Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-02-09
CROWD AT UNIvERsALIsT FAIR.
Gala Scene in Festival Hall Last Night
Turkey Supper and Other Departments
Well Patronized

From the time the doors opened for
the annual fair given under the
auspices of the Universalist church yes
the last waltz had died away at mid
night Festival hall was crowded with
people who came to enjoy the hospitality
of the parish. The hall was decorated in
green and white, the decorations being
simple, but effective. Around the gal
lery were festoons of evergreen. and
suspended from beneath the railing was
a row of electric lights, alternately green
and white. Potted plants and evergreen
trees were used for stage decorations
and above the stage was large Ameri-
can flag made of electric lights and by
a mechanical device apparently waving
in the air. Each table was in white with
vase of mountain laurel in the centre.
Late last evening, with two tables not
having turned in their receipts, the fair
had netted $4,000. The total receipts
will be more than $500.
Entering the hall, one naturally turned
to the right and at the first table was
the grabs conducted by the Knights of
King Arthur. They were Ray Goddard,
Hugh Stowefl, Raymond Ames, Edward
Lyons Albert Ovitt. Hayden Randall,
Clayton Randall. Raymond Pierce. Will
lie Cudworth, Stanley Clapp, Claude Am
idon, Raymond Bishop, Cassius Cudworth,
George Thompson, Willie ellison, Louis
Brown. The candy table was in charge
of Miss Annie Richardson. Mrs. w. H..
Richardson, Miss Minnie Scott and Miss
Marion Knight. At the novelty table
Mrs. Larkin Amidon, Mrs Lyman Cold
smith, Mrs. Ferris Vaughan and Miss
Sarah Dickinson presided. The fancy
work table was in charge of Mrs. A.
w. Rockwell. Mrs F. C. Burnett, Mrs.
George Wilson and Miss Emma Lund-
Sa6 hN Mra
Guy Tasker. Mrs. Verne H. Winches-
ter and Miss Mabel Barrows.
In front of the stage was a table laden
with pitchers which were a part of the
collection of "Auntie" Stevenson, as she
is affectionately known by her friends.
Her collection consits of hundreds OF
pitchers from all parts of the world.
Those offered for. sale were of varied
design and had been donated by her for
the fair This table was in charge of
Mrs George F. Barber and Miss May
Edwards. The flower booth was in the
centre of the hall and was decorated in
green and white. The floral display was
extensive and beautiful. At this booth
Miss Harriet f. Rallion's Sunday school
class presided, consisting of Miss Eve
lyn Staples, Miss Helen Morris, Miss
Grace Cooper. Miss Eva Cooper, Miss
Inez Stowell and Miss Gertrude Plum
mer Inc flower girls were Marion
Richardson. Malva Roberts, Dorothy
Hubbard and Minnie Cooper. The flower
girls carried flowers in cornucopias and
sold them about the hall.
As the turkey supper always is one of
the big features of the fair, the south
side of the hall was given up to the
tables of that department. AS usual they
were crowded, and there was scarcely a
time from until o'clock that a crowd
was not waiting at the gate to the en-
closure. The table matron was Mrs. Ida
ellison and her helpers were Miss Eva
Cooper, Miss Grace Cooper, Miss Edith
Eddy, Miss Marion Stowell, Miss Char
lotte futile, Mrs. Florence Switzer Mrs,
Will Combs. Mrs. Charles r. Simonds,
Mrs Fred futile. Mrs, Arthur F. Rob-
erts, Mrs Henry b. Allen, Mrs, Sarrie AL
len, Mrs. Fred Ellis, Miss Addie Bailey,
Mrs. Velma Streeter. Mrs. Albert Bixby,
Mrs Scott Eames. Miss Lizzie Ranney,
Miss Cloie Franklin and Mrs. Myra