The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-06-25
PAWTUXET VALLEY.
Graduating Exercises at River
Point Gram mmar School.
An Intoxicated Man Narrowly Escapes
Serious Injury-N0teS.

The graduating exercises of the River
Point grammar school occurred in Thorn
toms Opera House this afternoon. There
was large attendance of the parents and
friends of the scholars who listened with
close attention 10 the program which had
been arranged by Principal Nye The
exercises commenced at two O'CLOCK and
from the beginning to the close the
strictest attention was paid by the au-
dience to the program, which was eXcep-
tionally well rendered by the children.
The program was as follows:
Song. ITO the Field" chorus; recita-
tion, Vacation, Florence Pike, song,
Won't You Play Houseg" Gertie Nc
Intyre; song. "Birdie's Ball, four
scholars from room No. 4; duet Good
Night Papa" two girls from room No
g recitation, "Sheridan's Ride" Allie
ii. knight; recitation, Guilty or Not
Guilty?" Phebe Hopkins; recitation
"After Match, Frod A. Gibson; reci
tation, dedication OF Gettysburg, 4"
Joseph Hamill; song, Daisy" chorus !;
composition, Willie b. Ellsbree; recita-
tion, Brooklyn Bells" Ella NJ. Conley;
recitation, How We Killed the Rooster, 4"
George w. Brennan; recitation, Grand
mas Wedding Dav,' Jessie PikeI reci-
tation, what Edith saw from Her
Window" Ethel Knight; recitation,
no DbHHtI lUbb bHb Nbilh,
Nellie Flynn; song THE Herdsman s
Home" chorus.
This evening tho graduating class will
enjoy supper and social at the residence
of Principal Nye at PhcniA. The gradu-
ates were Fred Allen Gibson, William
Brockway Ellsbree. George W. Brennan,
A bert Howard knight. Joseph HamiIl
Nellie May Flynn; Phebe Alzada Hop
kins, Jessie Hawloy Pike Ella Mary
Conley Ethel Eliza knight.
The ushers were Thomas MCGUIRE.
Marcus Jones, Bessie Adams and Theresa
Mckenna
The graduating exercises of the Phenix
school were held In Temperance hall at
Clyde this afternoon and the scholars
fairly "did themselves proud" and re-
flected great credit on the teachers who
have had them in charge for the past
year The program was as follows !:
Song, "A Welcome We Sing" chorus !;
essay, The Growth OF Our Navy, !"
Ernest &. Wright; selection, waltz. La
Ababcete orchestra; recitation, "The
Skeleton in Armor, Anna T.. knight;
Benuett; recitation, "Step by Step, I"
Elmer Il. Lawrence piano solo, "Roses
de Boheme,' Alice A. Bradley; recta-
tiUn, LA Fiesta March, orchestra; reci-
taiton, Selection from Sleepy Hollow, T"
Alice A. Bradley essay, Washington
fNlnR, EuUh IA. 1OlllnhD, fecltOtlOD,
Lincoln" Duncan Campbell; essay,
"1he Class of '97," Elizabeth V. Carroll.
The graduates were: Florence Estella
Bennett; Alice Anna Bradley, Duncan
Campbell, Elizabeth Veronica Carroll,
Edna Edith Hollihan, Anna Eva knight,
Elmer Ellsworth, Lawrence and Ernest G.
Wright s
Mr. Euclid Mumford, one of the oldest
and best known residents OF Phenix Is
dangerously i'll at his home on Ames
street.
a man who was evidently under the In.
fluencs of liquor came very near being
seriously injured at the Clyue depot hast
evening. lie attempted Co board tho
train after 10 had started from tine depot
but missed his footing and fell on the plat
form OF the stntIOn. Whoh picKed up by
the station agent who saw him fall he
was much more sObor and bruised
man than when he recklessly attempted
TO board the moving train.
Rev. NJ. H. Reddy has been appointed
pastor of ST. Marys church at Bristol
"A team belonging 90 Raymond Mhipple
of Natick broke down nt Lippitt ycster-
day afternoon and biockadod tho street
for sometime before IL could bc repaired