The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-03-24
II. PATRICK'S FAIR
ARECORD- BREAKER
Over $1,000 Cleared at Event
Friday Evening.
children GIVE FINE PROGRAM

|reen Largely Used in Decoratlon VI
Various Booths-Actual Net Receipts
Sl,O5715-List of Fortunate Coupon
Holders,
st. Patrick's day was celebrated Fri
Jay evening by the pupils OF st. Michael is
PaIOchlal school with an entertainment
lnd dance in Festival hall. Following the
Precedent set long ago the affair was a
Tremendous success and to those in charge
the various departments much credit is
lqe The decorations included profuslon
green with which the national colors
Eere interviewer in many of the booths.
lhe background of the stage was white
pom which the strings of harp were out
med IN green The committee of decora-
hons was I. Aher, John Blake, John Cav
naugh, John Hanlon, Francis Fleming and
IilaIles Aher. This committee was one
the handwriting units of the army OF
workers who labored to make the event
ne success it was. Beside the elaborate
Isge setting, which included a canopy OF
een garlands, the committee on decora-
lOas mad charge Of constructing and dec
rating all Of the booths.
Inc candy booth was a creation OF
s.eyn and white upon which green sham
MI We're arranged in fantastic designs.
rls was one Of the money making depart
N nta at Of the fair and the young women
" cna5rge were kept busy until their stock
E syis, disposed Of. Those in charge were
ps ns Mary Austin, Ellen Austin, Mary
n nsaa and Marion Denning. The depart
a uvIt o grabs was in charge of Rita Eckles
i lena Lena Dung, This was an ingenious
nat oSbslsn IT3 booth representing cabbage
rl;a Inc decorations were yellow and
b ,n.s Large heads of crepe paper cab
WEE ssS contained no end of wonderful and
a at.u articles and it was this booth that
'vTT{aeted the children.
Vas uG S,a laoes upon which dolls were sold
+ d T. vS H;aaped In white, and the booth was
| dolIIs ny arranged in fanciful shapes. Here
e6n r' VI nigh and low degree, of paper, rag.
| bv Sn',; wax and other material, were sold
| stanSba,~ McGrath and Helen Fenton. That
vss 'q nos. Of church fairs, the fancy table,
f Of ro unnamed within a booth constructed
artic JIa, E sIte and blue. No end of dainty
Ihosa lot wear and use were displayed.
Mrs. IN N charge were Miss Nora Grady,
| Mn kun kun T. Guiheen, Mrs. B. Riley and
AMI margaret Fitzgerald.
rated d5O' ne department of grabs was ope-
| Refill u 1.er the name of st. Patrick's
Of tbe' t y was the boast of those in charge
| got bi fe' te That every angler not only
tons of ~ III GuI landed fish. The decora-
Iboso y 'hls booth were green and white.
Fenirg" ~ {fnarge were Misses Katherine
olv Ds, Mary Aher Mary Haus and Dor
hidden lining 81, The lemonade bowl, almost
per, bqn NJ a mass of flaming red crepe pa
vas iE Il sa booth Of the same color,
BESSIE De n9fge Of Misses Helena Rate,
Mmlap Denhng, Mary Smith and May
HEtIaae G $ssf table was in charge of Misses
+ GccsnnSonra A Agne rE cayanapgh: Mrs. Mrs.
Mis- i Dunn, Mrs. Michael irS MovIs iowa, and
ia and i'l c0e aaeahy dispensed the ices, and
Ms. Fpp eU,g e were sold by Mrs. T. Aher,
The assir ferriter and Mrs. p Manning.
as was d ts,, vas not only social success
which AN sno persons, but the net receipts,
to be s sttiiiosgnted to s1,O57.15, showed it
a''oty from financial stand