The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-05-02
MANY CHILDREN TAKE PART IN
 MAY DAY EVENT
Juneau Woman s Club Sponsors Health, Enter
 tainment Program TX

With a crowd that filled Elks' Hall to capacity, young Juneau turned out en masse, Saturday afternoon, Jo participate in the second annual May Day festival held by the Juneau Woman's Club, under the auspices of the Department of Civic Improve ment.
 The affair held this year in collob- oration with the annual Child Health Day oservance, was gala and colorful event, with May Poles to provide the traditional I lancing, and program affording a 1ariety of entertainment
 Participating in the event were members of the Girl Scouts, who
 pened' the program with an impress i've presentation of the colors, the Boy Scouts, who formed guard of honor for the crowning of the queen
 activities, and later lent a hand | lere and there in scene shifting; pupils of the parochial school, who | 0llOl dlildOtC Shlb, tillO ! vocal trio, the pupils of the Doro- hy Sterns Rolf School of the Dance in group of five delightful num- oers; the Rainbow Girls in a May pole dance and the winding of the May Pole. and three groups of pupils from the Government School pres ented in dance and song.
 Enthusiastically applauded were the Hi-Lo Tap Dance featuring Emma Nelson, with Eleanor Wig master in the role of a diminutive 'taker-off," and the Rainbow Scarf Dance presented by Barbara Jaegel, Berniece F1ebergsund, Jacqueline Schmitz Agnes Tubbs, Willane Rolf and, Gloria Gudbranson, both of which numbers were contributed by Mrs Roff's pupils A Chinese num- Der given by Patricia Oakes, and Barbara Reid, toe dance by Sylvia Anderson, and Sailors Hornpipe, danced by the Rainbow scarf group
 augmented by Irene Williams, con- cluded the group given by Mrs. Roff's pupils.
 A Butterfly Dance by the Primary children of the Government School, a sunflower dance by the intermed- fate girls and a Southern dance by the advanced pupils added to the afternoon
 A feature of the afternoon was the coronation of the May Queen Pre- ceded by a guard of honor composed by five Boy Scouts in uniform, two diminutive pages, played by Diane Hunsbedt and Carolyn Reeber, and flower girls, Patria Oakes and Flor ence Hawkesworth, the Queen, Bar bara Bands, marched across the long . hall to her place on the dias, where : her ladies in waiting, Paula Kay : Cook and Carol Karnes, placed the crown of flowers upon her head. Proceeding back across the hall the tiny queen then presented a May basket to E. w. Griffin, Secretary of Alaska, who was the official rep resentative from the Governor. A grand march led by Anne Morris as Drum Major, concluded the pro gram, and in keeping with the child health theme, of milk for health, :" each child was presented with a half pint of milk and cookies The milk was contributed by the Juneau Dair- lies. q hHs@ iF@ @
 E Mrs HIS. Graves, Chairman of the Department of Civic Improve ment was in general charge of this special event Assisting Mrs. Graves were the other members of this de- partment, Mrs. Clarence Bands, Mrs. William T. Mahoney, and Mrs. J. E. Neate. @5 tS t
 Other members who assisted in making the affair a success were the following committee workers: : Mrs. R. R. Hermann, Mrs. J. Will liams, Mrs. E. M. Richardson, Mrs. H. L. Mcdonald, Mrs. Katherine Sans, Mrs George LeVecque, Mrs. Garry Banta, Mrs. Fred Tiedt, Mrs. Hussey, Mrs. David Wood, Mrs. H. G. Wilcox, Mrs. O Eikland, Mrs. ". O. Carlson, Mrs J. Mutch, Mrs. M. L. MacSpadden, Mrs. A. F. Knight,