Smyrna times., 1950-05-04
Nurses Dance

Friday evening were DR.. and Mrs.
Harold Laggner, DR.. and Mrs. John
]. Lazzeri, Mrs. Thelma Dealxyne,
Mr.. Harry Ellenbogen, DR.. and Mrs.
Richard w. Comegys, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ed Wootten, Mr.. and Mrs. Julian
Dunning, Mr.. and Mrs. w. L.
Wheatley, and Miss Eleanor Burke.
Mrs. Joseph Ennis is being spon-
sored by Kent County women's
clubs as vice president for Kent
County of the Club Federation.
Mrs. Ennis is concluding two years
as president of the Twentieth Cen
tury Club of Smyrna and has been
noted throughout the county for
her outstanding club work.
Blanche Kemp was crowned
Queen of the May by Donald Luff,
president of the senior class of the
John Bassett Moore School, at ira
ditional ceremonies Tuesday after
noon. The crowning was followed
by the colorful Maypole Dance and
the annual Spring Carnival, pre-
sented by the Physical Education
Department. The performance was
repeated for parents and friends of
the school in the evening.
Wearing pastel crowns and car
rying old fashioned bouquets, the
following students comprised the
queens court: Senior Duchess, Vir-
ginia Shockley attended by Jose
phine Budd; Junior Duchess, Kath-
crime Jones attended by Sara Jane
Sparks; Sophomore Duchess, Rosa
lie williams attended by Marie Van
Pelt: Freshman Duchess, Barbara
Lowman attended by Clara Attix;
and Flower Girls Shirley Baker and
Ann Graham. Robert Reed and
Kendall Hudson served as pages.
Tin Pan Alley, a pageant de-
picting Americas heritage in song
and dance, was presented before
the queen and her court. The pro-
gram included variety of square
dances, jazz, tumbling, marchings,
callisthenics, pantomine, tap
dances, hillbilly music, and Utter
bugging. The newly-organized stu
dent orchestra, under the direction
of Phil Denney, was featured as
well as mixed chorus singing a
medley of Irish songs. Preston Bur
ris. Russ McNatt, and Glenn NC
Matt provided string music for the
square dances.
Tap dance soloists were Marjorie
johnson, Barbara Wallace, and
Gloria Mae Pierce. Gene Short did
an imitation of AL Jolson doing
NANNY" and Tommy Simpson
added a numerous note to the pro-
duction as a black-faced clown.
Miss Jane Reed and Robert
Everett, instructors. were in charge
of the revue and Frank Siekmann
directed the high school band
which played for the professional
and occasional of the court. Miss
Ruth Johnson was accompanist and
Robert Bamberger was narrator
for the pageant. $500
The annual meeting of the Twen-
tieth Gentury Club was combined
with the. regular meeting at the
club house Friday afternoon with
Mrs. Joseph Ennis presiding.
Mrs Grant Garis, Mrs. A. D.
Cole, and Mrs. John L. johnson
were elected delegates to the State
convention at Richardson Park
School, Wilmington, June IA thru
16. Alternates are Mrs. Clifford
Jones, Mrs. Glenn King, and Mrs
Robert Riddagh.
A discussion was held concern
ing the possibility of limiting club
business meetings to three or four
per year rather than one proceed
ing each meeting. Miss Florence
Lurty was named chairman of q
committee to revise the bylaws
during the summer to incorporate
this plan.
Announcement was made of q
United Nations meeting, in New
York on May IL to which all club
members are invited. 1t was also
announced that Miss Larson, ma
tional chairman of conservation fo'
the Federation of Women's Clubs
would be in Dover on May s, Dover
Day. She will organize q caravan
from the various state clubs to Wis
it Ellendale Forest on May 8 to see
the land purchased by the State
Women's Clubs.
Mrs. A. ID. Cole and Mrs. e. Ken
nard Price gave the annual treasur'