Curwensville Area High School - Echo Yearbook (Curwensville, PA)

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THE ECHO BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF GRANT NORRIS Grant Norrxs was a natnve of Clearfxeld County as were hrs parents before hlm He was born ln Plke Townshlp on March 30 l868 and was there fore 60 years elght months and mne days old at the tlme of his death Hrs father was Thomas S Norrls who dled ln ISS9 Hrs mother Mary ane CAskeyD Norris who was born near the Chestnut Rldge school house died March 29 I9Z6 at the advanced age of 86 years The NOTTIS Camp was named after the father of Prof NOIFIS On the farm between New Mlllport and Kerrmoor the subject of this sketch spent hls boyhood days He recelved hx elementary educatlon at the Stony Pomt school ln Ferguson Townshlp and later attended Dickinson Semlnary at Wllllamsport He recelved the Bachelor of Arts degree from Allegheny College at Mead vllle as well as hls Ph D degree at the Unlverslty of Pxttsburgh Maklng 6dUCatlOH his llfe work he taught lh the Hlllsdale Mt oy Kerrmoor Normal Olanta Burnslde Morrlson s Cove Wllmerdlng East Free dom and Duncansvllle schools comlng to Curwensvllle IH l92I Whlle at Wllmerdlng on August 8 l90I Prof Norrls was marrled to Mxss Katherme Hunter Ferguson who survlves with two chlldren Hugh Grant Norris prlnclpal of the schools at Ramey and Miss Helen Ferguson Norrls at home Prof Norrls was one of fourteen chlldren seven of whom survlve as follows Mrs George l.. Thurston of Clearfield Blake W Norrls of Kerrmoor Wade Norrls of New Mlllport Mrs Laura Frlck of Eureka Cal Perry A Norrls of New Mlllport Mrs Nora Sohl ofL1v1ngston Montana and Mrs George M DeHaas of Phlladelphla He was the Chxef Cur of the local organxzatlon of the Yellow Dogs and lt IS largely due to hx ll'lltl3.tlVC and energy that the Improvements of lrvln Park were carrled to a full frultlon He was a member of the Masonic lodge of Wllmerdlng Keystone Forest of the Tall Cedars of Lebanon of thls place the Coudersport Conslstery and the affa Temple of the Anc1entArab1c Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrlne of Altoona The funeral was held at hls late resldence Monday evenlng at 8 0 clock and was conducted by Rev C Colllns of WllllamSpOft a former pastor here Rev Harry arrett of McConnellsburg but formerly of New Mlllport and Rev ames M Brennan pastor of the M E. Church The pall bearers chosen by the deceased were ohn A Dale representlng the Sunday School A G Woodward a member of Mr NOTTIS Sunday School class Prof Harry H Foreman ofthe publlc school faculty Harry G Gates Presldent of the School Board John F Haupt representlng the Yellow Dogs and M A Caldwell of the Masomc bodles of whrch the deceased was a member On Tuesday at 8 30 A M the Senlor Class of the Curwensvllle Hlgh School wrtnessed at the Norrls home wrth bared heads bowed rn reverence the departure ofthe remains whlch were accompanied by Messrs Dale and Woodward to Pxttsburgh where Interment was made ln the Homewood cemetery From the Curwensvxllc Herald ' 1 1 - . , . , J , . . . 3 . , .J. 1 1 1 1 1 - , . . , D , . xl l ' . .J.. , , . . J . . . . J . . .. . , J . . ., . , , .

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THE ECHO ilu irlilsmurxam AWAY l cannot say and l mlll not SIX 1 hat hc lb dead He ls just avsax Wltlm a cheery smlle and a wave of the hand He has xx andered mto an unknown land And left us dreamlng how very falr lt needs must be slnce he llngers therc And you oh you who the xuldcst yearn For the old tlme step and the glad return Think of hlm farlng on as dear ln the love There as the love of Here And loval stlll as he gave the blows Of hls warrlor strength to llli country s oes Nllld and gentle as he was lnraxe Vvhen the sweetest love of hxs hfe he gaxe To slrnple things where the vlolets grew Pure as the eyes they were hkened to lhe touches of hls hands have strayed As revcrently as hls hps have pras ed Vlfhen the little brown thrush that harshlx c Was dear to hlm as the mockxng bird And he plt1Cd as much as a man xn pam A ss rlthlng honey bee wet ulth raln fhlnk of him stlll as the same I sav He lb not dcad hc lb just awxaw hlrped james TI lulcomb Rzlcy f KC !! -f C' yy. Y f -.E Y 1 ' ' 4 1 sg- 1 f K- A C , V y v 1 1 , f - v f v , . . . , , , . t . . V , , , X , , n ' 1, V f ls .. . , , ,, ,I

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8 THE ECHO GRANT NORRIS' FAVORITE HYIVIN WILL THERE BE ANY STARS IN MY CROWN? I am thinking today of that beautiful land I shall reach when the sun goeth down When thro wonderful grace by my Saviour I stand Will there be any stars ln my crown3 CHORUS Will there be any stars in my crown When at evening the sun goeth down3 When I wake with the blest lh the mansions of rest Will there be any stars in my crown3 In the strength of the Lord let me labor and pray Let me watch as a winner of souls That bright stars may be mme in the glorious day When his praise I1ke the sea blllow rolls O what joy it will be when HIS face I behold Living gems at His feet to lay down It would sweeten my bliss IH the clty of gold Should there be any stars in my crown UE55lZGU GRANT NORRIS FAVORITE BIBLE SELECTION l Corinthians 13 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels and have not charity I am become as sounding brass or a tlnkllng cymbal And though I have the glft of prophecy and understand all mysteries and all knowledge and though I have all faith so that I could remove mountains and have not charity I am nothing And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor and though I give my body to be burned and have not charity it proflteth me nothing itself is not puffed up Doth not behave itself unseemly seeketh not her own IS not easily provoked thinketh no evil Rejoxceth not in iniquity but re Joiceth in the truth Beareth all things believeth all things hopeth all things endureth all things Charity never falleth but whether there be prophecies they shall fall whether there be tongues they shall cease whether there be knowledge it shall vanish away For we know in part and we prophesy in part But when that which is perfect is come then that which is in part shall be done away When I was a chlld I spake as a child I understood as a child I thought as a child but when I became a man I put away childish things For now we see through a glass darkly but then face to face now I know ln part but then shall I know even also as I am known And now abideth faith hope charity these three but the greatest of these IS charity , , . Charity suffereth long, and is kind: charity envieth notg charity vaunteth not