Walnut High School
Walnut, North Carolina
PROGRAM
Saturday Afternoon, May 2, 1925
Ball game at 1:30—Bald Creek vs Walnut
Walnut Men vs Walnut High
Saturday Evening, May 2, 1925
SENIOR PLAY
Chorus—“Spring Comes Tripping” – First Year
PLAY—Deacon Dubs
Admission: 15 cents and 25 cents
CAST
Deacon Dubbs from Sorghum Center, West Virginny—Arthur McDevitt
Amos Coleman, his Nephew, a young lawyer—Alrick Snelson
Rawdon Crawley, A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing—Rom Fortner
Major McNutt, auctioneer and Justice-of-Peace—Ansel Freeman
Deuteronomy Jones, A Country Product—Ernest Ramsey
Rose Raleigh, the Brave Little School Ma’am—Virginia McClure
Miss Philipena Popover, with both eyes on the Decon—Bonnie Gahagan
Emily Dale, the richest girl in town—Daisy Phipps
Trixie Coleman, full of mischief—Martha Ramsey
Yennie Yenson, the hired girl from Sweden—Lucy Fortner
School Children—Christine Haynie, Winona Allen, Anna Bell Allen
Synopsis
Act I. A Country Auction. The Deacon arrives from Sorghum Center, State of West Virginny. The Deacon takes a drink of water.
Act II. A Country Wedding. Shadows of the past. The Deacon takes a prisoner.
Act III. A Country Husking Bee. Escaped from the penitentiary. The Deacon takes a wife.
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SUNDAY EVENING, MAY 3, 1925
8 O’Clock
Baccalaureate Sermon—Dr. Lindsay S.B. Hadley, Superintendent of Dorland-Bell School
Processional—Good of Our Fathers—Choir
Doxology
Invocation—Rev. Wesley Hyde
Hymn—Holy, Holy, Holy, No. 78
Scripture—Mr. Guthrie
Anthem—Choir
Offertory—Mrs. Davis
Announcements—Mr. James Hyde
Hymn—Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken, No. 210
Sermon—Dr. Lindsay S.B. Hadley
Prayer
Recession—Lead On, O King Eternal—Choir
Benediction
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MONDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 4, 1925
1:30 O’Clock
Class Day
Class History—Alrick Snelson
Class Poem—Virginia McClure
Class Flower—Ansel Freeman
Class Song— Rom Fortner
Class Prophecy— Bonnie Gahagan
Class Colors— Daisy Phipps
Class Grumbler--Lucy Fortner
Class Will—Ernest Ramsey
Mascot—Royce Wardrup
Planting of Ivy
Ball Game at 2:30 o’clock
Walnut vs Stanley McCormick
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MONDAY EVENING, MAY 4,1925
Operetta—Windmills of Holland
CAST
Mynheer Hertogenbosh, Rich Holland Farmer—Rom Fortner
Vrouw Hertogenbosh, his wife—Stella Dockery
Their Daughters—Wilhelmina—Frances McDevitt
Hilda—Leta Reeves
Bob Yankee, American salesman—Arthur McDevitt
Hans, a student in music in love with Wilhelmina—Albert Fortner
Franz—a rich farmer’s son in love with Hilda—Thomas McDevitt
Katrina, rich farmer’s daughter—Amalee McDevitt
Chorus of Farmers’ Daughters—Irma Henderson, Essie cook, Brijetta McDevitt, Victoria Ramsey, Lillie Drumheller, Violet Chandler, Margaret Haynie, Ruth Guthrie, Agnes Brigmon, Grace Stines
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TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 5, 1925
10:30 O’Clock
Reading Contest
Chorus—When Life Is Brightest—Second Year
Reading—Virginia of Virginia—Essie Cook
Reading—The First Settler’s Story—Pansy Chandler
Reading—The Hero of Mayville—Grace Stines
Reading—The Stylish Church—Irma Henderson
Reading—Tommy’s Prayer—Ruth Guthrie
Reading—Lilly Servoss’s Ride—Jane Morrow
Presentation of 7th Grade Certificates by Supt. Homer Henry
Everyone Bring Dinner
May Pole Dance—16 Chldren
Ball Game at 2:30 o’clock
Walnut vs Bull Creek
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TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 5, 1925
8:00 O’Clock
Graduating Exercises
Chorus—“Pond Lillies”
Salutatory: The Place of the Educated Woman—Daisy Phipps
Oration: Man Against Nature—Ansel Freeman
Oration: Today Decides Our Tomorrow—Rom Fortner
Valedictory: The Glory of the Commonplace—Virginia McClure
Piano Solo: Among the Pines—Irma Henderson
Address to Class: Prof. Hodge Mathes of East Tennessee State Normal
Presentation of Diplomas by Supt. Homer Henry
Awarding of Medals by Prof. Hodge Mathes
From page 3 of the May 1, 1925 issue of The News-Record, Marshal, N.C.
newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92074087/1925-05-01/ed-1/seq-3/#words=MAY+3%2C+1925
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