Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-12-29
ENJOYABLE Yuletde Exercises.

The annual reunion and rollcall OF
the Congregational church was helu
this wear on Christmas day, and
very pleasant and profitable Tune was
enjoyed After the exercises or the
rollcall the members OF the church
and society and their friends ana chil-
dren assembled in the town hall for
the consideration of most excellent
dinner which the committee, Mrs. At
wood, Mrs. f. H. Allbee and Miss
Blanche Brigham. had In readiness.
over a hundred sat down at the hrst
table. and gave a most hearty APP
prevail to the good things set before
them After the hungry had been at
tended to, the party adjourned to the
audience room of the church for the
toasts. a. f. Park did the honors OF
the occasion in pleasing manner ana
called on the following for remarks
our Girls" DR.. +. L. Osgood; our
Churches" Deacon j. o. Toilette; our
schools" Rev. G. II. Baker; our Air
Castle" Mrs. f. b. Batchelder: our
Choir" Fred T. Randall. our Boys,
j. H. Ware. These toasts were all
responded to with more or less noint
and some hearty laughs were evoked
| in the process. After some further
informal discussion the meeting dis
solved itself into several component
parts which went their different ways
on their own business bent, to come
together again in the evening for the
| Christmas tree and social hour
| During the intermissfon from dish
washing and table clearing the three
! trees on the platform of the town hall
| blossomed out in the gayest of gay re-
| gala, and by the time the little folks
| gathered in the evening they We're OBJ
| iects worthy to be stared at and Won
dered over Some other transforma-
| tons had taken place in the nan our
! ing the latter part of the evening, ana
| Notwithstanding the fact that the
room had been carefully swept on sat
urday. there was abundant evidence
Iof cobwebs and tangled Irvine ana
snarls of bright colored string in every
corner and around most of the walls
These. it was learned afterwards. were
for the Youngsters to do stunts with.
The first one was to be blindfolded
and whirled about and turned loose
| to find a string hanging down from the
ceiling with some candy attached III
one could find this and cut 1t off with
the scissors provided for the purpose
| then one could eat the candy. Then
several boys and girls were given the
end of a piece of Irvine and instructed
to follow it wherever it went, untangie
| its tangles and discover what was at
the other end. While the explorers
were following UP their various clues,
| some of the older boys and girls chose
| sides and entered on a contest to see
who could remember or invent the
| most Mother Goose Jingles. That
good dame must have turned several
/ times in her tomb at some OF the I'M
giles which were charged up to her
account. but it amused the people.
Honors were even in this great con-
| test, as one representative from each
side. Mrs. o. w. Toilette and Miss May
Howe stood valiantly on the scene
of contest. whence all but they mao
fled. After the Mother Goose recital
had subsidized. the master Of cere-
monies. Fred Randall, called for a reci-
tation by Lola Van Valkenberg. a song
by Mildred Corser a recitation by
| Merle Randall. also one by Mabel
Rand, and then the business OF the
evening, the gathering of the fruit or
the Christmas trees. was begun, much
to the delight of the small folks. ana
not entirely to the disapproval OF
some of the larger ones. The tree
committee. Mrs. Gregg. Mrs. Randall
and Mrs. Knapp. furnished pleasant
| evening. All seemed to have a good
time. and although one small boy in
| formed his paternal ancestor that he
wanted more presents. ne seemed TO
be clinging to those he had with con-
siderable interest. Another small boy
gave expression to his observations on
the events of the evening by the re-
mark that he got good many pres
ents himself. but there were some who
had more.
Now that we look back on the
events they present quite a strenuous
program. but the weather conditions
were favorable. the different events
went off nicely and we are well con-
tent. and feel that it has been a most
pleasant and enjoyable yule-tide sea-
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