The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-04-17
HAPPY CHILDREN MARCH
WITH MARTIAL SPIRIT

Field Day for the Schools Largely
Attended-The Day Passes Pleas
antly and Every One Seemed Happy.
The lowering clouds and the heavy
rains in some sections Of the coln-
ty on Friday morning kept many from
attending the Field day exercises by
the schools of the county. But even
in spite of these things there was Il
/ large crowd of happy children IL
Newberry and many parents and
friends of the schools, and every one
seemed to enjoy the festivities ana
the contests and all were glou. thew
came
The rain in town did not last long
and was not heavy and really made
the day more pleasant, and by o.
clock the sun was shining. but In
some sections Of the county there
were heavy rains which made the
roads bad for travel. And yet if there
had been no rain the farmers would
have felt like remaining in their
fields and preparing the land and
+. planting the crop because on account
| OF the rain they are very much DE-
hind.
/ The contests among the high
! schools we're held on Thursday eV-
i ening, the girls in the high school
J building and the boys in the court
house.
[ The schools entering the girls COLI
test in defamation were: Silver
street, Deadfall, Little Mountain
Whitmire, Pomaria, Prosperity, New
berry. The winners were, NeWberry
first, represented by Miss Anna Dun
, stan: second, Prosperity, represent
ed by Miss Annie Ward; third, Poma-
ria, represented by Miss Marian Setz-
Ter.
. The schools entering the boys COLI
test were: Newberry, O'Neall, Poma-
ria, Whitmire, Little Mountain. Pros
perity. The winners we're, first, Lii
tie Mountain, represented by homer
P. Lindler; second, Prosperity, rep
s.sented by Boyce Mills; third, o.
Neall, represented by Lindsey Boozer.
! On Friday morning the schools as
sembled at the court house plaza
where they were placed in line Tor
the parade. The line Of march was
from the court house to Main street.
thence down Main to Nance, thence
, down Nance to Boyce. thence down
Boyce to College and out College TO
! the college campus.
The parade was led by the New ber-
ry concert band and following 1o
we're the schools with banners OF tne
schools and all of them carrying
flags and otherwise showing the mar
tial spirit. "Uncle Sam and Aunt
Martha" were we'll represented oy
several of the schools and the New"
berry high school girls showed their
! natriotism by wearing the regulation
emblems of the Red Cross. The boys
: of the high school marched in the
| regulation uniform and bore w IN
! fields. They have formed company
and have been we'll and thorougnly
drilled by Prof. Prior, the prlnclpai
of the high school. He is graduate
Of the Citadel and SO is Superlnteno-
: ent Kinard. .o,.
] The other schools all showed their
LOYALTY to their country by display
inq the stars and stripes. They
we're in line ranging in age from SIX
to twenty and made an inspiring
scene. Whitmire came a hunoreo
strong and Little Mountain was mere
! in full force. And Pomaria and Chap-
! nolle all these being on the edge OF
the county and in different dhrec-
t;ons and from fifteen to twenty miles
away There we're several schoois
: not represented at ALL But the snow
ing was fine There were no ols-
nlavs of work done by the children
the fair feature having been dlspens-
ed with.
On arrival at the college campus
the contestants in the various liter
arv contests repaired to the, rooms
! assigned and those in charge OF the
dinner and baskets arranged the 10
cation and assembled the baskets ana
| made ready for that part OF the exer-
rises. And they say that there was
dinner in abundance. This is the
first Field day that this writer ala
not take dinner with friends from the
country. Those who did eat say tnat
there was no evidence Of the hlgh
cost of living or the scarcity OF all
sorts of the good things the sooo
! housewives of this county know So
we'll how to prepare.
In the literary contests the fello"-
;no were the winners and the schools
represented:
Arithmetic.
Second and Third Grades-flrst
nrize, Earle Digby, Oakland; second
Thomas Spearman, Speers street
Newberry; third, Mary Alice Hlpp'
Boundary street, Newberry.
Fourth and Fifth Grades-first
prize, Gladys Havird, Speers street.
Eewberry; second, Andrew Thorn
ton, Boundary street Sewberry'
third, Maybelle Kinard, Prosperity.
Sixth and Seventh Grades-First
! nrize-Luther Crumpton, st. Phillips;
second, Eloise Boozer, O'Neall; third,