Sumner High School - Maroon and White Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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7he WW Qwimd The theme of the Ninth Annual May Fes- tival was Spring Flowers. This theme was wisely chosen and it was magnificently por- trayed on May 12, 1939, in a colorful, spec- tacular spring carnival which was witnessed by a large crowd of citizens. Followed by their maids and attendants, the retiring queen, Gertrude McCellan, and the retiring spirit, Edward Edmonson, entered. Everyone watched the new sovereigns as they made their grand entrance, Olean Scott, the queen, and William McAllister, the spirit. After the coronation ceremonies, some May Festival customs were presented, including a May Pole dance, a Well Festival, and a Spring dance. About one hundred and five pupils appeared in the carnival, the most of them taking part in the Parade of Flowers in which sixteen states of the United States and fifteen foreign countries were represented. After this part of the program, a large portion of the crowd slowly made its way into the building to ob- serve some of the other interesting features of the Festival.

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