May Day Fete- May 4, 1929 Jacksonville Florida

May Day Fete

Into the smooth, green circle of May, Spring Time dances. Descending the throne,

she carefully examines the work of her chosen subjects,

to be sure that there shall be nothing to disappoint her guests.

Finding everything lovely she beckons the Herald to announce

the coming of the Queen and her court,

Spring welcomes her Queen and guests, leading them to a

beautifully prepared throne, where the crowning of the Queen takes place.

Spring then signals for the court entertainment to begin.

Much to her surprise, Spring sees Jack Frost, an unvited guest,

dancing gaily among the crowd. Hurrying over, she pleads with him to go away.

When Jack Frost departs. Spring is happy again and the May Pole dancers,

Rosebuds, Grasshoppers, Fairies, Butterflies and Rainbows are ready to

dance before their new Queen.

THE COURT

Queen Betty Ball

Train Bearers Frances Oltroggie, Julian Gammon

Maid of Honor Margaret Hughes

MAIDS IN WAITING

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Mary Ella Hedrlck Polly Walker

Helen Walsh Virginia McCaslin

Susan McNeil . Augusta McNair

Adele Youngberg Hazel Emory

Garland Bearer Henrietta Thames

Scepter Bearer Genevieve Estes

Crown Bearer Dorothy Ann Sisk

Jester Arthur Trenary

Flower Girls Julia Weed, Mary Ann Attwood

Pages Charles Juhan, Jerome Knauer. Jr.

Presentation of flowers to Queen from Mimosa Circle of the Garden Club

Virginia Peyton, Mildred Bates

OPENING NUMBER, A MAY MORNING. (By Denza)

VIRGINIA PEACE

SPRINGTIME

Betty Hamilton. Marguerita Kaufman

MAY POLE

Margaret Martin, Nancy Hughes, Betty MacPherson, Louise Adair, Sidney Adair,

Beatrice Raiford, Betty Payne, Beverly Haile, Frances Linning, Louise Thompson,

Louise Burroughs, Agnes Parramore.

ROSE BUDS

Ruth L'Engle (Leader); Jane Hardacre, Betty Semmes, Elaine Sheftall, Betty Sheftall,

Nova Shei tall, Claire Cashen, Elise Wishar, Hope Wishar, Marjorie Hore, Betty Hartman,

Mary Let-Rowland. Lois Arnheiter, Marjorie Andrews, Solden Kirby-Smith, Eleanor Mahoney,

Winifred M. Harry, Dorothy Payne, Eleanor Bayer, Julia Weed, Virginia Clark, Anne Register,

Mary Scott, Joanne Harper, Barbara Brittain, Jone Hawkins, Martha White, Mary Sandberg,

Olive Heston, Margaret Triesback, Joan Chiasson, Alice Oldham, Miriam Oldham, Jess McCall,

Wynelle Gurganious, Eleanor Law, Virginia Boyd, Carolyn Bennet.

GRASSHOPPERS

Bill Scovel (Leader): Alfred Swann, Gordon Scott Lake, John Edwards, William Kelly,

William Jones, Jack Matthews, Bobby Rutherford, Sandy Bayer, Charles Brobston,

Judge May, Robert Carter, Yardley Buckman, Wallace Gurgainous, Joseph D. Weed,

FARIES

Becky Lockwood (Leader): Kathryn Register, Jean Holmes, Anne Roess, Martha White,

Jaunita Nickens, Edna Swann, Katherine Russell, Betty Hendry, Blanche Ulmer,

Gertrude Robinson,Leginia White, Dorothy Green, Willie Murphy Alderman, Peggy Fretwell,

Ora Inglish, Mary Ellen McCall, Babs MacPherson. Claire Johnson.

BUTTERFLIES

Mary Champlain L'Engle (Leader): Evelyn Attwood, Charline Cranford, Marian McCrory.

Cone Carter. Frederick Gardiner, Nada Coffee, Anna May, Barbara Ramback, Catherine Knight.

Troy Tibbs, Sallie Tutewiler, Dorothy Gammill, Verna Spofford, Loraine Blanton. Ann Scovell.

Katherine Carroll, Katherine Dempsey, Caroline Reid, Ann James, Dorothy Reid. Betty Cashen,

Betty Towers, Patricia Pringle, Mary Jane Palmer, Margaret Baker, Winifred Gammanway,

Estelle Combs, Edith Anderson, Anna Mae Pavey. Claire Cason. Elizabeth Holmes,

Emma Lee Johnston, Anne Peacock. Mildred Davis, Claude Anne Rhodes

RAINBOWS

Mary Elton (Leader): Peggy Palmer, Charles Virginia Bessen, Naomi Marshall,

Cynthia Thompson, Shirley Screven, May Ingle, Margaret Sanford, Catherine Bacon.

Margaret Mason, Lydia Craig, Elizabeth Summerall, Christine Gammanway,

Helen Frances Brown.

JACK FROST

Arthur Merill (Leader); Arthur Triesback, Whitfield Cave. Charlie Towers,

Waeley Paxson, Buddie Harrison. Al Inglis, Harry Douglass, Jack Balfe,

Al Oosterhout.

MAY DAY COMMITTEE;

MRS. CYRIL C. COPP,

President St. Helena's Guild.

MRS. STRACHAN BARRET,

Vice-President St. Helena's Guild.

Chairman of May Day Fete.

MRS. STRACHAN BARRET and MRS. E. J. ESTES.

Staging of Pageant. Costume Designs, Decorations.

MRS. PHILIP BALL, MRS. BURTON BARRS, MRS. JEROME KNAUEK.

Assisting in Staging Pageant.

MRS. PHILIP BALL,

Chairman of Stage Decorations.

MISS MARIE GRAVES,

Drawing of Costume Designs.

MRS. RALPH PAYNE.

Chairman of Building Booths.

IN CHARGE OF REHERSALS

May Pole Mrs. Hoke Sisk

Rose Buds Mrs. Dutch Stanley, Mrs. Charles Grinei

Grasshoppers Miss Nettie Mathers

Fairies Miss Nettie Mathers. Miss Esther Toomer

Butterflies Miss L. V. Swain

Rainbows Miss L. V. Swain, Mrs. Lee Rowland

ST. HELENA'S GUILD COMMITTEE

Circle No. 1—Mrs. Charles Mann, chairs.

Circle No. 2—Mrs. W. M. Smith. Ice Crear and cake.

Circle No. 3—Mrs. Charles Folz, flowers.

Circle No. 4—Mrs. Charles Lloyd, gates.

Circle No. 5—Mrs. L. M. Henley, candy

Circle No. 6—Mrs. Malcolm Brafleld, gates.

Circle No. 7—Mrs. John Elton, cold drinks.

Circle No. 8—Mrs. J. C. Merrill, Tea Garden.

Circle No. 9—Mrs. Lee Rowland, ponies.

Circle No 10—Mrs. W. W. Simmons, grab bag and balloons.

Programs—Courtesy of Evans Printing Co.