Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-02-27
Prize Reading and Speaking al
Eelchyille,

An interesting entertainment took
place at the Baptist church at Felch.
vile on Thursday evening last before a
crowded audience. The occasion was
the reading and speaking by the pupils
OF the public schools for nine prizes fur
nished at the joint expense of the well
known Snowman, G, M. Clalk aad Gil
bert A. Davis, Esq, superintendent OF
the public schools of the town of Read.
ing. The prizes offered we're volumes of
poems of Shakespeare, Shelley, Burns,
Byron and other standard authors.
The committees of award we're COM
posed of the following we'll known gen.
tlemen:
On Reading-Dr. Harvey NJ. Guild,
Daniel A. Wheeler, L O., of Perkins
vile, and John Mccullough, Esq.
On Speaking-Rev. Eli Ballou, d. d.
of South Woodstock, Rev. George A.
Parker, of Felchville, and Fred A. Shat.
tuck, West Windsor.
Twenty-one boys gave declamations
and thirty-seven girls read.
The committee, in considering the
awards in the third division in Reading
had difficult task. Thirteen young la
dies had read and all in a superior STYLE,
with evidences of great care, study and
preparation not being a poor
reader among them. Their names are
all given: Minnie Carter. Ada Dodge,
Lizzie Kinsman, Stella Gould, Nellie Da-
Wis, Hattie Vittum, Minnie Fay, Irene
lockwood, Dora Stearns, Inez Watkins,
Abbie Weston, Isabelle Wilkins.
We have not space for the names of
those in the other divisions. They all
did well, and each was worthy of
prize.
AWARD OF PRIZES IN READING.
First division Girls under / l, to Stel.
la NJ Bryant, s years old.
Second division-Girls between l | and
10; first prize to Lizzie r. Davis, aged
10; second to Hattie L. Kendall, aged IS.
Third division-Girls above Is; first
prize to Minnie G. Fay, aged 16 second
to lnez Watkins, aged 16.
IN SPEAKING.
First division-Boys under IA; first
prize was awarded to Hiram Randall,
aged II second to Ashbel Coolidge, aged
IS.
The effort of Frank Clark, Is years
of age, indicated orical talent of supe-
rior grade He brought out with good
effect the points in Walter SCOTS Com
bat"
Hiram Randall's selection was " King
Cables Feast and that of Ashbel
Coolidge "The burial Of Arnold" by N.
P. Willis. Ruel Jessmer, Chas. Gould,
Burnie Willis, Herbert Davis, George
Wood, Albert Carter, Ciaud Clark, Ed
die Davis, Alva Davis did themselves
credit, and each deserved prize, if for
no other reason, than for the courage to
try.
Second division BOYS over IA first
prize vas awarded to Earnest Wilkins,
aged IA second to Samuel K. Chamber
lain, aged Is.
Wilbur Kendall with Opportunity
for Work closely contested the second
prize with 5. K. Chamberlain, and a ma
ority Of the committee decided.
John Giddings, Fremont ellison, Mon
ord Wilkins, Chas. Davis, Frank Davis
md Geo. Parker, are all worthy of praise
md our advice to them is, persevere,
Ind overcome any defects that the COM
nittee may have discovered.
The prizes were presented to the sue
,essful competitors with appropriate re-
marks by Rev. DIR. Ballou, Rev. George
4. Parker ard d. A. Wheeler, ESQ.
The pupils ofthe Felchville public school
furnished some excellent singing. Also
he quartette under the leadership of o.
J. Holden. The instrumental music was
y Hawkins band Albert Carter, a
title boy, sung "The Little Brown Jug"
7hich brought down the house."
The occasion was one of rare intere
0 the community and will tend to slim
late the children of the public schools
0 their best endeavors for improvement.
uch stimulants to our public school /
hould be offered more frequently in all
ections. A good example has been fur
ished by Felchville, and its influence,
9th upon the public schools and the
Dmmunity, will be beneficial.
We are sure that the children of the
ublic schools, as well as the people feel
rateful for the pleasant and profitable {
afforded them on this oc-
aston. T
A DEAD BEAT.-A man came to Rut-
md, on the 18th inst, registering his
anne on one of our hotels at j. II. Ruth. n
ford, Burlington. He claimed to be a
Urn doctor, and sells patent burning