The Newtown bee., 1896-09-04
BEDDING.
AN EVOLUTIONARY CONTEST.
and hour.

AN PROBATIONARY CONTEST.
 The medal contest, under the auspices of the R. k, F. C., which took place on Tbursdqy evening, was q great success. Tic hall was packed until there WAS "3tandtpg room only" The decorations were simply superb, and reflected great credit on those who planned them Fnga, bunting and autumn flowers were pleaded arricaDv together, forming a scene nest beautiful and artistic. The singing and speaking kept the large ard app1cciative audience interested to tsl" end, and ehcitcd rounds of applause. The medal, were awarded to 5, b. Powell and Miss Elsie BolsGord (. F. Sherman, Rev s. C. PAl>bury and Mrs N. II. Hill acted as iuGgcs. Without fntiDg fault with .he decision, it is To more than justice to the unsuccessful Contestants to Say that there WAS such Iarp quality of merit that it WAS RI open question as to whether some tb,t did not win were equally de- serving of the priz.. The recitatons giv- cn by Ms Mary r. Lyon, Mis- Ljlli@n Paterson and Mrs Nellie Wheeler were fine, and clicited great applause. ''Tot,l Humiliation, by Miss Eva Hanniford of Chicago, a little tot, was wonderful per formanco for one go young, and would have won 8 medal had she not been de- barred by reason of her age. She was en- cored twice and brought down the house every time. She is niece of Mrs Henry Sanford, whom she is visiting. The singing was 8 feature of the occasion The solos by David Williams and Mrs FL bert Sanford were well received As 10 Miss Maude Bowdy, her reputation as a fine singer is 600 well established to need any praise from Us. It is enough to say he did credit to her fine powers as 4 singer. On the whole the performance vas q great success and the receipts were generous, enabling the club to pay up all their debts. We give herewith the pro- gram;
 Chorus, "Red, White and BIue."
 "A Vision of the Civil War" s. D. Powell.
 "Liberty," E. M. Botsford.
 Solo, Miss Alice Ayers.
 ''Why Should the Spirit of Mortal be Proud, Charles Grumman.
 Solo, Mrs Ebert Sanford.
 Boy Billy" Lillian Patterson.
 Quartet.
 Guilty or Not Guilty" Miss Elsie Botsford.
 'rhe Men of Gloucester, '' Mary F, Ly- on.
 Solo, Miss Maude Bowdy.
 ''The Women of Mumble Head" Miss Nellie Wheeler.
 Chorus, ''Battlc Hymn of the Repub. lie"
 ''The Last Hymn,'' Grace Williams.
 Solo, David Williams.
 Chorus, ''America.
 ''Total Humiliation" ," Eva Hanniford.
 Master Aaron Sanford and his grand mother, Mrs s. Osborne, were the frs to travel over the new park road, now nearly finished. Though they found some parts rather hard road to travel, they got through all right.
 Emory P. Sanford has bought the horse power and thre3her from his un- cle, Charles, and is prepared to do good work for all who need his services.
 Mrs Lucy Lee, mother of Mrs s. B. Os- borne and Town Clerk Gurdou B. Lee of Bridgeport, celebrated her 90th birthday, Thursday, August 27. Among those who were present on this rare occasion were Cs D. 4AcG duA W14Ss MAES 1 0Ileb D. G1E&y y ACSf sister, Charles Armstrong and wife and Fred s. Banks and three children. Mrs Lee is still hale and hearty.
 Dennis Dorgan has given up his posi- tion as mOtorman on the Danbury and Bethel trolley line to accept better place i'd NaugaUuck.
 ~ Cornelius Dorgan, who is superintend- ent of large farm in Orange, has been taking rest at home for few days.
 C.F. Sherman has been elected secre- tary of large Mckinley and Hobart club in Mount Vernon.
 Mir Collard, who taught the Academy, last year, Is visiting old friends. He will enter Rochester University, this fall,
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 STEVENSON.