The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-06-01
WILMOT SCHOOL
CLOSES TONIGHT
Commencement Exercises
at WiImot High School
This Evening.
ENDS BEST YEAR

The annual graduation exercises of
the Union Free High school at Wilmot
WIFI held at the Modern Woodman
hail at Wilmot this evening. Prof c..
Barr of the, Milwaukee Normal has
been secured sto give the evenings ad-
dress and Attorney Henry Blim, a
graduate of the class of 1905, sis to i be
present for the occasion and has con-
sented to appear on the program.
Principal plenfeldt will make a short
address and a group of girls under the
direction of Miss Kortendick will give
a number of selected songs. There are
eleven. members of the class this year
Sylvia Dowell carried off the valedic-
tory honors. Other members are Flos-
sic Schreck, Stanley Stoxen, Pearl
Volbrecht, Edwin Volbrecht, Clayton
Stockwell, Marian Bassett, Caroline
Fernald, Georgiana Hoffman, Ruby
Winn and Irrna Burritt.
Reunion of Graduates.
The sixth annual reunion of the
graduates of the Union Free High
school and their friends was held at
the Camp Lake hotel Saturday night.
A very good representation of each
class was present to welcome the men,
bers of the class of 1922 into the or
ganiZation. Attorney Blim of Chicago
was introduced as postmaster of the
evening by the president of the asso-
citation, Albert Schenning of Silverlake.
Mr.. Schenning gave short talk first
( in which he welcomed the new class
ard assembled guests and then a short
resume of the previous graduating
class and their history for the past
year. Mr.. Blim then took charge and
with many merry reference to hap
penings of the past, he introduced the
speakers Of the evening. Appropriate
talks were given by Clarence Wright,
Fred Hanneman, Principal R. S. ihlen-
feldt; the class response of 1922 was
given by Clayton Stoclcwell and a LETT
ter from Prof. Anton Minsart, the first
principal of the school, was read by
Grace Carey.
During the banquet Rowell's orches-
ira played and Miss Genevieve Fullum
of Kenosha, accompanied by Mrs.
Ihlenfeldt, favored the assemblage
with several very charming songs.
At the business meeting which fol-
lowed the following were elected as
officers for the coming year: President,
Vera Hegeman; vice-president, Grace
Carey; secretary Georgia Bruel; treas
urer, Elmer Schmalfeldt; committee,
Marian Bassett, .Ermin Carey and
Gladys Kerkoff.
/ Dancing completed the evenings en-
tertainment and the Camp Lake hotel
proved very agreeable place in which
to hold the reunion.
Wilmot P. T. A. Meets.
A most interesting program was Civ
en- by the P. T. A. of the Wilmot
schools at the local hall on Monday
night. The opening number was a
song by group of five girls from the
upper grades, called "Old Time Fash
ions" They wore appropriate cos
tunes. Miss Jamison's first number
Of the style show was next. A group
of girls appeared wearing aprons of
their own make and design. Mrs. Ar
thur Bloss read a report of the visit
ing committee that inspected the Will
mot schools, Her report was very in
teresting and Mrs. Bloss spoke very
highly of the work done by teachers
and pupils this past year.
William illegal gave a reading that
was we'll received, entitled 81 Have to
Go to School" The next scene Of the
style show followed. A group of ten
girls appeared in gowns they had mado
of bingham and sang. The report Of
the P. T. A. meeting at Fond du Lac
was also read by Mrs. Bloss and she
gave a thorough resume of the work
covered by the delegates while there.
Mary Hoffman in very pretty blue
dress and picture hat opened the last
scene of the style show with the song
"My Alice Blue Gown" She was sup
ported by chorus of girls in gowns
Of various cuts and colors who dis
played their outfits in true mannikin
fashion.
Miss Jamison's contribution to the
program was not only original and at
tractive but showed that her pupils
had learned much that will be of worth
while value to them after their school
years. Miss Hopes number, Ruben
and Rachel" a group of four little
girls and four little boys, was we'll
carried out and a decided success.
Four boys from her room gave dia-
logue entitled Memorial Day" preced- !
ing the memorial exercises put on by
the primary department. The children
entered into the spirit of the act and
carried it out with unusual impressive
ness. "Peterkins and Polly by Ruth |
Pacey and Ruth Stoxen was decided |
hit. Mrs. E. Phillips gave two read |
ings, elder Lambs Donation Party"
and "The Wife of All Kinds Of Work"
Mrs. Phillips readings are always very
popular and these were exceptionally |
good Mrs. w. Lewis, accompanied by
Mrs. Walter VIM, closed the program
with two very pleasing solos, "Wild
Flowers" by Phillips and "Arise By
Dreams" by Bischoff. A short business
meeting at which the same officers
were reelected for the next term
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