Virginia Pierce
A teacher at Berryville High School who, the Clarke Courier reported on April 30, 1925, had married Dean Colston and would return to finish her session's work before leaving with her husband.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of April 30, 1925, under the headline "Miss Pierce Wed Wednesday," reports that Miss Virginia Pierce, a teacher in Berryville High School and daughter of Mr. F. H. Pierce, chairman of the Clarke County Board of Supervisors, had become the bride of Mr. Dean Colston at Washington, and that she would return shortly to finish her session's work before leaving with her husband.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of April 30, 1925, under the headline "Miss Pierce Wed Wednesday," reports that Miss Virginia Pierce, a teacher in Berryville High School and daughter of Mr. F. H. Pierce, chairman of the Clarke County Board of Supervisors, had become the bride of Mr. Dean Colston at Washington, and that she would return shortly to finish her session's work before leaving with her husband.
What the source supports
That Virginia Pierce was teaching at Berryville High School in the spring of 1925.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The OCR prints "Supervisory" for Supervisors. A wedding notice: it does not say what she taught or whether she returned to finish the session, and nothing is claimed about her after it.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The Courier's wedding notice.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., 30 April 1925
Clarke Courier · 1925-04-30 (publication)
Locator: Page 1, item headed Miss Pierce Wed Wednesday
Relevant passageMISS PIERCE WED WEDNESDAY. ... Miss Virginia Pierce, teacher in Berryville high school and daughter of Mr. F. H. Pierce, chairman of the Clarke County Board of Supervisory [Supervisors] became the bride of Mr. Dean Colston yesterday at noon. The wedding took place at Washington. ... It is understood that she will return here shortly and finish her session's work before departing with her husband for the South.
Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
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