The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-04-12
VISITORS ARRIVE
FOR SCHOOL meet
EVERY DETAIL OF ARRANGE
MENT HAS BEEN COMPLETED
FOR CONTESTS--DINNER SAT-
URDAY.

3,
During the next three days hundred:
of visitors will come to CoTdele from
throughout this entire section to BIZ
in attendance Friday and Saturda,
upon the events of the Third Distric
High School meet. All local arrange
ments have been made, and it is an
ticipated that plans will be executed
to the greatest of satisfaction, pleas
ure and profit to both the visitors and
home people alike. The various com
mittces have completed their work ant
excellent reports from their charmen
are given. The liberality with which
the people of the city have thrown
open their homes to the visitors, theil
readiness to make up the dinner OF
Saturday, and the willingness with
which auto owners have responded
to the call for the use of cars in con-
veying the visitors to the respective
homes to which they are assigned, re-
veals that Cordeles hospitality on
this occasion will be all that could be
expected.
Nothing has been left undone to
make attractive the buildings Of the
public schools for the reception of the
visitors, and the campus has been
thoroughly cleaned and otherwise
beautified. Decorations in the build
ing have been completed. Exhibits
of pupils work in the various depart
ments, especially in the high school,
are displayed in the respective rooms.
Flags and other decorations in red,
white and blue, remnants and flowers
prevail throughout the buildings, and
red and black, the school colors, are
seen on every hand. The auditorium
is especially attractive with its elab-
crate decorations.
1t is expected that fully $500 people
will be present at the dinner to be
held on the school campus Saturday.
The schools to participate in the
meet are Cordele, Americas, Fitzger-
aid, Ashburn, Montezuma, Cuthbert,
Reynolds, Plains, Vienna. These pla-
ces are sending strong delegations to
participate in all events. 1t has been
definitely decided that the following
will represent the local school in ath-
letics: Gladstone Fleming, high and
broad jump and 440 yard run; Ed
ward Stallings, 100 yard dash; Homer
Bartee, hurdle and shot put; Hillyer
Kink, 22C yard dash. These four boys
will run the relay race, with Mabrey
Kennedy as an alternate.
1t is announced that fee of 25
cents will be charged to each event.
The admission is a fee collected to
help defray the expenses of the meet,
. the high school association of the
Third district having adopted the plan
several years ago.
Members of the committee have
been busy asking owners of automo-
biles for the use of their cars on Fri
day, the Cay when the majority of
the delegates and visitors to the meet
will arrive. Some car owners may
have unavoidably been omitted. Such,
however, was not the committees in
tention Any one owning a car and
wishing to help for period of twenty
or thirty minutes is asked to- be at
the station when the trains come in
on Friday afternoon. So far as pos
sible, all auto owners are requested
to decorate their cars in the school
colors, red and black, or any other
color that is most convenient.
Excellent music will be furnished
for the opening number of the Friday
evening exercises. In the orchestra
to furnish the music are the follow
ing: Mrs. J. A. Key and Misses Allie
Van Devender, Alive Whipple, Mar
tina Lifsey, and Master oswald Wal
tiers, yiolinists; Misses Maxwell, Will
liams, Claudio Pate, pianists; Miss
Florence Needham, mandolin; Miss
Margaret Needham, guitar; John Pate,
Jr., durm; John Cofield, cornet; Hi
ram Williams, clarionet; Raymond
Boyles, trombone.
Following is the program:
Friday.
8. A. M.-Spelling contest.
10 A. M.-Essay contest.
3 P. M-Athletic contest.
SP. M.-Recitation and music con-
test