Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-11-11

Page as teacher, gave the wedding
and the entire party were under five
years of age, except for the chorus Of
boys, which was taken from all
grades.
The wedding, which was the feature
of the evening, was preceded and fol-
lowed by folk dances and games which
were beautiful and perfectly executed.
Each received warm applause.
1.-THE Circus was given by room
two, of which Miss Fannie Cannon
is teacher The following took part:
Geraldine Brady, Gerada Denefe,
Louise Claypool, Dorothy Gookin,
Edna Head, Pauline MCGOWAN, Marie
Hasselquist, Corene Ferguson, Startle
Barnes, Allen Akerson, Jack Nichol-
son, Edwin Hallgren. Bernard Shee-
han, Dennison Freeman, Russell Bat
terson and Joe Albright.
Japanese Fan Drill room three,
with Miss Marie Mangan as teacher,
was well liked, the following little
maids en- costume illustrating the
song they sang: Flora Knight, Helen
Lambertson, Helen Meadows, Gather
inc Sehl, Ida Pool, Mepel Ward, Paul
inc Hoffman,, Catherine Mulcahy, Ev-
elyn Johnson, Agatha Thompson, Mil
dred Hoxey, Hazel Allen, La Thella
Tozer, Mary MCGOWAN, Florence Will
son and Alma Nelson.
Room five, Of which Miss Amy
O'Malley is teacher, gave the Coral
ski Russian Dance" in costumes
which added much to the interest.
The children in it were Dorothy Bart
mess, Lillian Fern, Margaret Long,
Marian Akerson, Louise Gookin,
Grace Sheehan, Opal Howard. Fran
'ces Baker, Evelfne Larsen, Rachael
Pool, Maurice McVey, Francis Schaub,
Russell Johnson, Harold Orr, Harold
Akerson, Harold schlaf, Leroy Ream,
Paul Frazer, Harold johnson and Ell
mer Edmund.
An old English dance, 1.-THE Butter
fly" was given by room six, OF
which Miss Brady is teacher. Those
taking part were Francis Broich, Ed,
ward Akerson, Paul Hasselquist,
Eugene Head, Paul Johnson, Marvin
Gookin, Herbert Wilson, Otto schaub,
Margaret Cough1in, Helen Sloan, Helen
Lerche, Eva Bergstrom, Fern Claver,
Helen Citizens, Bayou Long and Edith
kearns.
An oddly pretty and intricate Swed-
ish dance weaving was given by
room seven, Miss Ada Lindquist
teacher. The aprons worn by the
girls were from Sweden. In the first
set were Laverne Pierce, Agnes Plaff,
Ruth Hoxsey, Margaret Young, Grace
Mcdowell and Mabel Johnson, Harold
Fletcher Francis McDavitt Carl Son
tag, Franklin Schaub, Leo Caughlln
and Gilbert Freeman. In the second
set we're Evelyn Gatewood, Bertha
Cavanaugh, Marie Murphy, Edna Long,
Agnes Kobel, Ern estine Jones, Donald
Pickett, John Headman, Adolph Swan
son. Marion Bean, Arthur Tudor and
Clarence Ehrmann.
One of the best numbers was a
group dance of three Scotch dances.
New Castle-Hundstan House. the
Highland Fling" and Sweet Kate
by fourteen Of the best dancers in the
school, who have been doing the folk
dances for five years The girls TAX
ing part and who were en- costume,
we're Fern Grammer, Beatrice Sulll-
van Madeline Johnson, Blanche Am
nQ6nuduSGI, SPi oeooS' A~e"A 49, ~
Falk, Helen Wilson, Mildred Lambert
son Grace Akerson, Laverne Pierce,
Margaret Halpin, Hilma Bergstrom,
Evelyn Young and Esther Head The
girls were from room eight, OF which
Mrs. Pierce is teacher.
An enjoyable number was given
nv Mrs. w. 3. Curtis Of Chicago, form
erly of Ottumwa, who gave two de-
lightful vocal solos, accompanied by
Mrs. E. r. Clark, at the piano. Mrs.
Clark also played the accompani-
ments for the entire program ana 10
ner much of the credit for the success
Of the affair is due. -,
Miss Julia Shuckrow and her pupils
of room four put on pretty exercise
Mother Goose The soloists were
Lillian Swanson, Clarence swanson
Helen Charter, John Plaff, Paul Bash
awe Lillian Reedquist, Ernest Claver,
Evelyn Johnson, Elizabeth Holder and
paul Thorne. Those in the chorus