Frances Shaw and her brother William were two of the five victims who died when a fireworks store exploded in Cartersville, Georgia, before Christmas
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Cartersville Tribune - December 1928
Cartersville Tribune - December 1928
One a graduate of Class Of 1928, Two in Junior Class This Term and Two in Fifth Grade
The tragedy of 'Monday afternoon took the lives of four young people who were attending the local public schools, while a fifth was a graduate of the class of 1928.
Miss Mary Parks Kennedy was a member of the graduating class of thirty-six receiving her diploma on May 21st. last. She had recently matriculated at Draughon's Business College, in Atlanta, for a secretarial course and had looked forward to its completion with the fondest contemplation, No more lovable girl ever attended Cartersville High, and in her class she was a favorite, and an acknowledged leader in 'all school activities.
Miss Mary Belle Dodd and Miss Frances Shaw were members of the Junior Class, of 1928-29, and both of these young girls had shown a marked efficiency in their school work, as well as being acknowledged two of the most popular members of the student body.
Master William Shaw and Master Hugh Padgett were in the fifth grade, and although quite young, had made favorable impressions, which bid fair to increase with the passing years.
Seldom it is that a school suffers the loss of four of its popular students, and a graduate in such a horrible manner as that in which all of these young people were stricken down by the tragedy of Monday afternoon here.
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Four Children Buried Tuesday; Fifth Wednesday
Double Funeral for Shaw Children at First Baptist Church -Miss Dodd at One O'clock and Miss Kennedy at 2:30
Four children, all of them victims of the fireworks explosion, were buried Tuesday, and funeral services for the fifth victim, Hugh Padgett, were held Wednesday morning at the Baptist Tabernacle.
Funeral services for Frances and William Shaw, daughter and son of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Shaw, were held jointly at the First Baptist church Tuesday morning at ten o'clock.
The bodies of the children were borne from the home, corner Etowah Drive and West Avenue, where they had remained since Monday evening.
The church was filled with a great throng of heart-broken relatives and friends, and the pastor, Dr. I. A. White conducted the impressive service. A quartet composed of Mrs. T. V. Gemes, Mrs. T. J. Champion, Jr., Mr. Arthur Edwards and Judge William T. Townsend, rendered during the service, "Some Day We'll Understand" and "Abide 'With Me." Mrs. Townsend accompanied the quartet on the organ.
Following the service at the church, the last rites were completed at the grave-site in Oak Hill Cemetery
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Cartersville Tribune - December 1928
Cartersville Tribune - December 1928
One a graduate of Class Of 1928, Two in Junior Class This Term and Two in Fifth Grade
The tragedy of 'Monday afternoon took the lives of four young people who were attending the local public schools, while a fifth was a graduate of the class of 1928.
Miss Mary Parks Kennedy was a member of the graduating class of thirty-six receiving her diploma on May 21st. last. She had recently matriculated at Draughon's Business College, in Atlanta, for a secretarial course and had looked forward to its completion with the fondest contemplation, No more lovable girl ever attended Cartersville High, and in her class she was a favorite, and an acknowledged leader in 'all school activities.
Miss Mary Belle Dodd and Miss Frances Shaw were members of the Junior Class, of 1928-29, and both of these young girls had shown a marked efficiency in their school work, as well as being acknowledged two of the most popular members of the student body.
Master William Shaw and Master Hugh Padgett were in the fifth grade, and although quite young, had made favorable impressions, which bid fair to increase with the passing years.
Seldom it is that a school suffers the loss of four of its popular students, and a graduate in such a horrible manner as that in which all of these young people were stricken down by the tragedy of Monday afternoon here.
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Four Children Buried Tuesday; Fifth Wednesday
Double Funeral for Shaw Children at First Baptist Church -Miss Dodd at One O'clock and Miss Kennedy at 2:30
Four children, all of them victims of the fireworks explosion, were buried Tuesday, and funeral services for the fifth victim, Hugh Padgett, were held Wednesday morning at the Baptist Tabernacle.
Funeral services for Frances and William Shaw, daughter and son of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Shaw, were held jointly at the First Baptist church Tuesday morning at ten o'clock.
The bodies of the children were borne from the home, corner Etowah Drive and West Avenue, where they had remained since Monday evening.
The church was filled with a great throng of heart-broken relatives and friends, and the pastor, Dr. I. A. White conducted the impressive service. A quartet composed of Mrs. T. V. Gemes, Mrs. T. J. Champion, Jr., Mr. Arthur Edwards and Judge William T. Townsend, rendered during the service, "Some Day We'll Understand" and "Abide 'With Me." Mrs. Townsend accompanied the quartet on the organ.
