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VOLUME XII
THB JOOHHAIi, VoL Sd.    No.:
FLORA. ILLINOIS. THURSDAY. MAY 29. 1924
NUMfiER 37
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Seven hundred children of our pnb¬ llc fecluwis participated in a Bpoetacu- . lar May fete and pageant on tbo school eampna on aaat North aveanb Monday afternoon while a crowd eo- ItUnated at a,SOO people at fcast looked on the rolorfnl entrnnelag soene. The setting was idesl with the wans of the blatoric old mala bund¬ ing for background, the apreading bcaaebea of tbe mapto trees weaving lighU and sbadowa artth ^Bnligbt tbrongh leafage oa the acbool yard wbOro thonsands of children's feet haVe played siace tbs present build- dag maa erected in Ig7e. Two May polo daneea and winding the throne tor the May queen was like fairy bower, it was plaeed facing aoutt^ wast so that all could see the en- ttaaee and coronation of the Queen, MISa Noto Roae of eighth gnde waa choaen by popular vote of all the pnpils to be Qnefn of the May. The drUto, minuets, folk dancing was un¬ der direction of music director Miss Bllto, ably assisted by the teachen. Tho .^ysical tnining eiercises of ths boqhi were under supervision of MOBSn. Staley and Resler. Bach grade wore a dsstgnating ealoT.
The Bmatl girls with butterfly bows and the boys with ties of gay crepe paper made a riot of color ilka a field Ot gorgeoua butterflies. Tbe teachen woro dainty  summer' froelu of the same coloring which carried out tfao pretty color schemes. Ths queen wore White with the tnditlonsl long trsin (sarrled by attondanta. Muaie tor tba pmcram was trom   a torga   phono¬ graph st tbe front of msia hnildlag. ^ba charaeter coatamaa were unique ¦ ¦Aad conning aad mneb work Waa eB- .IBgloS in the making, bnt the mothen '#k tbey.always do, co-opented with 4few-teBeba(«,'     The result, aeores ot alovar little eostumss wero wroagbt -..blr hnsy haada.     The erowd waa nn- 'jBaaally   quiet and   atteatlve   tdr a larga    out-doer    gatherng.    janitor Kirkpatrick   and   Officer    Kelluma dtrocted tbe atanding placea and anto barklitc. It waa avpfaaaad by many that the May tota may become aa annnal atfBlr.
At 4 O'clock the signal bells aonnd- Od tor tbs pnpito to retnrn to their rooms for lurigsrly dtomtoss] snd tha. WOWd dtopened, all' agreeing ft to have been the most elsborote affair ot tbe kind the town ever vritneaaod and giving complimeat to .Snparln- tendent t.ewis and his splendid stsff at teachen. Tbe program fellosrs;
1  Bntranee of May Queen
S .....,..., Coronation
I —._    Flower-DHIl
4 .-...:-.  HoOFDrill
5  ^..,..,......„. Dance Of OMottog
g ....:........> ...„. Shoe-ibaker^MiBoe
7 ,...     May Poto Obaoo
8 : MonnUfn HgifOh
» Chimes ot Dunkirk
1* - Rifle Drill
11 „..-.— U Pap ChMs the Weasel
li .... I...:.. Resp the Flsx
IS ,.....;   Chistsve's Skhol
14 Aoe of Dtomonds
15 ..:..-. ..~  Amarylto
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