The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-10-30
MINsrRELs OPENED CLAN FAIR.
And Entertained Large Crowd in Clan
Gordon Hall.

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Clan Gordon, No. -, o. s. c., and the
Ladies Auxiliary opened their third an
nuaI Joint fair in the elan hall in the
| Bolster block last evening with an at
tendance of 400 people. The attraction
extraordinary was the clan minstrels,
which have come to constitute one OF
| the most enjoyable fessures of the year
| ly bazars. The 1918 minstrels furnished
a riot OF fun, and withal creditable
program OF tuneful songs and spicy
quips.
Prior to the entertainment a row of
booths along the north side of the hall
did brisk business and the patronage
continued throughout the evening. A
number of amusement devices presided
over by clansmen were meccas for the
funseekers and helped to swell the pro-
ceeds of the first night The fair is to
continue until Saturday night. Dancing
is to follow program each evening
Tonight several local artists of merit
will contribute to the program and Fri
day evening the clan minstrels will be
repeated with new repertoire of songs
and Jokes.
Last night the auditors evidently had
a well developed penchant for minstrel
sy. for the performers weregreeted with
loud applause at every turn. The pro-
gram was carried out as follows: Open
ing chorus, medley Of popular songs; end
song, "What Dye Mean, Ye Lost Yer
Dog" James Gall; end song, The Songs
Ny Mother Used TO Sing" Mrs. Alex
Edward; end song, Sailing Down the
Chesapeake Bay" John Duncan; end
song. when the Midnight Choo- Choo
Leaves for Alaham'," Guy Welsh: end
song, Beans Beans Gilbert Phillips
end song "When ! Get Back to Nicks
burg. Mississippi; end song, 'Who Were
You with Last Night" William Craig;
song, "To Have, To Hold, To Love-" Miss
Barbara Mcdonald; closing chorus.
The song numbers were interspersed
with local hits and fun tabloids, for
which William Hurry. as the converse
tionalist, proved a graceful target. James
Gall acted in a competent manner az
the musical director of the affair and
to his untifing efforts is due much of
the credit for the success of the program.
Miss Mary Walker played the accom-
paniments in unvarying harmony. The
remainder of the east wes as follows
Bones, John Duncan, William Craig,
James Gall; tambos, Gilbert Phillips
Guy Welsh, Alfred Edward; circle, Mrs.
Alex. Edward, Misses Barbara McDon-
ald Lua Higgs, Mary Milne, Elizabeth
Brown, Mildred Higgs, Margaret Walk
er. Dorothy Cordiner Cecil Hunter. Alex.
Edward. Harry Ceilings. Joseph Ceilings,
James Laing, Raymond 4Arkley and Alex
ander Walker.
The various booths are attractively
decorated with crepe paper Of different
hues. The following ladies of the clan /
have charge of the departments: Apron
booth. Mrs. Isabella Johnston. Mrs. Mar |
garet kesson; fancy booth, Mrs. Charles |
Williams, Mrs. John Chesser; candy |
booth, Mrs. George Cormack. Mrs. John
Breehin; dancing, Miss Margaret Johns /
ton, Mrs. Fred Bird; refreshments, Mrs. |
Mary Fraser, Mrs. Mary Parks, Mrs. !
Margaret Stephens; door, Mrs. Mary An |
gus, Mrs. Helen Edward. Clansmen have
been assigned in charge of the games as
follows; Discs, William Mason. fsh
pond, George Anderson; shooting gal
lery, Alex. Edward, Barry Henry; darts,
Alex. Cowie.
10 IHt JOllt Coiullittees IN charge OF /
the bazar is due considerable degree
of credit for the success of. the open
ing night. The ladies' committee CON
sists of Mrs Rose Inglis. Mrs. Margar-
ct Kesson, Mrs. Ella Johnston, Mrs. Hell
en- Edward, Mrs. Mary Angus, Mrs. Mary
Parks, Mrs. Annabella Cormack. Mrs.
Hattie Williams. Miss Tfargaret Johns
ton, and Mrs. Margaret Stephens. The
clans general committee is composed of
the following: George Cormack. James
Elrick. William Stephens, Alex. Cowie.
George Anderson, Barry Henry, James
Stewart. Alex. Edwards, William Mason,
Charles Mason and Francis Paul.
Riley's orchestra furnished music for
the dancers and that popular company
Of players has been Retained for every
night this week. This evenings program
win include vocal solo by Mrs. Ray
mond Paine of Montpelier. a comic farce
entitled, "The Cheerful Companion" and
vocal solo by Miss Annie Anderson.