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Pine Mountain Settlement School<\/strong>
\nSeries 09: Biography –\u00a0<\/strong>Visitors<\/strong><\/p>\n

BERTHA SHEPARD, PMSS Visitor in 1938<\/h2>\n
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TAGS<\/strong>: Bertha Shepard; Pine Mountain Settlement School; Labrida Hanby; Dorothy Whitehill; “Little Journeys” travelogue; travels; newspaper women; Cleveland News<\/p>\n

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Bertha Shepard came to Pine Mountain Settlement School in 1938 with two traveling companions, Labrida\u00a0Hanby and Dorothy Whitehill.\u00a0Shepard and Hanby, describing themselves as “…spinsters, optimistic and sincere,” lived in the town of Franklin, PA, and traveled to “seek a wider horizon and as much culture as could be acquired….” The three women embarked on a car trip through Southern Appalachia and later Labrida and Dorothy traveled to Eastern Canada. Bertha wrote about their adventures in a journal titled “Little Journeys” and illustrated by her nephew, Chester Hunt. in the first story, she describes the trio’s visit to Pine Mountain, page images of which are available here<\/strong><\/a>. images of pages describing travels in Canada can be seen here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

A newspaperwoman, Bertha first learned to set type and to proofread at the age of 17 in Elyria, Ohio, [Lorain County, Northeast Ohio]. She then became the proofreader for years for the Cleveland News*,<\/em>\u00a0Cleveland, Ohio. [*The Cleveland News<\/em> was published\u00a0from 1905 to 1960 when it was absorbed by the Cleveland Press<\/em>.]<\/p>\n

Bertha was born in\u00a01886 to Heman W. Shepard (1853-1900) and Ida V. (Reed) Shepard (1858-1930). Her brother, Chester Watson Shepard (1889-1961) served as a private in Company G 16 of the infantry during World War I. She also had a younger sister, Hilda Marie Shepard, born\u00a0in 1897.<\/p>\n

Bertha E. Shepard died in 1946 in an accident at the age of 60. She was buried at Ridgelawn Cemetery in Elyria, Ohio.<\/p>\n

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See Also:<\/strong><\/p>\n

BERTHA SHEPARD “LITTLE JOURNEYS” I PMSS 1938<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

BERTHA SHEPARD \u201cLITTLE JOURNEYS\u201d II:\u00a0CHIEN CHAUD AND CULTURE SEEKERS ON THE KING\u2019S HIGHWAY<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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