St. Clair County Schools

Appleton City Tribune
15 September 1908

Flag Raising

Large Crowd in Attendance to Witness Impressive Ceremonies.

As announced in last week’s issue, the presentation and raising of a flag at the high school took place at 4 o’clock last Friday afternoon and was witnessed by a large assemblage of interested spectators as well as the host of school children. The flag was presented with an appropriate talk by Mrs. Gillson, State Patriotic Instructor of the W.R.C., and Prof. Mott responded in an eloquent and earnest address. Prior to the presentation speech, the school children sang “America”. As the flag was being raised by Commander T.C. Brown and Comrade E.B. Smith, the pupils saluted and then joined in singing “The Star Spangled Banner”.
The program was in charge of Commander Brown. A large audience witnessed the exercises and the best of order prevailed.