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CITY HIGH SCHOOL
COMMENCEMENT
Ex-Governor McMillin Makes Elabo
.'J rate Address.
A very largo audience waB present
last Thursday night at Reynolds The
tre to attend the annual commence
ment of the City High School. The
Superintendent, faculty, board of ed
ucation and the class were all seated
on the stage, Ex-Governor Benton
McMillin being present as speaker
and a distinguished visitor on the
occasion. The stage was suitably
decorated and the following order of
exercises was,observed:
Chorus, "America, the Beautiful,"
by the school.,
Prayer, Dr. E. S. Baker.
Chorus, "June Song," class.
Salutatory, "Education," Miss Sue
Wheeler.,
Address, Ex-Gov. Benton McMil
lin.
Valedictory, "The Crisis," Miss
Nelle Bond. ,
Presentation of diplomas, Dr. Bak
er..
Chorus, "Farewell to Graduates,'
class. .
Benediction.
Both the salutatory and valedic
tory were exceptionally .fine papers
Supt. Ranck spoke of the work of the
class and the fact that more boys are
graduating than ever before in the
school. The percentage increases ev
ery year and the scholarship stand
ards are also apparent in the ad
vancement of the work.
The address made by Ex-Gov
Benton McMillin elicited the great
est interest and attention. Mr. Mc
Millin was introduced by Mr. Ranck
as the next Governor of Tennessee
A general reference to the speech and
comments are made on the editorial
page of the paper.
SENIOR CLASS ROLL 1922.
Courses completed and points
earned:
Classical course: Units
' Nelle Bond average 95.54. . . 19.
Rachel Burrus 17
John Thomas Flack '. 19 ,
Katherine Garrigan 17
Levi Jordan . . . . 18
Jessie Pruett 17
James Rippy . . . . 18
Earl Smith .' 18
Betsy Spradlin 20
Sue Wheeler average 95.25.. 18
Novella Wilkerson av. 94.51. 17
Scientific course: Units,
Elizabeth Alexander ...... 16
Joe M. Callico't 16
Bernice Flack . 16
Emeritt Flippin 17
Mozelle Glover 17
Noel Glover 18
Mary Arden Nailling 16
Ruth Powell 16
Charles Reynolds 17
Sallie Jewell Stone 17
Mary .Louise Shropshire .... 20Yz
Landrith Thomas 16
Commercial course: Units.
Opal Glisson 16 '
Harry Grissom 16
Annie Margaret McClanahan. 17
Mary Lee Schmidt .. 17
Gus White, Jr . 17
Recapitulation.
Classical course 11
Scientific course .... 12
Commercial course . . 5
, Total ,. 28
Class of 1920, two boys and eigh
teen girls.
Class of 1921, 7 boys and 19 girls.
Class of 1922, 11 boys and 17 girls.
County Teachers. .
The Obion County Board of Edu
cation was in session at the office of
the County Superintendent May 15,
16 and 17 and the following schools
were made high schools: Linden
wood, Community Pride, Woodland
Mills, Clayton, Hornbeak, Troy, Crit
tendonv Grove, Kenton, Dixie, Clover
dale, Mason Hall, Rives, Glass, South
Fulton, Cunningham in Number
NNine and Obion.
The following teachers were elect
ed to the following places:
Miss Nelle Caldwell. Oakglade:
Mrs. P. B. Smith, Chapel Hill; Mrs.
Annie Smith, Pierce: Miss Mary
Nell Kitchell, Holloway; Mr. D. P.
Shore, Prin., Mr. Will Baulch, Miss
Vera Bynum, Linden wood; Miss Gay
nelle McCord, Jacksonville; Mr. C.
F. Fowler, Prin., Misses Oral Pace
and Lucy Garrigan, Community
Pride; Miss Celia Jonakin, Oak
Grove in Number Two; Mrs. Spicle
Dowell, Gibbs; Miss Kate Garrigan,
Shepard; Mrs. Leila KiTlion, Prin.,
Miss Myra Stout, Clayton; Mr. Ezra
Neal, Crescent; Mr. Frank Caldwell,
Prin. Miss Edith Thomas, Mt. Olive;
Miss Emma Garrison, Owens; Mr. N.
