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[Petition (Colored schools) 1947 - Nokes - Request to keep C.L. Murray]

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[page 1]
Sterling Va
June. 18. 1947
Mr O L Emerick
Loudoun County School board Leesburg Va
We parents and citizens of Nokes school do petition you to let us have Mr. C. L. Murray as our teacher. Mr Murray is industrious of good Moral Character and the Children learn well under him all like him we do not believe a change will help our school. From Earl Glenn
Sterling Va
[page 2]
Sterling Va
June. 18. 1947
Mr O. L. Emerick
Leesburg Va.
Dear Sir
I inclose a petition for appointment of Mr C L Murray our present teacher for next term.
Yours respectfully
Mrs Gertrude Johnson
President
Parents
Teachers
League
[page 3]
Petition for
Mr C.L. Murray
Signed by Parents
Matilda Harris
Mary Glenn
Gertrude Frye
Edna Thorton
Justine Lee
Leola Carpenter
Elenoria Glenn
[page 4]
June 20, 1947
Mrs. Gertrude Johnson
Sterling, Virginia
Dear Mrs Johnson:
Another teacher has been appointed for the Nokes school and our school board would not find it possible to change this at this time.
Very sincerely yours,
O. L. Emerick
Division Superintendent
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Title: [Petition (Colored schools) 1947 - Nokes - Request to keep C.L. Murray]
Description: This document, dated June 18 and June 20, 1947, includes a letter of petition from Mr. Earl Glenn requesting that the same teacher of record be maintained for the upcoming school term. It also features a petition letter from Mrs. Gertrude Johnson, President of the Parents Teachers League, with petitioners' signatures, and a typewritten response from O.L. Emerick, Division Superintendent. The petition includes three generations of the Johnson family of Nokesville, Loudoun County, Virginia. In his June 20, 1947, response, Emerick states that the school board would not find it possible to honor this request, as another teacher has already been assigned.
Tag: Teacher assignment; Parents Teachers League; Earl Glenn; Gertrude Johnson; O.L. Emerick; Nokes School
Date: 1947-06-18
Creator: Loudoun County PatronsSee all items with this value; Emerick, Oscar L.See all items with this value
Place: Nokes ColoredSee all items with this value
Subject: Planning, Petitions, State and County Boards, Citizen Actions and CommitteesSee all items with this value
Identifier: 1015162
Is Part Of: Black petitions
Format: application/pdfSee all items with this value
Source: This petition is labeled “2.5.A Petition (C) Nokes - Jn 18-1947 Request to keep C.L. Murray” and is in the 2.5A Colored Petition Box in the Loudoun County Public School archives.
Publisher: This product digitized by The Edwin Washington SocietySee all items with this value
Rights: Loudoun County Public SchoolsSee all items with this value
Language: English
Category: 2-5A Colored PetitionsSee all items with this value
Transcription: [page 1]
Sterling Va
June. 18. 1947
Mr O L Emerick
Loudoun County School board Leesburg Va
We parents and citizens of Nokes school do petition you to let us have Mr. C. L. Murray as our teacher. Mr Murray is industrious of good Moral Character and the Children learn well under him all like him we do not believe a change will help our school. From Earl Glenn
Sterling Va
[page 2]
Sterling Va
June. 18. 1947
Mr O. L. Emerick
Leesburg Va.
Dear Sir
I inclose a petition for appointment of Mr C L Murray our present teacher for next term.
Yours respectfully
Mrs Gertrude Johnson
President
Parents
Teachers
League
[page 3]
Petition for
Mr C.L. Murray
Signed by Parents
Matilda Harris
Mary Glenn
Gertrude Frye
Edna Thorton
Justine Lee
Leola Carpenter
Elenoria Glenn
[page 4]
June 20, 1947
Mrs. Gertrude Johnson
Sterling, Virginia
Dear Mrs Johnson:
Another teacher has been appointed for the Nokes school and our school board would not find it possible to change this at this time.
Very sincerely yours,
O. L. Emerick
Division Superintendent
OLE:lc

Item sets: Black Petitions