The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1917-05-25
LOCkHART JUNCTION

Lockhart, May 23.-As I seldom see
anything in The Times from our thriv-
ing village thought 1 would scribble a
few lines that small places like Jones'
vile and Union might take pattern
from a nice town like ours.
The Lockhart high school came to a
very successful close this week.
On Friday, the 18th, the school and
patrons enjoyed an old time picnic
on the river just mile below Lock-
hart. The day was an ideal one and
the crowd large and good things to
eat and to spare. Judging from the
dinner one would hardly realize that
these are war times.
Friday at $3.50 p. m. the defamation
contests were held in the hall over the
store. The following boys contested
for the medal offered by Prof C. F..
Sims, Gather Worthy, Claud Inman,
Fred Neal and John Brasington and
the following girls for the medal of
fered by Miss Inez Nelson, Misses
Josie Worthy, Maggie Baldwin, Katie
Carter and Lille Douglass.
Rev. j. T. Uittlejohn, j. Roy FAINT
and Miss Edna Hope were the judges
and after carefully going over the
points made by each awarded the
medal for the boys to Gather Worthy
and for the girls to Miss Katie Carter.
Sunday morning at II o'clock at the
Baptist church Rev. J. T. Littlejohn
preached the commencement sermon
from the text, "Render, therefore, unto
Caesar the things which are Caesars
and unto God the things which are
Gods" He impressed upon his hear
ers the Importance of being loyal to
our country, and also stressed the fact
that we should be loyal to God by Civ
ing him our hearts and lives while we
are young.
Monday, $3.50 p. m., at the hall came
the literary address before the Pal
metto literary society by Mr.. f. B.
Grain of Greenville, and let me say
that consider it quite a treat to hear
Mr.. Grain. / have often heard Mr..
Grain spoken of as a great speaker
and must say that he fills the bill ex-
actly.
Tuesday, $50 p. M, graduation ex-
ercises which brought the close. Six
pupils having satisfactorily completed
the course of study in the tenth grade
were given diplomas. The following
received diplomas: Misses Katie Car
ter, Annie Mae Hallman, Mildred
Hope, Messrs. Gather Worthy, Maxcy
Thornton and Fred Neal.
There were eight gold medals pre-
ented to the winners on Tuesday even
ing, as follows:
Scholarship medal. open to the en-
tire school, won by Mr. Gather
Worthy of tenth grade.
A scholarship medal open to the
fifth and sixth grades, won by Miss
Mamie Lou Hallman of the sixth
grade.
A scholarship medal open to the
ninth and tenth grades, won by Mr.
Gather Worthy.
A medal for general improvement in
the literary society won by Mr.. John
Braisington.
A medal for proficiency in athletics
won by Mr.. Fred Good.
Improvement medal for primary de-
partment won by Verda Hallman.
An expression medal won by Miss
Katie Carter.
The declaimer's medal was won by
Mr.. Gather Worthy.
This is Prof. Sims last year with
u.s. as he has planned to enter the SEM
mary at Louisville. KY, in Septem-
ber to complete his education, after
which time he means to enter into the
full work of the ministry.
We all regret to give Mr.. Sims up
as he has been a great force in our
community for good and his pupils
have been very much devoted to him.