High School Commencement Will Start Tomorrow
BISHOP PENICKIO
GIVE THE SERMON
Services 1 o Be Held At
First Baptist Church in
the Forenoon
FINALS ON THURSDAY
(inuliiating Exercises That Evening In
High School Auditorium; Class
I»ay Program and Play
Arranged
Commencement exercises of Hen
derson high school will get under way
n moi row with the baccalaureate ser
mon at the First Baptist church at
11 a. m.. by Bishop Edwin A. Penick,
of Raleigh, head of the Diocese of
North Carolina of the Protestant
Episcopal Church. The public is in
vited to attend this and all other ex
ercises of commencement week, which
continues through next Friday night.
Class Day exercises will be held at
11 a. m. next Thursday in the Vance
theatre, followed by the graduating
exercises that evening at 8 o’clock in
the auditorium of the new Henderson
high school, and the senior class play
in the same auditorium the evening of
Friday, June 5.
Other churches of the city will call
in their services tomorrow morning
to permit their membership to attend
the baccalaureate sermon program at
the First Baptist church. Pastors of
most of these churches will have
places on the program. Superinten
dent E. M. Rollins, of the city-county
schools, will preside and Bishop
Penick will be presented to the con- .
gregation by Rev. I. W. Hughes, rec
tor of Holy Innocents Episcopal
church of Henderson.
The school glee club and orchestra
will participate in the program, as
sisted by several vocalists, and there
will be other features of the day’s
exercises, including music by the First
Baptist choir.
The graduating exercises Thursday
evening in the high school will be the
first time that hall has ever been
used, as the building is just now be
ing completed.
Hoey and Graham
Claim Huge Gains
In East Carolina
(Conltrued from Pfege One.)
Donald between now and Saturday,
so that ne may come down the home
stretch to the wire in first place. The
Graham backers, however, are more
convinced tt\an ever that they will
be able to pull up enough on Hoey to
put Sandy in Second place, especially
if McDonald should continue to weak
en as many maintain he has during
the past ten days. The McDonald
enthusiasts, however, maintain that
even though ttyeir horse may be
showing signs of getting a little bit
winded, due to his tremendous spurt
early ahead in the race, that he can
slow up considerably from now until
next Saturday and still come under
the wire in first place.
Week’s Events
As to what has happened this past
week, a cross section of the observa
tions made in all three camps indi
cates the following as being a pretty ,
accurate picture of the situation over
the State as a whole:
1. Sandy Graham has made very
heavy gains throughout the counties
east of Raleigh, cutting deeply into
the following of McDonald in many
of these counties, but without more
than denting the Hoey support in
these counties. But wherever Gra
ham has reduced McDonald’s lead, he
has also reduced the lead of McDon
ald over Hoey and put Hoey within
striking distance of first place, espe
cially in those counties in which Mc-
Donald has been running in the lead,
Hoey in second place and Graham in
third. As a result, the gains which
just as much as they are helping
Graham has made are helping Hoey
Graham except in those counties in
which he has been able to pass Hoey
and get into second place.
Hoey’s Stand
2. Hoey lias an undistputed lead in
a majority of the western counties, or
those in the tenth and eleventh con
gressional districts, as well p.s in
eight dr tei> counties in the south
eastern portion of the State and an
even chance to split the vote three
ways in the other eastern counties
and in the Piedmont. His managers
maintain that he will get at least 60
percent of the western vote and will
show enough strength in the Pied
mont and eastern counties to assure
him second place, if not to put him
into first place.
3. While McDonald has undoubted
ly been losing votes heavily in the
eastern counties during the last ten
‘•ays to two weeks, he has been con
eentrating his efforts the past week
m the more populous Piedmont coun
,ies> with their large industrial cent
'•s, with the result that his backers
maintain he has gained more votes
n these more populous counties than
he has lost in the smaller eastern
'■ounties. They also point out that
'hose who have deserted McDonald
have gone to Graham rather than to
Hoey, that even so Graham cannot
get enough votes to oust Hoey from
second place, with the result that in
'he second primary between McDon
ald and Hoey, those who may have
cow gone over to Graham will come
hack to McDonald.
More Disconcerted
there are evidences, however, that
McDonald managers and supporters
are secretly much more concerned
over the heavy shift in the eastern
counties from McDonald to Graham
| ia n they are willing to show public-
The talk to the effect that Mc
-1 onald would be nominated by a clear
1 mjority over all the other three can
didates has now stopped almost en
tirely and any of the McDonald
workers will now admiit privately
To Preach Sermo
BISHOP E. A. PENICK
iSSoN
Bishop Penick Has Risen to
High Place in the Epis
copal Church
Bishop Edwin Anderson Penick,
who preaches the ifcaccalaureate ser
mon to the graduating class of Hen
derson high school tomorrow morning
at 11 o’clock at the First Baptist
church, is an outstanding prelate of
the Protestant Episcopal Church, and
is in charge of the Diocese of North
Carolina, residing in Raleigh.
