Show IN H ONO H 0 F W 6 H 11 G U 11 lee hapli school isem bIN and pi PiO Kinni in ill the mornin q lesion legion hall ball in the evening the birthday of tile the father of our country and its first president nas as properly pio perly observed here the main features being a largely attended high school assembly with an all appropriate program in the morning aud and elaborate character ball given by the local american legion post in the evening the assembly in iii the high school auditorium was impressive and distinguished the po grani given in ill keeping with tile the patriotic occasion and the audience composed by students their parents and many aitt zens who have no children in school but came on an impulse of patriotism sm faculty member offered the opening prayer principal martin acted as master of ceremonies and president N J bates of the boand of education gave the oration of the day an excellently worked out talk an on tile the subject what was it that made washington the famous man lie he was the musical program of the occasion was furnished by the assembly singing america the beautiful dan baker rendering as trombone solo the intermezzo from Ca valleria Rusti cana and mis R garn dark clark singing 0 my america with the fine artist artistic ly she has both soloists enthused the audience to such a degree that they had to give encores the masquerade ball given by th the e jensen colby ciby post of the american legion on birthday at the anona proved a complete success the people of richfield and tile the neighboring towns responded wholeheartedly whole heartedly to the Legion aires call for help in ni celebrating the birth of the father of our country among the most noticeable of the costumed persons were joshua ogden as a tramp tho the solemn and de dignified proprietor of oc the katherine shop as sis perkins jimmy carron as the kid with short skirt half hose and bulging eyes H T Al martines artines karl webb and vi tuft as three coons prizes awarded were best couple george and martha lartha 1 washington vern and miss mealia best individual lady a turkish maid miss ada thurber and best individual man a bum josh ogden if there was any one at tile the masked ball who did not have a good time a careful search made by tile the writer has failed to bring him or her to light As an out of town visitor remarked it was the best affair put on in a city of this size for a long long time |