French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-05-03
children From all Over the County
Gather for the One Big Day-Judge
Pritchard Delivers ELOQUENT Speech.
MANY Prizes Won-FlOats Were Best
This Year.


This Year. |
The third annual county commence
r,ont was held here on last Friday
ond was a perfect success. THESE
oommencements are the big events OF
+bo wear in which the people OF the
whole county unite. and are interest
ID and gather in HendersonVllle TO
illness the various contests OF the
aahool children from all over" the
county, All the schools and their
communities vie with each other In
bringing the biggest crowd to town
fo, the event, and there is much sharp
-i,,a1rv for the many prizes. And last
11ridov,s nrogram seemed fuller and
hntter than usual.
Line OF Parade.
Tho davis exercises were opened at
IN o'clock by a parade of school cA1l-
5,o, led by the HendersonVllle Dand
%andsomelv decorated floats from the
-l"rious schools, school boards ana
Daronts-Teachers Associations. Inc
I5ondprsOnville school did not turn
nl+ in full but was represented by the
11i@t, school boys who were dressed III
-1,SIitarv uniform, and following the
band led the procession, coming next
Vas a large and very beautliuI- no"t'
ond Immediately following this was z
IaTgo number OF the grammar schoOl
ho,sS dressed in sailor suits. me va,
D;o11u schools of the county tolloWeu
IN succession as they ranked III SIZE
many of them headed by arCls1,S !e,
go A number of school boaros
ond Parents--Teachers ,AssoclaIlohe
marched with their schools.
Notable among the floats were tnose
Of Hnnderosnville, Flat Rock anu 1uA-
odo The HendersonV1IIe noat reple
sented the United States anu was
large wagon completely dlsgulseu IL
red white and blue DunIIne @nt It
driven by a typical uncle oaH' L..
1I-as n1omnted by representative layers
of decorations, piled high, and seateo
IN the topmost pinacle was ColumDla
Who was Miss Alice ace,-and sIanu-
ipr nearby was the Goddess OF Liberty
ir3narsonated by Miss Eleanor Sar-
s'' Flat Rock Floats.
Flat Rock school was neaGeG Gefl ~
Misc Annie Patton dressed as Coluln-
hia and Singletary thompson IL liz
,, of JTncle Sam both on 'horseDdch'
- Pool, had three floats, one was
faTd oTohulance in white hunting WIN
no+ occunied by wounded ~soldler anu
.tTorond NV Red Cross. nurses ano|h
-. T.-os red and white an0 Dlue "aS-
IN fI.ad VIII scnoOl boys dfesSeu Ia
uniform OF TIE North CdI oi1hA ~ '@s@-
and carving Lue mo- u C&Io!-lle1 eI AIS1s7
the tnird was nuaC cUntdlhlAS I.
hnrc M the ParCuUs-.4 6aCIeIo IN'0o e.
afiOn en0 deCorateQ III D-acM oAIA0 oO-~'
the coIOrs OIL Cne assocIatlon'
,CuxedO SCn00I itepr6~ehUeu'
Tuxedo nad d UoduLlAUAAJ -,
float representing tAe OlA1IoU .1,.,s,-
and nlIed win scnooI ChAui 0n 80,
ed to represent the many AHS,I AInu" ot
th plo' o,,,Istior uf the country. An
o4SoI ~ rost rom Tuxedo was hlleu
MI, little indians and their wei
whoon drew much attention; a InnT H
Aoat from tuxedo carried a nuES ll pali
~ cotton surrounded by cnliore1
6rosso6 IN grav cotton suits trlInLuou
IN rew cotton representing the cotton
nil Of tnat place and the Work Oh 1no
co1nrouritv in which the scnoO4 40
located. CLS
judge Prit61bard SPEAKS. no
rrbo many units making up the pa
-aaa wers attractive and 1ntefest1nS'
and made. an inspiring scene anu tnS
different sections were Justify cneeISu eS
~ thev uasssed on their line or mAIon
which was from the court nouse uU
Main ont Fourth avenue, and return
inc to Main by. Sixth avenue. Inc
DaTade dissolved at the big tent erecIeu
for the browning Chamberlain meet
inqs And here. at IL O'clock hoh'
1etar q Pritch6fd. OF Ashev1lle, JuoSe
of the United States Supreme court
addressed as many Of the great croTEu ~. y y
as could get, even standing room III OH0
tent. Judge Pritchard's subject was
The Relation of the Home 10 oChout
the Community, the CnurSn ana en0
Nation" It was one OF the nhesI az
dresses ever heard here ana was ie
plete with practical, souno. conll1CH "a
sense advice to parents in regard 10
raising their bows and girls so as TO
make Valuable citizens. Among other
things. Judge Pritehard stressed the
fact that bows and girls are the mosC
valuable resources of the country tne
most precious Jewels of any parents
and that they should be careTulIy
guarded and guided in their develop:
ment. He said that any average cnIle =
was capable of becoming what Coo
intended him or her to be but tnat II
could be attained only through traln--
ing Judge Pritchard paid his scoEn-
ful respect to the man and the woman
who house and carefully tend tneFr
horses, cows and hogs, and at the
same time turn their children loose TO
run at liberty wheresoever they
choose. Judge Pritchard spoke tor
over an hour and held the closest at
tention Of his audience throughout