The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-07-13
B. H. S. ALUMNI MET
At SAND SPRINGS
ON SATURDAY
Very Good Attendance at
Second Reunion
EARL A. SMITH PRESIDENT
Exciting Baseball Game Between
Boy" and Girls" Teams Ends In
Score 8 to S in Favor Of Girls"
EARL A. SMITH PRESIDENT

The second annual reunion of the
present Alumni Association of the
Bennington high school was success
fully held in the form of a picnic at
Sand Springs Saturday. Nearly every
class from '7S, the first class to be
graduated, to the one which has not
yet been month away from the shell
tering walls of It's alma mater, was
represented The day was an ideal
one for a gathering of this sort and a
large number took advantage of the
favorable weather to show their
loyalty to the school and renew old
acquaintances. The total number
who attended was Ga.
The special car bearing the party
arrived at the Springs about II o.
O'Clock. Preparations were soon
made for dinner which was served in
a nearby grove about noon.
After the repast President f. S.
Pratt Immediately called the gather
! ing to order and a business meeting
followed The officers elected for the
ensuing year are as follows: Presi-
dent Earl Smith 80; vice-president,
Mrs S Everett Harwood '96; secre-
tary, Miss Lila krogman '0S; treas
urer, Leroy Denley '0S. Executive
board. Miss Helena NJ. Norton for
three years.
The following committees were also
chosen Nominating Committee,
/ Miss Amy Cutler SO, Miss Caroline
/ Wilcox '03, and Miss Ethel Robinson
! IS; Advisory committee, Mrs. S. C..
Lyons SO, DR.. Frank j Hurley 90.
and Miss Jeanette Perkins 05; Ath-
iletic committee Harry Buss OF,
( Daniel Keller '05 and Louis b. Puffer
05.
Before the meeting adjourned ii was
voted TO hold an alumni dance at
christmas time. The meeting then
adjourned The athletic committee
made a suggestion that some sort of
athlete contest between the under
graduates and alumni be held at some
future date This proposition was af-
forwards voted upon and it was
unanimously adopted
The special feature of the after
moons entertainment was a base ball
game between the boys" and girls"
teams Much TO the shame of our
husky boys II must be said that they
were defeated by a score Of to 3.
The score, however, might have been
more favorable TO the boys" If the
captain of the opposing team, Mrs:
Mary Merrill. had not noticed that
she was getting sunbumed and called
the game of on that account at the end
OF the second inning. The batteries
were Misses Walbridge and Pratt
Messrs Groesbeck and Keller: UNI
pire DR.. F. S. Pratt; score keepers,
Miss Dorothy Mattison and William
Myers.
The car left on the return trip at
.6:15 reaching the village shortly be
fore seven. The gathering proved a
success in every respect and too much
credit cannot be given TO the com
lmittee of young ladies who managed
the details of the affair.
The classes were represented as
follows;
rs, DR. f. S. Pratt.
70, Mrs. Mary Merrill.
so, Mrs. Robert Knight
"a. Miss Helena NJ. Norton.
So, Mrs, Albert Mcdonald. Miss
Carrie L. Wall.
Sc, Miss Anna d. Rogers.
IS, Miss Edith Robinson, Miss
Ethel Robinson.
'93, Mrs. s c. Lyons, Mrs. Edward
s. Smith.
90, Mrs. S. Everett HARDWOOD. Miss
Laura Rogers.
81, Harry p. Hudson.
'9S, Mrs X. l.. Davis.
80, Miss Amy Cutler.
O2, Miss Fannie Carrier.
'03, Mrs. James Martin, Miss Caro-
line Wilcox
'04, Curtis s. Burt, Miss Ethel A.
Cutler, Miss Mary h. Cutting, Fred.
erick A. Burt, Miss Lucretia Edger-
ton, Miss Fannie f. Fillmore, Miss
Maude Galusha, Miss Hazel Hart
(Only two members of this class were
absent)
'05, Miss Mary Butler, Miss Cath
erine Craven, Miss Irene Davis, A.
Sidney Edson Miss Elizabeth Gregg,
Miss Mabel Greenslet Walter Groes-
beck, Miss Hildred Hart, Daniel Kee-
Ter, Forrest w. Kehoe, Miss Julia
DOOlnlS, MISS flOTenCe MdTCn, MISS
jeanette Perkins. Williams Myers,
Roger G. Ramsdell, Walter Sharp
Harold Sweet, Lester Vail, Miss Mary
A. Walbridge
'O6, Rollin Jenney George Mathers,
Miss Olive Pope, Miss Hilda Pratt,
Lorriston Wilcox.
'07, Miss Beulah b. Bates, Joseph A.
Cone, Harvey Davenport Miss Bird
gle d. MCGUIRE, Miss Eliza H. Hart,
Arthur H. Kehoe, Miss Blanche Lyons,
Miss Catherine Mc0uatt, Miss Flor
ence Potter
0S, Roy Bates, Leroy Denley, Miss
Elizabeth l.. Keller Miss Dorothy
Mattison, Miss Edna Walbridge
The class of 1904 had the largest
per cent of attendance, so per cent OF
its members being present. The lar
gest delegation was that of the class
of O5 as 10 members were present