Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1920-05-26
PLANS ARE COMPLETE, FOR BIG.
GEST PICNIC EVER HELD By
RURAL SCHOOLS.
EIGHTY STUDENTS TO GRADUATE
Games, Races and Contests Of Various
Kinds Scheduled for the Days
Program.

will spare no pains to make this the
biggest and the most successful rural
picnic ever held in Iowa. The inter
esting exercises which will be held in
the forenoon, the big basket dinner
and band concert during the noon
hour, the spectacular pageant OF the
afternoon in which several hundred
children will take part, and the long
list Of interesting games and sports
for children and adults that will COM
plete the days program will undoubt-
edly prove an immense drawing card,
and we expect to double the crowd of
former years. The Manchester Con-
cert Band will furnish the music for
the day and a high grade merry-go-
round will help to make the day inter-
esting for the children. There will
be number OF booths furnishing re-
freshments and eatable. but do not fail
to bring your baskets. Let US make it
q good, old-fashioned get-together
meeting OF the old type. Bring the
family and bring the neighbors. No adj
mission OF any kind will be charged.
It's free to all.
A Full Days Program.
The program Of the day will open
at ten o'clock a. M, with an invocation
by Rev. H. L. Goughnour. This will
be followed by vocal solo, rendered
by a member Of the graduating class.
The winners OF the various township
spelling contests held throughout the
county the past months will next COM
pete for final honors, The winner OF
this contest will represent Delaware
County at the State Spelling Contest.
which will be held In connection with
the Iowa State Fair. The pupil win
ming first place will also be presented
with a silver loving cup. which will
remain IN the eustody. OF the school
for one year, until the next annual
spelling contest. This cup Is the gift
fof the four banks OF Manchester. At
this time silver medals will also be
awarded to the winners Of the town.
ship contests held during the past two
months.
Winners in Spelling Contests.
Below we give a list Of the pupils
who won first and second place In
their respective townships
Adams Township, Bernard Dug
gan. 2, Marjorie Robinson.
Bremen Township !, Martha Trum,
Q, yerna Steger.
Coffins Grove Township. Mary
May, 2, Edith Atkinson.
Delaware Township Mildred
Knowles, 2. Dorothy Miller.
Elk, Oneida and Colony Townships
II, Opal Hartbecke, 2. Alice Sprague.
Hazel Green township, Edna
Thompson, 2, John Hogan.
\ Honey Creek Township, Jessie
Henderson, 2, Floy Rossow
Milo Township, Villa Wilson, 2.
Norma Banta.
North Fork and Delhi Townships
1, Miss McElmeel, 2. Paul Reth.
Prairie Township, Louise Mulve-
hill, Q, Albin Swanson.
Richland Township, Ella Yonda,
2, Minnie Carr.
South Fork Township, Genevieve
oBrien, Q, Esther McAleer.
Z Union Township. lone Sill, 2,
Lyla Sill.
Graded Schools, Chester Schafer.
Colesburg; 2. Edith Tibbitts, Hopkin-
ton; 8, Edith Douglas, Earlville; 4,
Joice Lowe, Earlville; 5, Pearl Han
sen; Colesburg.
Fine Glass to Graduate.
Following these exercises the class
quartet will sing selection. A COM
mencement address by notable
speaker, more music and the presen-
tation of diplomas by the county SUI
perintendent will close the exercises
of the morning. The names Of the
members Of the class Of 1920 follow:
Hazel Arnold, Marian Arnold, Leo
Ball, Viola Barnts, Winwood Bawden.
Luyerne Becker, Helen Bergren, Flor
ence Besler, Edith Brady, Paul Brauer,
Edgar Bushnell, Florence Carpenter.
Minnie Carr, Artazena Carradus. Ruby
eastman, Mabel Child, Lila Clark.
Florence Darrow, Gerald Darrow, Ce-
ell Delaney, Myra Dervoss, Eva Du-
Bots, Alice Coleson, Dorothy Falconer,
Louise Thurman, Velma Fuller, Glad
VS. Fullerton, Elmer Cent?, Leva Ger
jol, Louise Gestel, Eva Grapes, Dora
Haynes, Libby Heable, Floyd Hutchin-
son, Nellie Johnston, Florence Jur-
gems, Wilma Johnston, Beatrice Kane.
Sarah Kelley, Eleanor Kettler. Cath
crime King. Marion Kurth. Emma Lar
son, Henry Lawrence, Marvin Logan,
Charlotte Lyness, Margaret Lyness,
Lloyd Mangold, Phoebe Mcbride, Rita
'McC1oud, Claire McElmeel, Eleanor
Murphy, August Nieman, Mayme Ott-
ing, Lyle Parkin, Irene Patton, John
Patton. Alyce Reinbird, Emma Rein
bird, Louise Reck, Pauline Schreiber.
Alice Shaw. Ross Sheppard, lone Sill,
Claire Smith, Blanche Smith, Eveah
Smith, Roy Smith, Lawrence Smith,
Iva Speck, Alice Sprague, Abbie Tai
madge, Anna Mary Walker, Minnie
Warner. Lydia Wendt, Hilda Wester-