L. Williams, Cobb'B; Miss Ruth Ker-
ley, Protemus; Miss Laura Rumage,
Bethel; Mrs. Ludie Cunningham, Mc
Anna; Miss Mamie Easter wood, Oak
Ridge; Miss Cordia Starnes, Cun
ningham., in Number Six; Miss Lil
lian Cunningham, Curry; Miss Alta
Tate, Wells'; Mr. Curtis Curry, Tur
nage; Miss Letha Nichols, Baker's;
Mrs. Louise Andrews, Polk; Miss
Maggie Lou Shore, Whiteside; Miss
Nannie McGowan, Pleasant Hill; Mr.
Smith Latimer, Prin., Miss Jennie
Holloway, Crittendon Grove; Mr.
Owen Parrish, Sunnyside; Miss Pearl
Milam, Cane Creek; Miss Ethel Lace
well.Alamo; Miss Annie May Starnes,
Penns;Miss Lurleen Bullington, Sto
vall's ;Mr. C. M. Witherington, Prin.,
Miss Allie Keathley, Macedonia; Mrs.
Ethel King, Prin., Miss Earline Cun
ningham, Oak Grove in Number
Eight; Mr. L. D. Williams, Prin., Mr.
Jas. Marshall, Miss Saohronia, Allen,
Dixie; Miss Farror Parrish, Sunny
side; Mrs. Lucile Maloney, Elbridge;
Mr. R. 3, Glover, Prin. otCloverdale,
Elbridge and Zion, Mr. Hobart Frye,
Mrs. R. J. Glover, assistants at Clo
verdale, and Miss Mattie Lloyd at
Zion; Miss Mary Bryant, Beech Val
ley; Miss Jessie Pruett, Houser Val
ley; Miss., Marie Caldwell, Pleasant
Valley; Mr. P. A. Wall, Prin., Miss
Maidell Howell, Woods; Mr. J. H.
Stover, Prin., Misses Rachel Smith
and Ivie Graham; Mr. Calvin Dean,
Lakeview; Mrs. Vergil Pardue, Mt.
Moriah; Miss Giffen Curry, Camp
ground; Mr. Hugh Lennox, Harris;
Miss Lou Phillips, Old Republican;
Mr. J. P. Wall, Liberty; Miss Willie
May Moore, Poplar Ridge; Miss Wil
ma Parrish, Hazlewood; Mr. B. F.
Foster, Glady; Miss Mary Erwin,
Minnick; Mr. C. C Hill, Holman;
Mrs. Thos. Bondurant, Spout Spring;
Mr. T. P. Rucker, Prin., Mrs. T. P.
Rucker, Miss Margaret Morris, Cun
ningham in Number Nine; Mrs. Ola
Weaks, Fairview; Mr. Gay Snider,
Jones;' Mr. Frank Summers, Prin.,
Miss Claudie Tucker, Lee's; Miss 01
ga Hogan, Lawnsdawa; Mr. Fay Sni
der, Kirk; Miss Azalea Ray, Mineral
SDrincs: Mr. W. B. Forrester, Prin
Miss Sallie Kate Brevard, Woodland
Mills.
PRESSING TOWARD THE MARK.
The Agoga Class Wants 100 New
Members.
You know most men love to go to
Sunday School and will go if asked
and an interest taken in them. The
AGOGA Class of the Baptist Sunday
School is growing all are working
and taking an interest new mem
bers join the class every Sunday. The
class is now preparing to move to a
larger room or ntake their own larger
at least, something has to be done,
and the Agogas are going to do it.
But what's the secret? It is "Keep
Everlastingly at It" you're not an
Agoga unless you' do, because the
word means "get another man," and
it's up to every Agoga to get one. We
have -a good, wide-awake, growing
class, and let's get the good work go
ing. If you know of anyone who
ought to be in the class tell him and
then give his name to any of the of
fleers in the class and he'll be waited
on immediately. To those who do
not belong to any Sunday school
class let me say the Agoga Class ex
tends you a cordial invitation to be
come one of its members. All Agogas
will extend you a welcome hand. Try
it and see.
Agogas, ask them, invite them,
urge them, and there will be a steady
increase in membership.
One hundred members is our goal,
LET'S PRESSS TOWARD THE
MARK.
HERMAN P. THOMAS,
Reporter.
Father's Day at Methodist Church.
