Iowa
Old Press
THE SUN
Red Oak, Montgomery co. Iowa
Friday, May 1, 1914
STUDENTS STILL ACTIVE.
Red Oak Ladies Won in Clarinda Contest -- Two Basball Games --
Busy with Class Play
Students in the high school continue to keep busy with
declamatory contests, base ball games, other athletics and
preparations for the commencement week events. Dates have been
fixed for the events of commencement week as follows: -- Annual
sermon to graduating class by Rev. F. N. Willis, D.D., in the
M.E. church on Sunday evening, May 24; Class play, “The
Rivals,” at the Beardsley theater on May; 27; - commencement
exercises at the Beardsley theater May 28. Several of the more
noteworthy events which have taken place in high school circles
the past week are given below in this column.
Won at Clarinda
Red Oak won one first and one second in the declamatory contest
held at Clarinda Friday night, in which contestants from
Clarinda, Shenandoah and Red Oak competed. Miss Laura Gonick won
first in the oratorical class and Miss Carol Willis was second in
the humorous class. The contest was one of a series of various
sorts which are held each year by the three schools. Miss
Gonick’s selection was “Toussant l’Ouverture,”
and Miss Willis’ “Abbie’s Account.”
Cast of the Play
Members of the graduating class are working on the class
play, “The Rivals,” and will be prepared for the
performance by the date set. The cast of characters is as
follows: Sir Anthony Absolute, Thos. Murphy; Capt. Absolute,
Allison Collard; Fauckland, Leland Replogle; Sir Lucious O’Trigger,
Ralph Willis; Fag, Arthur Brown: David, Jacob Focht; Boy, Albert
Axelson; Thomas (coachman) Gordon Anderson; Mrs. Malaprop, Helen
Goodrich; Lydia Longuish, Carol Willis; Julia, Margaret Telfer;
Lucy, Grace Larson.
Two Baseball Games
The local boys played two ball games the latter part of last
week, one here Friday with Oakland, which they won by a score of
6 to 1, and one Saturday in Shenandoah, when they defeated the
boys of that city’s high school by a score of 2 to 1. The
crowd here was not large, but the game was a good one. Olson, who
pitched for Red Oak, allowed but three hits, while the home boys
got to the Oakland pitcher for nine safe ones. Olson also had 12
strike-outs to his credit. The score by innings was as follows
Red Oak – 20100102=6
Oakland – 000100000=1
[transcribed by C.D., November 2004]