
Circa 1923
THE ITEM
Paper certificate, approx. 9.5 inches by 12.25 inches, with a faded blue border. Certificate features drawings of a blooming branch at top-left, flying birds at top-right and bottom-center, and the Madonna and Child centered near the top. Text on the certificate recognizes the enrollment of Max Goldsmith in the Cradle Roll Department at Baptist Sunday School of Lewisville. The certificate is dated October 31, 1926, and is signed by Mrs. Charles Whitlock and E.R. Wolters.
THE HISTORY
Max Goldsmith was born 4/14/1923 in Lewisville, graduated from Lewisville High School in 1940, became a nationally successful track coach at Andrews High School, and later returned to serve as LHS athletic director (1966-1983). The football stadium was renamed in his honor in 1987. Goldsmith died in Lewisville in 2014.
Donated by Tim Phillips.