The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-02-12
ARBOR DAY
AttractiVely and Appropriately CeIe-
brated by the Primary School


brated by the Primary School
While February the fifth is .Arbor
. Day. for several reasons. it was de.
cided to celebrate last Friday as Ar
Dor Day in OcaIa, and the primary
/ school children gave very appropriate
. exercises al the new school on So rth
Third street
Arbor DAY t.JGghts are truly beau
tiful ones, and in th2J exercises these
little tots seemed to realize what the
.. day and the planting of the trees
meant to them. The small seed plant
ed at these public exercises often de-
velop into something very much worth
while and the children of our school
ought to be literally encouraged by
( their parents and friends.
! 1t is quite necessary that We do all
we can to preserve the trees we al
ready have in our little city, and to
plant trees in the places where there
are none, and in places from where
they have been taken, and the fact
that the civic league department of
the WOman's Club furnished the
trees that were planted at the pri-
mary school Friday morning shows
that they are vitality interested in
beautifyfng everything that tends to
the adornment of our city. We al
ready have very picturesque sec
ton and with the continuance of the |
planting of trees our property will in
crease in value as well as beauty.
The children Of the first, second
and third grades, which constitute |
the primary school, were very greatly
interested in Arbor Day for several
weeks beforehand and took a great
interest in making the exercises sue
csssful.
They made pretty little programs.
which they decorated with colored
leaves of various trees, and distribute
ed them to the large number of ~isit-
Ors who were present, and several of
the older boys and girls acted as ush-
ers.
The down stairs double rooms were
very prettily decorated with immense
palms, ferns and flowers. .,
Miss Fannie Clark of the second g,
grade had charge of the exercises and
called the numbers as they happened
'n the program. All did their parts
'plendidly, not a child forgetting a
single line of their parts, and their
PARENTS and friends were very proud
# them. Il
The program was as follows:
Greeting song-Second and third
.rades.
Recitation-Loreen Spencer. "
Exercise-Primary class. y
ecitatiOn-CIifford Fausett.
RecitatiOn-LOuise Rentz.
RecitatiOn-Violet Smoak. =,
Song-First grade.
Recitation-Jessie Bishop. =
Recitation-Lillian Clark.
Quotation-Second grade.
Song-Second and Third Grades.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Edwards. Re-
observation-disclosures Spencer. ur
Exercise-Five boys of third grade. Fl,
Observation-Disclosures Little. ,tc
Recitation-Beatrice Boney. oh
Exercise-FOur girls of beginners ro,
ass. c.
RecitatiOn-Mary Taylor. on
Exercise-Second grade. rim
Song, "America"-School. to
After the program Miss Nellie Ste inc
ms, principal of the primary school.
ade a short speech thanking the Wis
rs for their presence and especial su.
thanking the Womans Club for the eye
t of trees. mo
The school and visitors then adj aso
lrned to the yard, where about q ret
zen oaks and several palmetto trees Fri
re planted. Mr., c. H. Schneider frie
wing charge of this work. hin
After the planting was concluded