Thomas County cat., 1890-07-03
SCHOOL PICNIC.
A Large Gathering of Child
rem and Parents at Rex
ford.

rem and Parents at Rex
ford.
School districts Nos 8, IA, 48. 10 and
taught by Linnie Jessup. ]. w. McPher-
son. Mrs. Cumpston, Mrs. Kinkle, and
Alice Markham. respectively united theil
forces on last Friday in having q grant
picnic at Rexford, it being the closing
exercises of their schools. The attent
ance of parents and friends was quite
large and a number from this city atten
cd. The children were obedient, vel
behaved and rendered the respective
selections in credltable manner, no,
one being failure. Out of so many this
Is uncommon and their excellent dia-
logues and recitations were of an inter
esting nature. The teachers had spared
no work to make the picnic grand sue
cess and that they succeeded is corrobor.
ated by all who were present.
The basket dinner was most thorough
ly enjoyed and the visitors had to eat
about five times in order to accept the
different invitations.
The programme was as follows:
Song. Happy Greeting" "-District No.
10.
Salutatory-Lydia Harstine.
Defamation, The Frog"-A. Lutgen.
after Hundred Years. '-Gertie Bar
rett.
"An Unselfsh Life"-Essie McKrae.
Lazy Daisy"-Bertie Jenkins.
Ned's Suggestion-Orville Bartlette.
Song. School Days"-School No. 9.
when the Tide Goes Out"-Mary
Blue.
There Comes Day"-Effie jenkins.
"The Old Fashioned GirP'-Rosa
Havice
Helpful Children"-District 48.
Thus it is'-Efie Gilbert.
! Address. ''Our Kansas"-Prof. ]. W.
Mcpherson.
"A Little Boys Speech Walter Bar
rett.
Song, Parent don't visit the school,
District 8.
lone Touch of Nature" e"-Lasing Har-
per.
New pictures of old friend"
Thompson
E Pluribus Unum-Cliford Lutgen.
Essav-Mrs. Nina Cumpston.
Vacation Martha Ford
Basket dinner.
Our Flag''-District 4S.
The sweet apple tree, May Gilbert.
'The Polish Boy"-Lydia Harstine.
Somebody's Mother"-Harry Barrett.
"Be careful what you say"-Clara
Blood.
Indian raid-Boys of 9.
Pm very young Harstine.
when l was young"-District SO.
Now is the time'-Sam Drew.
observation-disclosures Harstine and
Elmer Ford
Kissed his mother"-Annie Thomp-
son.
Fortune telling-District 8.
''The best we can" William Drew.
''The future of these boys and girls
Mrs. Linnie Jessup
Recitation-Nellie White
The purest pearl"-Clara Drew.
The workers'-District SO.
Strategy-District 6.
How we tried to lick the teacher
Clyde Thompson.
Oddities-Roma Mcpherson.
Plod-Miss Alice Markham.
The unknown seed''-Carrie Gilbert.
Decentralization Drew.
The homestesder's farewell
Geiser.
The even Temper Charlie Havice.
"A spring day"-Olive Havice.
Total abstinence" Clarence Wood.
The robin'-Mary Lutgen.
my mothers bible"-Carrie Lutgen.
I'm the garden" Musser.
Declamation-Roy Havice.
ValedictOyDJanine Armstrong.
Goodbye sweet dsy"-District 9.
Prof. ]. w. McDougal. Supt. w. p.
Sullivan and Prof. II. A. Griffith made
brief addresses appropriate to the occa-
sion and Justly complimented the schools
upon the excellent rendition Of the pro-
gramme and also the teachers who had
put forth strenuous efforts to make the
closing exercises pleasant and profitable.
THE PULPIT AND THE STAGE.
Rev. F, n. Shrout. Pastor United
Brethren Church. Blue Mound. Kan. says:
Il feel it my duty TO tell what wonders
Dr.. Kings New Discovery has done for
me. My lungs were badly diseased, and
my parishioners thought l could live only
. few weeks. I took i've bottles of Dr..
Kings New Discovery and am sound and
WELL gaining 26 pounds in weight
Arthur Love, Manager Loves Funny
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