East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-05-12
PREPARATIONS FOR
COMMENCEMENT ARE
MADE AT HERHISTON
PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE PLANNING
FOR A WEEK OF GREAT
ACTIVITY.
On Tuesday Evening Primary Grades
VIII Present "A Trip to StOryland;r
High school Graduating Glass Will
Give Play 'sThe Rivals ON We'd
nesday Night.
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HERMISTON, Ore, May Eek
tensve and elaborate preparations
are being made by the Hermiston
public schools for commencement
week beginning Tuesday evening, May
l6. on that evening the Primary
grades will present "A Trip to Story
land" which promises to be unusu-
ally delightful owing to the fact that
the parts are taken by the little tots,
on Wednesday evening, the high
uating class was the motif for very
The Rivals" a COMEDY in five acts.
The cast of characters is as follows:
Sir Anthony Absolute ..........
.......... Ernest waterman
Captain Absolute Cyril Blakeslee
Acres, coachman. Gordon Shotwen
Falkland .........s.. Henry Gum
Sir Luoius O'Trigger ........
.....,... Raymond Longhorn
F'ag and David. j. Wallace Spencer
Mrs Malaprop. 80. Norma Eriksen
Lydia Languish o., Vera De Purdy
Julia ...,... Katherine Sprague
Lucy ............. Edhe Johnson
The graduating program viii be
given Thursday evening, Rev, ]. E
Snyder of Pendleton. delivering the
address.
The intermediate grades will pre-
sent 'The Moon Queen" Friday even
ing, May 10, and the eighth grade
will put on a play "Sophomores" the
same evening
These events will all take place in
the high school auditorium.
The Hermiston hIgn school grad
sister Mrs j. A Yeager. They ex-
pretty luncheon Tuesday evening, at
which Mrs. E. T. Eriksen and Mrs
B. K. Sprague were hostesses at the
home of Mrs. Eriksen. The rooms
were very attractive and place cards
also following along the same color
scheme. Covers were placed for
Raymond Longhorn, Cyril Blakeslee,
Norma E. Eriksen, 2. Vera De Purdy,
Ernest A. Waterman, ]. Gordon Shot
well, Edilie NJ. Johnson, ]. Wallace
Spencer, Henry NJ. Gum, Jr., Kath-
crime w. Sprague, Dorothy Rakestraw
and Leah Percy.
Mrs. T. w. Sapper and Mrs. william
Fritz were Pendleton visitors, Mon
day.
Robert c. walger and Miss Virgin
la Todd were guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Hawthorne at Irrigon.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. F. Turney. Miss
Alice Groenwald and Miss Lenora
Horn composed a party that motored
down from Pendleton Sunday They
drove out to the big cold Springs res
ervoir and also down to the new di-
version dam.
Mrs. A. s. johnson delightfully."- en-
tertained at two large affairs on
and Wednesday afternoons.
Twenty-four ladies motored TO Tlr
Glwys, the beautiful country home of
Mr.. and Mrs. W. T. Roberts, Thurs
day afternoon, to accept Mrs Rob-
erts' hospitality at charming bridge
party. Six tables were arranged for
the players, and most enjoyable
time was spent. Delicious and dain-
ty refreshments were served.
Compllmenting Mrs. Caroline S.
Clarke who is leaving soon for Van
couver, Washington, to make her
home, Mr.. and Mrs. }. F. Mcknight
entertained a few friends at dinner at
the Hotel Hermiston Wednesday ev-
ening.
Mrs. T. H. Gather and little daugh'
ter Anna, went to Pendleton Sunday
for a weeks visit with Mrs Gathers
school class of 1916, will present
pect to leave soon FOR Fonda, Iowa,
for a three months visit at the home
of their parents.
j. A. Ralph accompanied Thomas
Frazer to Walla Walla Wednesday to-
assist in bringing back the new sey.
en-passenger Studebaker car recently
purchased by Mr.. Fraser.
H. G. Mcpherson was business
visitor here Tuesday.
Mrs. Elmer P. Dodd entertained a
few friends informally at dinner Mon
day evening.
Mrs. Francis r. Reeves was a de-
lightful hostess at a silver tea We'd
nesday afternoon for the Baptist
Ladies Aid About fifty guests at
tended, some having motored down
from Stanfield.