Ellis County Texas Archives News.....Alma School Commencement 1936 1936
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The Ennis Daily News 1936
Alma School Commencement Friday, May 15 [1936]

Dean Paul J. Schwab of Trinity University, Waxahachie, will be the guest speaker
at the graduation exercises of the Alma High School to be held Friday evening
May 15, in the Alma School Auditorium.

Miss Helen Whitfill was selected to represent the class as valedictorian, and 
Miss Dorothy Wright* will be salutatorian. Miss Whitfill's average was 91.6 and
Miss Wright's average was 91.

There are seven graduates, three girls and four boys, Misses Helen Whitfill,
Dorothy Wright and Margaret hajek; and Thomas Leask, Emil Dostal, Turner
Harrison and James Lewis.

L.J. McCall, superintendent of the school, will deliver the diplomas.

A. Dupree Davis, secretary-manager of the Ennis Chamber of Commerce, will
deliver the address to the grammar school graduates, which will also be held in
the Alma school auditorium, Wednesday evening, May 13.

ANNUAL PICNIC May 14
The Alma School will entertain with their annual picnic which will be held all
day Thursday, May 14 on the school grounds. The festivities will begin in the
morning with athletic and track events, at which time prizes will be awarded in
the various events. In the afternoon the feature attraction will be a baseball
game.  At noon a barbecue and picnic luncheon will be served by the ladies of
the community.  The business men of Ennis have been extended an invitation to
attend the annual get together celebration.  This year the school has purchased
all the prizes for the athletic events, and merchants will not be asked to
contribute any prizes. An invitation is extended to the business men to attend
and spend the day, however, if they are unable to spend the day, they are
invited to attend the luncheon anyway.

FACULTY Re-ELECTED
Members of the faculty have all been re-elected for the coming year, L.J.
McCall, superintendent; Miss Jewel Littlejohn, Milford; Miss Hattie Whiteside,
Bardwell; Miss Virginia Belle McKay, Ennis and Miss Gurrie Easterling, Abbott.

Additional Comments:
From Scrapbook of Helen Louise Whitfill Fowler
Note from Dorothy Wright's family:
Elizabeth Wright Elliott recalls memories of her sister, Dorothy's High School
Graduation from Alma High School.  One of the most important events in a young
lady's life is her high school graduation and for Dorothy it must have been very
memorable.  She was the Salutatorian and she had the mumps.

Dorothy was allowed to come to the graduation with jaws swollen, because all the
other classmates had already had the mumps.  Elsie Mae Wright, Dorothy's younger
sister, sat onstage to read her speech, since Dorothy could not speak with the
swollen jaws.  

To add insult to injury, when Dorothy's name was called to get her diploma, her
diploma had been misplaced and was not to be found at the ceremony.  However,
the principal later delivered it to the house.

Dorothy was very studious and enjoyed competition with her friend, Helen
Whitfill, who was the valedictorian that year.

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