Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-06-16

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LOCAL HAPPENINGS
School Enterta inment. A large
audience filled Ravenscraft's Opera
House Tuesday evening, May 30, to wit
ness the entertainment by the pupils of
Public School No. l. At s o'clock
the curtain rose and the following pro-
gramme was rendered:
Song-"WelcOme" school
@d1ude-"The Rehearsal .... Nellie Morris
and others.
Notion Song ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. School
Instrumental Music. Matte Thomas
Reeitation-"The Blue and Gray
Belle Buckley
Solo and DEMONSTRATING Tonight
Myrtle Wilderman and others
Recitatiom-"LittleW Workers Joanna Bacon,
Pet Eichhorn, Lily CAN'T, Mamie Zim-
merly Mary Lapp, Maggie Smith.
ReadWg-"John jenkins Sermon
james Miller
Song-"Why Do Summer Roses Fade ?'-
Glass
Japaness Fan Drill. W.....................Cl Glass
Solo and Chorus" Rock-a-Bye Baby
Bernie Porter and others
Reading-"Brave Hans" ....... Robbie Scott
Chorode" Examination Day'-Grace Shailcr,
Sadie Shearer and others.
Instrumental Music. Birdie Shearer
Recitdtion. "Ten Famous Women
song. .......'...'...... '.School
Dialogue" Not to Get an Answer
Emma Mayer, Sarah Smith
.So1o-:.My Little Man and r'... Dora Evans
Recitation-"The Rainbow. "......S Seven girls
Charade-"B Bridget's Investment. Myrtle
Wilderman, Lizzie Thomas, Harry Metz
ger, Harry Keller, David Arnott.
Instrumental Music. ic.............. Lille Baker
.Song-"Good Night" "......... School
The pupils performed their respect
i've parts in manner which showed
careful training. The singing, march
ing and various evolutions of the little
ones, and the acting in the charades
would have done credit to older and
more experienced persons.
Miss Dora Evans presided at the
piano.
Miss Belle Buckley deserves special
mention for her fine rendition Of the
poem, 1.-The Blue and Gray
The Japanese fan drill, by Il num-
Der of young ladies in japanese cos
tune, Miss Helen Smith, captain, was
unique and pretty.
"Ten Famous Women" was an in
teresting bit of history, and was rep
resented as follows:
G0ddeSS Of history. Cora IOsken
loan Of 1tc.. tc.................,..B .Bcckle Taylor
queen Elizabeth. Annie Hanson
Empress Josephine ...............M May Frey
Lucretia .NoH..................T .Tutie Hansell
Elizabeth b. BrowHi"9. 9.........k Katie Hanson
harriet b. StOme. me...,........ Carrie Haberlcin
Grdce Darling. Annie IumbersOn
Floremce Nightingale. e......... Sallie HoblitzeI
Jeaaie Lima Omie Hart
Hdf1tet HoSWef ...........'...J Jennie Nlnlul
The net proceeds were %G3.55, which
have been placed in the hands of 7. G.
McCulloh, president of the school
board, to be used for the benefit of
Public School No. /.
Personat.- Misses Maggie and Sallie
Sloan, of Homecoming, called ON the
JOURNAL Monday.
Mrs. M. Morehead and daughter,
Miss Lizzie, are guests of DR.. p. A.
Michael.
Miss Lulu Wilson, Of Bartcn, was in
town last Saturday.
Miss May McClung, Of Sandy Hook,
Va, and Frank f. Collins, Of Meyers
dale, Pa, visited C.. H. Walkers fam
lily last week.
1t is positive luxury to meet a
pleasant old gentleman, with silvery
hair, mellow voice and kindly eyes,
and who, Notwithstanding increasing
age, IS still as radiantly, happy as
though the vista of life ahead were
still lengthening. SO many men grow
old to be cross, so many to be unpleas-
ant so MANY men, when "the sunset
of life gives them mystical lore" grow
superciious and intolerant that, we re-
peat, it is an exquisite pleasure to
meet the silvery, siken- haired old
gentleman who regards a laugh us u
health-renewer, who loves alike to tell
or listen to a good Joke, and who cor
daily dislikes a crank, hates q sham
and despises "a fraud. Such a gentle
man lives in Frostburg. He called ON
the JOURNAL as AN individual several
times recently and lovers of tho
Journal as a paper are indebted to
him for this issue. His title and
name are DR.. j. M. Porter.
o. ID. Hartzell, of Pittsburg, Pa,
was in town several days recently.
When he returned he was accompanied
by Harry K. McAllister, of this place,
who will enter the establishment of
Dilworth Bros, coffee dealers, as assist
ant bOokkeeper, Harry is a bright