Americus times-recorder., 1920-05-10
ALL READY
MAY DAY FETE
Merchants Asked To
Close Stores Tuesday
3:45 To 600

With bright sun shining all day,
and with the final rehearsal of par
picipants this afternoon, all was in
readiness today for the May Day
fete Tuesday afternoon at the play
ground. The program, which was
postponed because of weather condi-
tions from last Saturday afternoon,
will begin promptly at o'clock. Ali
participants are asked to be on hand
by $3.50 pm.
Merchants of the city were asked
today by the ladies in charge of the
affair to close their places of bust
ness from 345 to pm so that all
of their employees and themselves
may attend the fete.
The entertainment, in preparation
for which long and faithful work has
been done by the ladies, under the
direction of Mrs. j. Ralston Cargill,
general chairman, will be presented
by number of young ladies of the
community and large number of
children, from the babies in carriages
to the youngster of 10 or IL years
old. The program will start with
the crowning of the May Queen, in
which Mayor Sheppard has been ask
ed to officiate. Miss Ruth Conner
will be the queen, she having been
elected for that honor at the recent
popular voting contest. Then maids
of honor will attend her, these hav-
ing received the next highest votes
in the contest.
There will be Maypole dances, and
other dances, and events, but the big
event promises to be the baby pa
rade, in which some rs hopefuls rang
ing from a month or two to three
years in age, have been entered. They
will be propelled in highly decorated
perambulators, and promise a gor-
geQus spectacle. Great rivalry is
said to exist among various mothers,
hopeful of their infants winning the
prize.
Refreshments of many kinds will
be sold on the ground for the accom-
modation of the public. For those
desiring to attend in autos, it was
stated today that space for parking
cars would be available on the left
of the grounds. The admission fee
will be 25 cents for adults and 5
cents for children, the receipts to go
to the playground fund.
Following is the detailed pro-
gram:
The Program
Enter Queen and Maids of Honor
Queen, Miss Ruth Conner; Maids,
Misses Sarah Oliver, Sarah Sheffield,
Lucy Simmons, Hulette Humber, Ger
aldine Payne, Marguerite Everette,
OF bol
othy Cargill, Louise Dudley, Pauline
Broadhurst, Mary Sue Chambliss,
Elizabeth Sheffield.
Baby Parade Heralds, Butter
flies, decorated baby carriages and
small boys.
Dance - Lenore Schofeld and
Twenty Butterflies.
May Pole Dance-Sarah Mosteller,
Martha Ivey, Emma Westbrook,
Katherine Turner, Sara Reese, Geor-
gia Lumpkin, Alice Johnson, Celeste
Howard, Rossie Andrews, Marie Hall,
nellie Hogg, Eddie Mae Morgan, Mary
Erie Allen, Flora Bacot, Frances
Sparks, Frances Easterlin, Anne
Heys.
Swedish Dance - Alice Harold,
Lillian Denham, Chloe Davenport,
Anne Walker, Charlotte Turner, Mar
jorie Cargill, Florence Fort, Cordelia
Hooks, Harriet Rylander, Eta Ruth
Brooks, Lucy McMath, Vivian Eas-
terlin, Lenore Schofeld, Eugenia Wal
ker, Frances Shiver, Martha John
son, Elizabeth Smith, Massie Lane,
Mary Harris, Christine Webb.
Awarding psizes to Babies-1st
Prize, silver loving cup; other prizes,
gold locket and chain, gold pins, and
blue ribbons.
Scotch Dance-S Same children as
Swedish dance.
Pipes of Pan-Florence Fort, Cor
della Hooks.
Yama Yama-Claire Harris and
Josephine Simmons.
Irish Dance-Florence Fort, Char