The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-24
PROGRAM FOR
COMMENCEMENT


Eonaparate Schools to Close Next
Week With Graduation Exer
cises Thursday
Evening.
BONAPARTE, Iowa May 24.-The
following program for commencement
week of the Bonaparte schools has
been arranged as follows:
Baccalaureate sermon Rev. P. II.
Peterson. Sunday, May 81, Baptist
church, 500 p. m.
Glass play, Thursday, May 81, 500
D. m. Whitley opera house.
Program.
AFTER the Game" College Story.
Nancy Norris or Nan Vera Sanders
Elizabeth Earle, or Betty. seniors
Observation-Disclosures. Dorothy Bogle
Katherine Kerr, or Kit =. .Refa Dick
Marie Murston, or Polly. juniors
carrie douSeT
Virginia Randolph, or Dixie
Della Shaffer
Beatrice Beverly, or Trixie, sopho-
mores ...... Mildred Daugherty
Florence Vernon, or Flora ......
EoAIa w
Theodore Lee, or Dora, freshmen
Helen iSlei
Jane, the maid ..-.-..... olive Miner
Jack Morton, halfback on varsity
team ...... Calvin Corns
Act Mans room, after the scene.
America, Here's My Boy" Glass.
er the game.
Music by orchestra.
Scene 2.-Den in the club house
After the man.
Frank Dawson is arranging for
booking Civilization" and "lntoler.
ance," two great picture shows, at
Whiteley opera house. in the near fu-
ture.
Mrs. Charles Robinson and daugh-
ter Inez of Ault, Colo. came last week
zHornbaker and other relatives in this
vicinity.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Middleton and
daughter, Mrs. Charles Williams and
husband of Ottumwa, motored here
last Sunday and spent the day at the
" H. Middleton home.
Mr.. and Mrs. l. w. Al1ender OF
Guthrie, Okla, are visiting here with
Clarence Cummings returned to Chi
cago the first of this week and ex-
poets to be employed in a Mitchell
garage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Stemple and
nephew, Ralph Brown Of Fort Madt-
son, were visitors here last Sunday at
the William Stemple home in south
Bonaparte. r
- l1i d. r,iC{f r
ing here at the w. A. Steadman and
L. N. Meadows homes. o
George Sprankle, manager Of the
National Pickle Co.'S stations in Van
Buren, county. has contracted for $50
acres of pickles for the stations at
Bonaparte, Pennington, Mt. Sterling.
Cantril and Keosauqua and expects
to have at least TOO acres by planting
time. $1,000 bushels of pickles were
sailed from these stations last year.
A special service In honor OF the
boys who have gone to enlist in the
regular army was held at the Metho-
disc church last Sunday evening and
large audience was present. ,Patri-
otto songs were sung and the church
was decorated with red. white and
blue. Rev. Peterson spoke for about
fifteen minutes on Americas Part In
the World War, Rev. Mason used as
his subject, The Birth OF a World
Democracy. Mayor T. l.. Simmons was
master of ceremonies and w. p l..
Muir pronounced the benediction.
The names of the seven boys had
been framed and placed on an easei.
This was covered by large flag and
was unveiled by Miss Fac Saltzgaver
NJ, rrrI1n fry or
Lincoln's Gettysburg speech, which
had been changed to cover the pres
ent situation. The names of the boys
are as follows: Oscar Johnson,
George Spence, Floyd SaltZgaver Har-
ley Percival, Rex Nixon, Johnnie Kerr
and Dewey Sprott. Several veterans
of the civil war graced the occasion
by their presence and occupied a
front seat.
The following program has been
prepared for Decoration day, May 30.
The veterans and school children will
leave G. A. r. hall at 1:45 and march
to the cemetery for the decoration OF
the graves. They will return to Riv-
erside park for the program at 2:45,
as follows
song .....-- N1ShoOi
LlncOlnS GeltySDuTB Auui eSS
........... DR.. j. Fl. Whiteley
Song .... First and second primary
Address ...... Hon. Geo. r. Buckles
Roll call ... Maj. w. P. l.. Muir
Song America
Benediction ........... Kew. Mason
Memorial sermon Sunday morning
at the NJ. E. church by Rev. Hawk.
Miss Jennie Young, grade teacher
in the Bonaparte schools, went to
her home In Pulaski last Friday even.
ing to attend the wedding of her
sister, Miss Helen.