Madison Public School

1888 Madison Public School

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PROGRAMME. 
 
Closing Exercises at Madison Public School. 
 
Tuesday Evening, Dec 25, 1888. 
 
1. Prayer by Rev. J.T. Moreman 
2. Song, "With Dance and Song" by the school girls 
3. Greeing, Miss Tessie Waller 
4. "A Gentle Word's Never Lost," Claudie Davis 
5. "I'm Mother's Darling," Myrtle Quisenbury 
6. "A Winter Song," Tony Snidow 
7. "Preparing for a Picnic," Dialogue 
8. Song, "I Had a Little Dream, Barney Boy," Sallie Maupin and Eliza Burnworth 
9. "Josh Billings on Marriage," Harry Atterbury 
10. "A Little Boy's Speech," Peter Wade 
11. "Hearts of Gold," Annie Harper 
12. "Doll Baby's Bath," Beulah Hall 
13. "The Rehearsal," Dialogue 
14. "Temperance Song," by the "little folks" 
15. "Boy's Rights," Homer Quisenbury 
16. "As the Years Pass On," Mabel Wade 
17. "The Boys we Need," Charley LaPlant 
18. "The Smooth Path," Earle Forrest 
19. "The Assessor." Characters: Mr. Taxshirk, Ira Kirtley; Mrs. Taxshirk, Lizzie Dixon; Sarah Jane Taxshirk, Jennie Collins; Bub Taxshirk, Elbert Maupin; Assessor, Orpha Todd 
20. Song, "The Song Bird," Oma Combs and Ulah Maupin 
21. "Legend of the Organ Builder," E.C. Lightner 
22. "(In) School Days, (Ida) Mitchell  
23. "Keep the Mill A going," Gussie Hensler 
24. "Smith and Jones," Walter Thomas 
25. "Which will He Marry?" Characters: Richard Wigger, E.C. Lightner; Timothy Tompkins, Orion Brownfield; Miss May Meadows, Addie Branham; Miss Salle White, Bertha Maupin; Miss Jane (Smith), (Vada) Lenhart; Miss (Unknown), Lizzie Dixon; Miss Emily Jones, Maggie Hensler; Miss Lucy Simmons, Tessie Waller; Miss Clara Evans, Eliza Burnworth; Miss Arabella Miggle, Ahee Love. 
26. Song, "Meet me Where the Pansies Lift Their Heads," Addie Branham, Bertha Maupin 
27."The Lazy Family," Katie Forsythe. 
28. "God Wills It So," a Plea and Answer. "Plea," Orpha Todd; "Answer," Addie Branham 
29. "Miss Edith helps Things Along”, Miss Carrie DeYoung 
30. "Borrowing Trouble." Characters: Mr. Borrow, Ira Kirtley; Mrs. Borrow, Nora Love; Miss Sopha Borrow, Eliza Burnworth; Mrs. Wiggins, Addie Branham; Lina, Tessie Waller; Detec. Spotem, Orion Brownfield; Dr. Dench, Orpha Todd”

Source: Untitled, undated article from unnamed newspaper. Extracted from the collection started in 1879 by Mrs. Nannie Brown of Madison, Missouri; provided by Kathleen Wilham.