Ilion High School - Class of 1955

Herkimer Evening Telegram - June 24, 1955

Baccalaureate For Ilion High Graduates Set

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Baccalaureate For Ilion High Graduates Set

ILION - Three Ilion clergymen will figure in the annual baccalaureate service of Ilion High School at 7:30 p. m., Sunday in the school auditorium, when more than 90 members of the graduating class will gather for the occasion with their families and friends.

This service annually precedes the actual commencement exercises of the school, which this year will take place Tuesday night in the Capitol Theater.

The more serious final moments of their schooldays will be emphasized to the graduates at the annual service at which the Rev. Arthur L. Lacey, pastor of Ilion Baptist Church, will give the baccalaureate sermon on the topic, "Beyond the Map's Edge."

The Rev. Carlton Van Ornum, pastor of Ilion Methodist Church, and the Rev. Charles H. Bartlett, pastor of Ilion Presbyterian Church, will participate In the service with Mr. Lacey.

Members of Ilion High School's Orpheus Choir will appear during the program with a rendition of the anthem, "Open Mine Eyes."