My mother, the infamous Juanita Carr Rush, wanted to get married before she finished high school. Now you young ‘uns don’t act shocked. Back in the day, folks married off early.
It was important to Mama Carr that Juanita finish high school. She made her sign a contract that was witnessed by Mrs. Peggy Dodd that she would finish. Click the link below to see the contract.
Click here to see the contract Juanita Signed
Just in case you cannot read the PDF, the content is this:
Know all Men by These Presents that I, Juanita Carr, of the City of Checotah, county of McIntosh, state of Oklahoma, do hereby agree, acquiesce, and concur to complete my Senior Year at Checotah High School after my marriage to David Rush.
This agreement is, is made and entered into on this the twenty-third day of March in the year of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Fifty-one, between Juanita Carr and Minnie Carr, her mother.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, The parties have here to affixed…..not readable.
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