Graduation Exercises at the Stratton High School
President Finn presented 34 young women and 20 young men with diplomas after essays and orations on topics from the Red Cross to Pan-Americanism. The event featured prize awards for scholarship and oratory, with musical interludes, decorations, and a strong call to patriotism as graduates prepare for future service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stratton
Frank H. Finn
Board of Education
McWilliams
California
George W. Grinton
St. Paul’s M. E
Tuthill
Red Cross
Ethel Maude Wilbur
Clara Barton
Miss Wilbur
Venice
Finn
Middletown
United States
Centre
America
Americas
Commencement Prizes Awarded To Notable Students
At Tuesday night ceremonies pupils received awards including the Slauson scholarship prize of 20 dollars to Nellie May Ryan for a four year average of 92.32. Dorothy Lawrence Douglass won the Talcott essay prize of 10 dollars. John L. Gregory Jr. claimed the Clemson prize for oratory of 15 dollars, and Richard Schoonmaker Armstrong earned the second oratory prize of 35 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Wallkill Academy
United States
Bovs
Company IL
Board of Education
High School
John W. Slauson
Forest Preston Hunter
Nellie May Ryan
Ruth Elizabeth Giles
Elizabeth Austin Wight
Hunter
Slauson
H. B. Woodward
Russell Wiggins
Dorothy Lawrence Douglass
George W. Grinton
George N. Clemson
John L. Gregory, Jr
Richard Schoonmaker Armstrong
Margaret E
J. W. Trauger
John Morrison
Talcott
Clemson
The Prize Winning Essay and Orations
The essay Color in Nature by Miss Dorothy Lawrence Douglass and the orations on the Ship of State by John Lester Gregory Jr are presented in full from the Commencement exercises. The pieces discuss color in nature and the American struggle toward liberty and unity, with reflections on democracy and sacrifice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephyne Alberta Ketchum
Miss Ketchum
Europe
Harry Sanford Shorter
Albert
Belgium
Shorter
Alps
Olive Hill Donald
Italy
Hannibal
Africa
Miss Donald
Dorothy Lawrence Douglass
Neptune
Gulf Stream
Nature
Ship of State
John Lester Gregory, Jr
Ae Empire
Washington
Sewer Plans Before Board Discussed At City Hall
The Board of Health met at 8:30 with Vice President Elliott and four commissioners. Residents Mills requested a sanitary sewer for 32 West Conkling avenue, likely via Hillside Cemetery, with high costs and pending consent. The matter was tabled for the next meeting. John Costello reported progress on repairs at 28 John Street. The registrar logged 89 deaths and 26 births in the past month. Dr Hardenbergh named acting health officer during Dr Hanmer’s July vacation.
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Board of Health
F. W. Elliott
Strack
Hardenbergh
Rogers
Hanmer
Greene
Elliott
R. B. Mills
West Conkling Avenue
Hillside Cemetery
Robinson
John P. Costello
John Street
Registrar of Vital Statistics
D. B. Hardenbergh
Recruits Sought To Raise Middletown Home Guard
In Middletown the armory calls for local men to join the depot Battalion home guard. As of Tuesday, 14 men have enlisted. armory hours are 8 pm daily for inquiries and signups. Recruits choose class B oath limiting service to within the state, unless urgent need requires otherwise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Home Guard
Middletown Company Aids Newburgh Troops at Camp Whitman
Company I of Middletown rendered aid to Newburgh units at Camp Whitman. The Newburgh troops arrived after 10 PM and lacked tents and lanterns until Middletown volunteers supplied them. Major Sheehan commended the cooperation and courtesy of the Middletown men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newburgh
Middletown
Camp Whitman
Sheehan
Quote on governance sparks domestic debate in Courier Journal
A Lyon County exchange prompts a husband to challenge the idea that the best government governs least. The wife argues women have not subscribed to that theory yet, reflecting 19th century domestic opinions in the Lee County Courier Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leeisvile Courier-Journal
Also Mentioned on This Page
Leah Moore
Marie Louise Hart
New York
Harriet Pauline Drury
Cleveland
John H. Morrison
L. C. Purdy
G. W. Grinton
C. A. Evans
George A. Swayze
Charlotte Frances Hendricks
Ethel Mae Decker
Ruth Adelaide Wallace
Ruth Fletcher Doyle Freida
Ella Cox
Helen Mills Santee
Dorothy Lawrence Douglass Harriet Pauline Drury
Emma Stiles Dudley Josephyne
Alberta Ketchum
Ina Harris Bull
Florence May Ketchum
Leah M, Moore Pthel Grace Hell
Gertrude Masterson
Frances Olivia Conner Credi
Lillian Leddy
Edna Theresa Hawes
Helen Mae Cole
Mary Leigh Osborne Ruth Elizabeth Giles
Alta May Wamsley
Madeleine Anna Pohilmann
Florence Kathryn Slster
Mildred Louise Wood
Mildred Deane Moore
Carl Lambert Halcott James Harold Morris Donald Morgans
Forsyth William Alexander Marshall, Jr
Stanley George Holden
Edmund Millen Lutes
Charles Alfred Sundstrom, Jr
James Joseph Garland Wilbur Wilson Marks Gorton Totten Wilson
Richard Schoonmaker Armatrone
Sons of America
Cuba
Pacific
Hawaii
Orient
Philippines
Plymouth
Carthage
Demosthenes
Greece
Christ
Jerusalem
Tim
Fim
Latin America
Saratoga
Mexico
Central
South America
Unti
James F. Tuthill
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