He is well known in Henderson and
Vance county, as well as in other sec
tions of the State, by reason of his
frequent visits here in connection
with his official duties as a church
leader.
Bishop Penick was born in Frank
fort, Ky., April 4, 1887. He attended
Sewanee Military Academy in 1903
and 1904, and later received his
bachelor of arts degree from Univer
sity of the South at Sewanee, Tenn.,
in 1908. He did graduate work at
Harvard, where he received a master
of arts degree in 1909. He attended the
Virginia Theological Seminary from
1909 to 1912.
He was ordained a deacon by
Bishop Guerry of South Carolina in
1912 and ordained as a priest in 1913.
He served as rector for churches in
Bennettsville, Marion and Mullins, S.
C., and in 1918 was a chaplain in the
United States Army. From 1919 to
1922, he was rector of St. Peter’s
church in Charlotte, and in 1922 was
elected bishop coadjutor of the
Diocese of North Carolina. He be
came bishop of the diocese upon the
death of the late Bishop Cheshire in
December, 1932.
Bishop Penick is a member of the
National Council of the Protestant
Episcopal Church, and is president of
the board of trustees of St. Mary’s
School and Junior College and St. Au
gustine’s College, both in Raleigh.
that they are now now hoping for
anything more than for McDonald to
be high man in the first primary.
They are confident, however, that
McDonald will get a much larger vote
in the Piedmont and western coun
ties than his opponents believe he
v/ill and that he will have a lead of
at least 20,000 votes over whoever is
in second place.
lioey Not Disturbed
Nor are the Hoey managers much
disturbed at the shift from McDon
ald to Graham, since to them it indi
cates a general dissatisfaction with
McDonald and his platform and a rap
id dissolution of his strength. Con
victed that Graham is trailing so far
back in third place that he cannot
possibly overtake Hoey, the backers
of the Shelby man point out that
every vote Graham takes away from
McDonald merely reduced the dist
ance between Hoey and McDonald
and makes it more likely that Hoey
will be able to overtake and pass the
former college professor. They also
maintain that before the final week
of the campaign is over many of
those who have now gone to Graham
will move on over to Hoey, especially
as it becomes more and more evi
dent that Hoey will at least be in
second place, if not in first position.
The Hoey supporters also are con
vinced that both the McDonald and
Graham managers and supporters
are not taking into proper consider
ation the tremendous “silent vote,”
especially among the church women
and church people of the State, which
they are confident will be cast for
Hoey.
Graham Senses Trend
The Graham supporters, however,
are not in the least worried by the
claims of their opponents and main
tain that the heavy trend to Graham
which is conceded by both the rival
camps is going to get bigger and big
ger during the final week and that
Sandy is already assured of second
place. They contend that this trend
is a definite indication not only of
lack of confidence in the promises
and program of McDonald but of a
definite distaste for Mr. Hoey and
all that he represents. They are fur
ther convinced that the early strength
shown by McDonald was not an indi
cation of any great personal follow
ing but of a tremendous dissatisfac
tion with the present state adminis
tration and of the old practice of hand
picked Governors and other state of
ficials. So they are confident that
the trend to Graham is going to be
come more pronounced this next week
and that those who are coming over
Sandy are going to stick.
But no one will know for sure who
has “doped" the situation correctly
until after the votes are counted next
Saturday night.
HENDERSON (N. C.) DAILY DISPATCH, SATURDAY, MAY 30, 1936
Baccalaureate Sermon
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 31, 1936
ELEVEN O’CLOCK
Superintendent E. M. Rollins, Presiding.
Processional High School Orchestra
Selection High School Orchestra
No. 130 (All Standing Congregation
Invocation Rev. L. R. Medlin
“Unfold Ye Portals” from “The Redemption” Gounod'”
(Soprano—Fiances Harrison)
Scripture Reading (Hebrews — II: 1-10) Rev. A. S. Hale
Prayer Rev. James A. Jones
Offertory Violin Duet
(Paul Patterson, and Eugene Patterson)
Presentation of Speaker Rev. I. W. Hughes
Sermon (“Spiritual Equipment”) Rt. Rev. Edwin A. Penick
“King, All Glorious” Barnaby-Squires*
(Soprano—Ethel Miller Bass and Dorsey Evans)
Benediction Rev. R. E. Brown
Recessional High School Orchestra
Congregation will please be seated while the Class enters and leaves
the Church).
*Anthems given by the High School Mixed Chorus assisted by Mrs. H. A.
