Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-06-12
Dexter
Grammar School Graduation Is
Held Friday Afternoon -
Commencement Plans
at High School
FLAG DAY SATURDAY AT
DEXTER GRANGE
Dexter

The grammar school graduation was
held in the assembly room at the high
school building Friday afternoon. 1t has
been the custom for several years to
take the material for these exercises
from the regular school work and the
general topic for this year was The HUI
man Body and Its Care. The pupils IL
Illustrated their work with topics, draw
ings and demonstrations Of first aid to
the injHred. The program follows: Mu-
sic. Come Fairies, Trip 1t on the Grass,
school chorus; prayer. Rev. R. L. Olds;
All Through the Night. Agnes Witherell
Randall. Hazel Marguerite Bowley. Ell
len Giles: Framework of Our Bodies,
Harold Gordon Arnold; Food, Edith Rey-
mond Olds; Digestion, Agnes Witherell
Randall; violin solo, Marion Abigail Dun
lap: Circulation. Stanley Gilbert Hall:
Respiration, Albert Ross DuBourdieu;
Nervous System, Gladys Irene Berry;
music, Alice, Where Art Thou. school
chorus: Sense of Sight. Majorie Evelyn
Bailey; Alcohol and Its Effects. John
Marshall Bane; Emergencies, Helen Maj
orie Eastman: vocal solo, Marion Louise
Crawford; comforting diplomas. Supt. l..
A. Ross; music, America, all.
The baccalaureate sermon to the grad
uating class of Dexter high school will
be held in Town hall instead Of at the
Universaiist church. as before announc-
ed. The service will be held at P. NJ.
Sunday and the program is as follows:
Music, male quartet; prayer, Rev. STAN
ley Gates Spear; response. quartet;
mon. Rev. R. L. Odds; music; benedic-
ton.
Superintendent Leland A. Ross of Dex-
ter schools announced Friday the cleo
ton Of two new principals for the COM
ing year. Roy NJ. Strout of the high
school and Miss Clara Redman Of the
Pleasant street school have resigned and
in their places have been elected Wade
S. Grindle Of Penobscot, a graduate of
Bates College. and Miss Lillian Spinney,
who for several years has been employ
ed in the village schools here and who
during the present year has been the
teacher Of Grade VII at the Spring street
school building.
observe Flag day, 1t being 1873 years since
INC duOplAou VI tie present SIdFS ana
Stripes. The committee in charge of the
program is Mrs. Edith McKusick, Mrs
Joseph Bridge and Mrs. Lafayette
Bridge. A flag party will be held at the
close Of the meeting and each member is
requested to wear small flag.
DR.. John e. Martin of Bangor Theo-
logical Seminary will fill the pulpit of
the local Congregational church Sunday
morning. DR.. Martin is an able speak,
er. a former resident of Montreal He
preached in Dexter about one year ago.
Special music will be furnished By the
senior choir.
The monthly meeting of the local Wo-
mans Christian Temperance Union will
be held at Temperance hall Wednesday
of next week instead of Tuesday, as usu-
al. The third Of the series of drama
tized stories by Mrs. Fannie B. Damon
will be presented. The meeting will open
at 23O and the public is cordially invited
Sunday will be observed as Memorial
Sunday by the members of Plymouth
Lodge. I. o. o. F., and Martha Wash
ington Rebekah Lodge. Appropriate SER
vices will be held at the lodge rooms on
Grove street at 7.30 P. NJ. and all men,
bers of the order are invited to attend.