Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-05-31
KENT'S HILL.
May Pole Feie, Tuesday,
A Beautiful Spectacle.
Christine |. Cutting Of Phipps-
burg, Makes Charming Queen.
Details Carried Out by the Young
Ladies Very Gracefully.

Kents Hill, Me. May 30.tSpeciaD.-
All nature combined to make the May
Polc Fete, which was witnessed, Tues
day at Kent's Hill, haunting MEM
DRY OF perfection. The bright sun
shown down on the spacious school
campus bedecked with thick carpet
Of green, fresh leaves and spring How
ers: the birds made melody such as
only a May day can call forth. and the
grounds were never more richly adGrn-
cd than when they received that COM
pany of maidens who responded 10 the
call 10 assemble about the May pole
in honor of their chosen queen.
The scepe recalled the story Of an
Gent pagan May day observances, the
more recent May day sports in the
days of Good Queen Bess, and the orr
gin of the MAY Pole day, the symbol Of
kng1y justice. The beautiful fete also
brought 10 mind the modern revival OF
MAY day ceremonies under MIR. Rusk-
ms inspiration and idealiZatiou.
A pretiier procession could hardly
be imagined than that which trooped
out through the door of Sampson hall
towards tie May throng. The flower
ladened queen, Christine Iucretia Cut
ting OF Phppsburg, attended by her
maids Of honor, Bessie May Edwards.
Newport. aud Ruth Mildren Judkins.
Newport. together with the attendants.
Geneva Forbes Hutehins Belfast. and
Carrie MeFadden Robinson, North An
sen. followed the little flower girl Dor
.4f oil.
of the queen were the garland bearers,
Gladys May Cooper. Winthrop; Ella
Marguerite Morrow, Winthrop: Ruth
Ellen. Farr Fayette: Gretchen Irene
Nealey. Hampden; Rachel Paulson,
| Berlin Mills; Winnifred Gordon. Win
threp: Eanee Abbie Walker Poland;
Madeline Hamilton Walker, Gardiner;
Hazei Viola Merrifield, Kent's Hill;
Helen Ross Merrithew, Kents Hill
and Miss Grace Parsons. preceptress
ia cap and gown, who performed the
| coronation service.
| Then came the flower dancers, who
| with great wreaths of spring bios
SONS did Very pretty and impressive
march before the May Queen, on the
yerdant lawn Those who took part
! in this feature of the festivity were.
| Mary Frances Cobb. Searsmont Mar
Ella Eleanor Bragdon. Frankfort. Edith
perle Small. Deer Isle; Annie Eva
Holyoke. Houlton: Mahitable Gertrude
| Dow, West Pownal; Olive Edna Gov
eneX Winthrop Kathleen Sophronia
Berry, Wayne; Marjorie Moulton
Graffte, Moose River Eleanor Lillian
| Fish. Portland: Katherine Gertrude
Sawyer. Kenfs Hill; Gladys Leone
| Nelke, North Wayne; Agnes Sprague
Oliver. phippsburg,
Following this came the May Pole
dance. when the pole was successfully
wound with white and pink atreamers
| to the music furnished by am orehas-
ira consisting OF Richard Hills Stuart.
Newport: William Harrison Sanhorn.
Rockland:, and Helen Edith Cobb.
Searsmont. After the pole had been
wound the more difficult task of I'M
/ winding IL remained. But this. too.
WIS successfully done. Those in the
May Pole dance We're: Marcia Moul-
| ton Boothby, Parsonsfield; Helen
Gardner Brler. Northport; Muriel
Stevens Brown. Kent's Hill: Izah
oenone Durham. Barln CT: Esther
Clarena Gates. Dixfield; Hazel Hill
cent Gibbs. Kent's Hill; Mabel Eloise
! Gibbs. Kent's Hill; Lorraine Gertrude
| Hall. West Peru; Mildred Oscar Hail.
| Jonesport; Nellie Belle Berry, Bing-
ham: Marion Edna Knowlton, Belfast;
Dorothea Lorena Lawler. Portland:
Mary Louise Mayo. Franklin; Ida
Beulah Richards. North Wayne; Bar
bara Lillian Stinson, Beal Harbor: C.
Isabelle Thompson, Kingman: Frances
Rosahelle Weber. East Livermore;
Gail Harrington Whitehouse, Auburn;
Emma dane Williams. ReadfieId.
This was the first May Day cele-
bration that has been witnessed at
kent's Hin in recent years. but the
success of the affair. today seems to
augur the continuation of the fete
from year to year Much credit is
due TO the preceptress, Miss Grace
Parsons, for the pains she. took in
giving the school so enjoyable an
occasion. and also to the committee
who, with Miss Parsons, had the de-
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