Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-05-24
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY FAIR.
Successful Sale, Supper and Enter
tainment Wednesday Evening by
the Congregational Women.

tne congregational women,
The ladies' association of the Cen
ire church held its annual fair in
Grange hall Wednesday night and it is
entitled to use red ink to designate it
in the associations entry book of sue
cesses. The weather was fine, the
attendance was large, the supper was
excellent, the entertainment was good,
the plan of the fair was new. and all
who were connected with the affair
are deserving of credit. The supper
was held from $50 to o'clock in
Grange banquet hall instead of the
church vestry, the usual place, and
the fair was in Grange upper hall,
which is better adapted for a fair.
The fair was conducted on the we'd
ding anniversary plan.
The wedding guests were received
by the president and vice president
of the association, Mrs. Fremont Ham
ilton and Mrs. II. e. Bond The first
booth to attract their attention was
| the honeymoon BOOTH trimmed with
festoons of crepe paper. This booth
was divided into two sections, one
for candy and one for flowers. The
candy was sold by Miss Mabel Hunt
and Miss Ella Waite and the flowers
| by Miss Marcia Parker and Miss
| Lucia Foster. The wooden and tin
anniversaries were represented by a
| booth in charge of Miss Ida Waite
and Miss Sarah Griswold, the articles
for sale being tin and wooden ware
| The decorations were unique and
| original, consisting of long curls of
shavings and twisted pieces of tin.
The paper anniversary booth was
! strikingly handsome with its decOra-
tions of pink crepe paper 1t was in
| charge of Mrs. c. II. Thompson and
Miss Pauline Fisk, and the articles for
sale were made of paper. The apron
table represented the linen anniver-
sary. 1t was trimmed with lilacs
and was in charge of Mrs. w. T..
Haigh and Mrs. II. f. Jordan. China
and glass. suggesting those anniver-
saries, were sold by Mrs. E. A. Starkey
and Mrs C. F. Bingham. Their booth
had handsome decorations of lilacs
and lavender.
Mrs. o. e. Randall and Miss Gene
We've Slate were in charge of the sill
yer anniversary table, on which was
an array of silver novelties. The
table was trimmed with silver paper.
! Decorations of yellow typefed the gol-
| uOl NtuullS army tl odl at d bOOlu
in charge of Mrs. George b. White
and Miss Jessie Gregg. Fancy ar
ticles were sold at this booth. The
diamond anniversary was symbolized
by booth trimmed with cotton bat
ting on which diamond dust was
| sprinkled. Lemonade was sold there
! by Miss Pearl Gibson.
The children found amusement at
a fish pond located in a luxurious
green underground and in charge Of
Mrs. F. E. Perry. In one corner of
the hall was an ice cream garden
lighted by Japanese lanterns in the
midst of evergreen trees. The garden
was kept by Mrs. F. G. Pettee and
Miss Florence Thorn.
At the close of the supper hour an
amusing play, entitled THE Lippin-
colt Street Church Coup" was given,
the cast including f. J. Waterman.
Harry Greene, Mrs. f. r. Bemis and
| Misses Florence Foster, Alice Water
man, Lucia Foster, Lillian Park, Pearl
| Gibson, Mabel Hunt, Eleanor Haas
| and Margaret Averill