The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-06-26
OVER $500 ATTEND
COUNTY SUNDAY
SChO.,,.s'n :. 'n|G'NIC
Annual Gathering at Arlington An
Unqualified Success
LOCAL BAPTlSTS WIN BANNER
pageant of the Faithful an interest
ing and instructive Feature
of the Day
LOCAL BAPTISTS WIN BANNER

The second annual picnic and field
day of Bennington County sun
day schools was held Friday at Nj
chols grove in Arlington with an at
tendance of over 2500, nearly thous-
and more than were present last
year. The entertaining program,
which had been arranged, consisting
of games, pageants, and athletic con
tests, was carried out smoothly in
every detail, the only feature omitted
being the ball game which had to be
cancelled on account of rain.
The special train left the local stat
ion promptly at nine o'clock, the Ben
nington representatives numbering
about 450 To this number over 800
more were added at North Benning-
ton, South Shaftsbury and Shafts
bury, making a total of about eight
hundred. The members of each
Sunday school rode in its own special
cars and the train was in no way
crowded
Arriving at Arlington shortly after
ten o'clock. parade was immediate
ly formed by the Sunday school chill
dren. lead by the Bennington City
band The long procession marched
to the picnic grove but short dis
tance away where lunch boxes were
deposited in receptacles provided Tor
that purpose.
Games for the little children and
athletic contests for the older boys
and girls were soon in progress, the
latter taking place in a well-arranged
athletic field on the picnic grounds.
Several pieces of the playground ap-
paratus were taken to Arlington and
the little tots thoroughly enjoyed the
use of these throughout the day, com
bined with other games such as Drop
the Handkerchief, In and out the
Window, London Bridge is Falling
Down, etc The picnic committee in
charge OF the amusements4 for the
smaller children consisted of tho
Misses Mathilde Vossler, the local
playground supervisor; Francelia
Evans, Margaret Pilling and Dorothy
Field The playground apparatus
was in charge of Guy Harmon, assis-
tant in the local playground activi-
ties
'All of the athletic contests took
place before lunch and excited uni
versal interest among the picnickers.
The contests were interesting and
enthusiastic as each Sunday school
was anxious to carry off the hand
some championship banner which
was to be awarded TO the Sunday
school scoring the most points, The
contests were divided into two
classes, Junior and Senior, the first
and second places IN each contest
being as follows:
Junior contests loo yd. dash
1st Carl Chase, Bennington. Baptist
Ind. Lawrence Burnham, Manchester
Congregationalist; obstacle race, lst
William Graves, Bennington. Episco
palian; 2nd, John Elwell South
Salisbury, Methodist; 220 yd dash
1st, Carl Chase, Bennington, Baptist
End, ]. Elwell, South SALISBURY
Methodist; broad jump, j. Cole, East
Arlington, Methodist, IS It. inches
2nd, D. Hawley, West Arlington
Methodist; shot put, 1st, Walton Har
wood, Bennington, Episcopalian; 2nd
IL. Mac Laren, Bennington, Baptist
high jump, 1st, Howard Hicks, Ben
nington, Congregationalist; 2nd, l.
Burnham, Manchester, Congregation
alist; potato race, 1st, A. Baker, Ben
nington, Baptist; End, NJ. Brown, Der
nington, Baptist.
Senior contests:-100 yd dash, 1st
Herbert Millington, North Benning
ton, Baptist, time, 1873 seconds; 2nd
Alec Young, Bennington, Baptist;
mile run, 1st, Edmund Howe Ben
nington, Episcopalan, time "A,
minutes; 2nd, Ivan Hunter, Benning
ton, Methodist: 44O yd dash, 1st, c
Reynolds, Manchester, Baptist, time
1.55 minutes; End, f. Hoyt, West Ar
lington, Methodist; 220 yd dash, 1st
W. Bartlett, Bennington, Baptist
End, Alec Young, Bennington, Bap
tist, half mile, 1st, Walfred Wahl
quist, Bennington, Congregationalist
2nd, Frank Hoyt, West Arlington
Methodist; broad jump, 1st, Cebr;
Graves, Bennington, Episcopalian
| 10 TT. 95 inches; 2nd, r. Crofut, Ar
lington, Episcopaian; shot put. 1st
Alec Young, Bennington, Baptist 3!
1T. II inches; End. Walfred Wahl
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