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191 OLTO GR 'ANT 1919 IN MEMORIUVI LEU M PHIPPS Sunday exenlng May 4 1919 s the shades of 111 ht we1e set tl1ng down ove1 us thls communlty was shocked to learn that I eo M PhlppS had suddenly passed away at h1S home He was to the manner born He came of that stu1dy p1o11 1 stock that marked the d1v1d1ng l1ne between pretentlous arlstoc llCy and common med1ocr1ty Born March 19 1860 and wh1le yet a mer ch1ld h1s parents moved on a farm 1n Nodaway Countv M1ssou11 where he grew to manhood Llke other country boys he had only such advantages to obta1n an educat1on as was afforded at that date 1n the publ1c schools but h1S parents 1nculcated 1nto the m1nd of the1r son a deslre fo1 an educatlon and sent h1m to the b st publ1c and 1JI'1V3t6 schools at that t1me Before he was elghteen he entered Avalon College 1n L1V1l1gSt0I1 County at that t1me on of the leadlllg educatlonal lnstltutlons ln North Mlssourl from whlch he graduated Wlth honor and soon after entered the K1FkSV1ll9 Normal School graduatlng therefrom at the end of four years In 1896 he was employed as prlnclpal of th Grant C1ty Hlgh School he contlnued as the pr1nc1pal of th1s school for four years W1thout speak1ng dlsparmgly of any of the other most excellent teachers who have fllled that pos1t1on It can truthfully be sa1d that none gave greater sat1sfact1on none were more devoted to the1r work and the publ1c schools were never more eff1c1ent tha11 durlng the t1me Leo M PhlppS was the pr111c1pal of th sol ool Although he loved the publ1c schools he was 3mb1t1OUS to ente1 the law professlon In 1891 he was admltted to the Bar and 1n 1892 was elected to the 0ff1C9 of Prosecutm Attorney of Worth County re elected ln 1894 1896 f1ll1n0 the Off1C6 for sn: yea1s wlth honor and credlt to hlmself and h1S prof SSIOH As a lawyer Mr PIIIIJPS soon took a posltlon 1n the front rank w1th h1s brothe1 lawyers he was always regarded as a man of sterllng worth and ummp achable hono1 Yet not Wlth standlng the fact that he was devot1ng h1s splendld ablllty to the practlce of law was a de voted frlend and supporter of the publ1c schools of Grant C1ty and because of hls speclal fltness and of h1s love of th schools he was a member of the School Board for more than a quarter of a century Although Mr Phlpps has gone from ou1 mldst and no mo1e w1ll we have hls w1se counsel and adv1ce 1n the schools yet h1S splendld lnfluence w1ll not dle but contmue to l1ve on and on through the years to come 9 ' - '- 11' . . I L . 1 . . 1 . 1 1 1 1 1- . . , , ,cl 1 1 1 - 0 0 0 Q- 1 A - . J , 1 . . . . . 1 ' no- Q . yb . . . . . . 1 1 - 1 1 ' 1 Q . . . . K' 9 ,! . . , . 1 , . . Y . I , 0 c ., 1, . . . . . . I S . . . , I . . . . . . , Q 1 . . Y Y 7 . fl N1 , 0 I 1 0 . , . . . . . , . 1 . . 1 Y . C 1 . 1 . 3 ' 1 1 . . ' 0' . Q - u ' I 1 1 0 - 1 . . . . . fl I I 0 in - , . . . . -. 1 . . . 19 . - - v . ' 1 K -0 V 1 ' I 1 . .w . . . , 0 I 9 0 0 , . , .... .
