The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-07-01
BENNINGTON COUNTY
SUNDAY SCHOOL PICNIC
More Than $500 Men, Women and
Children Spend the Day Pleasantly
at Second Annual Picnic

ne second annuai picnic ana Helt
day Of Bennington County Sunda,
Schools was held Friday at Nichols
grove In Arlington with an attendanc,
Of over $500, nearly thousand more
than were present last year. Ths
entertaining program, which had beer
arranged, consisting OF games, pag-
eants, and athletic contests, was car.
ried out smoothly in every detail, the
only feature omitted being the ball
game which had to be cancelled on
account Of rain.
Arriving at Arlington shortly after
ten o'clock, a parade Immediately
formed by the Sunday school children
lead by the Bennington City Band. The
long procession marched TO the picnic
grove but a short distance away where
lunch boxes were deposited in recep-
tacles provided for 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.
The picnic committee in charge Of
the amusements for the smaller chill
dren consisted Of the Misses Mathilde
Vossler, the Bennington playground
supervisor; Francelia Evans, Margaret
Pilling and Dorothy Field.
All of the athletic contests took
place before lunch and excited univer-
sal interest among the picnickers. The
contests were interesting and enthusi-
astic as each Sunday school was anx-
ious to carry off the handsome cham
pionship 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 contest:--100 yard dash, 1st,
Carl Chase, Bennington, Baptist; End,
Lawrence Burnham, Manchester, Con-
gregationalist; obstacle race, 1st, Will
liam Graves, Bennington, Episcopali-l
an; End, John Elwell, South Shafts
bury, Methodist; 220 yard dash, lst,
Carl Chase, Bennington, Baptist; End,
j. Elwell, South Salisbury, Metho-
dist; broad jump, j. Cole, East Airing
ton, Methodist, 13 feet inches; End, |
y. Hawley, West Arlington Metho-
dist; shot put, 1st, Walton Harwood
Bennington, Episcopalian; 2nd, H.
Mac Laren, Bennington, Baptist; high
jump, LIST, Howard Hicks, Bennington,
Congregationalist; End, l.. Burnham,
Manchester, Congregationalist; potato
race, lst, A. Baker, Bennington, Bap-
tist: End, Nj. Brown, Bennington, Bap-
tist
Senior contests:-1 yard dash, lst
Herbert Millington, North Bennington,
Baptist, time, 1873 seconds; End, Alec
Young. Bennington, Baptist; mile run,
list, Edmund Howe, Bennington,
Episcopalian, time TAT minutes; 2nd,
Ivan Hunter, Bennington, Methodist;
440 yard dash, lst, c. Reynolds, Man
chester, Baptist, time Lbs minutes;
End, f. Hoyt, West Arlington, Metho-
dist; 200 yard dash, 1st, w. Bartlett,
Bennington, Baptist; End, Alec Young,
Bennington, Baptist; half mile, LIST,
Walfred Wahlquist, Bennington, Con-
gregationalist; End, Frank Hoyt, West
Arlington, Methodist; broad jump, LIST,
Zebra Graves, Bennington, Episcopal
ian; shot put, 1st, Alec Young, Ben ,
nington, Baptist, 80 feet, IL inches;
End, Walfred Wahlquist, Bennington,
Congregationalist.
The girls races were as follow:
Relay race, 1st, Elizabeth 'Huling; ,
2nd Helen Wahlquist; potato race, lst, !
r. Wilcox Of North Pownal; End,
Miss Vail Of Bennington. i
Individual contests were: 4
Faba Gaba, 1st, Walter Hollister, 1
basket bali throw, lst, i
Earl Weeks, Bennington; ring toss,
1st, Edward Bryant Of Manchester;
highest score in all three, Floyd Walk ,
er, Bennington; End, Arthur Davis, h
Q
The championship banner was v
awarded TO the Bennington Baptist \
Sunday school which makes two sue
cessiye years that this Sunday school i
has won the pennant. The three lead y
ing Sunday schools and their points Q
In the contests were MS follows: LIST, s
Bennington Baptist, SO points; Ben /,
nington Congregationalisis, q points r
and Bennington Episcopalians q a
points. The banner was presented to Il
the superintendent Of the Baptist Sum c,
Day school Immediately after the re- P
suits were announced. d
The officials for the athletic con y
tests were as follows: Willard w.
Bartlett, secretary Of the Bennington \
County Vermont Improvement Associ- /,