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BULLETIN 984, TJ. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



above the amount of annual tuition moneys, and the special funds 

 for scholarships, library, and endowment show that local farmers in 



UNION ACADEMY 





v 3^J£S6, 







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Fig. 6.— Facsimile of one page of the Shepardson Memorial in the Memorial Endowment Book. Nearly 

 every old farm family in the Belleville community has such a section in this remarkable book. 



the community which was reached and influenced by the academy 

 were the maintaining power of the institution. (See figs. 4, 5, 6, 



and 7.) 



