Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-06-14

The Brooks Free library will close
Tuesday night for a week or longer to
take inventory and arrange the Loud
collection.
Beckwith Ravens and Irah Spaulding,
the aviatofs operating Curtiss machines,
were unable to make flights in Mansfield.
Ohio, Friday and Saturday, owing to the
high winds.
Chidren's day will be observed in the
Methodist church next Sunday at the
regular morning service at 1890. The
children will have part in a program
of songs and recitations and Miss Craw-
ford, the deaconess. will speak to them.
Twenty-Five persons from this town
went to Guilford Centre wednesday to
attend the annual meeting of the Wind
ham Bennington Association of Univer-
salists, which was held in the Univer-
salist church. The attendance was the
largest in several years and the pro-
gram was especially interesting. The
morning address was by Rev. G. L.
Eaton of Bellows Falls, whose topic was
why l am a Universalist" He spoke
from modern standpoint. The women
served an exceptionally fine dinner. Fol-
| lowing devotional service by Rev. d.
70. Trout of Brattleboro in the afternoon
Mrs. l. d. Bailey of this town gave a
paper on THE history of Unversalsm,"
embracing ancient, medieval and modern.
| times. These officers were electd: Presi-
dent Rev. d. E. Trout vice president,
Rev. Flint M. Bssell of Wilmington;
secretary and treasurer Mrs. F. C. Sar-
| gent of Brattleboro; executive commit
| tee, Mrs. B. A. Whttemore of Guilford,
Mrs. E. L. Jewett of Bellows Falls and
| w. s. Allen of Jacksonville After
| recess the occasional sermon was
preached by Rev. Mr.. Bissell, whose
theme was THE mission of the Univer-
sallst church." 1t was a deeply spiritual
and impressive sermon. The augmented
choir rendered effectively five selections
during the day, and at the close of the
program an excellent supper was served.
The Parochial school graduation exer-
cises will be held Tuesday evening, June
| %. There are IL members in the class.
| Following the exercises a lawn party
will be held on the school grounds under
the auspices of the st. Cecelia's Altar
society. All the graduates have sgni-
fled their intention of attending the
high school. Following is the program:
Piano solos, Norma Annie Laurie, -
Miss Agnes Blake; chorus, Welcome
salutatory, Thomas A. AUSTIN Angel
crowns for many lands with the fol-
lowing cast of characters: Archangel,
Miss II. Lynch; attendant angels, Miss
E. Sheehy, Miss NJ. Haus; angel of
Italy, Miss X. Long; angel of America
Miss NJ. Moran; angel of France, Miss
G. Austin; angel of Scotland, Miss. E
Nolin angel of England, Miss A. Blake
angel of Erin, Miss A. Curtin; Mater
Admira bills Miss A. Long; piano solo
THE silver nymph," Horace X. Wei
come; recitation, "A guileless witness,
Harold A. Shea; piano duet, "Camelia,
, Miss r. Danyew and Miss E. Shea; con
ferring of diplomas; valedictory, May L
Moran; chorus, THE night birds whis
per-" The graduates are Thomas AL
phonsus Austin. Gertrude Mary Austin
( Mary Agnes Blake, Anna Elizabeth Cur
tin, Kathleen Genevieve Long, Thoma
= Michael Lynch, Mary Helena Lynch
Mary Elizabeth Moran, Mary Edith No
lin, Harold Alexander Shea, Horac
/, Ketchum Welcome The gold medal 70
l progress in music during the year wi
). be awarded to Agnes Blake. The win
=, ner of the silver medal for improvement
in penmanship has not been named.