The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-06-19
The Interesting News Of
Somerset's Busy Towns
MADISON

gathered to attend the graduating
exercises. The stage was attractive
ly decorated with the school colors in
blue and white bunting while over the
stage was NJ II. S. "a in blue and
gold, the class cOlors. There was
also an abundance of cut flowers.
Just before eight. Supt. W. B. Wood
hurry, Principal W. F.. Holman and the
three members of the school board
Z. +. Hurd, h. X Edwards and w. A.
Weston took their places on the stage.
At just the hour the class of forty-fiye
marshalled by Harold Leach to the
strains of march played by Mrs.
Alice Spear Rand. marched into the
room and took their places on the
stage. Following is the order of ex-
ercses: Music, Orchestra; InVoca-
ton. Rev Glen X. Asplin; Salutatory
Good Citizenship, Esther WEIGH; ora
ton, Playing the Game Of Life, Wen
dell Tetley; Glass History, Marion
Forester Billings; violin SOLO Medita-
ton from That's, j. Massenett, Roy
Jacob McCarty; Relation of the Jap
anese to the World, Norman Luther
Edwards; Prophecy, Meta Geneva
Clarkin and Elsie May Houle; pre-
sentation of gifts, Carrie Dagmar
Widerkrantz and Hildred Virginia
Curtis. vocal solo, Spring Song by the
Robin Woman, Eberhart and Cadma,
Vera Olive Weese; essay American
Illiteracy. Ella Bearle Holden; Class
Will, Russell MerserYe Look; Vale
dictory. The Elevator to Success Is
Not Running Take the Stairs, Dorothy
Helen Billings; presentation of diplo-
mas. f. e. Hurd; benediction, Rev
Glen r. Aspln; orchestra. Follow
ing is the class roll, Hildegarde Char
lotte Bahr, Dorothy Helen Billings.
Marion Forester Billings, Thelma
Agnes Bird. Evelyn Jessie Bracket
Agnes Davie Brown. Horace Burke
Chandler. Charles Weldon Cross, Meta
Geneva Clarkin, Roy Wayne Cooper,
Hildred Virginia Curtis, Esther Rose
Christopher, Norman Luther Ed
wards, Lewis Getchell Foster, Daniel
Woodman Harding, Albert Clyde Han
sen, Rhoda Alrado Hill, Elsie May
Houle, Catherine Helen Hilton, Clyde
Edward Hilton, Ella Berle Holden,
George Johnson, Harold Richard
Leach, Russell Merserve Look, Ruby
Edith Lynds, Roy Jacob McCarty
Harriet Ellie Niles, Gabriel Edward
Ouillette, Bion Sewell Piper, Earl
Dockrell Rogers, George Eden Rick
ards, Jessie Ellen Ross, Marjorie
Muriel Taylor, Wendell William Tet-
lev. Raymond Percival Sawyer, Nellie
Smith. Muriel Iona Trafton, Pearl
May Traften, Vivian Irene Watson,
Vera Olive Weese, Ralph Charles
Wescott. Esther Ruby WEIGH, Gather
inc Theresa WEIGH Carrie Dagmar
Widercrantz, Ralph Stanley Wright.
The class motto was IF the Elevator
to Success is Not Running. Take the
Stairs. Class flower blue aster !;
class color, blue and old gold
ALUMNI DAY
Alumni day was observed Friday IN
connection with commencement week
and was very enjoyable event to
number of old graduates. The les
tivities began at 2 o'clock in the az
ternoon when the alumni band form
ed in line and marched to the base
ball ground on Old Point avenue me
annual game between the alumni
team and the high schoohteam result
ed in score of 20 in favor OF the
alumni. Richards and Ouillette were
the battery for the school team wnlle
Gee and Murray did splendid work for
the alumni The game was stubbor-
" contested and at the beginning OF
the eighth inning the score stood to
| In favor of the alumni. Al TINS
time the school team made a rally ana
ran in three scores. AT $50 came
the annual banquet in the dining
room of the Methodist church. The
serving of the food was done by the
young women of the Domestic Science
class of Madison High School under
the leadership of their teacher, MISS
Helen Kennison. The food ana kltch-
en- service was under the direction Oh
the Ladies' Aid of the M. e. Churcn.
At each plate was unique souvenir
bill of fare program and the apt hlts
were much appreciated. during the
supper there was musical program.
by an orchestra consisting or MT. anu
Mrs. Clyde Austin, Roy McCarty, neg
inald Adams and Alice Spear hand.
There were also several vocal seiec-
tions by Hubert Hilton ana young
womens chorus that was mucn ap-
preciated. After the supper fresl-
dent Ralph Lancaster, called on Judge
Charles o. Small, the first prihcipai
of Madison High School to act as
toastmaster. Judge Small accepted
the position IN DTlet anu h"i"0. "'
speech and introduced Nathan A. Yves
ton of the class of $50 as the hrst
speaker. Mr. Weston responded
briefly. The next speaker was prin-
eipal of NJ II. S. who touched briehy
ON the work the school was trying to
do and expressing his appreciation OF
the splendid facilities provided by the
taxpayers. Or. Harold Danforth was
the next speaker He was foiloweo
nv Harold Manter of the class OF 10
MIR Manter, who since his graduation
from Bates Is taking an advanced
course in western university proved
to be a most interesting speaker, MIS-
Doris Carpenter Nelson of Chicago
briefly responded. The last speak
err was Prof. Charles r. Weston OIL tne
University of Maine. Prof. weston
kept the company in roar OF laugh
ter by his witty stories. Following
the toasts came the annual business
meeting. After the annual reports
came the nomination and election Oh
officers for the following year; Presi-
don't RAYMOND Henderson; wee