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1019 OITO GRANT 1010 I1IbTORY OP FRAINT CITY QLHOOL I+1om the foundmg of Cjldllt Clty to the present tlme the de N9l01JITl6lltOf1tS1JUbl1L school has of all matters of a pubhc nature held and malntalned the most thoughtful cons1de1at1on as wcll as thc most Glltllllldbtlt support of a gl eat mayorlty f 1ts people We are told that the dlstrlct school then located one half m1le west of the square was moved to Grant C1ty 1n the sum ner of 1867 and that M1bS Nan Dew1tt aftelwards Mrs W H Campbell who has recently passed away taught a summer term thereln that durmg the w1nte1 IJFIOI' thereto W J Glbson who dled 111 Grant C1tV dL1I'1l10 the autumn of 1916 taught a term of chool 111 Grant Cltx In 1860 a f1ame school bu1ld1ng vt as Q1 ected southeast of the square and two teachcls employ ed In 1816 a four loom brlck bulldlng was bu1lt on the present S1tE In 1883 th1s bulldmg w as enlarged 1tS capaclty was doubled Twenty y ears later the present bu1ld1ng was erected at a cost of S26 000 Now after slxteen years the votels of the d1str1ct have by cons1derably more than neces sary two thlrds mayorlty S3.1'lCtI0119d a 1JI'01J081t1OI1 fo1 a new bu1ld1ng on the present s1te to cost when completed along w1th necessary repalrs to the present bulldlng S35 500 The superlntendents for years past haye str1y en vuth all thelr power and have made the utmost use of the means at thelr d1s nosal to ralse the standard of the hlgh school Hlgh School studles haye been added at varlous tlmes untll 111 1906 undel the super mtend ncv of C F McK1nney the Grant Clty school could boast of a f1rst class h1gh school a POSIUOII It has smce mamtamed There also have been added other courses 1l1ClL1dlHg agucultural commerc1al and t achers lllallllllg Smce then the school has pro v1ded a four year hlgh school course and IS approved by the state un1vers1tV We fecl that we hate a splendld school 1n Grant C1ty We hold deep 1n our aff ctlons and esteem the men and women of th1s eommumty l1v1ng and dead who have watched over and cared for 1tS development f1 om the l1ttle log school house of front1e1 days emblematlc of a rude 611N1I'01'lII19llt and plnchmg poverty and of an ldeal lmplanted 1n the hearts and lT11l1dS of the devoted fathers and mothers of those fa1 off half forgotten days to them as dlstant and unatta1nable as the stars 1n heay en to 1tS present btalldlflg and attalnments W1th equal legard vue hold those who now stand ready by th lr courage and sacr1f1ce to make the dreams of the past the promlse of the present the l1y 1ng fact of the future Oul school the equal of any and the 1nfer1or of none 1 v ' u . - A A . . N 1 , Y 1 I ' k 1 ' 1 1 1 1 , . 1, 1 1 - J U K 9 lr ' - 1 1 1 1 , 1 1 1 I 1 18, - 1. 1 , , 1 1 1 1 1 1 - fu V3 , , I I , , 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 - 4 1 1 I L1 1 I K Y I 0 . 1 1 1 1 1 s. 1 7 , 1 1 f , ' Y ' - 7 1 - I . 1 ' 1 1 Y 1 , , 1 1 1 y v v - 1 1 1 1 1 1 . , 1 , . ,Q 1 , 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' I . I lf Q7 Q1 v 1, 1 1 1 1 - 11 1 1 7 1 1 1 1 y 4 1 J 1 y F' ' 1 . 1. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . ' 7 7 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Y , 1 . 11 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 , ' A 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 , . 7 ' 7 Y T 1 1 1 1 - 1 I . ' 1 1 tl 1 1 1 . 1 7 ' ' ,, - 1 1 1 1 TJ w I 1 V .V T1 1 , 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 , 1 Y I . O I 1. . 7 1 1 1 101 7 1 .V . .1 1 1 . K 0 1, 1 1 . -Q v 1 1 1 . 1 3 V ' . 1 1 I ' 7 Y 1 1 . . , , xv' L 1 1 . 1 I 7 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 , . 7 - 1 1 C 5 l Y - 1 1 1 1 11 ' . , y Y 1 1 1 413 X1 1 1 1 1. 7 1 1 7 I ' U
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