Feeling that we are all indebted
to our fathers in no small degree we
have set aside next Sunday morning,
May 28, -at eleven o'clock to have a
special service in honor of them. We
hope to have as many fathers and
husbands present as possible. No
one is excluded but all are invited
and ladies are urged to come with
their husbands. Let us make this a
special service for those who have
toiled very faithfully for us in many
ways. We are commanded to honor
both father and mother and since we
have had a special day for mother
let us give this service In honoring
father. We extend an invitation to
all.
TRAINING SCHOOL
COMMENCEMENT
Large Crowd Hears Baccalaureate
Sermon at Church.
An exceptionally large audience
was present last Sunday night at the
Methodist Church to hear the bac
calaureate sermon by Rev. E. M. Ma-t-his.
The class of 24 came In after the
audience was seated and" took the
center frpnt pews. The church was
decorated in the flowers ' and colors
of the class. Special music for the
occasion had been arranged. The
ministers assisting in the service
were Revs. W. B. Cunningham, E. S
Baker and D. F. Marlin.
Rev.. Mathis' text was the latter
part of the 10th verse of the second
chapter of Re'velations, viz: "Be
thou faithful unto death and I will
give thee a crown of life."
"It is no little pleasure," said the
minister, "to be chosen to address the
class." He said, however, that no at
tempt would be made for oratorical
effects, that he would undertake to
set forth the facts in unadorned Eng
lish as conveyed in the text.
The road to success leading out
upon the highway of life must be at
tended by unremitting effort and per
severance. The crown of life is ob
tained only thru honest effort and
noble purpose. There are many av
enues of failure. The most common
of these is laziness. Then there is
the lack of courage and the super
ficiality of faulty application. All
of these are diverting and dangerous
to those who seek the crown. The
royal pathway is the only true route
and that route leads to the goal.
Examples were made in the pil
grimagesof Elijah and Paul and the
crossing of the Red Sea. . Columbus
was harassed by his men to desist and
turn back, but the crown of his life
was the discovery of a new world
and he was not to be shaken from his
purpose.
The crown comes only to the faith
ful, and the crown of life must be
for him who is faithful unto the end.
The class roll is as follows:
Nell Louise Corum, valedictorian.
Margaret Turner, salutatorian.
Gladys Dawes, essayist.
Joseph Darrell Jonakin, historian.
Jay Rome Ragsdale, prophet.
Sid Hughes Corum, orator.
Arnold Armstrong.
Clifford Armstrong.
Gertrude Adkison.
Mayme Marie Forrester.
James Monroe Foulks.
Austin Jernigan.
Taylor R. Hassey.
Seldon Owens.
Kathleen Ophelia Park.
Ollie Atfield Park.
Oley Roland.
James Laurence Thompson.
Hiram Leonard Todd.
Martin Wilson.
COMMERCIAL GRADUATES.
Taylor R. Massey.
Jay Rome Ragsdale.
J. G. Smith.
Leila Mai Spence.
' James Laurence Thompson.
Philip Oran Thornton.
Maxine Webster.
Gladys Evelyn Williams.
Martin Wilson.
Gertrude Adkison.
Nell Louise Corum.
The following program of exercises
was observed:
Salutatory address, Margaret Tur
ner: "Triangle of Progress Law, Edu
cation, Religion," Gladys Daws.
Class fyistory, Joe Jonakin.
Class priJphecy, Jay' Rome Rags
dale.
"The Monument of the Marne,"
Sid Corum.
Valedictory, Louise Corum. ,
Music by Miss LaNelle Marshall,
Mrs. Carlton and Mrs. Lee.
Interpretive dancing by Miss
Stone's pupils, Louise Posey and An
nie Jackson.
The papers by the class were un
usually interesting and fine. The
music and dancing were delightful.
The class address by Hon. L. L.
Fonville, attorney of Jackson, Tenn.,
was heard with attentive interest by
the large audience. Mr .Fonville was
introduced by a classmate, Hon. W.
E. Hudgins.
The speaker quoted an expression
from Justice Brandie3 to the effect
that the time had come when pleas
ure is no longer found in honest
work well done. People are engrossed
in amusement jazz, If you please.
Not simply jazz music, but jazz ev
erything. Education means to lead
out, to strive for achievement, to pre
pare for usefulness, to advance the
interests of humankind, to do some
thingXfor -others. That is a work
in which is found real pleasure. Jazz
life is simply transitory and unsatis
factory.
It is necessary that human beings
of all animal creation be educated.
