Newton County GaArchives News.....Program, Commencement,Jersey High May 13 1926 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Phyllis Thompson mandpthompson@bellsouth.net October 25, 2003, 6:35 pm The Covington News PROGRAM Commencement Exercises- Jersey High School May 20th, 21st, 23rd, and 24th, 1926 Wednesday Evening, May 19, 1926 Senior Banquet, Monroe Hotel, Monroe, Ga. Program- Thursday Evening, May 20, 1926, 8:00 P. M., School Auditorium Song and Dance- "The Shoemakers"-First Grade Boys Duet--"I'll Never Play With You Again"- Mary Batchelor and Bennie Hanson Japanese Operetta, "A Box of Dolls"............First Grade Girls Musical Selection..........................First Grade Orchestra Action Song- "The Rheumatiz".............Fourth and Fifth Grades Operetta- "Old King Cole"................Second and Third Grades "Indian Days"- A musical comedy- Directed by Miss Eva Mask presented by Sixth and Seventh Grades. Piano and Mandolin accompaniment- E. G. Dick and Eva Mask Characters Pocahontas McGuire....................................Ruby Wiley Frozen Face.....................................Raymond Stephens Indian Medicine Man Singing Bird...................................Mary Sue Woodruff Indian Princess Eagle Plume...........................................Inez Wiley A Young War Chief Purring Panther..................................Nathan McGarity A Big Chief Chorus.........................Braves, Warriors and Indian Girls Song-"With a Tear in One Eye, We'll Say Good-bye"..several Girls Friday Evening, May 21 "Kicked Out of College", given by Eighth and Ninth grades, under the direction of Mrs. J. H. Rockmore. Characters Bootles Benbow- A popular senior......................Guy Conner Tad Cheseldine- The College Cut Up...............Carmen Woodruff Leviticus- The Ace of Spades.........................J. W. Smith Scotch McAllister- A Hard Student................George Stephens Shorty Long- On the Glee Club.........................James Dial Silvers Magee- A Happy Junior.......................Minnie Guest Mr. Benjamin J. Benbow- Bootles' Father............W. D. Mitchum Mr. Sandy McConn- Coach of Dramatic Club..........Harvey Allgood Officer Riley-From the Emerald Isle.................Paul Whitley Mr. Gears- Of the Speed Motor Car Co...............Olive Edwards Jonquil Gray- The Little Chauffeur.................Bernis Carter Betty Benbow- Bootles' Sister........................Ruby Connor Mrs. B. J. Benbow-Her Mother, a Suffragette.......Elizabeth Bird "Ma" Bagsby- A popular Land Lady.................Leone Forrester Mrs. Mehitable McConn- A jealous Wife............Ada Pearl Smith Selina McConn-Aged Thirteen........................Olive Edwards Miss Juliet Snobbs- the College Stenographer....Minnie Lee Hamby Mlle. Mimi Fleurette- A French Costumer............Gussie Thomas Salamanca Spivino- A Black Wash-lady........Berta Louise Mitcham Act I- A college Boarding House.......Bootles' first little wife Act II- Suite in Honey Moon Flats....Bootles' second little wife Act III- Same Scene as Act II.........Bootles' third little wife Place...........................................Any College Town Time.................................................Present Day Time of Playing....................Two Hours and Fifteen Minutes Sunday, May 23, 1926, 11:00 A. M. At Methodist Church. Processional........................................Senior Class Hymn- "Holy, Holy, Holy"............................Congregation Prayer.......................................Rev. J. A. McGarity "Awakening Chorus"............................High School Pupils Scripture Lesson. Vocal Solo.......................................Robert McGarity Sermon-Rev. B. H. Smith, Pastor Julia A. Porter Memorial Methodist Church, Porterdale, Ga. Duet.............................Mrs. Blasingame, Mrs. Batchelor Benediction..................................Rev. J. A. McGarity GRADUATION Monday Evening, May 24, 1926, 8:30 P. M., School Auditorium Processional........................................Senior Class "Commencement Song".................................Senior Class Invocation........................................J. A. McGarity Salutatory.................................Annie Maude Blasigame Class History....................................Leondas Stargel Class Poem............................................Leota Bray Class Resolutions..........................Annie Robbie Eddleman Piano Solo........................................Catherine Wood Class Prophecy......................................Lunie Jaynes Class Will..........................................Bert Mitcham Farewell to Sophomores.............................Ralph McLeroy To Dear Old J. H. S..................................Josiah Byrd Valedictory......................................Louise Nunnally Song-"Whispering Hope".....................................Class Introductory of Speaker...............Hon. Josiah Blasingame,Sr. Literary Address..............................Prof. J. C. Upshaw Delivery of Diplomas and Certificates...........Prof. E. G. Dick Benediction..................................Rev. J. M. Thompson Class Roll Anna Maude Blasingame Leota Bray Josiah Byrd Ralph McLeroy Catherine Wood Ber Mitcham Annie Robbie Eddleman Louise Nunnally Lunie Jaynes Leondas Stargel Class Colors- Pink and Green........Class Flower-Dorothy Perkins Rose This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 5.7 Kb