The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-14

AT PelllUlOhC oOllCo ARK OF
thursday evening, October 10, a
o'clock, a beautiful Harves
restival will take place. 1t is be
no sponsored by the City Recre
,t;on department.
Taking part are 500 children
srom the recreation centers o:
Nornelius Harnett. Hemenway
IKE Forest, and Nesbitt Courts
I'D Hewes, Raleigh, a nd Vance
p,ri1djngs at Maffitt Village; ane
large group of Girls Scouts anc
Dow Scouts. Also the Chestnu
p poi School Glee club under the
a;rect on of Miss Mary B. Foscue;
tha Hemenway school Glee clut
" ' the direction of Mrs. Hin
t t and the Lake Forest school
c1ee club under the direction oil
miss Virginia Lee. The festival is
tanned and directed by Mrs.
Tosephine Gallagher and is under
.he s,pervision of Mrs. Elizabeth
May.
The opening number of the pro-
Gram will be a strikingly beauti-
FL Indian ceremony-the Sunrise
ceremonial" AS dawn approach
es members of the tribe are seen
coming through the forest and
sathering to sing the traditional
7.slinrise Call" The chief appears
~ = high rock and summons the
npace-pipe bearer. He enters, pre-
ceeded by the medicine men and
group of baidents. The medicine
men and the peace-pipe bearer
Gather around their chief while the
naidens dance a Sun Worship
nors' Dance.' The Indian chief
oow sends herald for the Fire
Maiden, who enters bearing aloft
4be fire. She advances to the al
far which the chief has also
neared Kneeling, she hands the
howl of fire to the chief, who from
II kindles the fire on the altar.
The chief now takes the ceremoni-
Al peace-pipe from the bearer and
kneeling lights it from the newly
kindled fire. He then smokes it.
and puffs smoke to the sky and
10 the earth, to the North, to the
South. to the West and to the East.
Then he and the medicine men,
The pipe bearer and the herald,
seat thenselvs around t h fire
and pass the pipe around, each
smoking it. A group of Indian
braves enter and dance the "War-
rior's Dance" with spears and
shields. This brings the ceremoni-
al to an end. The chief hands the
peace-pipe to the bearer, who now
returns to the forest followed by
the Fire Maiden, the medicine
men, the herald, the Indian maid
ems. the chief, the warriors, and
the members of the tribe.
Billy Griffin takes the part of
the Chief. Peter Land is the Pipe
Bearer Frank Hammond is the
Herald and the medicine men are
Jimmy Farrow and Clifton Dixon.
Paulette Stein is the Fire Maiden.
Myiller Lee Dairney is an Indian
souaw, and two children are
played by Ronny Reynolds and
Freddie Gallagher. The Indian
maidens are members of Girl
Scout Troop 10: Jean Buchanan,
Beth Bond, Janet Currin, Betty
Emory, Irene Emory, Peggy Ann
Farrow, Margaret Formyduval,
Margaret Freeman, Kay Goodwin,
Betty Hall, Matte Johnson, Adele
Mann, Betty Piner, Nancy West,
Joyce VIM. The Indian Warriors
are: John Dickson, Otis Edwards,
Jerry Hardwick,. Berry Lewis,
Richard Padgett, Kenny Nichols,
Bobby Rhodes, John Weeks. All
Indian boys are members of the
various Boy Scout troops. The
Tribe members are the Chestnut
Heights school Glee club under the
direction of Miss Mary B. Foscue:-
Molly Adams, Annie L. Brown,
Barbara Bailey. Glenda Barber,
Lora Varroll, Alma Carter, Betty
Cleeve, Ann Durant, Joan Farrow,
Jean Fisher, Ann Frady. Shirley
Futch, Janice Garrett, Kay God
win, Billie R. Haensby, Dorothy
Jean Harrison, Matte F. Johnson,
Adele Mann, Rachel Marin, Jo-
hame Mckee, Pearl Prince, JAG
quelyn Ruble, Vivien Seigler, Ann
Smith, Doris Scott, Betty Staples,
Frances Walters, Joyce Vim and
Madeline White.
The Indian ceremonial is fol-
lowed by two old and very IA
mlllar d ance s: An American
square dance and an old English
oance. The Early English Settlers
dance to the familiar strains of