Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-21
Nashington's Birthday will be
Observed by Closing of Post
office and Banks.
CHILDREN HOLD EXERCISES
Programs Are Given in Public Schools
in Commemoration of Deeds of
Father of Country"

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lie offices and the postoffice will be
closed the greater part of the day.
The banks and county offices will be
closed all day, and holiday hours will
prevail at the postoffice. the Office
being closed after 10 O'Clock. There
will be but one delivery of mail, leav-
ing the Office about 9:15-
Today Washington exercises were
held in all of the public schools, gen
eral programs by the entire school
being given at the Irving, Lincoln,
Horace Mann and other large build
ings, while in the buildings where the
main halls are not large enough, eXer-
cises were held iii the individual
rooms.
At Irving school.
The following program was given
at the Irving school
Recitation, Washington" - Harold
Arndt.
"The Colors in the Flag"-Third
Grade Girls.
"The Twenty-second of February
Robert King.
Flag Song-Alice Journey.
An Acrostic. Washington - Fifth
and Sixth Grade Pupils.
Recitation. Little Flags - Second
and Third Grade Pupils.
Recitation, tom Gray'-Bee Pur-
cell
SOng--Primary Rooms.
Ia TOM nd nd
Fourth Grade Pupils.
Recitation His Choice" - Herbert
McCullom.
Northumberland Lamp, Francis
Evans, Joe Helfrich.
Song. 'Lincoln'-Ilsley Rexdale.
A Lecture, Our Presidents" -The
Fourth Grade Pupils.
Recitation, Paul Revcre's Ride
Neil Mcneil.
Recitation. Washington Birthday
First Grade Boys.
Song, Little George Washington
Louise Mclean.
Recitation, "a Little Girls Boast
Faletta Jarrett.
Recitation. THE Living Flag'-Sec-
ond and Third Grade Pupils.
An Original StOry-Phyliis ReXdale.
Song, Twinkle, Twinkle. Little Star"
Primary Rooms.
Recitation, whats in a Name
Dwight Hance.
Dialogue. THE Thirteen Little Col
onies'-Second Grade Pupils.
Dialogue, Martha Washington
Jennie Dyas.
Boys.
Song, It's Great to be a, Soldier
Man"-Ruth South.
Recitation, George Washington
Ira Guldenzopf.
A COmposition-Harry Davis.
The Monthly Tribunal - Seventh
Grade Exercise.
Flag Drill-Fifth and Sixth Grade
Boys.
Song, Mount Vernon Bells''-Sev-
enth and Eighth Grade Pupils.
At Lincoln school.
The pupils of the Misses Huesing
/ Koehler. Haverstick, Whistler and Rob
bins of the Lincoln school held exer
/ cises this afternoon in commemora
ton of Washington's birthday. The
Hchildren assembled in the hall where
"a patriotic program was rendered as
follows:
Song-"Our Flag Colors''-School.
when Washington Was a Boy
Adolph Schmoll.
''Honoring Observation-Disclosures
: Sperry.
"To Be as Great as Washington
; Dorothy Willets.
Flag salute-school, lead by Will
mer Cox.
"The Story of Washington''-C Char
Iotte Huesing.
Reading-Miss Simpson
Violin solo-F'rancis Rhoads.
"a Girls Point of View-Margaret
Searle.
Like Wasbington"-Clarence Ben
die
Song-"Hurrah for the Flag
School.
eve Are Like George Washington
Harry Rathburn.
Song-Mabel Parker.
"The Red, the White and the Blue
Herbert Copp, Edward Golf ant
Merrill Ingalls,
One of the most pleasing number.
was the reading by Miss Mary E
Simpson, which gave much enjoymen
to ALL
A patriotic program of songs AM
recitatiOns, concluding with the salut
lof the flag, was given by the pupils il
the corridor of Washington school
The children entered into the spirit o
the day with true American enthusi
asm.
In Miss Whistler's room in the Liz
coin building program was giver
and the pupils enjoyed readings b.
Miss Mary e. Simpson and vocal nun