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SHOWING THE FINE PROGRESS MADE ON THE NEW POT ROOM
Nourishing churches, and thie welfare
''^ork which is looked after by one who
^as had much experience and who takes
^ delight in doing all he can to build
'^P the community.
Badin affords a fine opportunity for
those who seek a healthful locality in
^hich to work and raise their families.
Those who live here can truly say
^th me
I am glad I live in Badin,
That highly favored land,
Where nature strews her blessings,
With free and generous hand,
With her lake of varied beauty
Few others can compare,
Her gently rolling upland . *
The mountain breezes share.
The gift of God’s good water.
Abundant, *full, and pure.
Secures us health and comfort,
And joy that will endure.
Let us climb the wooded mountains* •
And the valleys fair explore,
Give us a home in Badin,
And we will ask no more.
—Dr. T. M. Oliver
‘‘Personal Safety is not a giant. He’s
^ little fellow, no larger than a tooth-
^he; but if you offend him—look out,"
Charming .Commencement
On Wednesday evening, May 12, 1920,
at 8.00 o’clock, the Commencement exer
cises of the Grammar School were held
in the theater. The program consisted
of three folk dances, “The Merry Con
ceit," “The Villagers,” and “If All the
World Were Paperj” followed by an
operetta, “The Enchanted Wood.”
The following dancers took part:
“The Villagers”—a Dutch folk dance—
Mildred Clapp, Josie Chrisco, Ruth
Cowart, Helen Stokes, Nita Bell.
Country dancers in, “If All the World
Were Paper,” and “The Merry Conceit”
—Dorothy Greenlee, Jettie Moose, Mil
dred Spencer, Sallie Jenkins, Dorothy
Mason, Eliza Willeford, Mary Hunley,
Agnes Reed.
Synopsis of “The Enchanted Wood.'’
Six Children start out from School on
an expedition into the woods, but after
some quarreling separate and wander
singly into the borders of an Enchanted
Wood. Here, by order of the Fairy
Queen, they are lured further on till
they sink down exhausted, and are then
thrown into a deep sleep by fairies with
poppy wands. Mother Goose, who is a
guest at the Fairy Court, then requests
the pleasure of transforming them into
such characters of her own rhymes as
’ th'6y rhost resemble, and they are roused
to find themselves Jack Horner, Bopeep,
etc. Here they are kept at their tasks
till a rescuing party of Boy Police, sent
by the distracted teacher, comes to their
assistance; but the Police fare little bet
ter, for also lured on by Fairy voices
into the presence of the Queen and
Court they are about to “charge” when ,.,
suddenly transfixed by her wand, thc^
are held as rigid as so many statues.^
At length, however, all are released, and
after wandering “through bog and brier”
the livelong night, find their way back
to the disconsolate teacher in the morn
ing, thankful to be once more their prop
er selves, with a chance to correct their
faults and resume their daily tasks in
peace.
The following was the cast of charac
ters: Fairy Queen, Gladys Valentine;
Mother Goose, Miss Green; School Teach
er, Mary Leinster; Miss Muff it, Theo.
Belk; Mistress Mary, Mae Bell; Bopeep,
Annie Snyder; Boy Blue, Charles Rine-
hardt; Simple Simon, Neal Broome;
Jack Horner, Wilson; Maids of Honor,
Arline Parish, Nellie Bizelle; Train-
bearer, Dorothy Early; Chief of Police,
Vann Williams; Ten Policemen; Chorus
of Fairies; Eight Poppies; Thirty-Eight
Flower Fairies.