Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-04-27

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af his Farsuss Mz. sad Mrs Cxeek
Harrs~a-MrA Scest Epeut TIE week
exa HitA her nnotAer. AIRS Reserss-
EIrvsH Ti1tcAsl and Miss Edna sAmsx
nssaorrd 70 Mnnsgonsry Csy. SaaaAy
Mss Bsaz<he Waite is haAe for he
znnsr v&oztion. having elcsei q sur
eeeSknA terra ~ school II the Fox dis
trsrt-H r. Warden and guest War
dsa Rafasrssn az Virginia. sFe spen&
ing q few Days at the Warden farm in
this neirhborhcod N. and Mrs
Hsc&nAa. Mrs Lna CiApper. Mr.. H.
p. Warden and Miss Emma Green
we're guests Il Liberty sehsSa Friday.
Our farmers are very busy in their
fields az present. and quite 4 large
acreage az curn has been planted
Sevenfy-Eve az the patrons and
friends II Liberty school gathered
there last Friday to enjoy = basket
dinner. and the clever program that
he teacher Of LTserty. Miss Bessie
Hickman. and her pupils had arranged
for the entertainment Of the crowd
The room was beautifully decorated
with spring flowers. and the maps.
water eolors. pen drawings and note
work Of the children A miniature
farm. complete in every detail, with
sneouragingly prosperous looking
fields of grain was indicative Of the
hopes Of this community. In one or
ner Of the school room was a well
Equipped grocery store furnished with
every variety Of samples imaginable
which had been contributed for the
use Of the school in buying and sell
ing and making change, by MIR. J.
G. King of Kings Quality Market In
Mexico. We have never seen a o
attractive, more bountiful or better
collection Of @eats" served that the
housekeepers of Liberty provided.
Fried chicken, country ham, potato
chips, sandwiches, salads, cakes and
pies of every known variety. And, as
Miss Hickman laughingly said, in her
friendly little informal 'before the
eurtain" speech, she knew we had all
eaten until we were helpless to re-
sist any torture that their program
might inflict upon us in the course Of
the afternoon. She had taught, and
labored, with, and drilled those chill
dren for eight happy months, she said,
and IL they disgraced her by anything
approaching failure she hoped the
audience would administer swift and
sure punishment, After listening 10
the program, we realize that she felt
quite safe in trusting to u verdict
of approval, for the entertainment
was clever and original from the first
numbers, when the baby Of the school
little Eleanor Mae Smith, gave the
opS.ing address to the last goodly
speech. The motion songs by the
graceful little girls, with Miss HEX
man at the organ, the dialogues, solos,
choruses, and recitations, were each
perfectly given, and with no apparent
need Of q promoter. Joe Harrison as
NEGRO Nose" and Martillus Barnes
as a dignified professor, especially
pleased the audience with their sly,
personal jokes and upon various ones
of the neighborhood. Opal Smith also
deserves special mention, as her reel
tation was unusually good. After the
program was finished, Miss Hickman
surprised her pupils by announcing
THAT she had some gifts to present.
They had done their years work with
no promise of prizes, other that the
pleasures and honor of excelling. But
Permelia 0wings, Mamie Belle Lock-
ridge, Joe Harrison, Tom Archer and
Martillus Barnes had been perfect in
attendance. Opal Smith and Eleanor
Mae Smith had done specially good
work, and County Supt. Clyde John
son OF a recent visit to the school had
commended Lena Smiths note book
on Agriculture, and Permelia Owing6
Nature Study Book, saying that they
were the best he had seen in the coun-
ty. So each of the pupils named re-
ceived a souvenir to remind them in
the future Of good work done in 1916
1916. We think it was the pleasant
est day Of all the year in Liberty dis
trict. We like to think Of our school
house as a community building, and
we are proud of our ~neighborhood,
and u children, and grateful to Miss
Hickman who has given us her best
in the school Soom, and has been a de-
lightSul acquisition socially as well
She was asked If she would consider
the school for next year, but she has
not fully decided iipon her plans for
the winter, so it was with real regret
that we told her goodby and took
our empty lunch baskets and our
youngsters, who were quite the re-
verse, to our homes.
Mrs. Billie Smith.
&
Special after Easter Prices on
Suits Palmer, Printzess, Sunshine
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