Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-05-31

Wednesday night ana yesterday was all
that the most eXaCting could ask, not
cold, yet with enough of a bracing air to
give vigor The program, including the
parade, exercises at the Auditorium, at
the common and decoration Of the graves
in all the cemeteries, was well prepared
by the committee in charge and every
part of it went off with unusual smooth
ness The day was SO fine that nearly 80
veterans turned out and only a few of
them would consent to ride in carriages.
Sunday Observance and the School Pro-
grams.
The Memorial celebration began Sunday
when the Sedgwick post c. y. r., and the
Woman's Relief corps attended service in
the West BrattebOrO Baptist church' In
spite of the disagreeable weather an un-
usually large number were out and two
special cars were needed to carry them
to West Brattleboro. The post and corps
assembled at the hall at $50 o'clock ana
took the special cars soon afterward.
The West Brattleboro Baptist church
was profusely decorated with flags and
flowers and the pastor, Rev. j. A. Mitch
ell preached a fitting sermon. The mu-
sic was especially good, the program IN
GLIDING selections by the Baraca male
quartet and solos by Harland Miller. Del
egatons from the post went to Gulltoru
and Dummerston in the AFTERNOON u ueC-
crate the graves.
The memorial service for sOldier-sailors
was observed Wednesday evening on the
Connecticut river bridge. In former years
II has been held Memorial day but there
are so many other services and duties 10
perform that it was thought best 10 nave
il earlier. 1t was simple and enectlNe III
the twilight A large number from the
most and many from the corps gathered
on the centre of the bridge and strewed
flowers on the current in memory OF the
dead sailors Commander John n. Iuck-
er of the post cast upon the waters
wreath of laurel from the Grand Army
and A. L. Harris one of laurel and apple
blossoms from the Sons of Veterans anu
a representative of the navy bouquet
one of the prettiest parts of the service
was the chorus of 30 school children who
strewed flowers and sang patriotic songs
Rev. G. B. Lawson of the Baptist church
offered prayer and a male quartet from
the Methodist church sang.
The spirit of Memorial day was brought
home to the children in services helu /"
the various school buildings Wednesday.
A large audience gathered in the high
school at 10 o'clock in the morning FOR
the high school exercises in when the
speakers were Rev. L. Q. 5. Osgood ana
CONGRESSMAN Kittredge Haskins point
was given to their remarks by the Idct
that some miscreant had cut the ropes
on the school flag staff the night before
and brought the national colors to the
ground Both speakers told what they
thought of such an act at such time
and the applause which the scholars gave
was evidence that they felt as deeply
about it as the speakers The program
opened with patriotic songs by the sCnool
followed by prayer by Rev. II. X Miles
of the Congregational church. The pro-
gram included some excellent selections
bv the High school chorus and the girls
chorus. The hall was draped with flags.
In the afternoon another large audience
gathered in the high school assembly nan
to hear the exercises for the grades from
five to nine. Rev. +. Q. S. Osgood offered
prayer and short talks were given by Mrs
]. p Elmer and l.. f. Adams The pro-
gram included exercises by various grades
and songs or Rotations by Harry Mont
gomery Marguerite White, Ralph Root,
Ruth Wilder, Janet Davenport, Elmer
Phelps, Lucille Spencer, Ray Sanders ana
Appleton Miles.
In the Chase street school, exercises
were held in the early afternoon in which
the songs and exercises for the whole
school were varied with recitations by
John Miles, Edith Littlefeld, Philip Col
Inns and Richard Rogers, Henry Chaplin,
Dorothy Hubbard, Edith Adams. John
Manley, Fletcher Barrows and William
Call, and Hadley Gibson. TWO pretty eN-
ercises were given, those in the first one
being Malva Roberts, Elizabeth Goodhue
and Alethare Estey and those in the
second being Vesta Proctor, Leila Barber
and Dorothy Schwenk. The exercises
closed with a flag salute and America
Exercises were held at the same hour in
the Washington street school the program
including songs by Ernest Morse. by Ele-
amor Clay and Evengeline Stone, by
Catherine Stone. Eleanor Clay Eleanor
Sheehy and Evangelne Stone and by
Ernest Morse, Harold Henkel Walter
Smith, Richard Stockwell and Guy Bet
terley. Recitations were given by Harold
Henkel, Clinton Graves and Ernest Morse,
Richard Stockwell Walter Smith, Harry
Mann and BERTHE Caldwell Lawrence
Barker, Evangeline Stone and by Ber-
tram McQuaide, Eleanor Clay and Ele-
amor Sheehy.
The exercises for the first four grades
in the Canal street school included recita-
tons by Ruth Nichols, Edith Hunt, Cath
crime Shea, Lula PrOuty, Frederick
Schramm, Ruth Stowell, Mildred Porter,
Ralph Ovitt, lone Person Emerson
Dunklee, Minnie Cooper, John Dunton,
Eastman Downer Abbott Richmond,
ercises was a red, white and blue drill by
eight little girls, Gladys Rathbone, Dor
othy Knight, Mabel Clapp, Hildegarde
Babb, Elizabeth Larsen, Ada Mann, Bes-
sic Belden and Georgiana Schramm.
The first four grades in the high school
building had their exercises early in the
afternoon, The program included recita-
tons by Florence FaTwell. Mabel EN-
erson, Elizabeth Bryant, Leila Thompson,
Paul Estey, Joe Estey, Raymond Collins,
Elizabeth Spencer and Sylvia Crosby. Be
side the songs by the various grades there
were special exercises by four girls. Mil
dred Emerson, Gladys Yeaw, Louise Phil
ipps and Edith Farwell, and by another in
which Bryan Gale, Henry Phillips, Ralph
Good, Charlie Ebbinghausen, Brook Bart
lett Clayton Randall, Dorothy GRAHAM
Esther Rogers, Alma johnson, Beatrice
Jacobs and Mabel Spaulding took part
Other pleasing exercises We're those by
James Burdett Nathan Pierce, Charles
Rushford and Carl Johnson, by Beatrice
Carr Lillian Castne, Hazel Switzer, and
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