The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-04-20

helped the boys to organize their club
and to arrange the days program.
"As the Southern son of Northern
father who fought for the South" he
said he believed and dared to say that
all are glad that ours is great unit
ed country under one great flag in
stead of divided one under two
flags. And when that flag and the
; school are rightly entwined, Ameri-
canism is safe, he added.
"You have the flag" he said, speak
ing more directly to the children.
Treasure it, and If you love it as you
ought TO, and as I believe you do
certainly. as / love tit viii be
bound around your hearts and wound
around your souls and so firmly that
nothing that lives on Gods green
earth will be able to shake your faith
init"
"Stand by the Flag" was then most
appropriately sung by the pupils, led
by Principal Clara B. Ledbetter-in
itself suggestive name.
In the field sports that followed,
Clyde Mott and the four Tillis broth
ers distinguished themselves, but the
spirit of the occasion was reflected by
the action of John Freeman, the big
gest boy in the school, who entered
but one event in order that the others
might have a better chance to win the
prizes. He easily won that event, the
baseball throw, but all of the other
contests were hard fought, not ex-
cepting the frog race and the hopping
. race FIR the smaller children, nor even
the penny hunt for the smaller chill
dren.
In the last mentioned the little ones
scrambled in sandpile for fifty pen
MES and one dime, which had been
scattered in the sand and the boys
proved better money hunters than the
girls, the boys finding not only the
most pennies, but one of them the
dime also.
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2 an ornamental weather guide, was
presented TO the school, and Miss
Ledbetter and her assistant, Mrs.
Matchett, were given surprise, the
boys who ran the last relay running
, up to them and handing each a box
of candy.
The results of the various contests
, were as follows:
5O-yard dash, won by Robert Mer-
rill; second, Lee Thompson, third,
Milton Tillis.
Frog race, won by Llewelyn Alb
. shire; second, Floyd Tillis; third,
William Freeman.
J Boys relay race, won by team A
(Clyde Mott, Milton Tillis and Sam
Freeman); second. team B Edwin
Lachance, Robert Merrill and Rufus
Tillis).
. Horse and rider race, won by Clyde
) Mott and Rufus Tillis; second, Sam
Freeman and Milton Tillis; third. Ed
win Lachance and Nathan Tillis.
Sack race, won by Aufus Tillis;
. second, Nathan Tillis; third. Jack
!. Kidd.
. Hop race for boys. won by Lew
) elyn Abshire; second, Floyd Tillis;
. third, Ivan Owen.
. Hop race fol7 girls, won by Alice
) Weihe; second, Ruth Mason; third
: Grace Thompson.
: Wheelbarrow race, won by Clyde
; Mott and Edwin Lachance; second
. Rufus Tillis and Robert Merrill
2 third, Jack Kidd and Llewelyn Alb
. shire.
. Girls relay race, won by Diana
9 team (Gwendolyn Merrill, Mittie Nc
. Clendon and Grace Kidd; second, TIT
. Juno team (Mariemma Stanley, Dag
. mar Sjoberg and Louise Thompson).
. Crab race, won by Clyde Mott; sec
&. ond, Rufus Tillis; third, Nathan Til
. lis.
= Leapfrog race, won by Edwin La
. chance and Clyde Mott; second. Phil
lip Feuchter and Nathan Tillis; third
Sam Freeman and Milton Tillis.
. Baseball throw, won by John Free
man: second, Rufus Tillis; third, Ed
:. win Lachance.
+: Penny hunt, won by Ivan Owen q
d. cents); second, Edward Tillis Il
. cents); third, Fay Sumner % cents)'
. A cash surplus left over after pa!
: ing for the prizes has been given
the school, half of it going for tn
/. purchase of a photograph, alread
nearly half paid for, and the otht
G half to buy new iron gate for II
- school, enough money for the Latte
being added by couple of gentleme
to make the gate a certainty.
It is probable that the boys ciu
shortly will become Boy Sco'
troop, the much sought scoutmast'
having been found in Roy G. Ere
man, who has agreed to take up Il
work.