Fifty factory boys to attend school; Hemingray boys included

[Newspaper]

Publication: The Muncie Morning News

Muncie, IN, United States
vol. 22, no. 191, p. 4, col. 5

FIFTY FACTORY BOYS

Will Be Made to Attend School After

January 1 Says Truant Officer.

Truant Officer Streeter was in Hamil­ton township yesterday looking after violations of the truancy law. He found one boy who thought that he was safe as he did not know that that law had been changed making the legal age 15 instead of 14 years. The young man readily consented to return to school when he was made to under­stand the case.

The present truancy law makes it necessary for all boys under 15, wheth­er they support their parents or not, to attend school for at least three months in the year. After January 1, Mr. Streeter will see that all such boys attend the required time.

There are at least forty or fifty boys working in Ball Brothers', Hemingray's and other factories that will come under this provision. Unless they obey the law trouble is bound to follow.

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Keywords:Hemingray
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Supplemental information: 
Researcher:Roger Lucas / Bob Stahr
Date completed:June 27, 2023 by: Bob Stahr;