The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-02-12
PAWTUxEL.

Flag day as Lincolns birthday is desig-
mated officially was celebrated today In
the local schools by means OF elaborate
programs and exercises which were at
tended by large numbers OF parents and
friends of the pupils.
AT the Commercial street school OF
which Mrs. Hattie G. Holt is principal.
flag drill by IL girls was a feature. and
silent salute to the flag TO which musical
accompaniment was played by Mrs.
Henry Shurtleff, pianist Tenting To-
night on the Old Camp Ground was sung
by five boys and every child i'm the school
took some part in the exercises aside
from the singing OF the patriotic airs.
An address was made by Joseph A.
Lathom which was very interesting.
At the Atlantic avenue school part OF
the school system OF the town OF War
wick exercises were given In each room
which were pleasing and showed the re-
suit or careful preparation.
In the higher room OF which Frank w.
Seabury Is principal the pupils participa-
ted I'm a song recital on the Songs of the
War which comprised the exercise with
remarks and "reminiscences BY visiting
In Miss Vogler's room the program i'm
cluded: Song. Marching Thro' Georgia,
school; resitation, Alexander Burdick; ex-
ercise Frank Larkham, Irving Eddy,
Percy Fitzgerald; recitation. Ethel TIVE
dell; song, George Cam. Myron sherman.
Gussie Willoughby; recitation. Margucr-
ite Luthy: recitation. Byron Smith. song,
Frank Harrigan: recitation, Frank An
derson; recita tion, Arthur stone: recita-
tion. Maud Ellis: reading. Lillian Brow
nell; song, The Battle Cry of Freedom
school; exercise, Julia Enos, Racilla
Muzzy, Mildred Hawkins. Mabel Ellis;
recitation. Joseph Whipple: recitation.
Lucy Davis; exercise. George Adams
Herbert Adams. Knight Tate; recitation.
Clarence Wyman: song, Inez Bell; recita
tion. Mabel Wickland; exercise, Ethel
Burlingame, Marion Tweedell, Gussie
Borden: recitation, May Pickering; recita-
ton, Arthur Greene; recitation, Harold
Burlingame; salute to flag by the school
AID closed with the singing Of America.
The lower grades, under Miss Sheldon,
included the singing OF America, school:
Song OF the Flag; recitations by Lila
Stone. Adolphus Gorton, Albert whitten
and Mary Robertson: reading. Stars and
Stripes, Prague sherman; song, Flag or
the Free. school Many Flags I'm Many
Lands. exercise by Heldar Levin. Ernest
Baleanque. Grace stone Florence Fitz-
gerald. Michael Tanbert. our Flag, Bert
Releandue; song Our Flag Colors school;
recital ton, our School Flag Walter Wall.
The Flag exercise by Matte Canney.
Minnie Burns. Marion Morse and Lotte
Wiley; recitation by schools our Flag,
song and chorus by Edna smith Matte
Cam. Florence Fitzgerald and Ethel
Steele. Flag Song recitation BY Edna
smith: Song to the Flag. apostrophe by
Ethel Steele and Leo Ellis.
iu Miss Cora Bornice Vestal's room the
exercises were Song, Flag OF the Free.
Salute TO the Flag" school; song. Ban
ner OF the Union. Union and Liberty"
Axel Daggard; Lincoln dialogue.
David Horton, Ethel Harris. Willie Cam.
Mildred Eddy, Jessie Brown. Nellie Jill
son and Willie Boyce; Grand Army Flag
Day" Martha Gilmore: selections by
Lizzie Gallagher, Lester Morse, Sgrid |
anderson. Gladys Adams. John Enos. !
Flag Song" Ernest Robertson: Song
II the Flag" school: "A King" Miriam
White; selections. W. Boyce, Dora shaw |
Miriam White. Emma Armstrong, Elna |
Armstrong, Ruth Davis; "Our Flag" |
Bertha SpraRue: THE Flag" Grace Bur |
school, Abraham Lincoln" Ferdle |
schadee. Barbara Frietchie. Ada sIaw- |
1ins. America" school.
The Ladies' Ala society Of the Pawtuxet |
Baptist church met yesterday with Mrs |
Lorenzo Sburtlcff on Sea View avenue. |
"a wtuxct Neck.
Choppequonsett council, ROYAL Area |
mum. met last night IN odd Fellows hall |
,n Broad street.
The river was very high this morning |
after tho rain and quite n freshot was |
noticeable. the low lands for quite dis |
lance above the falls being flooded Pie !
river IL still rising and Will probably con- |
Iinue % do go FOR several hours
The funeral services OF Mrs FREDERICK |
Alexander were held yesterday afternoon |
from her late home on Sea View avenue. !