Smyrna times., 1933-06-07
CLAYTON NEWS
AND PERSONALS
Budget of Items From Our
Railroad Town and Their
Personal Mention
CHURCHES AND SCHOOL

nual commencement exercises held
in the auditorium of the school last
evening. The Baccalaureate ser
mon was delivered by the Rev.
Frederick Marx Barton at the
Episcopal Church on Sunday even
ing at 7.30. Monday evening was
'iClass Night" the program being
presented by the graduates in the
auditorium of the school. The
program consisted of the follow
ing: Announcer, Roberta Macklin;
Glass History, Hilda Reed; Poem,
Elizabeth Hammond; Statistics,
Marshall Clough; Key, Helen War
rem; Will, Eta Biddle; Gifts, @.
Davis and E. Hill; Prophecy, u.
Mills and M. Knight; Song; Yell.
The commencement last evening
consisted of March by the School;
Invocation, Rev. G. w. Strickland;
Welcome, Harold Shockley; Choir
us, Sailing Song; Address, Frank
ain Brockson, Esq, on the subject,
History of Clayton; Address,
Stephen ]. Flynn, representing the
St. Joseph's Industrial School;
Piano Solo, Roberta Ennis; Award
ing of Prizes and Certificates by
the President of the School Board,
j. r. Clements; Farewell, Flora
Hollett; Chorus, "Sleep Kentucky
Babe; Benediction, Rev. Adams.
The awarding of prizes and certifi-
Gates by j. R. Clements were made
10 the following pupils: Attend
ance Award (Certifcate) to Franc
es Conner for a perfect attendance
record of 9 years, Elizabeth Hill,
for a perfect attendance record for
z years, and William Hill, a per-
feet attendance record for 6 years;
Essay Award, Sth grade, $3.50,
Mary Knight; Sportsmanship pins,
John Shortall, Eta Biddle; Best
All Around Girl in School, $3.50.
Helen Warren; Best All Around
Boys in School, $3.50, Joe Parker,
Jack Gooding; Standard Tests
Scores, $1.OO, Flo Hollett, Betty
Houtman, Jeanette Loder, John
Houtman, Betty Graham, Thomas
Donovan, Doris Marie Poore; Most
Improved Person in Each Room,
S1.00, Mary Knight, Mary Pusey,
Rhesa Walton, Laura Cain, James
Gooding, Ralph Berghorn, Calvin
Boyd; Letters given to pupils en-
tering in two or more interscholas-
tic sports, Edward Hutchinson
James Griffin, Robert Pyle, Vir-
ginia Mills, Mary Pusey, Mary
Pryor, Hazel Willis, Elizabeth
Hammond, Elizabeth Hill, Eta
Biddle, Catherine Davis, Roberta
Macklin, Flora Hollett, Helen War.
ren, James Dulin, Frank Cole
Thomas Conley, William Hutchin-
son, James Bailey. Joe Parker
Emil Semon, Jack Gooding, Phillip
SaIter, and William Spencer. The
graduates cf the school include
Marshall Clough, James Griffin
William Hill, Edward Hutchison
Robert Pyle, Eta Biddle, Frances
Conner, Catherine Davis, Pauline
Dulin. Elizabeth Hammond, Eliza
beth Hill, Flora Hollett, Philip
Salter, Harold Shockley, Jane.
Shockley, William Spencer, James
Taylor, Mary Knight, Kathryn Lo-
gan, Roberta Macklin, Ruth Mat
tiford. Virginia Mills, Hilda Reed,
Annabel Rohman, Helen Warren.
The officers of the class were Pres
ident, Helen Warren; Vice-Presi-
dent, Harold Shockley; Secretary,
Virginia Mills; Treasurer, Gather
inc Davis; Colors, Blue and White
Motto, Service Above Self; Flow
er, Peony.
Construction of single-track
railroad line from Ocean City
southwark five miles down the
Worcester County coastal penin-
sula, over which heavy materials
to be used in building the proposed
S781, 900 Ocean City Inlet will be
hauled, will be undertaken immed-
lately following the passage by the
United States Senate of President
Roosevelt's public works bill, May
or William w. McCabe said last
week. Mayor McCabe added that
he was in constant communication
with Col. z. j. ent, War Depart
ment Engineer of Baltimore, under
whose supervision the proposed in
let may be built, and that the
beach railway line had already
been approved by United States
engineers. The proposed Ocear
City Inlet would connect the wat
ers of the Atlantic Ocean witt
Sinepuxent Bay reviving seafooC
industry as well as providing &
harbor of refuge for ocean goine
ships.
The Clayton Baseball Club me
with misfortune over the weekend
by dropping two games On Sat
urday they met defeat at the hand
of Greensboro at Greensboro by tn
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