The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-07-05
cbildren,s Day at the Baptist Church.

The Baptist church was very prettlly
trimmed for children's day last sunday
morning. Along the front OF the plat
form was tennis net filed with sprays
of hemlock. Upon the platform were
GROUPED maidenhair ferns, large river
ferns, iardneres of daisies and clover
blossoms and towering above all a beau
tiful palm. As the organlst played the
professional the children OF the sunday
school marched down the center AISLE
going twice around the church. The trst
30 children carried large wreaths OF ever
green tied with large white bows ana, as
fhev marched down the center aisle the
second time, they hung these wreaths on
the pews as they passed, \ pretty tea
ture of the exercises was the placing OF
the fern-covered baskets on the railing
OF the choir gallery by eight little maid
ems. The following was the program;
Scripture reading.
PRAYER Rev. Mr.. Gushee
Welcome Miss Ruth Reed
The First Children's Day,
Miss Maude Greenwood
Bible Baskets, Exercise by Marian Cum
minps. Katie Chase, Ruth Reed, Ella
Ware. Alice Cushing, Nina Jones, Mi
randa Marsh and Doris Bemls.
Music, The Choir
The Nearest Duty, Mildred Phillips
At the Ton Ernest Bemis
Orr Privilege. Ruth Watson
The Flowers Sunday, Ethel SPARKS
Music.
Boys of Today, Raymond Phillips
Ungarnered Sheayes, Bessie Dutton
Gods Jewels, Kay BemIs
Music.
Erving Macdonald
Jesus's Love- Exercise by Rosa Watson,
Ruth Hob, Marjorie Reed and SYLVIA
Kidder.
At Jesuss feet, Merrill Sparks
Song. Wen Try to Make Jesus Glad,
Miranda Marsh, Katie Chase, Merrill
Sparks and Erving Macdonald.
The Little Ones Sermon,
Eloise Cummings
Reautifu1 Things. Gordon Gushee
A Busy Small Boy, Richard Davis
Remarks by the Pastor.
Collection.
Music.
Benediction.
Much credit is due Mrs. E. A. Ken;
Won who had charge of the exercises and
Mrs r. D. Phillips who had charge. OF
the music. The choir was composed OF y
young women from the Sunday school,
0. w. Follett was in Weston over Sun
day.
E. J. Jones has exchanged horses with
Mr.. Corser.
Miss Olive Pierce spent Monday in
Brattleboro.
Miss Cassie Marsh of Brookline is at
Don Boutelle's.
Miss Ella Stebbins has returned from
Springfield, Mass.
Miss Gertrude Pike has returned to her
home in Wardsboro.
William Bemis of Athens is painting
J. o. Follett's farm.
John Dale and Park Osgood spent
Tuesday in Brattleboro.
LYMAN H. Gale and Frank Gale drove
to Rockingham Tuesday
Misses Florence and Myrtle Marsh are
visiting in Amherst, Mass.
Mrs. Sage of Jamaica visited her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Julian Taft, last week.
A number of people from New York
city are boarding at G. z, Stebbns 5.
Mrs. Holden of Turner'S Falls, Mass, is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Frank Pierce.
Mrs. ,Gushee is entertaining her moth
er and a friend at the Baptist parson-
age.
Mrs. Horace Bigelow has gone to
Canaan, Vt, to visit her son and daugh-
ter.
Will Brooks of Saxtons River was in
town Sunday and called on Homer Am
brose.
The Dorcas guild will meet with Mrs.
H. c. Franklin next Wednesday after
noon.
Fred Boutelle of New York recently
visited his parents, Mr.. and Mrs George
Boutelle.
Mrs. Paine and her son of Springfield,
Mass are visiting her cousin, Mrs. E.
Macdonald.
The Townshend ball team played the