Following the service at the church, the last rites were completed at the grave-site in Oak Hill Cemetery
Frances Shaw and her brother William were two of the five victims who died when a fireworks store exploded in Cartersville, Georgia, before Christmas
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Cartersville Tribune - December 1928
Cartersville Tribune - December 1928
One a graduate of Class Of 1928, Two in Junior Class This Term and Two in Fifth Grade
The tragedy of 'Monday afternoon took the lives of four young people who were attending the local public schools, while a fifth was a graduate of the class of 1928.
Miss Mary Parks Kennedy was a member of the graduating class of thirty-six receiving her diploma on May 21st. last. She had recently matriculated at Draughon's Business College, in Atlanta, for a secretarial course and had looked forward to its completion with the fondest contemplation, No more lovable girl ever attended Cartersville High, and in her class she was a favorite, and an acknowledged leader in 'all school activities.
Miss Mary Belle Dodd and Miss Frances Shaw were members of the Junior Class, of 1928-29, and both of these young girls had shown a marked efficiency in their school work, as well as being acknowledged two of the most popular members of the student body.
Master William Shaw and Master Hugh Padgett were in the fifth grade, and although quite young, had made favorable impressions, which bid fair to increase with the passing years.
Seldom it is that a school suffers the loss of four of its popular students, and a graduate in such a horrible manner as that in which all of these young people were stricken down by the tragedy of Monday afternoon here.
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Four Children Buried Tuesday; Fifth Wednesday
Double Funeral for Shaw Children at First Baptist Church -Miss Dodd at One O'clock and Miss Kennedy at 2:30
Four children, all of them victims of the fireworks explosion, were buried Tuesday, and funeral services for the fifth victim, Hugh Padgett, were held Wednesday morning at the Baptist Tabernacle.
Funeral services for Frances and William Shaw, daughter and son of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Shaw, were held jointly at the First Baptist church Tuesday morning at ten o'clock.
The bodies of the children were borne from the home, corner Etowah Drive and West Avenue, where they had remained since Monday evening.
The church was filled with a great throng of heart-broken relatives and friends, and the pastor, Dr. I. A. White conducted the impressive service. A quartet composed of Mrs. T. V. Gemes, Mrs. T. J. Champion, Jr., Mr. Arthur Edwards and Judge William T. Townsend, rendered during the service, "Some Day We'll Understand" and "Abide 'With Me." Mrs. Townsend accompanied the quartet on the organ.
Following the service at the church, the last rites were completed at the grave-site in Oak Hill Cemetery
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Cartersville Tribune - December 1928
Cartersville Tribune - December 1928
One a graduate of Class Of 1928, Two in Junior Class This Term and Two in Fifth Grade
The tragedy of 'Monday afternoon took the lives of four young people who were attending the local public schools, while a fifth was a graduate of the class of 1928.
Miss Mary Parks Kennedy was a member of the graduating class of thirty-six receiving her diploma on May 21st. last. She had recently matriculated at Draughon's Business College, in Atlanta, for a secretarial course and had looked forward to its completion with the fondest contemplation, No more lovable girl ever attended Cartersville High, and in her class she was a favorite, and an acknowledged leader in 'all school activities.
Miss Mary Belle Dodd and Miss Frances Shaw were members of the Junior Class, of 1928-29, and both of these young girls had shown a marked efficiency in their school work, as well as being acknowledged two of the most popular members of the student body.
Master William Shaw and Master Hugh Padgett were in the fifth grade, and although quite young, had made favorable impressions, which bid fair to increase with the passing years.
Seldom it is that a school suffers the loss of four of its popular students, and a graduate in such a horrible manner as that in which all of these young people were stricken down by the tragedy of Monday afternoon here.
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Four Children Buried Tuesday; Fifth Wednesday
Double Funeral for Shaw Children at First Baptist Church -Miss Dodd at One O'clock and Miss Kennedy at 2:30
Four children, all of them victims of the fireworks explosion, were buried Tuesday, and funeral services for the fifth victim, Hugh Padgett, were held Wednesday morning at the Baptist Tabernacle.
Funeral services for Frances and William Shaw, daughter and son of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Shaw, were held jointly at the First Baptist church Tuesday morning at ten o'clock.
The bodies of the children were borne from the home, corner Etowah Drive and West Avenue, where they had remained since Monday evening.
The church was filled with a great throng of heart-broken relatives and friends, and the pastor, Dr. I. A. White conducted the impressive service. A quartet composed of Mrs. T. V. Gemes, Mrs. T. J. Champion, Jr., Mr. Arthur Edwards and Judge William T. Townsend, rendered during the service, "Some Day We'll Understand" and "Abide 'With Me." Mrs. Townsend accompanied the quartet on the organ.
Following the service at the church, the last rites were completed at the grave-site in Oak Hill Cemetery
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