Seniors Tonight Play of Nathan Hale
Tonight a special play features normal high school graduates presenting Nathan Hale. The event showcases senior talent and local students in a period style performance with community attendance anticipated.
01 Jun 1911
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Newspaper
Greeley Daily Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1911
Page
1
Tonight a special play features normal high school graduates presenting Nathan Hale. The event showcases senior talent and local students in a period style performance with community attendance anticipated.
The Normal bich school senior class will stage Nathan Hale at 8:15 this evening in Normal chapel. Directed by Morehall Panceast with music by J C Kendell, the play features a cast of Union school pupils and townspeople portraying scenes from 1775 to 1776 including Colonel Knowlton and Widow Chichester.
Plans are under way for a Fourth of July celebration in Greeley with a council approved safe and sane program. A meeting will be held soon to appoint committees and set a definite holiday program to keep residents from leaving town for entertainment.
Four entries in each event at Island Grove park track for tomorrow afternoon including Oss A Due Camp Walter's Princess and Walter's Princess among others. Weather good for training and records may fall as the matinee program lists riders and horses such as Charles Camp Hal Camp William Stanley Jessie Wilks and M. D. Spencer among the entries.
Many friends note that Miss Mary Freeman has arrived safely in Champagne Illinois to visit her sister and recuperate, marking the start of her recovery period.
Windsor reports a well attended class play staged Wednesday in the high school auditorium. The production He Stoops to Conquer drew a large audience. Graduating exercises follow this evening with eight seniors named: Cecil Whitman Ida McMinn Leia Beamer Josephine Koyd Frank Millis George Nelson Ralph Lewis and Leia Foltz.
The Eaton high school seniors stage Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest in three acts this evening in the school auditorium. A matinee for younger students will be held this afternoon in the same venue.
Two carloads of granite direct from Vermont arrived in Greeley yesterday for the Greeley Monumental Works. Most of this material will be crafted into highly finished monuments and erected in local cemeteries.
Lightning knocked out power at the Greeley electric plant stalling the Tribune Press. Eleven printers and a four horsepower Yale motorcycle kept the press running, fumes and all, until power returned and normal operation resumed. Mr. Muth plans to use Yale motorcycles for odd jobs and shop work alongside racing.
Greeley High School held a color themed class night in the auditorium with 24 member orchestra, speeches, songs, and performances. Major moments included the class history, a crowd pleasing poem, a senior gift, and diplomas presented by Edwin Starkey as the board president.
In federal court Frank F Davis, 18, was found guilty of embezzling $9 from the First National Bank of Ault where he worked as a trusted clerk. Judge Lewis sentenced him to one year in the Booneville Missouri reformatory as his mother wept in court. Mr and Mrs F E Patchett Pierce were present in Greeley.
Heavy showers along the Poudre River brought one and a half inches of rain in Fort Collins and nearby towns including Berthoud Loveland Wellington. Farmers report intermittent rain since last Saturday improving wheat and beets while ditches show rising water levels. Light rain fell at Windsor Pierce and Ault.
City leaders advocate a further 75000 expense to reach 159000 for a new federal building at Eighth Avenue and Pinney Street. They argue the extra funds will match Colorado peers and justify delaying until Congress’s December session to secure the boost.
N F Hazen a Greeley pioneer died Sunday night of apoplexy in Covena California. Funeral in Greeley Sunday at 10 30 Macy's undertaking parlors with interment here. He leaves a wife two daughters and was 70 a member of Greeley Post G A R.
El Paso reports that 150000 Mexican cattle will move north as the rebellion ends. Denver union stock yards expect shipments to ease acute conditions, with catches this season likely 30,000 to 40,000 head after war disruptions. John B. Calkins notes only 10000 had passed during the war, vs 60000 last year. Colorado dealers expect replenishing ranges soon.
Judge John T. Jacobs of Greeley was named to Colorado's state board of examiners for the bar, one of five members and the sole appointee from northern Colorado. The Supreme Court selects the board, a highly prized professional honor. Mrs. W. G. Hayden returned from Denver trip while Miss Mary Reynolds came to Eaton for Greeley High School class night program.
Mr and Mrs C H Welsh and family of La Salle were in Greeley this morning and left for Portland Oregon where they will spend three months.
Mrs. Martin Luther departed for Portland Oregon this morning. Mr Luther has already returned to Portland after a several week stay. The couple spent several months in Greeley.
A meeting of a special committee led by Professor Wilcox set in motion plans to form a large mixed chorus and orchestra in Greeley. The charter membership list aims to include over 100 signatories. a public library likely venue for the Monday session.
C W Miller died at his home in Nunn on Memorial Day at age 60 from cancer. Funeral services were held today.
George W. Gale’s newly patented concrete spreader finishes concreting a ditch for Farr and Lander north of Lucerne. The device presses concrete into the earth with over 500 pounds per square foot, performing the job rapidly and more satisfactorily than previous methods.
Fred J Allnutt entertained at his home on Wednesday with twelve covers for a sumptuous stage dinner. Mrs Allnutt and sister Mrs Vernon McKelvey served, roses adorned the table, and the guests played 500 including C I Faulkner Dr J A Weaver Vernon McKelvey Lee B Carrell J C Ewing E H Downey Charles BE Phelps W B Starr Lloyd Bryant J S Davis and Charles Knelly.
Four West Virginia witnesses who testified in the Frederick Christmas Eve mining shooting case are guarded in the county jail. The district court trial featured clashes over conspiracy questions as prosecutors seek to link witnesses to agents of the accused. The witnesses were housed in a city house before being moved to jail, and the case may go to the jury by tonight or tomorrow morning.
Mrs Beneflel of Timnath has spent several days with Mrs Stodghit and traveled to Denver on Wednesday.
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