1937 Article about Graduation, Ponchatoula, Tangipahoa Parish, La
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Article - Ponchatoula Will Graduate 51 this Year on April 2
  "The Enterprise"
Ponchatoula, Tangipahoa Par., LA
Friday, March 26, 1937, p. 1

Ponchatoula Will Graduate 51 this Year on April 2

Senior Students Taking Final Examinations This Week as School Closes Early

        Seniors in the Ponchatoula High school are taking their final examinations this
week in preparation for the graduation exercises which will be held in the high school
auditorium on Friday night, April 2.
        The early closing of the Ponchatoula public school is due to the harvesting of the
strawberry crop, which is the main money crop of this section, and since Ponchatoula is
the greatest shipping point of fruits and vegetables in the state of Louisiana, the school
board closes the schools the latter part of March or the first of April so that the children
may help in the picking and packing of the fruit.
        This year the Ponchatoula High school will issue diplomas to 51 students,
provided all pass the final tests being conducted this week.  Some of these students will
return to the farms where they were born and reared, some will go to the cities to seek
employment, some will continue their studies in the various colleges and others will find
employment in the local field.