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Michigan Macomb County
DR. HOLLISTER AND THE ROMEO ACADEMY.
Dr. Hurd's address was followed by another on " Romeo Academy its Men and its Work"—by Dr. J. H. Hollister, of Chicago, an old resident of Romeo. There was added interest in this address from the fact, that the speaker was the first child baptized in the church.
The Romeo Academy has been one of the most notable schools of learning in the state. It was the development, after the New England
pattern, of the district school into a higher institution of learning, and was in its day well known and patronized throughout all this region of the state. From its halls have gone forth many men and women now active and prominent in all the walks of life. This academy was opened
Early Macomb County
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