ALAMO ACADEMY
ALAMO ACADEMY
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal 7 January 1869 p 5
ALAMO TATTLINGS. —Joseph H. Brown has the contract for seating the Alamo Academy, with Rankin's Patent Desk. —J. C. McKinsey has sold 80 acres of his farm, the south half, 40 acres cleared, balance timber, to Dr. Brown and Joel Tucker, for $5,000. Josh has twenty acres within a stone's throw of the Alamo Academy building, for which he will take $75 per acre. Cheap as dirt, that. —T James M., Simpson was seen mixing mortar for the completion of the plastering of the Academy building during the week. People say it becomes him much better than teaching. —The common school of Alamo taught by Simpson and Miss Clark, will be conducted temporarily in the Academy building. The stockholders of the Alamo Academy met on Saturday last, for the purpose of electing seven Trustees. Hon. John Purdue of Lafayette, Hon. Henry Roach of Fountain county, Dan Yount. of Yountsville, and John W. Copner. John P. Lundgren, John A. Clark, and James M. Simpson, were elected. Joseph A. Gilkey and Thomas Elmore, hold over from the old board. —The finances of the Institution are in a good condition. Robert Stimson has been appointed Financial Agent. It is hoped that he will make his appearance soon, and go to work. - kbz
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal 23 Dec 1869 p 4
The Alamo Academy has passed into the hands of the Odd Fellow, they paying all the debts of the institution and binding themselves to carry out the intention of the original stock holders. They have given charge of the school to James M. Simpson, who opened school with brilliant prospects of success on Monday last.
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal 8 October 1868 p 5
Those who have had the fortune of visiting the Southern portion of Montgomery and adjacent parts of Parke and Fountain counties, have a great pleasure in store. The country for its beauty and fertility is not to be surpassed anywhere. We—Mr. Samuel Moore of Lafayette and self, made a circuit of 75 miles or so last week, and our first point was Waveland.
—There is not a town in the State which has about it a stronger moral atmosphere than this place. Rev. Mr. Irwin's church is well filled every Sabbath, and only six or seven out. of lie entire congregation are. not members of it. The other churches are equally as flourishing. The young men of the Academy make strong working force for these ministers and add not a little to the life and vitality of their churches. —There is not a saloon in town. The readers of the Journal are still familiar with the recent attempt of Rosler to establish a liquor stand there. The people are ready for another tilt with the whiskey ring should they try to make a rum hole out of their town.
Prof. Kritz has charge of the Academy, and has enrolled at present, 85 pupils. The Professor has made a great reputation lor himself, as a successful educator, and under bis management the school has attained a high degree of prosperity. It has in full blast two literary societies, and the impression which the Academy and its management makes upon an outsider speaks well of it.
After a dash into Parke and Fountain counties, we paid our respects to Alamo, and to some of its worthy people, among were Messrs. Gilkey and Stubbins. The Journal correspondents from this place have already written up the news. The new school building is an honor to the town and does great credit to its intelligent founders. The Methodists have a line church. There is also a free church where several congregations worship. The Presbyterians are making arrangements to build soon. It is thought that Rev. Mr. Steel, of Williamsport will be its pastor. The large brick woolen mills of Mr. Yount at Yountsville, is as great an attraction as is to be found in this or any other State. The main building with the wing recently added, and the boarding house on the hill, give an appearance of great thrift and large business capacity. Its builder, Mr. Yount, is a man of high social qualities and great public enterprise…Junius