The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-05-21
TALE OF TWO COUNTIES.
AS Sent in by the Times Correspondents
from Neosho and Wilson Counties.
Erie.


NAV rs, ended the weeks entertain
ment given by the schools of this CITY
and was without doubt success
from beginning to end
Sunday May 9th Rev. S. A. Lough OF
Baker University delivered the Bac-
calaureate sermon to the class OF 's7
before an appreciative audience.
The Juvenile Exercises given Tues
day afternoon by rooms l, 2, 3, ana D
under the able supervision of Miss
Dassie Gabriel was also decided sue
cess.
Glass day exercises given at the Nj.
E. church on Tuesday evening by the
Senior and Junior classes Of the High
School was heartily enjoyed by an i'm
mense audience. Will Lodges witty
and sarcastic reply to the address OF
the Senior Glass was the feature OF
the evening.
Field Day picnic was held at the
Fair Grounds Wedne sday, was well at
tended and the spectators well enter
tained by the Athletic contests fur
nished by the High school and No. 3.
the programme consisted Of foot and
bicycle racing, various kinds OF jump
ing: ball games ETC., but like all other
picnicers were run to town by rain.
Thursday night the M. E. church
was seated to its utmost capacity by
an audience who listened very atten-
lively to Ewing Herbert's lecture, IA
Mothers Boy" but still Billy Morgan
considers it joke because Herbert
lectured here once before.
Friday night was commencement.
This was probably more highly appre-
ciated than all the above mentioned
entertainments. The following are the
members of the class Of '97: Jesse Den
ious, Della Nation, Lilly Burlingame,
Cora Tom, Myrtle Harbaugh, Olive
Barnhart, Jennie Mills and Vera
Lodge. All delivered their orations in
manner to be proud Of. The High
School and Prof. Durand's quartets,
and the Silver Bell Orchestra furnished
the music.
Saturday night the Alumni gave
their annual banquet and entertain
ment at the Arlington hotel, which
was we'll attended and appreciated by
all.
Mr.. Gardner left for Excelser Springs
Monday hight to be gone few days.
Misses Sallie and Jennie Farmer of
Chanute are the guests Of Miss Jennie
Mills.
Miss Daisy Stevens Of Hepler is visi-
ting her sister, Mrs. G. M. Eaton in
this city.
The directors Of the Neosho County
Fair Association held meeting at the
Bank of Erie Friday.
About fifty members of the Walnut
schools were picnicing on the river
south of this city yesterday.
Misses Sadie Horr and Pearl Lane,
of Galesburg, were visiting Miss Anna
Herod the latter part Of last night.
Carl Reynolds has accepted posit-
ion in drug store at Everest, Kan
sas, and left for that place last night.
For lack of space we are kept
from publishing more complete the
details of the foregoing entertain
ments.
John, n,Hutchings, Bern Wheat, Bert
Dannelly and Bert Combs of st. Paul,
attended Commencement exercises in
this city Friday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. E. Miller, formerly
Of Galesburg, but now of Ida Grove,
Iowa, left for their home after few
weeks visit with Judge Denious and
family.
Last fall, some of the newspapers
advocated free trade, free silver, free
whiskey. etc.. but the Thayer Inde-
pendent News has capped the climax
by advocating free pills.
Sheriff G. f. Prange, District Clerk
Bell and Register of Deeds J.W.LOcke
went to Chanute Saturday to attend
Col. Frank Bacon's funeral, but after
arriving there, found that it did not
take place until Sunday.
Harley Gabriel, who is attending
school at the state university and Miss
Gertrude Limbocker, of this city, were
married at Lawrence Wednesday, May
18th. This was surprise to the peO-
pie OF this vicinity, not even their own
parents knew it until they received