Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1929-04-25
COVE CPEEK HIGH
COMMENCEMENT
Begins April 27 With Operetta and
Will Close May 4; Rev. Reeves
and Stanley A. Harris on Pro-
gram

Sugar Grove, April 24.-On Sat
urday night, April 27 an operetta,
''Rainbow's End" will be presented
by the children of the grammar
grades. This will be the first pro-
gram of the annual commencement
of the Cove Greek high school Care
full preparation has been made for
this operetta and it promises to be
one of the best ever given here. An
admission fee of 10 and 20 cents
will be charged. However, all chill
dren of the grades will be admitted
free. This admission is charged to
take care of the costumes and the
enlargement of the stage, made ne
cessary in order to provide room for
the presentation of the operetta.
Sunday evening, April %, at 8
O'clock, Rev. G. B. Reeves, pastor Of
First Baptist church, North Wilkes
boro, will preach the annual sermon
to the graduating class. The service
this year will be conducted in the
Henson Chapel Methodist church.
On Friday night, May 3, the senior
class will render their class program
Saturday morning at II o'clock the
annual address to the graduating
class will be delivered by Mr.. Stanley
A. Harris, national Boy Scout execu-
tive. Diplomas, certificates of per-
feet attendance and awards will be
presented at this program also.
The final exercises of the COM
mencement season will come on Sat
urday night, May 4, when the senior
class will present play, Hearts
and Blossoms" Music for this and
other programs will be rendered by
the Bluff City string band and Or
chestra under the direction of Mr.
i. H. Trivette. An admission charge
OF Is, 25 and 35 cents will be
charged
/ Baseball games will be played on
Friday and Saturday, May 8 and 4.
These games will be played at Mabel.
Thursday of last week the senior
class took picnic trip to Happy
Valley and Hickory. They were ac-
companied by Misses Grace Blalock,
Constance Shoun and Mr.. T. S.
Moore.
On the evening of April 19 at s
o'clock the juniors of the Cove Creek
high school entertained the seniors
and high school faculty with the an
nual banquet. Covers were laid for
80 guests in the dining hall of the
Home Economics building, which was
beautifully decorated in an abun-
dance of yellow and white spring
flowers. The tables were arranged
in the form of the letter "T'' and
were graced with bouquets of Jap
anese roses and sweet breath of
spring and lighted by tall yellow
tapers.
The guests found their places by
unique place cards of mint and nut
baskets carrying out the senior class
colors of yellow and white. When
the guests were seated, the following
menu was served: Fruit cocktail,
roast chicken with dressing, potato
roses, peas and timbles, pickles,
rolls, coffee, stuffed angel food
cake and grape nectar.
Miss Mamie Farthing, president
Of the junior class acted as toast
mistress. Between the courses the
following toasts We're given: To the
seniors by Joy Glenn, responded to
by Roy Ellison, president of the
senior class; to the faculty by Paul
Taylor and responded to by Princi-
pal S. F. Horton. Musical selections
were rendered at intervals by the
Junior chorus and orchestra. The
guests We're further entertained by
q reading by Miss Grace Bingham
and by an aesthetic dance by little
Miss Martha Harris.
Misses Grace Blalock, Constance
Shoun, Vergie Reeves and Mr.. T. s.
Moore spent Saturday in Winston
Salem.