Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-02-26
WlNDHAM COUNTY
BELLOWS FALLS.

Tho school census of the town or Rock
ingham which has just been completed
shows that there are 1,2j0 legal pupils,
that is between the ages of five and eigh-
teen. There are 512 boys and 67S girls
Field n Lawrence have recently COM
plctcd a new coal elevator which Is the
equal of any found in the smaller cities
Of New England. The firm began the con-
struction last August and It was ready
for the first carload of coal last week.
The capacity is 1000 tons.
Business at the Bellows Falls postoffice
is increasing rapidly so much so that
Postmaster Cannon has an additional
clerk. Nelson Is. ODER Mr.. Cannon has
asked for team to assist the carriers
who are much overworkcd. Receipts at
the postofiice were several hundred dol
lars more in January this year than
during January last year.
The class of 1906 Bellows Falls high
school, gave minstrel entertainment Mt
Union hall Monday. The advance de-
mand for seats was very large and the
hall was oversold several days ago. Every
seat was taken and the local hits and
Ernds and clever work OF the perform
ers, brought forth hearty applause. The
entertainment was for the benefit OF the
class fund ana a large sum was netted.
y number Of novelties were introduced.
among them being a hoop drill rendered
by nine young ladies', II cake walk artis-
tically rendered by l.. H. knight and Miss
Margaret Riley, John M. Hughes and
Miss Dorothy A. Busby Ralph NJ. knight
and Miss Anna NJ. Hennesey, Norman
Howe and Miss Lena f. Sawyer, Mark
A. Jackson and Miss Mildred A. Gould,
Hugh S. Kmbal and Miss Edith Nj. Nc
Donald. One of the hits of the evening
was the singing of Miss Marjorie
Winnewisser, who rendered when the
Blue SHY Turns to Gold" most attractive
L.
"A Ping Pong Man was very clever and
the Guartettc and double quartctte Sc
lcctione were especially attractive to the
audience. In the circle the tambos were
John i. Hughes and Henry G. Holmes
the bones, LEROY +. knight and w. &.
Hogan; the nterlocutor. Irwin 4. Fifield;
The end ladies. Misses Dorothy A. Busby,
Lena n Sawyer. Grace NJ. Illngworth
and Mildred y. Gould. The chorus in
Guided Misses Margaret NJ. Riley, Lula A.
Whitcomb Bernice II. Wilbur. Florence
Swift Anna Barry, Kathryn T.. Petty,
Louise A. Hay, Anna Hennesey. Marjorie
c. Winnewisser, Jennie Kreigcr. Blanche
Newman, Edith Mcdonald. Julia NJ. Me-
Carthv Mcssrs. Charles B. Sanford.
Charles McGreen, Harold n. Cady. Ralph
II. Knight, Norman Howe. Mark A.
jackson, Hugh s. Kimball. Carl c.. Dean,
Eugene j. Cray, Harold y. Reid and Ed
ward j. Howard. The overture and in
cidental music was by the % orchestra.
the musicians all being members of the
sophomore class. After the entertainment
the floor was cleared and the class and
their friends enjoyed dancing until n late
hour.
The Rev. S. II. McCollister d. D., Z
former pastor of tho Universaist Church
here and who has many friends in towI
was a passenger on the Madiana that was
dashed to pieces on the coral reefs OFF
Hamilton. Bermuda, on February 10, witt
l0o other passengers.
The Bellows Falls Trust company has
just completed the work of putting in q
modern first class vault rs good az any
in New England outside Of Boston.
The sophomores of the high schoo
cleared over 5000 at the minstrel show
which they gave Monday evening in Cnior
hall.