The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-13
RIVERSIDE.
Excellent Programs Were Rem
dered at the Schools YeSter-
day--0ther Items Of Interest

day AT all or the schools here yesterday
and at each school a goodly contingent
OF the relatives and friends OF the scholars
was assembled. The visitors were hearty
in their commentator Of the excellent
manner In which the programs. which
showed crcdtsble work on the parts of
both teachers and scholars had been car
ried out. The programs were as follows:
Willett Avenue School-Miss Violet
Leonard teacher: Song. Noble Repub-
lie. school: recitation THE Schoolhouse
Flag" Elsie Gardner; recitation. Our
Country" Edwin Mason; recitation, For
My Country" John Mcclure; recitation,
THE Battle Flag" Addie Kirby; recita-
ton. Abraham Lincoln" Mary Bannon;
recitation, ~ Free Land and a Free
Flag" Mary Dodge; song. America"
school: reading. Justice Tempered With
Mercy" Dorthy Burr: Lincoln Epl-
grams - pupils; recitation, The Par
DON" Mildred Adams; singing. Columbia
the Gem OF the Ocean" and I'VE Sing
His Praise" Susie Pollard; song, "Our
Pilot" Edwin Knight: addresses by mem
bers OF the Grand Army; song, The Star
Spangled Banner"
Turner Avenue Grammar school-Miss
Mary Lawson. principal; Miss Susie Scott.
assistant Song. Hail Rhode Island"
school: recitation. Welcome Bright
Flag" Earl Mason salute TO the flag,
/ school: response TO salute. Lnwood 3.
Woodward: recitation. The symbol of
| Sovereignty" Caroline Norris: commits
sioner's letter TO teachers and pupils, AL
len Williams: song, Long Live Amer
| tea" school: recitation, THE Battle
| Flags" Fern Johnson essay, Abraham
Lincoln" Grace Page. flag exercise, pu-
| pills of room No. 2: recitation. The Blue
! and the Gray" Emma Menzel: recita-
| tion. Her Papa" Lizzie O'Gara; Mem
ory Gems" pupils Of room No. 2: recita-
! tion. Betty Ross" Ethel Houghtaling
song, Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean"
Fern Johnson. Grace Page and Emma
Mcneil; recitation, THE Mother OF a
Soldier" Mabel Cornell: Words OF Lin-
coin" Anna Dennis; recitation. Dixie.
Edith Mason song. America school.
Turner Avenue Primary School-Miss
Hannah r. Read and Miss Florence Cady
teachers: Lords Prayer school; read
ing. Mr.. Stockwell's letter; song, Hail
| Rhode Island" school: recitation, The
| Flag" Jennie Dextraze: exercise. Lin
| coin" by Jed Gardner, Fred Balkom.
Frank Mereweather and William Bowen;
| recitation, Take Care" G<iys Pine;
| song Red. White and Blue school; re-
citation, Abraham Lincoln Elsie West
| field: exercise, ",rhe Schoolhouse Flag"
Agnes Thomas. Celia Reed and Mary
Nicholson recitation, Red. White and
/ Blue" Harold Sherman: recitation, 'Our
Colors." Nellie Taft; song ."Our Flag
Colors." school; song, Star Spangled
Banner" school: recitation. ''Manhood's s
| Town" James O'Gara exercise, Flag
Day" Irene Stone. Clara Burgess Edith
Lee. Velma williams, Flora Townsend
and Hazel Adams: recitation, Hello
Stanley White; exercise, Patriotism
| John Balkom, Beulah Medbery: recitation,
1 hal Niah IN r.
citation, Now" Helen Read: song,
| America" school: recitation. "A Free
Land: n Free Flag" Leons Mitchell; re-
| citation Wave, Starry Flag" Madeline
| Wrightington: recitation, our own Dear
Flag" Clyde Mathewson; exercise, What
| Our Colors Mean" Hattie Nichols, Irene
Mcguire and Helen Gaffney; lines. Hoxie
| Gammage. Katie Sonti. James Thomas
| and Sammie Southey; recitation, Flag
of the Free" Helen PAUL; recitation.
abraham Lincoln" Ruth Bently; reel
tation, Don't Give Up" Willie Schoen-
hardt; song, Long Live America,
school: salute to the flag, school.
East street school. Miss Peck principal;
Miss Ina DAYS.; schsol salute 10 the Dag;
| ..The Schoolhouse Flag" Ruth. Board
man; short recitations, members OF grade
so,,I FeT g,os My srsde Abraham Lincoin'
Russell Harrall; old GLORY Harold
Gilmore; "Our Tribute. nNe pVyss'
GrHD rhere sons rs pessis ssss'fS GSd eincon five
boys: American Flag" Joseph 0Gara'
recitation, Elsie Brown. Hannsh haNnyhus NI.irhe
snsirs stsrs and o stripes,' Ave children recita;
ton. Lille Fogarty song. pod odd GI3fSbb MrSbb.
school "Manhood's Town, Ralph ,o M,aIn- peIi-
com and Hanah Rayner; recitation. Rena
Williams: song, Ruth Boardman; Teeita;;
tlon; Ruth Higgins "ts5rnary Nd,I,s ndTeNs; drew;
,I,be Red White and Blue" three boys,
exercise. Abraham Lincoln, four chl,-
dren; song HAL, Rhode Island scnooi'
A CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS
John Townsend. an electrician employ
ed ut the local car hoHse' ,Ia oy,Ss wSs NJ ' the
switch light near Pecks corner recem,,iHh, ,.,,Ch
While ne was busily repairing the switSn
his right hand came I'm contact Win lne
i've wiTe and his hand was SO badly
burned that the attention OF physiciah
was required - ...,,,,,.
ed al the car house got his loot cauHnt
under the heavy truck used for shiiuns
cars, and crushed Il so badly, that ng
had TO go 60 the Rhode lslahu hosp''a'
Henry Baiiou slipped while going down
a fiigst OF stairs I'm Providence; snu Iea.
lnjufing himself SO badly that ne IS nov
| connned TO his home on the East Slue,
| Ills face and hands were severely cut
and his left shoulder was huru
GOOD BON LlNt
There was some very good bowling on
the local alleys last night between the
Canonicus Rowing club and the local
grocery clerks The latter won two out
~ the three strings. but the game was
, no walkover and at several times dttlhs
! the first two strings the two teams hau
each other guessing I'm the last string
| tho bowling was very close, the teams
being tied al the end OF the string.
The clerks pulled out on the roll-on, on
hut that only saved the string. as the
same WAS lost when the clerks got 10y
, with a winning score in the second, atteI
, having helped themselves TO the hrst ano
. | made their escape with II. ,,,,
/ The winning team had . total Of ~
IN their credit when the bowling was
fnished while all the points thet theil
antagonists could produce was l2O2 Allt
Aibro was the high roller. with t0ta
q of PSI TO his credit, Wesley IremDy
was second. with 253 pins, and Ellie
pierce and Johnny Mclaughlin were TIED
FOR third. with 2W pins
MIR. FLAGG's FUNERAL.
y The funeral of John A. Flagg. one OF th
/ oldest inhabitants of this place, was he'll