The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-06-18
POMONA
Kindling Wood Out OF a southern Pacific
Box-NOtes

kindIing WOOD Out OF SOUTHERN PACIFIC
Box-Notes
POMONA, June 17.-One of the South
ern Pacfiic's box cars was badly smashed
this morning while freight train was
switching in the yards through some
ones carelessness. The cars were stand
ing upon the main track and the train
crew started to switch others upon sid
ing. supposing that the switch was open,
but it was not, and the cars shot up the
main track. colliding with the one there.
badly wrecking one end of the car. the
remining car not being damaged to any
extent.
The commencement exercises of the
Pop.ona high school will be given at the
opera house on Friday evening. The
following programme is to be rendered:
Overture. Poet and Peasant, Suppe-
Mr.. Hunters Orchestra.
Invocation-Rev. Joseph Lowe.
Music. Greeting, Mendelssohn-High
Schoo, Chorus.
Essay, They Serve Who Stand and Wait
-Evalyn Austin Layne.
Essay, They Laugh That Win-Marie
Theresa Bowler
Chant, The Raven, oe-Barker-Hlgh
School Gentlemen.
Essay, One-Eillie B. Scott.
Grafton, Latent Energy-Edward Lee
Payne.
::..Selectons, On the Old Plantation, Issn-
man-Orchestra.
Essay, Libraries-Mary Grace Carpen-
| ter.
An Oracle, Glass Prophecy-Nellie NJ.
! Bennett.
Music, The Long Day Closes, Sullivan
High School Ladies.
Essay. Hindlances to Progress-Flor-
ence b. Flood.
Quartstte, The Ant and the Grasshop.
per, Gounod-Miss Rhoda Harris. Messrs.
Charles Adams, Ray Davis, George
! Waterman
Valedictory, Respectable Men and Pol
| itics-Arthur NJ. Ellis.
Music, Our Parting Song. Sullivan,
Class Poet, Nellie NJ. Bennett-High
School Chorus
Address to High School Graduates
| Hon. James MacL achlan, NJ. G.
Conferring of iplomas-Supt. +. A.
Molynsaux. Principal High School.
Music, Good Night, Abt-High School
! Chorus.
Benediction.
Four ladies from Ontario driving two
seated surrey were overturned near the
! pipeworks slhis morning by the horse
suddenly shying. Fortunately no serious
damage resulted.
Rev. L. J. Bennett and family leave
tomorrow for an extended trip to eastern
points. They will attend the coming
national Y. p. S. c. L. convention at
| Boston.
The design for the frontspiece litho-
graph on the souvenir programme OF the
Pomona high school originated in the ar
tistic mind uf one of the graduating class
of this year, namely, Miss Evelyn Aus
tin Layne. daughter of Mrs. Sue Gregg
Layne. 1t represents Old Badly, with
it's snow capped peak. nesting on the
! Sierra Nevada range, Just above and
north of the valley. Below are seen the
natural growth of cactus, etc., in one
corner. while in another looms up the
full grown orange tree. To the left and
below is the Goddess Pomona, standing
upon a pedestal with the monogram
I'll. s. (high school) upon its front end,
while ali around upon the ground at her
feet lie the products of this fertile valley.
Over and above all are to be seen climb
ing vines and lovely ferns, dotted here
and there so as to make the best effect.
1t is an artistic, pretty design.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Woy delightfully."- en-
tertained large mum Der OF friends Satur.
day evening in honor Of the seventy
eighth birthday anniversary OF Mrs.
| George Woy. There were four ladies
present whose comb ined ages amounted
| &c 26S years.
Mr.. Y. G. D. Brand will leave tomor-
row for an extended trip to European
cities. He will go via the Santa Fe
Miss Allen, daughter of MI. and Mrs
cells streets. returned yesterday from her
visit to Redlands, where she had been
| with a sister.
The Semi-Tropic of Azusa was in Po-
mona today.
About two more weeks and the fruit
| drying yards of this city will be alive
| with busy men and women.