr 1932 Sycoline Upset over short school days and wants changes.pdf
Format: application/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 Sycoline/2.5.B Yr 1932 Sycoline Upset over short school days and wants changes.pdf
Transcription: [page 1]
Leesburg Va
March 9/32
Mr Bernard Costello,
Leesburg, Va
Dear Sir,
I am inclosing a petition which the singed patrons have asked me to wait you and request of youtube put before the School Board Thursday. On account of snow was unable to get it to you so am sending it to Mr Emerick.
Yours truly,
H.C.Daniel
P.S. You can include in the petition 2 children from Mr Paul Bell’s
1 child from Mr A. S. Bell,
These were going to sign the petition but due ot the blizzard it was not taken to them.
[page 2] We the citizens of Sycoline and Evergreen communities who have been deprived of half day of school and are dissatisfied with the progress of our children’s education do hereby apply for a bus to the transfer them to Leesburg school for the session 1932-33.
Parents / no children / age / Grade
Mr & Mrs John Gardner / 1 / 16 / 2nd year
Mr W H Gibson / 1 / 7 / 1st grade
Mr & Mrs A L Leith / 1 / 6 / 1st grade
Mr. & Mrs. Paul E. Bell / 2 / 7 & 8 / 2nd
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Leesburg, Va.
April 11, 1932
Mr Bernard Costello
Leesburg, Va.
Dear Mr Costello,
Please find inclosed the remainder of a petition. We failed to get these names on the other one that has been sent to Mr Emerick. Hope you can put this through for us, as we surely need it.
Yours truly
H. C. Daniel
[page 4]
We the undersigned citizens of Sycoline and Evergreen Communities who have been deprived of half of our school day and are dissatisfied with the progress of our children’s education do hereby apply to the Loudoun County School Board for a bus to transfer them to Leesburg school for the session of 1932-33.
Parents name / no children/ ages/ grades
Mr. & Mrs. C. W. Atwell / 3 / 9, 14, 17 / 4th, 8th, 11th
Mason Kirkpatrick / 1 / 15 / 8
H. Clint Shetwers / 3 / 19, 16, 13 / 6, 9, [illegible]
T. D. K. Jessee / 1 / 9 / 4
Otto Lemarr / 1 / 7 / 1
Mr & Mrs Lewis A. Lee / 3 / 8, 13, 16 / 1st-6th-7th
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Parents name / no children / age / grade
Mr & Mrs Fred Rollins / 3 / 8-10 / 1 2 4
Mr & Mrs Herbert Dowham / 2 / 18, 7 / 6, 7
J W Daniel / 2 / 7-9 / 2-4
J S [illegible] & W (C. R. Maran) / 6 / 13, 17-9, 11, 15 / 1 - 2 - 3 - 6 - 8
Mr & Mrs H. C. Daniel / 1 / 9 / 4

Item sets: White Petitions

Media: 1041449_2.5.B Yr 1932 Sycoline Upset over short school days and wants changes.pdf