04-09-01

Mr. Bobo said his mother-in-law said she had some old photos of Wayland W. Anderson (1909-1985) as a student with his teacher at the Spring Hill School. Wayland Anderson was called Andy. Mr. Bobo's mother-in-law was born in1920 and would like to share some her old photos along with some history.

Ashley Bob, in the photo is a great-granddaughter of Wayland Anderson. This photo of Ashley was taken two weeks ago, the building is grown up with trees and is not very visible from the road.

I will continue with the news from the 1920 Aubrey Argus. The Argus building was partially destroyed by the tornado of 1918 and incidentally that same building is still in the downtown area just north of the city hall of today. It was used as a printing location for the paper as well as a shoe repair work that was done by Mr. T.J. Goodwin. Mr. Goodwin invited everyone into his office so he could repair shoes while you sat and waited.

In this same column of the 1920 edition it is reported that Little Miss Jewel Morgan, accompanied by her Auntie called at the Argus office Wednesday and Jewel sang her favorite song "Old Time Religion."

In another section of the newspaper, Mr. Doyle and Mr. Peipelman each handed him a dollar bill this week to keep the Argus coming for another year and said THANKS.

The Liberty news as of 1920 as printed:

Some of last week’s Denton visitors were Mr. and Mrs. Ollie Rogers, Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Peipelman, G.A. Rogers, W.B. Daniel, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Martin, Miss Ethel Rogers, J.L. Steele and Len Thomas.

Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Tipps and Mr. and Mrs. Harve Tipps of Oak Grove visited Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Daniel.

Mr. and Mrs. Joe Lawson and Miss Hillie Sears were in McKinney.

J.L. Steele had purchased a Ford car.

Mr. and Mrs. Bule Self and baby of Oak Grove visited her parents, Mr. J.L. Steele.

Rev. E.A. Drew of Aubrey visited Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Daniel.

Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Peipelman, Mr. and Mrs. Ollie Rogers and G.A. Rogers were in Fort Worth.

Miss Hillie Sears is visiting relatives in Kansas City, MO.

Mrs. A. Lawson was among the lucky numbers and drew the $10 at Aubrey Saturday.

Mrs. Oran Rogers and daughter visited Mr. and Mrs. Joe Yarbrough at Pilot Point.

Miss Myrtle Potter visited Miss Emma Hammonds at Parvin.

Miss Della McSpadden attended the box supper at Lloyd.

Next week I will continue with the Oak Grove news from this same paper.

Two weeks ago, Tommy and Peggy Bobo of Glen Heights, Texas came into the hardware store and left this one old photo and a current photo. The old print is of the Spring Hill School as it was in its earlier years. The solid wall is on the north side and the old building that was removed and hauled into Aubrey to become a part of the Aubrey School’s lunch room and was located on the northeast part of the old playground.

Mr. Humphreys was superintendent of Aubrey at the time it was moved. School lunch programs were started in the late 1930's and early 1940's, and was a Federal project to offer the students a nutritious and balanced meal. The entire country was in a deep depression and it was most certainly felt right here in Aubrey. This building served to feed the students as buses brought the kids in from the outside small rural districts as they were being consolidated into a bigger and less costly system.

The other photo is of an old building which was one of the outhouses from the Spring Hill School. The girl (Ashley Bobo) in the photo is a great-granddaughter of Wayland Anderson. This photo of Ashley was taken two weeks ago, the building is grown up with trees and is not very visible from the road.

We can remember these hard times, the people were very concerned for each other and their daily needs and when a neighbor got sick or needed help for a family crisis, then everyone in the community was concerned and helped the family.

Remember the local Cherokee Pow-Wow this Saturday morning at 11:00 A.M. at the hardware store. This is a business meeting for the Northern Towns District of Texas. Food will be served after the meeting.

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