St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-05-21
BARNET
The Spoilers and Speakers in Con
test-FamiIy of rs Attend Church

The Spoilers and Speakers in Con-
test-Family of Is Attend Church
The town of Barnet held their an
nual spelling and speaking contest
in the town hall last Saturday. The
spelling was in the forenoon and
Verna Shields of West Barnet SPELL
ed down the first section, Sumner
Gilfillan of Barnet, next in order;
Harold Somers of Barnet spelled
down the second section, Annie Nc
Clellan of Barnet Center next in or
der. Then the Ladies' society serv-
ed dinner in the schoolhouse hall
to between rs and 80, clearing
about $12.55. In the afternoon was
the speaking and singing. The pro-
gram was as follows: Song by the
grammar school, the Navy; recita-
tions, How two girls study, Christie
Roy; Out to old aunt Mary's, Win
throp Amadon; The Lamentations of
Youth, Leopold Allard; The Siege of
the Alamo, William Smith; Little
Goldenhair, Efie M. Rundel; The
Smack in School, Alice M. Gillander;
duet, Ethel Morgan and Mildred
Harvey; The Slaves Dream, Elsie M.
Wild; 1 Can't see it, Marshall Cap
ron; Johns Pumpkin, Arthur Chen
A
Leap for Life, Herman Hoyt; NY
Shadow, Laura S. Dow; Little Miss
Tardy Girl, Genesta Lowrey; The
Trials of Bobbie, John Whitehin;
The Elf Child, E. Duncan Edgerton;
In the Signal Station, Violet Guth-
RE; song, Barnet primary school,
The Sparrow; Jane Jones, Howard
M. White; The Legend of Bregendz,
Verna Shields; The Last Hymn,
Vera L. Shields; The Drunkard's
Dying Child, Mildred Goss; The
Blackberry Girl; Margaret Warden;
A Joke on Grandma, Robert Ward
en-; song, McIndoes Primary school, !
The Birds; st. Peter at the Gate, !
Catherine ROBBIE; The Two Por-
traits, Dorcas Aver; The Ride of
Jennie McNeal, Annie Mcclellan:
The Two Glasses, Franklin Dow; |
song by East Barnet school, The |
Army. Violet Guthrie of McIndoes |
won the prize in the first section; |
Leopold Allard of Passumpsic, first |
honors; Fife Rundel of Passumpsic |
second hOnors. In second section.
Franklin Dow of Barnet won the
prize; Catherine ROBBIE of East Bar
net had the first honors; Dorcas
Aver of Barnet, second honors.
The people who attended church
last Sunday morning were very
surprised to see the
Stanleys, Is in a body come in.
There were Alfred Stanley and wife
and six children of Plymouth, N. H;
Herbert and wife and Charles and
wife and son, and Frank o. French
and wife of st. Johnsbury, beside
w. S. Brock and wife of this place.
To
the occasion being the
25th wedding anniversary of Alfred
Stanley and his wife, Saturday, MAY
II. Their many friends were re-
joiced to see them, if only for a lit
tie while.
Tom McCondack and Warren
Chapman went up to West Barnet
lake fishing last Tuesday but only
caught one trout between them, but
that was a big one.
George Walker has Just purchas-
ed new Ford automobile.
Hurd Cade and wife of South Da-
kota, are visiting Mr.. Cade's broth
ers and sisters in town and vicinity.
Mr.. Cade was a Barnet boy and I'M
til the last few years lived in town
and his many friends are glad to
see him once more.
Anna Sargent who has been TAX
ing boarders in Woodsville for the
past year or two. will move back in
to her tenement in c. B. Whitney's
house this week. w. E. Kendall
nd Joe Cheney will move the
goods.
The Memorial sermon will be at
Barnet Center this week Sunday,
May rs. Rev. M. Hawk will preach
the sermon. Memorial services will
be held at Peacham this year.
E. o. Wilson and wife and Mrs.
Ray WEIGH spent last Wednesday in
st. Johnsbury.
If every village had been as well
at the convention at
McIndoes last Thursday as Barnet,
there would have been good crowd.
The meetings were very good.
Charles J. Ufford of Milan, Wash,
is at G. c. Whitney's. Mr.. Ufford
intends to make his home in the
east in the future.
Sidney Pocock and family and
Miss Alice House of Beebe Plain,
Que, spent Sunday at Bert GilfiI-
lan's, coming in their automobile.
Don Judkins took Perley Aver
and his family to Danville last Sun
day in his automobile to spend the
day.
The South Hall base ball team