Conner Wins

CONNER, WILLIAMSON, JAQUES, MARSH, BOATMAN, VANCE

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Date: 1/7/2005 at 15:01:16

Fairfield Weekly Journal
April 13, 1898
Page 1

CONNER WINS.

Our High School is Jubilant over the Result of Last Night’s Contest.

A telegram this morning announced that HARRY W. CONNER, Fairfield’s representative in the southern division of declamatory contest, had won first place. This is a great honor and HARRY’S friends are rightly feeling jubilant today. This is the first time Fairfield has won first place and the high school students are in high glee. MR. CONNER came in this afternoon on No. 10, and was met by a number of the boys, who received him in true college style.

The event will be duly celebrated this evening at the home of Prof. WILLIAMSON at seven o’clock. The jubilee will take place on the lawn and will be participated in by our best best people. Speeches are expected from Mayor JAQUES, Rev. MARSH, Rev. BOATMAN, Professor VANCE and others. Good music will be on tap and a fine time is being arranged for. The people generally invited. MR. CONNER will take part in a similar contest to be held at Ames, Iowa, April 22nd. We are all proud of our champion and sincerely hope to see him carry off state honors.