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Title
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EWP 2A Yr. 1946 Petition on Saint Louis School Site
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Description
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PTA of Middleburg complains that Emerick chose badly when picking new location of colored school in Saint Louis, replacing the Grant School in Middleburg. Led by Dr. Edmead, the members wanted Maxville property along Rt 50 owned by William Hall.
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Tag
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St. Louis Village, Middleburg Village, Maxville, William Hall, Grant School, Dr. Edmead
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Place
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Virginia
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Identifier
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1043621
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Is Version Of
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1043621_EWP_IMAG0062.JPG
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Is Part Of
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Uncategorized
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Date Created
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2024-01-07
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Format
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1043621_EWP_IMAG0062.JPG
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Number
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0c9345f451419ac4eac88cb380574d37948a74c670ec4c1118882ef411b4c152
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Source
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/Volumes/T7 Shield/EWP/Elements/EWP_Files/Access Files/Upload temp/1043621_EWP_IMAG0062.JPG
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Publisher
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Digitized by Edwin Washington Project
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Rights
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Loudoun County Public Schools
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Language
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English
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Replaces
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/Volumes/T7 Shield/EWP/Elements/EWP_Files/source/Ingest Two/To be Cataloged/ScanJan5/IMAG0062.JPG
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extracted text
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— PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION
: AND
COMMUIIITY LEAGUE
s
Middlevur A%%rglnla
- FowWiualiy Oy 177V
¥r., 0. L. Emerisk,
Distriet Superintendent of Schools,
Loudoun County,
Leesburg, Virginia,
Dear Mr, Emerick:
At our regular meeting held on February 4, 1
. . 46, your
recegt 1ette§ written to Dr., Edmead, chairman ofyou; bZiléigé site
fi:gm;tte :ai&read.n Indeed, it made us more informative than we
een before, evertheless, it was rather shoecki: 5
learn of your defihite decisiofi. T on sec
ile had been impressed with the faet, as esonveyed by you,
thet our committee would have been inTormed voluntarily without
heving had to write to you. You, of ecourse, eveded this point of
the agreement.
In adéition, &t our lest gethering at the School Board
meeting we had been informed that a plot of lend eould have been
William N. Hell at Maxville and that,
obtained definitaly from Mr,
losation it would be a foregone
were we satisfied with this
conclusion, We definitely agreed to the propos&l. Consequently,
with your contrary decision and action we &are undoubtedly
disappointed.
We Peel certain that you have taken cognizance of the
many disadvantages of the selection of a site in St. Louis. At
sany rate, may be heve the pleasure and opportunity to point.out,
os we see them, some of the many disadvantages of congtrueting &
sehool in St. Louis rather than in Middleburg: -
1. 5%, Louis roads are ansatisfactory, end during some winter
months they are impassable.
will require extansive draein-
2. The-lend selected is swampy and
age, In short, all landsin St., Louis present this feature.
3, St. Louis lacks all of the conveniences of stores, theatre,
end denominational churches.
4,58%. Louis lacks Negro leadership end Negro wealth.
5, St. Louis will not ettraet much patronage in case of school
funetions and asctivities, . .
6. In any school neighborhood there sh i
ould be conducive surround-
ings so as to offset the decoy of youngsters, St Louis does
not present this qualification.