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Show NINTH WARD TESTIMONIAL. Friday evening March 28, 1013. the officers, teachers and parents' class of the Ninth ward Sunday school gave i testimonial in honor of their bishopric, bish-opric, w. 0 Ridges 1 1 F, Steele and Lorenzo Jackson while the bishopric bish-opric were detained In another room the quests filled the amusement hall ;tnd when all was ready they were persuaded to ko Into the hall Then the lights were nirned on and they found themselves In the midst of 150 friends A splendid program, prepared by .1 Lawrence Heywood, was theu rendered ren-dered as follows Song. John Haynes. Prayer, M Charles Woods. Recitation. Odessla Henniger Remarks. William A Koldewyn. Instrumental selection, John Sned-aker Song, Ruby Fowler. Recitation. Mrs H J. Jackson Presentation of flowers by Lelia Rs msden. Bishop Ridges respondeu stating thai be was stupefied, petrified or crystallized, he being unable to state just which word more fully covered his condition D. F Steele was so surprised i hut his knees trembled with the weight of his frail form, so badly that he was unable to say much of anything while Lorenzo Jackson tried to apologize apol-ogize lot coming In hi6 working clothes The affair wns a grand surprise, their wives not being kind enough to Inform them of what was going to happen A delicious luncheon under the-direction the-direction of Mrs If .1 Jackson, was served, after which a dance program consisting of a variety of dances were enjoyed by all President W. Oswell Jackson was master of ceremonies. |