The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1913-05-22
LAKE CITY HIGH SCHOOL
commencement
A NOTABLE EVENT--HON. T. G.
MCLEOD DELIVERS ADDRESS
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.


ulty and board of trustees last Fri
day evening at the home Of Mr. and
Mrs E R Rogers, on West Church
street. The lower floor was thrown
en- suite and charmingly decorated in
pink and green. In the spacious
drawing-room several contests and
games were enjoyed. The first, a
Shakespearean romance, was won by
Miss Bessie Howle and Mr. Preston
Thames, and they were presented
with two lovely books; the second, a
unique minute contest in which the
class roll was, distributed on sepa-
rate sheets of paper and the guests
given one minute in which to form
words out of the names, was won by
Miss Elizabeth Jones and Allen AS
kins, and they were awarded a box
of candy. A delicious salad course,
followed by sweets, was served. The
guests departed at late hour, hav-
ing voted this the most successful
and pleasant of the annual junior
senior receptions that have been
given.
Miss Mayme Green's musical re-
cital Friday evening was a pro-
nounced success. The new audito-
rum was crowded to its capacity
and the audience was pleased not
only with the delightful selections
rendered but also with the progress
made by quite number of pupils
within the past year.
Sunday morning, at the Methodist
church, DR. J w Daniel, presiding ell
der of Charleston district of the
Methods. church, very impressively
delivered the baccalaureate sermon
for Lake City High school. Services
in the other churches were natural
ly dispensed with and a large and
interested crowd was present.
Monday night the graduating ex-
ercises of Lake City High school
took place in the new and spacious
auditorium. Following is the class
roll: Misses Winnie Carter, Ola Fad
DIV, Garnet Graham, Elizabeth Jones,
Bessie Howle, Manette McElveen and
Messrs Dixie Caldwell, VIM Burch and
Preston Thames. The salutatory was
very charmingly read by Miss Eliza
beth Jones, and was followed by an
essay on "The Value of Education" +,
by Miss Ola Eaddy; William Burch
read an interesting paper on Infiu-
ence of Young Peoples Society," I,
after which Miss Bessie Howle de-
lighted the audience with the histo-
ry of the class; Miss Winnie Carter,
the class prophet, OWNED wonderful
and interesting events affecting the
future lives of her classmates.
Next on the programme was Mr.
Preston Brooks Thames, who de-
lighted his hearers with eulogy on
Il, Me and Nine; Miss Garnet
Graham, the class lawyer, very ably
read the class will. The class poem,
written and recited by Dixie Walton
Caldwell, the class poet, was quite a
bit of poetical genius. Last, but
not least, came the valedictory de-
livered by Miss Manette McElveen.
Hon TG Mcleod of Bishopville,
the speaker of the evening, deliver
ed a very interesting address, which
was thoroughly enjoyed by a large
and attentive audience.
Rev E P Easterling in few but
impressive words delivered the di-
plomas to each of the nine gradu-
ates, and Rev C C Derrick awarded
the medals as follows: Miss Leone
Williams, fifth grade, scholarship;
Mr. Lee Chandler, sixth grade, schol-
arship; Misses Bessie Blizzard and
Ethel Epps, music.
Messrs Sam Caldwell, Robert Nc
Elveen and Wilbur Jones were home
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