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Stonewall Jackson Manual Training and Industrial School
Report of Paroled Boys
* Please note this is not a complete list.
Morris DAVIS
April 14, 1934. Morris Davis, twenty-one years old, who left the School in 1929, was a visitor here the other day. He said that he was employed in the cloth room at Brown Mill, Concord, and was getting along very well. Source: Leon Godown, compiler, Record of Paroled Boys: The Story of Work Accomplished on the Modern "Road to Jericho" (Concord, North Carolina: Stonewall Jackson Manual Training and Industrial School, 1938), 33.
Vernon LAUDER
February 15, 1930. Vernon Lauder, who was paroled from this institution several years ago, visited us last Saturday afternoon. While here he made a very good record both in his studies and at work, and was the regular second baseman on the School's baseball team. We were glad to note that his record since being paroled has been excellent. He is now married and lives in Kannapolis, where he holds the responsible position of chief baker in the Kannapolis Bakery. Source: Leon Godown, compiler, Record of Paroled Boys: The Story of Work Accomplished on the Modern "Road to Jericho" (Concord, North Carolina: Stonewall Jackson Manual Training and Industrial School, 1938), 3.
John MERRITT
January 22, 1938. John Merritt, formerly of Cottage No. 7, who left the School in 1934, called at The Uplift office one day last week. Since leaving us John has done various kinds of work. He first returned to his home near Asheboro, where he helped his father on the farm for one year. He then spent a year in a CCC camp, near Hiawassee, Georgia, after which he returned to this state and secured employment with the State Highway Commission. Last year he went to work for the Cannon Manufacturing Company, Kannapolis, as a machinist's helper, but was laid off during the recent business recession. He stated that he had been promised work at the same place just as soon as the mills began working full time. John is now twenty-one years old, has been married about three months, and lives near Stanfield, in the lower part of Cabarrus County. Source: Leon Godown, compiler, Record of Paroled Boys: The Story of Work Accomplished on the Modern "Road to Jericho" (Concord, North Carolina: Stonewall Jackson Manual Training and Industrial School, 1938), 118.
Al MILLIS
January 8, 1938. We recently met Al Millis in Concord. He was a member of our dairy force several years ago. After leaving the school he spent six years in the United States Army. For the past two and one-half years, Al has been living in Concord, where he has been employed in a hosiery mill. This young man has become quite a talented pianist, and often plays in the churches in some of Concord's suburbs. Source: Leon Godown, compiler, Record of Paroled Boys: The Story of Work Accomplished on the Modern "Road to Jericho" (Concord, North Carolina: Stonewall Jackson Manual Training and Industrial School, 1938), 116.
Harold TORRENCE
January 5, 1935. Harold Torrence, of Kannapolis, who was paroled five years ago. He informs us that he is now working for the Cannon Manufacturing Company, and is getting along nicely. Source: Leon Godown, compiler, Record of Paroled Boys: The Story of Work Accomplished on the Modern "Road to Jericho" (Concord, North Carolina: Stonewall Jackson Manual Training and Industrial School, 1938), 47.
Everett WHEELER
April 14, 1934. Everett Wheeler, of Kannapolis, who was paroled about five years ago, was a recent visitor at the School. He is now twenty years old and is employed in the weave room of the Cabarrus Mill, in that city. We are proud to state that Everett has not been in any kind of trouble since leaving the institution. While here he was in the sixth grade; was a member of the family in Cottage No. 4; and was employed in the laundry. He has very pleasant memories of his stay at the School, and says that it did him a great deal of good. Source: Leon Godown, compiler, Record of Paroled Boys: The Story of Work Accomplished on the Modern "Road to Jericho" (Concord, North Carolina: Stonewall Jackson Manual Training and Industrial School, 1938), 33.
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