The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-05-08
VALLEY VILLAGES
Many Enjoy the Arbor Day Ex.
orCiSes at tho Various valley
Schools Today.

AT O'CLOCK the children assembled at
the various schools I'm order 10 celebrate
the day. The order OF exercises was prac-
tically the same at all OF the schools
the pupils. after rendering a program.
repairing to the outside and planting
either trees or shrubs. few were as
follows:
River Point school: In the grammar de-
partment: Selection from Emerson.
school; song. The Voice OF Spring.
school: selection from Hendron, school:
Scripture reading. school: recitation.
Fashion at the Court OF Queen Flora.
Hilda Taylor; song. May Blossoms school,:
recitation, Fashions OF Spring. Lucy Nc
Kenna; song. Mendon. school; song.
Spring. school; recitation. For Natures
Sake. Alice Brennan: recitation. Plants
and Flowers. William Carpenter: recita-
ton, The Crocus Soliloquy. Florence Pike
Ministry OF Flowers, school; recitation.
The Flowers. Bertha Conley; recitation,
The Brooks Complaint. Ethel M. sulli-
van: The Maple. school: recitation.
Maple" Kate Harris: The World. school;
song, The Violet. school. salute TO the
flag and American hymn.
Centreville school. I'm the grammar
room: Song. The Sunbeam. school;
scripture reading; song Spring and the
Flowers. school, reading The Flowers.
Muriel Lille: reading. The Use OF Flowers.
Grace Mccormick: reading. The Violet.
Helen Clarke; song. Who VIII? school:
reading. Learn a Little Every Day, Arthur
Pearson; reading. The Maple. Charles
Foster; reading. Plant Trees. James Bar
ry song. The Violet. school; reading, A
Brooks Complaint. Myra Jackson: read
ing. Work. Phillip Clark: reading, The
Voice OF Spring. Elizabeth Foster; song.
The Tree, school: quotations upon the
coming OF spring; plantation song, school.
AT the Washington school the following
was rendered: Singing, school choir;
recitation. May Carrie Green: recitation.
Grace Richmond: recitation. Little
Plants" Ralph Battey; solo. Down
Where the Cotton Blossoms Grow" Ella
Richmond: recitation. Suppose" Viola
Knight; recitation, The Violet" Lille
Miner; recitation. "Sunbeams' Tessie
Burdick: recitation, THE Opinions
Mary Plant; recitation. ''Discontent-
ment." Anna Rockford; recitation,
Learn Little Every Day" Ida Brom-
ley: singing, America" school
At the Anthony school the pupils met
as usual and held exercises In the princi-
pals room OF an appropriate nature, in
cluding rocitations and songs by the
school and later an adjournment was
made to the yard where tree was plant
ed and other exercises held.
At the Hope school although no exer-
cises were held the pupils spent some
time In planting shells about the yard
and were dismissed early and enjoyed the
remainder OF the day as vacation.
PHENIx.
Fred j. Hoxie. electrical engineer of
Phenix who has conducted "a successful
business for seven years, has sold out his
business there I'm order TO accept a posi-
ton with the Associated Factory Mutual
Insurance company of Boston as gen.
eral inspector. The business has been
purchased by the Phenix + lectrical com
pany which includes Elmer +. Page.
Charles n. Myrick. Charles X. Mauteson
and Nathan f. Kendall. Ii Is understood
that the new company intends to secure
It's charter very shortly. Mr. Hoxie. who
considered the offer made by the insur-
ance company for some time before ac-
cepting II, Is a graduate OF the Massachu-
setts Institute OF Technology. graduating
from that institution In 1892 with the de-
gree of B. s.
NATick.
narrow escape from horrible death
was had by an Italian. who conducts a
grocery business, yesterday morning,
when he drove across the track OF the
division OF the Consolidated
directly In front OF the train due there at
about $3.50. The fagman, who was looking
at something at the station did not see
he driver attempt to cross the rails and
apparently the man did not know that the
rain was coming at all as he drove across
directly I'm front of the engine which was
lust slowing up at the sta ton. The en-
yine struck the Wagon just a trihe In the
ear OF the centre and reduced II TO a
wreck. and 1t seems almost miracle
hat both driver and horse escaped with !
nothing more than few scratches. The
art was completely wrecked but that |
vas the only damage done.
ANTHONY.
The funeral OF Roscoe Read. the unfor- /
unate brakeman, who was killed at Cen \
reville on Tuesday. was held from his .
,arents home this afternoon. Rev. Daniel /
o. Bennett being In charge OF the service. \
'he floral tributes were very beautiful in /
luding notable pieces from the family.
he trainmen and from tho lodge of the
}. L. a. NJ TO which he belonged, the
after attending In body. At the conclu-
ion OF the service which was simple the
emans were taken 10 Knotty oak and
here Inferred lie was % years old and
VILLAGE HAPPENINGS.
As yet the epidemic Of smallpox which
as started in Quidnlck has not increas sed
eyond two cases, a strict quarantine is
eins maintained, however.