Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1924-05-08
COMMENCEMENT HELD AT
THE BLOWING ROCK SCHOOL.

On May 6 the commencement ex-
ercises of Blowing Rock Graded
School began Friday May with a
recitation contest by representatives
from the various grades from the
fourth to the tenth inclusive. First
and second prizes were offered which
consisted of five dollar gold piece
and two and one half dollar gold
! piece. The first was won by Marelle
Blair, who spoke Brown Has His
fialr Cut" The second by Agnes
Knight whose piece was "The Ride
of Jennie Mcneil" Miss Ethel P.
Kelley Supervisor of Caldwell coun-
ty, Mr.. Hayde Sherril teacher in
Lenoir Graded School and Mrs. Har-
~ Martin acted as judges in the
contest, which was close one, the
Judges regretting that they could not
give to each speaker a prize, espec-
tally Beulah Wooten who rendered
'Tommy's Prayer"
Mr.. |. G. Greer of the Appala-
chian Training School presented the
prizes to the winners, then deliver
ed very pleasing and helpful ad-
dress on Things Every Citizen Can
Do" He stressed the facts that ev-
cry citizen should live a clean life
for it is the most fearless, the most
nnyEprfn1 tbn or
Then it is the duty of every citizen
to serve. Since only a small per cent
of the citizens will be known outside
OF his own community it is his duty
to render his best service there. 1t
is the duty of each patron to stand
by his school-the home school-to
stand by his teachers, Every country
boy should be given an equal chance
with the town or city boy in length
of term and quality of teachers at
his own home, where the home in
fluence and home protection will be
thrown around him. AS it is the home
influences are broken up all too soon.
Friday night a miscellaneous pro-
gram was rendered by the various
grades. The young performers held
the audience spellbound for a short
hour and half with their songs and
drills, and short plays.
Then on Saturday night came the
play Fruit of His Folly" given by
ba hio.h cohan1 Ioo, ~, TLn
ateur actors agreeably surprised the
audience with the Interpretation and
rendering of their parts.
The proceeds amounted to $3.50
which was turned over to the school
betterment to be used on the much
needed improvement of the building.
The school, together with the club
have raised by private donations and
otherwise some six hundred dollars
this year. One of the greatest servi-
ces rendered was putting a piano in
tn ebuilding
Patterson Coffey an aged citizen
of Blowing Rock passed to the great
w. Oilt ldSl Iluey lllSllI dl llle nOHiS
of his laughter, Mrs. Lee Hayes. The
body was laid to rest in the Blowing
Rock cemetery on Sunday morning.
Mrs. Cora Hartley has rented the
cottage on Boone Street to family
from Charlotte. She has gone to
Blackstone to nurse her mother who
/ is very ill.
The box supper given by the Blow
ing Rock graded school was a success
in every sense of the word. Miss
Mary Chester was voted the most
popular young lady that goes to say
! that she cut the cake. Hiss Chester
numbers her gentleman friends by
! the score-you should have seen
them all at the box supper, handsome
little fellows, none over ten years
old, but they all love Miss Chester
just the same, for she is their be-
loved teacher.
The many friends of Mrs. Harry
Martin will be glad to know that she
has arrived in Blowing Rock from
Lenoir, where she spends the winters.
Mrs. Martin here for the sum-
.