Dennis, Mrs. C. E. Greene, Dorsey Evans, Jr., and G. W. Knott, Jr.
MARSHALS CHOSEN
FOR SCHOLARSHIP
La Verne Turner Is Chief
Marshal For Entire Com
mencement Season
The marshals for the Henderson
high school commencement exercises
for May 31 to June 4, 1936, have beeni
chosen. Nineteen boys and girls have
been selected for this honor on a basis
of their high scholastic average for
the school year 1935-36.
Extreme care is taken in selecting
this list, ibut if any pupil or his par
ents feel that he should have been in
cluded they are cordially invited to
call at the principal’s office and the
record will be re-checked for the pos
sibility of error, Prof. W. D. Payne,
principal of the high school, announc
ed today.
The list follows:
La Verne Turner, chief marshal.
Frances Daniel, tenth grade.
Sarah Bruce Gooch, tenth grade.
Juanita Stainback, tenth grade.
Nellie Kittrell, tenth grade:
Burnette Kelley, tenth grade.
Jessie Roth Stewart, ninth grade.
Gladys Sorensen, ninth grade.
Dorothy McDuffie, ninth grade.
Billy Dennis, ninth grade.
Rowena Daniel, ninth grade.
Elizabeth Toepleman, ninth grade.
Frances Furqueron, ninth grade.
Mary Virginia Moorefield, eighth
grade.
Richard Jones, eighth grade.
Carolyn Duke, eighth grade.
Jane Thompson, eighth grade.
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pal speakers at Duke university’s
eighty-fourth commencement, which
begins next Saturday, and the scene
of activity for much of the three-day
program. In the top insets are: (left)
Dr. Frederick W. Norwood, of Lon
REQUEST FAMILIES
TO ARRIVE EARLY
Arrangements Set Up For
Church Tomorrow Morn
ing Explained
Because of the size of the graduat
ing class and the great number of
parents and friends of the graduates,
special arrangements have been found
to be necessaiy to accommodate the
congregation at the First, Baptist
church on Sunday morning, May 31,
at 11 o’clock for the sermon to the
class of 1936.
The arrangement were explained in
a statement to the public today by
Prof. W. D. Payne, principal of the
high school, as follows:
“The church auditorium will be
open for the parents and friends of
the graduates beginning at 10:30 a.
m., but we sincerely hope that only
those who have the reserved seat
tickets will come before 10:45 a. m.
This will enable our marshals to seat
the parents and friends in the reserve
seats before the other people come in.
“We plan this arrangement as a
courtesy to the graduates and their
parents and friends. Because of tne
size of the class, we are compelled to
reserve the entire main floor of the
church auditorium for the graduates,
those officially connected with the
iM/ary Louise Patterson, eighth
grade.
Catherine Moorefield, eighth grade.
George Rose, eighth grade.
don, Eng., who is to preach in the
chapel next Sunday night, and (right)
President W. P. Few who will deliver
the baccalaureate address on Sunday
morning. In the lower inset is Am
bassador Alfred Sze, of China, who
will deliver the commencement ad
dress on Mlonday morning in Page
auditorium, the building on the left,
In Presbyterian Schism
The Rev. Dr. J. Gresham Machen,
fundamentalist leader of the Presby
terian C'hurch (left), is heading a
'group backing adherence to the
church constitution. A controversy
arose at the opening of the church’s
General Assembly in Syracuse, N. Y.
school, and the parents and friends
of the Class of 1936.
“The faculty of the high school is
very anxious that our people under
stand the arrangement, and hope that
the public will cooperate in our ef
forts to extend the parents every
courtesy possible in order that they
may have an opportunity to get a seat
at the exercises.
“Parents and friends with tickets
are requested to come at 10:30 a. m.
“All persons who do not have
tickets are asked please to wait un
til 10:45 a. m. before they begin com
ing to the chuieh.”
Confidence About
Result Expresed
By Three Leaders
(Continued from Page One.*
him there and that he will be nomi
nated in the first primary,’’ Lump
kin said. “The opponents of Dr. (Mc-
Donald are merely whistling to keep
up their courage and are singing a
siren’s song in an effort to mislead
the people. But our followers have
heard this song before and are not
going to be led astray by it.’’
Ten public addresses will be made
by Dr. McDonald next week in addi
tion to the five radio broadcasts, with
the final speech to be delivered Fri
day night in Winston-Salem, his home
city and where he opened his cam
paign on April 2, Lumpkin said. It is
expected that this will be in the na
ture of a jubilee celeibration and be
a bigger rally of McDonald supporters
I adjoining the chapel. In the fore
ground is the bronze statue of James
B. Duke which was unveiled at last
commencement. The program will
close late Monday afternoon with the
graduating exercises at the stadium.
