Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-05-22
PUPILS Of HALF A.
DOZEN SCHOOLS ARE.
GIVEN D|P[ 0 M AS
DISTRICT SCHOOLS NEAR DEER
PARK JOIN IN COMMENCEMENT
ES-MANY HUNDREDS
BRAVE STORM TO ATTEND.

Several hundred people brayed the
storm last night and gathered at
the Deer Park hall, to attend the grad
ualiOn exercises of six district schools
the Clayton, the Bunker Hill, Dim
mick Hill, Newell school, Armstrong
and the Vile school Every seat in
the hall was filled al the beginning
of the exercises, and had it not been
for the storm the hail would not
have ben large enough TO accommo
date the crowd
Diplomas were presented 10 -four
scholars, Clifton Flarnpson, Luella
Nagle, Gregg Shoiiit and Carl Small
ing who have completed the work
Of the eighth grade, and certificates
were presented to six students Ada
Logan, leonard Logan, James Kir
win, Carl Met2lcr, Ida Hilton and
Carl SINGING, who had comr'phed
the work of the seventh grade.
At the close OF the program re
freshments Of tee cream and cake
We're served in the hall on the see
ond floor All the proceeds cleared
last night will be used for the Red
Cross work in the Deer Park Red
Cross branch
The exercises were under the di
I l,tt Ia ll..
sisted by the other five teachers
Misses Stella Baird, Anna O'Mara
Mac White, Biola Solomon and EtheI
Shute Every child was we'll trained
and took his or her part in manner
1 that was a great credit both to the
! teachers and the parents Especial.
/ ly interesting and we'll acted was a
very clever one act playlet. entitled
Our Girls over Here
W r. Foster. county superintend
ent Of schools, made a very stirring
patriotic address in which he traced
the manner in which each of tht
allied nations entered the war ant
showed the unprepared state Of eacl
allied nation and how no nation bu
Germany wanted war, or was willing
to fight at the beginning OF the strug
gle. He urged the people to stanC
! back of the Presdent.and the country
in every manner, and to give thei
money literally to war funds to pro
mote the cause of liberty
The program as given was
America-All
Recitation, "Thel Service Flag
Ida Hilton
Song, "Knitting'-Fanny Sage.
Recitation. "The Number Lesson"
Ivan Nagel
Recitation, "The Stars In Our
Flag Hennehorry.
Dialogue, Making Our Flag vi
ola Dolly and Edgar Phillips
THE lazy Farmer Clifton
IIampso1, Leonard Logan, Ivan War
rick and Sidney Stillwel
Address--W. r. Foster.
Song. Dolly Ddmpe'- -T1lma Pa
lnrsOn.
"ncTle Sans Children" Fanny
Sage, Gregg Shoft, Esther Met2ger
Vera Metzger, Clara Hampson, Clif
ton Hampson. Leonard Logan, Ivan
Warriek. Sidney lStllweH Ntrfinia
Shute, Eva skinner EldA Patterson
Ursula Stillwell, Carl Me,2ger. Chas
Stevens, Lilzey Hampson. Ruth Cal
kins
: Recitation, Red White and Blue
Stella Corbin
: Recitation, Old Glory -Almedi
5 Phillips
. Our Girls over lIere'--Nola 10
: gan, Stella IIampson. Ada Logan
p Clara ilampson Margaret Nagle
luella Nagle and Edith lIornung
Fill The War Chest
Two TN,
Yesterday morning two aeroplanc
the first TO be seen in this vicinity
passed to the east of MarseilIes, &c
Ding ia Il northaasterly direction
: Where they came from or where tn
were going is unknown but wcr
/. probably making long distanc
y flight.
& John Persons. railway mail clerl
q who recently returned from Wis
It in Texas with Charles b. Dagget
Marseillcs aviator, was on the III
IL nois river with his motor boat whe
e the two planes passed over his hca,
T. The engines made noise that a
O. tracted his attention He says III
= planes passed over the Harrngto
G, farm and were not flying very higl
e. His first thought was that probab
Cadet Daggc't was making a prOr
ised fight to Marseilles
Ia Lee Arnold, rural mail carrier, ah
reported seeing the two planes