Literary Society Formed

Forney Tribune
9 December 1891

The melancholy days have come, but our people seem not to heed the gloomy surroundings of nature. The elite of our community assembled last Friday eve at Valley View [school] and organized a literary society. Mr. Hallonquist was unanimously elected president, Mr. Norman Haynes, vice-president, Mr. T.M. Kirk, secretary. They are launching out into the vast literary field and propose to relieve the dull monotony of long winter evenings by assembling in the hall at Valley View semi-monthly and rendering a program that will be quite interesting. The following is the programme of the Valley View Literary Society for Friday night, December 13, 1891:

Music by the choir
Recitation–Miss Mary Drake
Recitation–Miss Kate Haley
Recitation–C.C. Gillespie
Banjo solo–Robin Drake

Debate–Topic will be ‘Resolved, that the works of art are more attractive than the works of nature.’