The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-06-01
BETHEL
Opening Exercises of High School Com
mencement Held.

The class of 1914, Whtcomb high
school, may well be gratitied by the first
event of commencement week, the bac-
calaureate exercises last evening at the
Universalist church. Principal Lock
wood, in an address on Leadership,
appealed to the best in the fine class of
seniors before him and in his large and
appreciative audience Music was by
double quartet made up of Mrs. k. Nj.
Chase, Mrs. +. c. Putnam, Mrs. II. p.
Perkins, Mrs. +. Z. Wallace, +. e. Put
nam, f. L. Southworth, j. A. Graham
and Harley Hinkley, with Miss Ethel
Chapman, organist. Several ministers
assisted in the exercises.
Congressman G. H. Joyce is at the
Fose House in Pittsfeld for the summer.
By victory of 10 to 5 over Wood
stock high school at that place Saturday
Whitcomb high school completed its I'M
broken series OF victories, two over each
of its competitors, Woodstock, South
Royalton and White River junction.
Lavelle, the Bethel kid" pitcher, held
the opposing batsmen at safe distance
| throughout the game. As Lavelle is
barely l6 and has three years ahead of
him in high school he looks good to the
local management. The veteran, Aikens,
really star performer in the box, grad
yates this week. He is good all
around player, playing at short when
not in the box and smuggling the ball as a
rule. Other losses by graduation are the
outfielder, Putnam, and first baseman,
Mcintyre, both excellent players. In
&. nr,Ja xt'S
vented from playing by sore arm, re-
sulting from the administration of anti
toxin, and Wilcox did good piece of
work behind the plate Graham coming
in from left field to second base, Putnam
going to left field and Everett Grant,
the teams first substitute, covering
right field Next Saturdays game with
Black River academy of Ludlow. to be
played at Woodstock, will determine who
shall hold the championship of Windsor
county.
A loosely played game of baseball on
the local grounds last Friday resulted in
a score of Whitcomb high school 8,
Northteld high school 5. Wells, the
Mortified catcher, retired about the
middle of the game when hit on the tenn
pie by an inshoot by Adams. the local
pitcher For several hours some anxiety
was felt for him.
Mrs. Ida Newell Chamberlain gave
very satisfactory Interpretation in mono
logue of Cape Cod Folks" at the town
pride is felt in reader and imper-
senator of such talents as are possessed
by Mrs. Chamberlain, graduate of
Whitcomb high school, and daughter
of local residents.
Prof. Perley b. Spaulding of the
bureau of plant industry at Washington,
ID. c., is at +. i. Spauldings. He is
graduate of NVhltcomb high school and
well known scientific writer, whose
treatises on diseases of trees have had
wide circulation from the government
printing Office.
The weather on Memorial day was
everything that could be desired and the
town gave itself up to the demands of !
the day rather more than ever before. |
Closed factories all day and closed !
stores after 10 o'clock; liberal display
of the national colors; automobiles free |
ly furnished by citizens for carrying vet. |
Grams to the cemeteries; a bountiful |
~ NUM- lbf ali NtltIHHst Their /
wives, families and widows; stirring |
battle marches and other patriotic songs |
played at intervals by the Italian band /
OF 10 pieces; an unusually large out /
pouring of citizens from the surrounding |
country; a packed hall for the exercises |
at two o'clock; enthusiastic participa-
ton by school children in we'll bal. |
anced program; and scholarly and elo |
quent address of 50 Minutes duration |
by George II. Bickford of Hardwick and |
Bethel, as Chairman Cady introduced |
him, were features which made the day
notable.
Mr.. and Mrs. George H. Bickford were
guests at w. G.. CIifford's Saturday and
Sunday. Soon after his Memorial day ad-
dress at the town hall Mr.. Bckford be-
came seriously i'll with acute indiges-
ton at the Clifford home and he was
unable to leave for Hardwick until
late Sunday afternoon, when his son
came with another automobile and chauf-
feur. Mr. and Mrs. Bickford returned
in one car and Miss Jennie Bell. whom
they had invited to ride home with
them, in the other Mr. Bickford was far
from well when he left Bethel and
made no attempt to drive his car as he
often does Many persons thought his
address equal to any ever heard in town.