An animal scampers around soon
after it is born. A child is lost with
out help. Therefore the child must
be trained, and after it is able to
think the fact must be impressed that
we are not living alone but for each
other. It is doing something for
others that makes the sum bonum
of life giving something to the
world worth while. The more we
lose self the more useful we become
in. life.
As a key to the present tendencies
indicated by Justice Brandies, Mr.
Fonville said that the nineteenth
century had given us the motor car,
the telephone and phonograph, the
movie pictures and the- radio tele
phone, but where are such men as
Milton, Carlyle, Homer, Vergil,
Dante?
The richest heritage of a child is
its physical and mental birthright,
and with these things the greatest
in the world is to be a real man or
woman. It takes a lifetime to be
come a Roosevelt, a Caruso, a Sid
ney Lanier, but when we are making
an honest effort we are living for
others and filling our station in life,
Stand steadfastly by that which
is right.
Diplomas and medals were pre
sented by ,Rev. D. F. Marlin, the
medals as follows
Scholarship medal, offered by
Judge W. H. Swiggart, to person in
high school making highest average
on all subjects: Won by Louise Co
rum.
.Mathematics medal, offered by
Morgan-Verhino Co., to person in
hh school making best grade in
mathematics ; Won by Gladys Daws.
- Medal offered by Shatz Co., to per
son in high school making highest
average in English: Won by Mar
garet Murner.
Medal offered by C. L. Andrews, to
boy making best record as an ath
lete together with grades and leader
ship: Won by Arnold Armstrong.
Box of candy offered by Cobb's
Corner Drug Co., to girl in high
school for modesty, scholarship and
leadership: Won by Josephine Ev
erett
Medal offered in primary depart
ment by F. L. Kerr, to person mak
ing highest average in all subjects:
Won by Genevieve Barham.
Medal offered by Shatz & Byer, to
person making highest grade in Lat
in: Won by Ethye Margaret Roberts,
Decoration Day.
The Union City Cemtery Associa
tion to gether with the Woodmen of
the World, will give a short program
at the old cemetery under the
shade of the trees next Sunday after
noon, May 28, at four o'clock when
all the graves of our dead will be
decorated.
.Program as follows:
Music by male quartette.
Prayer by E. S. Baker.
Music by male quartette.
Reading by Miss M. K. Stalcup.
Address by A. G. Mathews, of
Memphis, Tenn.
The public invited and urged to
attend and make this indeed a mem
orial occasion. ' COMMITTEE.
(Cem. Assn. and W.O.W.)
Fine Fishing. Grounds.
It is said that with receding wa
ters of Reelfoot Lake schools of black
bass and croppie are passing up the
spillway into the lake, coming up
thru the drainage ditch from, the
Obion River. Lots of fishermen are
now attracted to the lake on account
of good fishing opportunities.
Children's Services.
Rev. G. W. Evans reports a fine
crowd at Shady Grove last Friday
night to attend the children's exer
cises. The program was interesting
and both the music and recitations
were thoroly enjoyed.
Service Appreciated.
For excellent service rendered in
controlling the flames last Saturday
evening. Judge W. H. Swiggart
Tuesday evening entertained the
members of the Union City Fire De
partment at the Gem Cafe. It was
an enjoyable affair and pleasing to
the men to know their efforts are ap
preciated by Union City and Union
City citizens.
Guaranteed
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32x3 17.00
32x4 .i . 21.50
34x4 23.40
OVER 700,000 ONVNERS
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Fabrics and Silvertown Cords .
Good Used Dodge Cars in first-class
mechanical condition guaranteed
We repair all makes of cars. All work guaranteed.
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RICHARD A. SEMONES. Manager
Phone 1 66 Union City, Tenn.
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Common Sense
Many Ford owners can afford to own and oper
ate any car they may choose, but they prefer a
Ford "because it is a Ford."
For "because it is a Ford" means dependability,
ease of operation, efficiency and it means sure,
quick transportation.
And "because it is a Ford" means good taste,
pride of ownership and genuine Common Sense.
The Ford Sedan, a closed cat of distinction, beauty
and convenience, is the ideal all year 'round car,
for pleasure or business for the farm, town or
city. It gives you all that any car can give at a
much lower cost for operation and maintenance.
Ford Cars of all types are in great demand, so
place your order at once if you wish to avoid
delay in delivery.
R. H. BUST ,
Authorized Ford Dealer. .Phone 400 1
UNION CITY, TENN.
Harpole-WalKdrfurniture Company .
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
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