EWP 03 O. L. Emerick Biography

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Title
EWP 03 O. L. Emerick Biography
Description
Account of the life of O. L. Emerick.
Tag
Emerick
Superintendent Emerick
Emerick biography
Horse Drawn Wagons
School Hacks
Place
Virginia
Identifier
1027533
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1027533_EWP_Transportation.pdf
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Date Created
2024-01-07
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Pdf Document
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Publisher
Digitized by Edwin Washington Project
Rights
Loudoun County Public Schools
Language
English
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q31y nositively that we
y-s all of these things,
rn say positively that we
ys one of these things.
I always goos Americans.

s.s.s.

r llrrch Control
re Tirnes-Mirror:
rs

I

would dislike seeing

Love

to Loudoun I
is not too

re time

am

dis-

will be
;o sell our lqnd to A.E.
er non-agriculfural profew more decisions by
court that a man can't
is own 'house lvithout.
nission of the Zoninq
r few' more regulations
rvernment'as to how and
e feed our own grain,
self respecting farmer
ider trying to farrn Lourrtile acres.
iss) Elizabeth J. White
n we land. owners

luster's Scalp
he Times-Mirror:

r

editorial of Februarlf
titled, "Ttre AEC: We're
I would like to point
n-istake the ed.itor has

of significance to many peot:le
.a.hc have followed its progi'ess
but to Osear L. Emerick the occesion will denote more tllan the
completion of a building. For Mr.
Emerick it'Il be a great day. He'S

visualized a consolidated hiCh
schooi in Loudoun since 194?. For
nim a goal has been attained.
When you've had 3B l,ears of
service lt'ith public education. you
unquesiionably are in the categcry of an authority. Mr. Emei'ick
is an authority. He knows the
edueation system in Loudoun and
its problems like no other ]iving
pel'son,

iiiirii.iii!ffi

It's been a iong time too since
Lgi?. That was the year L{r. Emerick beoame Superintendent of
Schools. He's had an offiee in
Leesburg for 20 years. For 1b
years he conducted an office in

t;;r.::i'

that the
only office he had was under

Purcellville and before

his hat.

The year lvlr, Emerick took over

the school system there were 11
rvhite combined high and elernentary schools, 35 u&ite and 20
eoloted. one-l'oom schoois; six
u'hite and two colored trvo-room
.sehools and three white and one
colored larger elementary school.

XlIr. Emerick inherited five
his knowted,se ol the echool wagons in 191?-all horse
I Little Big: Horn. The' dra,,l'n-Cherry Grove to Round.
Lid "when Chief Crazy I{ill; Salem to Hitlsboro; EdCe; go with his tomahawk groye to Hillsboro; Hamilton to
led the general. " " His- Lincoln and Purcellville to Linlceounts of the scene
: battle was over say
rs not scalped out of deor his bravery-even the
littins Bul1" shows he
scalped.

It is

question-

:her Custer was brave in
o1' whether he was unlee and had to fight, IIe

rt

believe refiorts. .that
ns had an army of 3000

as Indians traditionlly
1 smal1 groups, and so
rd his troops wa.lked inI Iaid trap,
C]aude J. Bradshaw

ppearance, at least is en-

tisfactory

to ihe

Pur-

****
rebruanr 13,1880

)ung men by the na,mes
rs and Scott werg caught

,t in the act of stoning
ence of Mr. Mahlon Hat-

coJn. Transportation has come a
long way since then. Each mol:rling now 50 busses place some
5.000 children of the county at

their variou5 school doors.
Life's course for Mr. Emerick
nas t'un something ]ike this: He
was bom January ?E,18gg on a
farm two rniles nolth of purcellvjlle (the place riorv owned by
Albert W. Luhrs). His parents
v ele John H. Emelick from Fay.ette, Ohio, and his mother, Ca.rrie Taylor Emerick from Loudoun. He attended Allder,s oneloom school and purcellville
School; Eastern College flom 1904
to 1907 where he received his A.
R. degree and the University of
Vrrginia 1911 to 1913. L{r. Em_
erick taught school and was print'ipal of Goshen, three-room tea<her school in Rockbrjdge CountY, Yirginia, for the 190?-1908
term. He worked on a land survey job for the philippine Goveryl_
ment from 1908 to 1911 and in
ihe'evenings tau,eht night classes
in the Philippines. He made a
world tsur from Ig0B to 1911,

OSCA*R

was principal of
R,cund HiIl School froln 1913

Mr'. ' Emei'ick

tc

School

1917.

Tl1ere's b.een

fun too along ihe

wni,. Mr. Emerick played ]:aseball

and football at Eastern College,
pl:u1'ed baseball and tennis in the

Philippines, played baseball on
Purcellville town team and has
been a golf enthusiast for yeals,
Mr, Emerick is a mernber of

Keioctin and Purcellville Bapti.sr Chulches. He was superinre:rdent of Ketoctin Sunday
School at the age of 1B. He is
a fdrmer superintendent of Pur-

they are

Nhs

,iparents

of

three

c.'lrildren, Mrs. lvlargaret Ca1'ter, rrf
Riclrmond: Mrs. Eyelyn Dick$on
of Falls Chureh . and the Rev.
O. L. Emericl(. Jr'.. of Glasgou',
Va. There are seYen grandchiltl-

i'j

len.

lsuuhmum @turuBx-gffiirrur
SEE,VING LOUDOUN
Owfled and published weekly bY the
Loudcirln Times Publishing company,

a Virginia corporation. Hubert

B.

John Gaueber, Vice
Presi$ent; Fitzbugh Turner, Secxetar-v;
Francbg I{. Reid, Treasuret.
Phiprrs', President;

ffi

. ' ,, HUBEET B. PI{IPPS
I :1
Publ.i.sher
ROBERT T. COCHRAN, JR.
Editor
FRANCES H. R,EID
News Editor

LOI,IA C.

JAMES,

Advertising Manager
,IAMES L. BR,YAN

COUNIY STIJCE

1i99

newspapers.

Established 1?99, successor to th6
Loudoun \4lrror. the Loud.oun :fimes
and tbe Loucloun News. Tl)e LoudouD
itlm-es-1i{irrbr intends to ire a peoples'
DaDer. to . be a servant of the Pecple
bf-Lorrdoun County as a People. to
bring all seelions of the countY in
closer loilclr r llrough "ommunlty news
items covering community news interests.

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MerRber Natianal Editoriai Association"
Member Audit Bureau of Circulatian-q.

Nlemberl Advertising Checking Eureaau..

Printing Manager

SubscriBtion

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