Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-08-20
Sunday School Outings.

Thursday and Friday of last week were
given over to Sunday school picnics.
Long professions OF children and lunch
baskets wendell their respective ways to
grove or water side, and wildeyed super
intendents, feeling the weight Of a nation
to be as nothing 10 the responsibilities
resting upon them, marshaled the hosts,
outwardly smiling but inwardly quaking
every time a tree was climbed or a boat
launched lest they should not be able to
return sound in wind and limb the adven-
turesome youngsters SO cOnfidingly en-
trusted to their care by doting parents.
The Baptist Sunday school and congre-
CATION to the number of eighty repaired
Thursday to Mari-Castle park, where a
most delightful day was spent. A bounti-
full dinner was served in the picnic house,
and games were played with zest by old
and young.
The Methodist Sunday school had its
picnic the same day at Judge Nichols
farm on Braintree hill. There were over
ffty in this party, whose members had
their dinner in the orchard, and visited
Rolling Rock and the Old Braintree Meet
ing House. There was also a lively base
ball game, in which some OF the ladies
joined, and in the afternoon came short
literary program, consisting OF readings
by Misses Edyth Rainey, Lettie Bailey and
Nav Wyman, and songs by Or. A. e.
Bailey. Fred Rainey, Ernest Drew, Glenn
Bailey, Misses Lettie Bailey, Edyth Rainey
and Stella Morse.
A good number attended the picnic of
the Cong1 Sunday school, which was held
Friday at the Rolling Rock on Braintree
hill. The day was an ideal one and the
ride delightful, with the distant noun
tans plainly in view. At noon the album
dance OF eatablN. proved sufficient to
satisfy the usual picnic appetites OF the
people The general opinion seems to be
that it was an outing even more enjoyable
than usual, some Of the older ones even
saying il was the best picnic they ever at
tended.
The Sunday school Of the Christian
church gave the most successful Of its
annual summer picnics Friday. The pro-
prietors of Lake Maizena, Mr.. and Mrs. r.
o. Blanchard Mr.. and Mrs. a. Il. Bass and
Mrs. F. +. DuBois-most kindly rendered
the hospitality of their delightful little
resort to the school and its friends who
repaired thither in large numbers. As
accurate a count as could be made fixed
the attendance at Dds. Teams conveyed
the people to and fro-those who pre-
ferred riding to walking. The day was
Just such day a. one would
choose for a picnic. Tables were spread
within the club cottage, ON its veranda
and by the waters edge, and here, by re-
peated servings, lS6 persons partook OF the
great abundance OF good things furnished
By the ladies, which was only sufficient
for the hearty appetites. After dinner,
there were songs-a duet by Misses Grace
and Gail Iamson and trios by Mr.. and
Mrs II. NJ. Reed OF Dorchester, Mass, /
and Miss Emma Moses. The Samsons, /
such a diversity in years as Dea. !
Fish and Master Godfrey Scott, tested |
their strength BY tug-of-war that lacked |
nothing in earnestness. Then came a |
somical tue race participated in by Elton /
Fish. Archie Constable, Martin Connolly 1
ind Claude Bruce, won by Connolly. /
There followed a holly contested scrub !
BALL game between teams captained by /
Rev. Fraser Metzger and Harry Clark, /
won by the latter, 10 to z. Many old /
has beensn became "coltsn for the time 1
being. only to be reminded by resulting 1
that they are indeed growing |
I'D. The only feature worth recording 1
vas a daring and successful slide home by /
W. r. Lamson, who maintains his reputa-
ion a. the star base runner Of the school. I
boat on the little lake was kept in con-
tant use BY the children. Altogether, the |
licnic Of % will 60 on record as "the /
lest yet