The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-05-11
Plays And Special Festivities To Mark Close OF Schools In Count,
This Month; May 18th Closing Date For %Pascagoula And Moss Poin

Programs of plays and special
festivities 10 be climaxed with
impressive graduation ceremonies
for those boys and girls who have
completed their high school edu-
cation will mark the closing of
schools throughout the county
this month. In a few OF the
schools, the months of studying
and attending classes are a thing
of the past but many of the
schools will not officially close
the l944-45 session until the latter
part of May.
Graduating exercises for the
Vancleave Consolidated schools
are among those which have been
held. May % has been designated
for the formal closing of both
Moss Point and Pascagoula
schools.
The end-of-the-year program at
the Moss Point High school will
swing into its opening number
today with the senior play which
is scheduled for 8 pm. at the
school auditorium. The Junior
Senior banquet will be held Sat
urday at 8 pm. at the high school
dining room with a dance to fol-
low in the gymnasium. The Sci
enee Club dinner and exhibition
will be held May %, at 8 pm. at
the school and annual Senior
Glass Night will be held May Is
at 8 pm. at the school. The Bac-
calaureate sermon has been sched-
uled for Sunday, May 81, with the
Rv. Monte Davis giving the ser
mon at II o'clock at the school
auditorium.
Graduation will be held at 3
pm. at the school at which time
diplomas will be presented to the
graduates. Report cards will be
distributed the next day, May 80,
as the final activity of the current
year. 4
Honor Students
The valedictorian of the gradu-
ating class is Werner Larsen, who
finished his high school course
with an average of 92.5 and as the
student with the second highest
average, 91.3, Robert Seymour
has been named salutatorian.
The graduation program will
begin at the Pascagoula High
school with Senior Glass Night,
Friday, May IS, and the Bacca-
laureate sermon will take the
form of Vesper services, Sunday,
May 81, at $50 pm, at the high
school auditorium. Graduates will
receive their diplomas on Monday
at BIB pm, at a new type of pro-
gram, Thomas r. Wells, city SUI
perintendent, said. Instead of the
traditional guest speaker, the SEN
Tors VIII present a pageant, THE
Light of the World"
Ruth O'Neal May, with an av-
erage of 94.14, is valdictorian, and
Henry T~orjusen. who has an av-
erage of 90.51, will be %salutator-
ian.
Graduating exercises for the
Vancleave school took place Fri
day, May 4, at the V~ancleave
Methodist church with a large
crowd of spectators. The church
vas beautifully decorated for the
occasion by Mrs. r. J. Van Horn.
Music was furnished by Mrs. AL
vim Mansfield of Pascagoula, who
played "Humoresquen as the pro-
eessional. and Under the Double
Eagle" as occasional.
The invocation was given by
the Rev. Albert c.. Miller, pastor
OF the Latter Day Saint church.
Maryon Roberts was the vale
dlctorian and Joe Rena Groves
the salutatorian. E. A. Khayat of
Moss Point was the speaker and
special music was furnished by
Carol Carter and Rosemary Faux.
The eighth grade certificates
were presented by A. F. Megehee,