A Sunday afternoon recital on the
chapel carillon by Anton Brees will
be a music feature of commencement.
when modernists expressed the be
lief that the General Assembly should
rule the church. At the right is the
Rev. Joseph A. Vance of Detroit, re
tiring moderator, who backs the fund
amentalists and the church constitu
tion .
than was the first one there in April.
Monday morning Dr. McDonald will
speak in Laurinburg and that night
in Wallace. Tuesday afternoon at 5
p. m. he will speak in Thomasville
and in High Point at 8 p. m. Wednes
day he will speak in Morganton at
noon and at a big rally in Charlotte
at 8 o’clock that night. Thursday he
will speak in Swannanoa at noon, in
Canton at 3:30 p. m. and at a West
ern North Carolina rally in Asheville
that night at 8 o’clock. Friday he will
visit his mnagaers and workers in
Forsyth county before his speech
there that night.
Hoey Will Win, Olive Says.
The steady gains which Clyde R.
Hoey is making through the Pied
mont and western counties, as well
as in many of the eastern counties,
now indicate that Hoey will be tho
next governor of North Carolina, Hu j
bert Olive, campaign manager for Mr.
Hoey, said here today. This belief is
not based upon hope, but upon ac
tual facts reported from every sec
tion of the State, Olive said.
“In the territory east of Raleigh,
there has been an increasingly heavy
shift of votes for many days,” Olive
said. “This has resulted in the loss
of considerable strength by one of the
candidates (Dr. Ralph W. McDonald)
and in large gains by Mr. Hoey. Our
reports show that Mr. Hoey will lead
in more than half of the counties in
the eastern portion of the State and
tha he will get a majority in many of
them.
“In the Piedmont and western por
tions of the State unbiased people tell
us that there has been intense ac
tivity on the part of the Hoey sup
porters, and we feel certain that Mir.
Hoey will get a majority of the votes
cast in most of these counties, or at
least be high man in those in which
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PAGE THREE
he does not get a majority.
“The candidacy of Mr. Hoey haq
won more approval every day since
the campaign started and the momen
tum of this growing sentiment for
him is increasing every hour. Tha
Democrats of North Carolina ara
coming (o realize more and more that
the office of governor should be filled
by a man who has lived his entire life
in North Carolian and devoted tha
greater part of it to the Democratic
party and the upbuilding of tho lifa
of the State. With increasing volume,
these Democrats are now saying that
that man is Clyde R. Hoey—and they
are going to elect him governor."
Claim Graham in Run-Off.
As a result of the tremendous gains
he has made throughout the eastern
counties during the past two weeks,
Sandy Graham now predicts that ha
v/ill be high man in at least 20 of
these eastern counties, many of
which had previously been conceded
to Dr. Ralph W. McDonald. Graham
is also confident that he will get
enough votes over the State as a
whole to get into the second primary,
regardless of the claims of his oppon
ents.
“The reception accorded me on this
present trip through the east, togeth
er with reports from unprejudiced ob
servers in every section of the State,
are proof that a tremendous Graham
tide is rolling in,” Sandy said while
stopping here for a few hours before
winding up his eastern tour this week.
“The people have at last ‘become real
ly aroused over the issues involved
and are flocking to me as the ‘mid
dle of the road’ candidate who will
give them a progressive and liberal
but not a radical administration. They
are tired of having the State govern
ment travel in the same old rUt. They
have also awakened from the hyp
notic spell of rose-tinted promises
broadcast by Dr. McDonald. They
have decided that I am the candidate
and the only candidate who can bring
about the kind of change in the State
government they desire.”
The propaganda which his oppon
ents have been spreading to the effect
that “Sandy Graham is a good fellow
but is running so far behind that
he can’t win” is rapidly breaking
down Graham said. He predicted that
his vote in the Piedmont and west is
going to be just as large as in the
east.
The 20 counties which Graham said
he was now certain he would carry
in the east are: Currituck, Camden,
Pasquottank, Perquimans, Gates,
Chowan, Hertford, Martin, Washing
ton, Nash, Edgecombe, Pitt, Beau
fort, Wilson. Greene, Lenior, Craven,
Jones, Duplin and New Hanover.”
“The Graham sentiment in the oth
er eastern counties is growing so
rapidly that I am convinced that by
the day of the primary I will carry
many of them in addition to the ones
I have mentioned,” Graham said. “For
there is no doubt that a majority of
the people of the State have at last
come to their senses and have stop
ped (believing in a Santa Claus or a
magician.”
Dr. Warren W. Wilson
Osteopathic Physician
121 S. Garnett St. (Second Floor)
Henderson, N. C. Phone 61-W