Smyrna times., 1931-10-28
SMYRNA 10Th CENTURY CLUB
Miss Emily Spruance, Chairman of
Education Had Charge of Pro-
gram Last Friday Afternoon

Education Had Charge of Pro-
gram Last Friday Afternoon
j The meeting of the Twentieth
Century Club of Smyrna Friday
afternoon was taken over by Miss
Emily w. Spruance, chairman of
Education, with an excellent pro-
gram arranged. Mrs. George Car
ter, the president, presided. The
program was as follows: Orchestra
American PATROL; Salute to the
Flag; Singing, "The Star Spangled
Banner; The American Greed,
Mrs. Elmer P. Corrie; Orchestra,
"Stars and Stripes; lecture, Our
Historic Section" Mr.. Christian C.
Sanderson; duet, America the
Beautiful" Mrs. Frank Hynson,
Mrs. John Magill; Piano duet, Our
Invincible Nation" Miss Mary
Hynson, Mrs. Vernon Westfall;
Whistling and Warbling STARS
and Stripes" "Mocking Bird" :"
Garry Me Back to Old Virginia, !"
Miss Ida May Cook of st. Angus
tine, Fla; Mrs. Thomas Coverdale
her accompanist. Miss Emily w.
Spruance, chairman of the day
wishes to express her appreciation
and thanks to each and everyone
who helped to make the program
one of outstanding interest and en-
tertainment. The orchestra, Miss
Mary Hynson, piano; Mr.. Harry
Shapley, violin; Master Jack Ma
gill, trombone; Mr.. Howard Green,
drums. Mrs. Christian @. Sander
son of West Chester, gave won
derfully interesting talk on our
State, its size, its agricultural pro-
ducts, its manufactures, its water
course, its railroad, its roads, its
Colonial days, its Revolutionary
times, its Civil War days, its great
men, its artists, its writers, its
musicians, etc. Miss Cook, an
artist in whistling, who has charm
ed thousands on the radio in the
South, was enthusiastically receiv-
ed and heartily applauded. Her
selections were SO marvelously
rendered that it would seem she
had placed some device in her
mouth to help produce the notes,
yet she had not. The American
Greed, written by William Tyler
Page and read by Mrs. Corrie, is
one, if lived up to by every Amer
ican, there would be no room for
communism in this country. Then
America would be America the
Beautiful" the selection which
was sung 50 feelingly by Mrs. Hyn-
son and Mrs. Magill. When Miss
Mary Hynson and Mrs. Westfall
played Our Invincible Nation"
with SO much pep, we, if we hadn't
celebrated our fiftieth anniversary
of service in the United States
House of Representatives as Will
liam Tyler Page has. we were good
American citizens. On October 80,
at D. m, Halloween fun, gallop-
ing ghosts and goblins. Each mem
Der is asked to bring guest to
the Halloween party. The Twen-
tieth Century Club Of Smyrna are
preparing to stage a home-talent
play ''The Womanless Wedding"
on January p and p. Attention
is called to the Red Cross drive.
Miss Florence Ferguson of Black
bird, with sincere apologies to Mr..
Longfellow and Paul Reverel, sub
mitted the following original poem:
Listen. dear friends. for now is begun
The wonderful Roll Call of 1881.
'Tis the week Of the annual Red Cross
drive,
And hardly person is now alive
Who remembers not the awful hour
When the Hun first showed his deadly
But the Allies marched BY land and sea
Their loved ones from this curse to free.
And the Red Cross followed in their lead
To give support by word and deed.
They gave of their time, their strength,
their cash.
And never. oh, never did anything rash.
But with hearts undaunted and spirits
brave
They gave. and gave. and gave. and gave
Of all they had-our boys to save.
You know the rest in the papers you've
read,
How the soulless Huns fired and fed.
How the Red Cross swept on in its healing
power
And stayed on the job til the very last
hour.
And now. thru the Armistice. that's past
and gone;
The Red Cross still finds many thing to be
done,
Nor will they ever. shrk.
But in times of peace they staunchly stand
To help those in need. in every land.
They work far and wide. for things of
worth
Which shall better our land and enrich the
earth.
Red ross shall lead. nor faunt the task,
And to this end-your help we ask.
So open your heart. and give your dollar
Don't squeeze it and make the poor eagle
'tholler",
Your life will richer and fuller be
And its influence ring on thru eternity.