Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-07-06
INDEPENDENCE OBSERVED
rowNsHEND ENJOYS A DAY OF SPORTS
AND FEAsTINa
Closing with a Fine Program Of Vocal and
Instrumental Musie-The Details OF tho
Day In ruil-The Prixes-other News OF
Townshend,

Every one tsok an extra nap ON the morn
ing OF the Fourth for the pattor OF the
rain on the roof seemed TO foretell day al
home. About s o'clock, however, the skies
cleared, the hrecrackers and torpedoes wei
coined the sun, and people began to bestir
themselves in earnest. while the small boys
registered a vow to let no one think any
thing but "bangi bangi bsngp' all day
long; vow which they rigidly fulfilled
probably TO their own satisfaction
At $50 a. m. came tho 1o0'yard dash for
small boys, John Marks winning the first
prize and John Dale the second prize.
No one entered for the three'legged race
The lO0.yard dash was won by Harry
Sparks, the second prize going to II. stone
In the potato race for small boys, George
Gates won first prize and John Dale second,
The standing broad jump was won by
Harry Sparks, Fred osgood second
The running high jump was won by II.
Stone. @. Landman second.
In the running high jump, H. Stone won
first prize and A. Railway second
The first prize in putting tho shot was
won by Fred 0sgood, the second by Fred
Lawrence.
Two ball games were played by Towns
bend vs. Rawsonville on Reeds field the
score Of the morning game being 10 to o.
in favor Of Townshend and that Of the az
ternoon game, to 5, in favor OF Towns
bend. The home team has played 10 games
this year and won 0.
The score by innings Of the afternoon
game was:
I23456 7s9
Rawsonyille 400 o 0 0 0 %
Townshend 2o110 o 0 0 Is
On the common was very attractive ice
cream booth where Miller's ice cream was
dispensed to the satisfaction Of all buyers
the proceeds going to the Athletic assoca
ton as did also the proceeds of the ball
game.
Dinner was served at the town hall at
noon, the tables being prettily trimmed with
roses and beautifully laden with good things
to eat. The proceeds of the dinner as well
as of the concert go to Leland and Gray sem
mary.
In the evening came the concert at Acad'
envy hall which was decorated with bunting,
potted plants and roses. The program as
given in full last week was rendered to the
great satisfaction Of the audience
All of the artists were generous in re-
spending to encores and the audience re-
ceived far more than the program promised.
1t was the first time that the baritone,
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Townshend but the hearty applause proved
that his fine voice was appreciated. His rem.
derng of Bucks Creole Love Song was par
ticuarly good.
Mrs Mckay has been studying under
Professor Canterbury of Boston and shows
the result of careful training. Her voice
is most pleasing and her enunciation ex'
cellent For her first encore she sang one
OF the sweetest Of all slumber songs while
her rendering OF Ashore showed the touch
of the true artist
Miss Dale has spent three years in study,
the last under Miss Isabel Bratnober Of Chi.
cago and has come back to us with the same
ease and naturalness that has always charm
ed her audience and with an added power
and finish in her always sweet and sympa-
thetc voice. 1t is a pleasure to hear her,
she sings with so little apparent effort while
her talent is so versatile that she is able to
render anything from difficult solo in an
oratorio to simple Irish love song with
equal ease and charm.
Her last encore was most happy ending
to the program and left every one with
smile on his face.
Mrs Harry Danner of Beaufort, s. O., ac'
companied Miss Dale and proved herself an
able pianist.
The hearty applause which greeted Miss
Stoddard's first appearance proved her to be
favorite She played with her usually
fine technique her best selection being Won
Webers Invitation to the Dance.
Unfortunately the applause was punctuat-
ed from time to time by cannon crackers
fred by thoughtless boys outside.
Among the many who were in town for
the Fourth were Mrs. Music Skinner and
Mrs. Howard of South Londonderry, Miss
Ethel Butler of Jamaica and Miss Ida Maher
of Newfane.