Bruce Golightly
Principal of the Old Chapel School in March 1923, who set his pupils to learn about the Clarke County men buried in the historic graveyard.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of March 29, 1923, in an item from Briggs dated March 26, reports that Principal Bruce Golightly, of the Old Chapel School, wanted his pupils to know something of the lives and work of the great Clarke County men buried in the historic graveyard.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of March 29, 1923, in an item from Briggs dated March 26, reports that Principal Bruce Golightly, of the Old Chapel School, wanted his pupils to know something of the lives and work of the great Clarke County men buried in the historic graveyard.
What the source supports
That Bruce Golightly was principal of the Old Chapel School in March 1923.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The OCR misprints his surname twice, as "Golighlly" and "Golightiy"; "Golightly" is the reading both support. Attendance reports print an "R. B. Gojlghtly" at Old Chapel; they are not cited, and "R. B." is not joined to "Bruce" here.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The March 29, 1923 item from Briggs.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., March 29, 1923
Clarke Courier · 1923-03-29 (publication)
Locator: Page 1, item on the Old Chapel School pupils writing on the men buried in the graveyard
Relevant passageOLD CHAPEL SCHOOL PUPILS TO WRITE UP CLARKE'S GREAT MAX [MEN] Principal Bruce Golighlly [Golightly] Tells His Pupils to Study Work and Charar. ter [Character] of men Buried in Historic Graveyard. ... Briggs, March 26—Principal Bruce Golightiy [Golightly], of the Old Chapel School, wants his pupils to know something of the lives and work of the great Clarke County men who are buried
Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
AI-assisted source check (Claude Opus 5) · 2026-09-15. How this project checks its sources
Also indexed as: Principal Bruce Golightly. Life dates that aren't known aren't guessed at here.
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