TWENTY-FOUR ARE GIVEN DIPLOMAS AT BLOOMING GROVE     BLOOMING GROVE, June 2.-blooming_grove_high_school_Classmates\1933.htm (Spl.)—Twenty-four seniors of the Blooming Grove High school received their diplomas at the annual commencement exercises held in the high school auditorium Thursday night, with W. P. McCammon, president of the board of education of Corsicana, as the principal speaker.    Miss Kitty Ruth Matthews played the processional while the seniors marched into their designated places, and the invocation was pronounced by G. H. Brown, superintendent of the Blooming Grove schools. A violin ensemble number followed the salutatory address by Miss Viola George, second honor graduate. "Our yesterdays" was the class song presented by the seniors.    “Today” was the subject of the commencement address by Mr. McCammon, who explained the  importance of the occasion, briefly reviewed the training which the students had been receiving for years in preparation for the event, along with some information about what they might expect in the future.    The valedictory was delivered by Miss Marv Ruth Walker, first honor student.    The diplomas were presented to members of the class by Dr. C. C. Kelsey, and the scholarships were awarded to the honor students by Superintendent Brown.    In addition to the two honor graduates who appeared on the program, Willo Price was designated as the boy having the highest average.    Members of the graduating class included Wade Barton, Loraine Barry, Margaret Barham, Edna Blake, Minnie Blake, Ethyl Boyd, Lillian Bryant, Houston Duncan, Viola George, Ruth Griffin, Fred Griffin, Ernest Garrison, Buster Jordon, Tommie McCandless, Elmer D. McClure, Edwin Pearson, Willo Price, Lawrence Smith, Rutherford Stough, Louise Tillman,  Bertha Mae Tillman, Edgar Whorton, Christine Warren and Mary Ruth Walker.   The Corsicana Daily Sun -  Friday, June 2, 1933 Submitted by Diane Richards