"On Tuesday, December 24, 1940 at 7:15 p.m. at her residence, 400 Pa. Ave. s.e., Adelaide Davis. Funeral from the James T. Ryan funeral home, 317 Pa. Ave. s.e., Friday, December 27 at 8:30 a.m., thence to St. Peter's Church where mass will be offered at 9 a.m. Relatives and friends invited. Interment Congressional Cemetery."
The Evening Star, 25 Dec 1940
Miss Adelaide Davis Dies; 46 Years in D.C. Schools
"Miss Adelaide Davis, long prominent in the District's public schools, died at her home, 400 Pennsylvania avenue S.E., Tuesday following a long illness.
Associated with the school system for 46 years, Miss Davis served as principal of the Emory School for 20 years and was supervisor of schools in the Northeast section of the city for six years.
Miss Davis was born in Boston and educated in New England. She came to Washington to teach in 1883. Teaching the sixth, seventh and eighth grades, she was appointed principal of the Emory School on its erection in 1903.
Miss Davis served for several years as president of the Principals' Association. She also was active in legislative work for a higher salary schedule for teachers and for passage of the retirement law.
In 1923 Miss Davis was appointed to a supervisorship, which she held until her retirement in 1929.
A requiem mass will be held at 9 a.m. tomorrow in St. Peter's Catholic Church. Burial will be in Congressional Cemetery. She left no immediate family."
The Evening Star, 25 Dec 1940
Miss Adelaide Davis Dies; 46 Years in D.C. Schools
"Miss Adelaide Davis, long prominent in the District's public schools, died at her home, 400 Pennsylvania avenue S.E., Tuesday following a long illness.
Associated with the school system for 46 years, Miss Davis served as principal of the Emory School for 20 years and was supervisor of schools in the Northeast section of the city for six years.
Miss Davis was born in Boston and educated in New England. She came to Washington to teach in 1883. Teaching the sixth, seventh and eighth grades, she was appointed principal of the Emory School on its erection in 1903.
Miss Davis served for several years as president of the Principals' Association. She also was active in legislative work for a higher salary schedule for teachers and for passage of the retirement law.
In 1923 Miss Davis was appointed to a supervisorship, which she held until her retirement in 1929.
A requiem mass will be held at 9 a.m. tomorrow in St. Peter's Catholic Church. Burial will be in Congressional Cemetery. She left no immediate family."
"On Tuesday, December 24, 1940 at 7:15 p.m. at her residence, 400 Pa. Ave. s.e., Adelaide Davis. Funeral from the James T. Ryan funeral home, 317 Pa. Ave. s.e., Friday, December 27 at 8:30 a.m., thence to St. Peter's Church where mass will be offered at 9 a.m. Relatives and friends invited. Interment Congressional Cemetery."
The Evening Star, 25 Dec 1940
Miss Adelaide Davis Dies; 46 Years in D.C. Schools
"Miss Adelaide Davis, long prominent in the District's public schools, died at her home, 400 Pennsylvania avenue S.E., Tuesday following a long illness.
Associated with the school system for 46 years, Miss Davis served as principal of the Emory School for 20 years and was supervisor of schools in the Northeast section of the city for six years.
Miss Davis was born in Boston and educated in New England. She came to Washington to teach in 1883. Teaching the sixth, seventh and eighth grades, she was appointed principal of the Emory School on its erection in 1903.
Miss Davis served for several years as president of the Principals' Association. She also was active in legislative work for a higher salary schedule for teachers and for passage of the retirement law.
In 1923 Miss Davis was appointed to a supervisorship, which she held until her retirement in 1929.
A requiem mass will be held at 9 a.m. tomorrow in St. Peter's Catholic Church. Burial will be in Congressional Cemetery. She left no immediate family."
The Evening Star, 25 Dec 1940
Miss Adelaide Davis Dies; 46 Years in D.C. Schools
"Miss Adelaide Davis, long prominent in the District's public schools, died at her home, 400 Pennsylvania avenue S.E., Tuesday following a long illness.
Associated with the school system for 46 years, Miss Davis served as principal of the Emory School for 20 years and was supervisor of schools in the Northeast section of the city for six years.
Miss Davis was born in Boston and educated in New England. She came to Washington to teach in 1883. Teaching the sixth, seventh and eighth grades, she was appointed principal of the Emory School on its erection in 1903.
Miss Davis served for several years as president of the Principals' Association. She also was active in legislative work for a higher salary schedule for teachers and for passage of the retirement law.
In 1923 Miss Davis was appointed to a supervisorship, which she held until her retirement in 1929.
A requiem mass will be held at 9 a.m. tomorrow in St. Peter's Catholic Church. Burial will be in Congressional Cemetery. She left no immediate family."
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