The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-06-04
May-po!e.
Details of the May-Day ceIe-
bration.

ed at II a. IN. with n Rasket.
ball game between Big Stone
Gap High School and Norton
Both teams worked hard, bnt
Big Stone finally won out Mr.
John Goodloe, in an appropri.
ate speech, presented the trophy
a silver cup, to the winning
team.
After a selection by ii e
Southwest Virginia Band which
put new impetus into every
body, the Juniors played ball
They made things interesting
by lining-up Baptist against
Methodist. Everyone pronounc.
ed 1T a good game of ball for
boys. The Methodists won.
At 2:3S p. IN. the floral parade
formed and was viewed b V the
grand stand and Judges. The
entries were az follows.
Harry Kelly on tricycle.. Tom
ioodloe on bicycle; John Baker
IN pullcart; John Bullitt Chalk
ley as Cream of Wheat adver-
tisement; Erskine Kelly in pink
and white rose wheelbarrow;
John Hill Goodloe as Little
Lord Fanntleroy; Francis Saw
ers as Uncle Sam; Carl Stoehr
Jr., a s George Washington:
Robert Alsover, Jr., rs a Turk;
Otis Mooser, Jr.. as "A fairy
prince; Jemima Willis with
chrysanthemum carriage; Ruth
Smith with miniature MAY
Queen carriage; Julia X. Me
Corkle as II pink rose; Velmn
Bum as Il sweet pea; Alma
Wells in Chrysanthemnm cart:
Margaret Wolfe in pink roses:
Ruth Barron with ribbon cart:
Iruda Beaman in red ribbons:
HELEN Moreland as the march
iel MEL rose; Louise Nickels
with pink rose cart; Louise and
"Rinky' Petit with dolls
chariot; Kathrync Barrier with
pink rose cart, Gilberta knight
ms the doll rose; Helen Irvine
with pink and white -ose CARR
age; Margaret Baker in pink
and white carnations; Caroline
Goodloe and Evelyn Louise
Alsover as the SulTragettes;
Sarah Painter in cart of pink
and white roses drawn by Peg
gle Petit; Jane Peck in cart of
pink and white roses drawn by
Nita Goodloe; William Cabell
and Kathryne Painter as Little
Boy Blue and Little Bo Peep.
The first prize in the class
from one to five years was won
by Louise Petit; the second
prize by Little Boy Blue and
Little Bo- Peep. In the second
class, from five to ten years.
the first prize was won by Jul
liet X. McCorkle; the second by
Louise sNickels. The Judges
were Messrs. G. G. Cochran,
w. ID. Roberts and Mrs. b. Il
Rhoads.
Last years Queen, Louise
.Goodloe, headed theMay Queens
Court, which consisted of four
pages, Otis Mouser, John Hill
Goodloe, Lewis McCorkle and
K. d. Baker, Jr, They were
followed by four flower girls.
Caroline Goodloe, 'Rinky Pet
tit, Polly Kelly and Evelyn
Alsover. Carl Knight carried a
white cushion decorated with
ferns, for the new Queen to
kneel on while being crowned
i h e Queens Maid of-Honor.
Peggie Petit, followed next.
The herald then announced by
trumpet the approach of our
Queen, Bette Reeder, who was
glorious in pink and white gown
II q lace veil. After being
crowned h t assembled t h e
throne, with her maids, Anna
Bird, Mia GoodlOe, and Agnes
Baker. Her subjects, May-PoIe
girls, then paid her court, and
passed on to theMay-Pole dance
This was pretty feature of the
day, and was enjoyed by every
one. The girls worked faith
fully every afternoon for two
weeks. They were drilled by
Mrs. Nesbit, assisted by Miss
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