Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-06-15
Graduating Exercises Of the
Seniors Of High School
Exhibition by Pupils Of Schools
Given In Town Hall
Suspicious Character on Freight Is
Not Man Wanted for Burglary

Clinton, Me, June 13.-tSpeciaD.-Town
hall was filled to the doors on Friday
evening on the occasion OF the gradual
ing exercises OF the class OF IA Clinton
High school The class colors OF yellow
and green were prominent in the pretty
decorations Seated upon the platform
with the Seniors were Samuel L.. Allen,
principal; Miss Matte Marie Windell.
assistant: Charles l.. Clement. superin-
tendent of schools, and Rev. H. F. Mill
gan, pastor of the NJ. E. church.
An effective program was well execut-
ed. as follows:
Music, Whites Orchestra
Prayer Rev. H. F. Milligan
Music Orchestra
The Economic Importance of the Penama
Canal Abbott Lester McKenney
Presentation OF Gifts, sebra Ellen Brown
Relation of Character Building in Youth
= 0'.@1'' George Edgar Crocker
Music, Orchestra
Glass History and Prophecy,
Edgar Marshall Stein
The New Feminism,
Chrstiana Louise Milligan
Valedictory-The Good Roads Movement.
Ross Stanley Holt
Music. Orchestra
Presentation of Diplomas.
A reception followed, during which the
teachers of the High school stood in the
receiving line with the graduates.
The ushers were George Drake, Irving
Trask, Ray Holt, Carroll Adams. The
punch table was in charge of Misses Ber-
Ia,
Lord.
An exhibition with exercises by pupils
of all the schools In Clinton was present
ed at Town hall Saturday afternoon TO
one of the largest and most Interested
companies of parents and friends or pu-
nils ever seen together In the town or
Clinton. Such an exhibition Is an inno-
walton in this section and Superintendet
| C. L. Clemet Is to be congratulated upon
the apparent success of this initial trial.
The classes were all accompanied py
| their teachers. The program:
Ferry School, Nellie Luce Cain teacher
| Quotations by school; salute to the nag
Serving Our Country" Ave boys; The
Bird" Clifton Horne: exercise. Clinton"
school; Abe" Manley Chase.
/
teacher. "a Cross-eyed Soul" Everett
Cain; my Best Friend" Mona Lewis
I'm Glad to Be Little Girl" Alice
Cain: my Mother" Bertha Cain.
Dixon Corner school. Miss Hoxie teach
or Vocal solo, Bernice Pennell; dialogue,
'orhe Time John Fooled Himself, school
1--WE Know Them" Vincent Gowen; THE
railroad Crossing" Nathan Hexie; "A
Bows Opinion" Lawrence Mack; m
cIed THAT I'm Little Girl" Mary
Goodridge.
Gore school. Gertrude Goodridge teach
or little Boy Jack" Norman E. Will
| Iev. ..The Banner Betsey Made" Blanche
Proctor, Vacation Time" Doris Hume
! "CIaribel's Prayer" Hazel D. Thurston.
Village schools, Misses Porter, Laign
and Taylor teachers March; song,
"Baby Boy" Primary girls; recitatloh'
Daisies" Doris Goodrich: duet Alton
wentworth and Clarence Brown; oit
Galahad," Intermediate school; driii,
| Grammar. girls son. three Grammar
/ girle. 'The Golden Goose" Primary pu-
nils: "The Birds Christmas Carol TN
three acts, intermediate pupils; plano
duet. Bertha Milligan and Beulah stew
art: "Grandpa's Chicken" Weston Giles;
lilv drill, intermediate girls; solo, Pearl
Dixon. zEa
1t was learned on Friday afternoon that
a. suspicious character was on noard
freight train going west from Chhtoh
and someone spread the story that ne
| looked like the burglar who set nre 10 the
Files establishment early In the morning.
Benton was telephone and the cohsta-
BILE instructed TO hold up the freight ana
get the man. He obeyed orders, hnoihs
the stranger stored away in heater pox
of one of the Eastman heater cars. lie
was held till Saturday morning for dent
ihcation, but proved not to be the feilo"
wanted. The deputy sheriff then went 10
Portland to claim the baggage Tor the
check found in the case during the
chase