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"New Training School at Pulaski, Va."

Short feature highlighting the new Calfee Training School building.

Southwest Times, page 13 - June 3, 1951

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Multiple articles announcing graduates of Christiansburg Institute and Calfee Training School, along with details for both ceremonies and local news.

Tags: Alfredia Dooley, Alphonso Hunter, Anna Belle Pierson, Anna M. Hendricks, Annie and Glenice Mills, Annie M. Tolliver, Arthur Meadows, Atlanta, Audrey Rollins, Baltimore, Bernard Carter, Bernice Johnson, Bonni Stith, Bonnie Perry, Bronx NY, Calfee Training School, Catherine Grubbs, Charles Berry, Charles Brown, Charles Day, Charles Hunter, Christiansburg Institute, Clark College, Clark's Chapel Methodist Church, class advisor, colored news, commencement, Consuella Boyer, Curtis Blake, David C. Kent, David Lewis, Delnora Harmon, Detroit, Donald Claytor, Donola Garrett, Douglas Hendricks, Douglas Slaughter, Dr. and Mrs. P.C. Corbin, Earl Perry, Edna Callahan, Edna Eaves, Edward Perry, Eirica Alexander, Elizabeth Moss, Ethel Payne, Evon Wilson, First Baptist Church, Franklin Murphy, Galilee Buford, Garland Trueheart, Gem City Garden Club, George Mills, Gerald Johnson, graduates, graduation, Harold Waugh, Helen Burks, High Point, Jamaica, James Dyer, James Sherman, James. C. Mills, John Mayo, Junior Broadneaux, Kenneth Burks, LaDonne Baker, Lena Ferguson, Malinda Calloway, Mamie C. Hale, Marie French, Marie Johnson, Mary Scott, Morgan college, Morristown college, Mr. and Mrs. A. Poe, Mr. and Mrs. George Hogan, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Long, Mr. and Mrs. Percy Corbin Jr, Mr. and Mrs. Sherill Paige, Mrs. Addie Foster, Mrs. C.C. Owens, Mrs. Captolia Lottier, Mrs. Dorothy Adams, Mrs. Elizabeth J. Howard, Mrs. Gretchen Gaines, Mrs. John Jenkins Jr, Mrs. John Murphy, Mrs. John Patterson, Mrs. M.D. Poindexter, Mrs. Margie Morris, Mrs. Peralie Patterson, Mrs. Preston Penn, Mrs. Robert Bills, Mrs. Victoria Paige, Ms. Betty Martin, Ms. Dorcas Johnson, Ms. F.M. Poindexter, Ms. L.M. Wilson, Ms. Lillian Wilson, Ms. Nancy Patterson, Ms. V.M. Charlton, New Century Methodist Church, newspaper, North Carolina, Ottoway Patterson, Patrica Reynolds, Pepper's Ferry Road, Personal Aid Club, photo, piano, Plymouth, principal, Princteon, Pulaski, Rev. and Mrs. F.D. Johnson, Rev. and Mrs. O.L. Johnson, Rev. Bristol Johnson, Rev. L.C. Choates, Rodell-Cruise, Roosevelt Johnson, Rosie Lee Young, Ruth Benson, senior class advisor, Silas Black, Southwest Times, Stella Muse, Talmadge Williams, Thomas Milton, Tommy Cruise, U.B. Broaneaux, United Holiness church, Vernon Curren, Virginia Eaves, Walter Poole, Water Street, Youngstown, Yvonne McClanahan, Z.S. Holmes

Photo: "Teachers Who Led Fight"

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A scanned photograph from the March 25, 1939 edition of the Richmond Afro-American, showing faculty of Calfee Training School.

Tags: Cathleen Jenkins Santa Cruz, Chauncey Harmon, Hazel Calfee, Lucy Martin, newspaper, photo, Richmond Afro-American, Willis Gravely

"Aunt Polly Brown"

Brief feature and photo of "Aunt Polly" Brown, who celebrated her 95th birthday on September 13, 1950 at her home in Draper. The article shares she was born in 1855, is said to have been raised by the Henry Sayers family, and she remembered being…

Tags: 'Aunt Polly' Brown, A.J. Lawrence, Charles Brown, Draper, Henry Sayers, James Brown, John Brown, John H. Watkins, newspaper, Nurl Brown, photo, Polly Brown, Pulaski, slavery, Southwest Times, Willie Brown

Photo: "Library's Friends"

"Friends of the Calfee branch" organization supporting the county's free library.

Tags: Calfee, library, Mrs. Alma Watson, Mrs. C.C. Stewart, Mrs. Hazel M. Thomas, Mrs. Lillian Rogers, Mrs. M.D. Crisp, newspaper, photo, Pulaski, Southwest Times

Walter White, Robert Smith, and others working at Hercules Pigment

Tags: Hercules Pigment, photo, Pulaski, Robert Smith, Walter White

Unidentified Man standing on the northside of Peak Creek

Tags: Peak Creek, photo, Pulaski

The Rev. T.G. Howard performs the Venables' wedding

The Rev. T.G. Howard performs thte Venable_s wedding.tiff

Tags: Dorothy Deberry Venable, photo, Pulaski, Rev. T.G. Howard, wedding

The Rev. O.L. Johnson (First Baptist)

Tags: First Baptist Church, photo, Pulaski, Rev. O.L. Johnson

The Rev. Mr. Johnson and congregation pose in front of the original church

Tags: congregation, First Baptist Church, photo, Pulaski, Rev. O.L. Johnson

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