Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-04
Falls Church News.
IpecisI Correspondence of The Star.


FALLS CHURCH. Va. June 3, 1908.
The public graded school has just closed
( a very successful term OF nine months,
under the principalship of Prof. E. g. Sine,
who has recently been reelected for the
third term by the school board. He has
been assisted by Miss Fanny Weadon, first
assistant: Miss Ruth o. Dyer. second assist
ant, and Miss Brownie Arundel as teacher
of the primary. Miss Dyer and Miss Arun-
del have been reelected. Miss Weadon was
not candidate for reelection.
The commencement exercises took place
yesterday afternoon In Odd Fellows Hall,
which was crowded with the patrons OF the
school and friends. The program was well
rendered. showing much care in preparation
and practice. 1t consisted of the following
parts. Invocation. by Rev. r. A. Dawson.
ID. chorus Welcome" by the school;
recitation. Girls" Talmadge Thorne; reel
tatlon, The Little Mother" Catherine Car
ner; song BOBBY Shaftoe" Frank Thomp-
SON Margaret Dudley, Grace Thompson; ac-
compapist. Mrs. Ella Thompson recitation.
Engaging a Servant" Bessie Slade; chorus,
Happy Days" school: exercise. The Seed
Babies, third grade recitation. THE Night
Wind Horace King; a play. Patriots
Exercise" chorus. 'Vacation's Coming"
school; recitation. Elmer Brown Mar
garet Copper: piano solo. Maude Shreye.
recitation. who Made the Speech" Ella
Payne. chorus. robin Redbreast," school;
rose drill: recitation. The farmers
Daughter" Maude Shreve; a play, Little
Red Riding Hood recitation "Molle's
Ram and How 1t Acted" George Lester;
doll drill. first grade Indian huntress drill;
chorus Farewell: benedction by Rev.
w. H. Wolfe. Prof. Sine announced the
following promotions in the school. first to
second grade, Cecil Bean. Arthur Cation,
Paul Potter, Leo Wise Ruth Bradfeld.
Lucille Priest. Sue Wheeler. Edward Mar
shall Harold Talbot, Helen Hough. Dele
van Thompson. Olive Bladen: I'd to Sd grade
Elizabeth Dodge. Prince Hodgson. Frederick
Hodgson. David Cation. Earl Dickerson,
Chas. Fadeley, Robert Garner. Geo. Lester,
Talmadge Thorne. Lewis Williams. Melissa
Lester, Nellie Lowe. Doris Moore, Ruth
Payne. Lena Royston. Mary Smoot Viri-
enne Smoot. Brooks Oden Florence Cross
man. Ethel Lloyd. Pearl Potter Daisy
Hummer. George Upperman. (conditionaD,
Nina Wright. William Wright: third to
fourth grade. Eliza Barksdale. Willard
Camp. William Crossman. Louise Febrey.
Katherine Garner. ALBION Hodgson. Harold
Grace Miskell, Ella Payne. Clarence Shot
well, Lillian Shreve, Mary Sine, George
Sims. Selden Somerville. Philip Talbot;
fourth TO fifth grade. Ashton Barksdale.
Dickerson Margaret Dudley. Helen Ellis.
Francis Hayward Morrill, Ilsley. Horace
King. Bessie Laurence. Willard McCauley.
William Payne. Lillian Potter, John Shee-
han, Norman Sims Lila Somerville, Ray
mond Wells. Frank Williams. Paul Nc
Sween; sixth to seventh grade. Harry Blan-
ton, Dora Shreve. Helen Marshall. Grace
Thompson. Claude Garrison Fitzhugh
Slade. Catherine Stewart, Claud Mcdaniel
Alfred Koon. Ruth Shreve. Willard Quick
Mary Priest. Marie Bartle, Fred King Will
liam Hummer, Milton Westcott Margarite
Loving. James Brown; fifth to sixth Mar
garet Copper. Frank Thompson, Edna Blan-
ton, Mac Fadely. Philip Hough Sherwood
Austin. Elizabeth Newell. Pearl Sine. Eve
lyn Moore, pirgie Shotweil. Mable Shotwell.
Marthena Williams. VIII Stranahan: seq
enth TO eighth grade. Laurence Hough.
olive Kirby, Blanche Kirby, Frank Kirby.
christopher Parrott. Bertha Newell. Kath-
ieen McGroarty: eighth grade to high
school. Bruce Spencer. Julian Slade GUY
Sheve. Grafton Walters Maude Shreve.
tconditionaD, Bessie Slade, George Austin.