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Jones, Laurence (Piney Woods School)Entry/Object ID
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Jones, Laurence (Piney Woods School)
St. Joseph News-Press July, 25, 1975 is the notice of the death of Dr. Laurence Jones. He was a St. Joseph native who gained national recognition for his work in the education field. Dr. Jones was 92 and was founder and president emeritus of Piney Woods School in Pines Woods Mississippi. Piney Woods School had land, buildings and equipment valued in excess of $5 million, and an endowment of more than $5million at the time of his death.
His survivors include a sister, Mrs. Nellie E. Bass, two sons, Turner and Laurence C. Jones Jr,. and a daughter Mrs. Helen Woods.
There are several editions of the school newspaper. The paper is called The Pine Torch.
There are hand written notes about the family. The parents are Mary and John Jones. His father worked at Pacific Hotel. He lived at 1313 N. 3rd and 713 S. 14th in 1897.
Laurence Clifton Jones was born November 21, 1884. He went to Bartlett High School in St. Joseph 1898 and Marshalltown Iowa in1899. He attended the State University of Iowa City his senior year was 1906-1907.
There is a picture of Dr. Jones and first pupils. Scene was re-enacted in Spring of 1955. Another picture is of ceremonies initiating the Dr. Laurence C. Jones Endowment Foundation held under the old cedar tree April 6 1955.
There are pictures of the first home and school building at Piney Woods, a protective shed for Log Cabin was built by Alumni, and the historic cedar tree.
There is a photocopy of the cover of a book about Laurence C. Jones of Piney Woods by Leslie Harper Purcell. The title is Miracle in Mississippi.
Other books and tapes are tape Piney Wood School from Office of Developments and book My Education at Piney Woods by Doris James Fleming Publishing Co.
There is a photocopy cover of a a song and the sheet music Sweet Memories of Dixie that he published. There is also a photocopy of a story titled Results of Fifteen Years Struggle at Piney Woods Country Life School. There are pictures of How they look when they start, Piney Woods School, 1910, Piney Woods School 1924, Goodwill Constructed with student labor, Class rooms, When they have been here a while. The School Building she found, Graduation Day and her present school building.Lexicon
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