BAILEY BUGLE
October 24. 1947 BAILEY. NORTH CAROLINA gag;e 3
The Show Behind The Show SateDept.OfEd.Honors
If one could have pulled
the curtains aside and'be
held the scenes behind the
stage in the Coronation
program, he would have
agreed that Bailey's small
production equaled the
hustle ard bustle of "be-
hird scenes on Broadway."
"Jeepers, don't you look
pretty l"
”0h, look at the queen;
isn't she lovely in that
long veil l”
"Your evening dress is so
pretty I”
All these and even more
excited whispers
could be heard in the room
in which the Miss Bugles
received their flowers and
waited to go down the
aisle. One little boy came
up shyly to Mrs. Howard
Farmer, Bugle Advisor, and
pointing to Katie June Hor
ton of the second grade
said, "Ain't she the pret
tiest thing you ever seen?"
Yes, a slight peek in the
door would have convinced
one that all in the room
was happy. But, if one had
observed closely, he would
have seen one worried Miss
Bugle who confronted I.l!rs,
Farmer and Mrs. Laurine
Lassiter, Bugle advisors,
with the startling news
that she did not have a
bouquet. The news excited
the teachers,and they rush
ed around trying to find
the missing flowers. Their
efforts were to no avail.
Someone had to be sent to
get more flowers and rib
bon before the bouquet
could be made. The flowers
given to the Miss Bugle,
everything looked sunny
again, or so; they thought.
But in the auditorium
another dilemna v;as taking
place. V(hen the time came
to check to see if all of
Mother G-oose’s family wore
in their seats, Ifrs. I, T.
Poole,one of the directors,
found that the scat of
Little Boy Blue,William
Holden, was vacant. By
having the haystack and an
extra song, it v;as impera'—
tive that another Little
Boy Blue be secured, as it
looked as if William v/as
not to arrive. Finding the
cast in this predicament,
IvJrs, Poole proceeded td ob
tain a small boy from the
audience to substitute#
All the little boys who
were asked began to whim
per and dive for their
mothers' laps at the very
mention of their appearinr
on the "big stage".
Mrs. Poole, seeing that
it was impossible to sup
ply a small boy from tiie
audience, consulted "Ole
King Cole", Mack Burgess
of the fifth grade,about
lending one of his "fid
dlers three" to supply for
Little Boy Blue. After
I&ck appointed one of the
fiddlers to take the part,
the Mother Goose Family-
settled back in their
seats to see the Miss
Bug]es march down the
aisle.
But peace was not for
long.
The audience was startled
^ resonant v/hisper,
"I'iirs. Poole, Little Boy
Blue has arrived at last I
He is standing at the back
with Mrs. Farmer I
Yes, Mrs. Poole and Mack
were stealing the show
while the queens walked
stately down the aisle ob
livious of the excitement
around them. EV Pocle
School And Bugle
state Department of Edu
cation singled Bailey
school and the BUGLE out
for an unusual distinction
when it forwarded to this
school a request made to
the Department for a
school paper.
An Exchange Editor of one
of the schools of Pennsyl
vania wrote to the State
Department of Education
in Raleigh stating that
her paper was making an ex
change list and would like
for the department to send
the address of the best
school in North Carolina,
The department, without a
word said, inclosed the
card in an envelope and
mailed it to Bailey school.
The school and staff ac
cept this act as a "double
left-handed" compliment,
EXCHANGES
In order to gain new
ideas to improve the Bugle,
the staff is exchanging
papers with 21 other
schools, 9 of which are in
North Carolina and the
other 12 are from New York,
New Jersey, Vir
ginia, District of Colum
bia, Kansas, Kentucky, and
Florida,
It is generally accepted
by all srtaffs ^ that the
policy of exchanging is a
profitable one In that new
i*deas are gained by both
sides.
Records show that’,the
largest diamond in the
world comes from a mine in
iouth Africa,In the rough
it weiglip 3,025 2/3 carats.
Afrii..an mines produce 98;^
of the yearly supplydotal
amount of stones taken
from these mines total
1800,000,000.