The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1913-05-08


to see who would go to Lexington
aud enter the state contest, Miss
Anna Hardwick and Jonet, Boone
were chosen From what We know
of them and have heard We know
that the other contestants will have
a hard time If they win.
Among the many who at'ende'
Commencement here were Grace
and Reese Shemfessel, Pat Henry
Banker Whit and wife, Rev. {.
G. Mann and wife, Walter Thacker
of Clay City; Jack Welch and wife,
Chas. Grove, Miss Anna WEIGH.
Elmer Derickson, of ROsslyn; Mis-
Harder of NADIA; Miss May Bowen,
of Lexington; Cecil SkidmOre, of
Mt. Sterling, DR.. and Mrs. Wielder
of Frenchburg College, and many
others whose names 7 did not get.
We learn with regret that The
oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Milton
Benningfeld, of Rosslyn, was kick
ed by a mule on Sunday and died
the next day, his eighteenth
birthday. He was a splendid younl
man and liked by everybody. The
family has always been very unfor-
tunate when getting hurt. or hav-
ing teeth pulled as they bleed 81
freely it is almost impossible t.
stop the flow of blood. The young
man bled to death from the kick
from the mule. We deeply sympa-
thize with the family.
The Gold Medal Contest held Oh
Friday night was splendid and we
feel that the declaimeSs<brs.ss c~ad
as can be produced in any college
of our land with like practice.
Some can hardly be beat. 1t was
good thing that strangers were
the judges as the contestants Were
SO evenly matched that it was in,
deed hard to make a choice. Ar
thur johnson won the medal and
we are glad to know that he has
such ability and hope that he will
use it to best advantage. All de
serve praise and while they lost yet
the effort was we'll worth it and we
trust that out of this defeat will
come greater efforts. All cannot
win and some must lose.
LOuretta Norton, who has beer
sick for a number of months died
on Tuesday of this week. She was
a lovable girl and had host OF
friends who will miss her beautiful
life. She was only twelve years OF
age but that disease of which Ken
lucky is so noted for, consumption.
took her from our midst. There is
a vacant place i'm the home that
will be hard to fill but God in Hi
infinite wisdom took her, perhaps
that she might draw others to live
the life that will take them home
to where she is. She was q mem
Der of .he Christian church having
dedicated in early life to the Mas
ter. Mr.. and Mrs. Harlow Norton
and family have the deep sympa-
thy of the whole community.
This has been Commencement
week and We all have greatly enjoy
ed the exercises. We have realized
what a vast benefit Stanton COLLEGE
has been to our young men and
women We were made to be proud
of them and of the work that they
have accomplished. The gradu-
ates were JOnett Boone, Arthur
Johnson, Karl Welch, Marion At.
Gladys WEIGH and Ethel
Baker, and they did splendid in
giving the Orations and essays.
What a pity that some more of our
young men that we see loating "a
round our streets could not go to
our college and bring forth hOnors
ike these graduates have. Such
young men like these graduate
will seldom make criminal, bur
or an undesirable citizen but the
world will be better for the years
they have spent in the walls Of the
college. l wish ! could 60 into de-.
tails more about Commencemen.
but space forbids.