St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-06-16
LyndOnvilIe !.
Closing Exercises of The Graded
SchooIs-Personal and Local
News


News
(Mrs. E. J. Blodgett, Correspondent
The Lyndonville graded school has
closed another successful years work
and prepared for entrance into high
school work large class. The clos
ing exercises in which all the grades
took part were held in Music Hall
last Friday evening. In spite of the
hard rain the hall was packed to its
capacity. The front row in the bal
cony was reserved for the families
and friends of the graduates, and the
265 children occupied the main body
of the hall. The stage was decorated
with plants and ferns, all in green
and white the chosen colOrs. Yer
mont banners were hung around the
hall, and a large Vermont flag occu-
pied the rear scene on the stage. The
Is graduates were arranged in a
semi-ircle on the stage. Members
of the eighth grade acted as ushers.
The program was based upon the sub
ject, Vermont and the recitations
and songs with the exception of the
two original essays, were taken
from the ''Vermonter" The fol-
lowing was the program, carried out
with great spirit and perfectly rem
Eunice Silsby; invocation, the Rev.
r. H. Moore; flag drill, fifth grade;
piano duet, Laura and Nettie Allard;
song, Christel Pound, Anna Breason;
singing, Sweet Bunch of Daisies, .
first grade; essay, ''The Haldi-
mand Correspondence" Catharine
Emery; recitation, "The Pioneer
Vermonters," Laura Allard; singing,
"A Sun-Land Story" second grade;
recitation, Song of Seasons" Cora
Beauregard; reading of sweeney's
letter from Panama, Cecil Frappied;
singing, while We Live, Freely
Give" School Days" Little Tin
Soldiers, Spring Song" third and
fourth grades; defamation, "Our
Mountains" Hayden Allen; recita-
ton, unto the Hills" Beatrice Bev-
ms; piano solo, Bertha Blodgett;
Sleep" Boat Song" by Hunter,
Ernest Norton; recitation, DUTY, the
State Speaks" Alrnoza Morancy;
chorus, Three Cheers For Old Yer
mont" thirty girls from the higher
grades; essay, 'Why l Like to Live
In Vermont" Ruth Blodgett; pre-
sentation of diplomas, Principal G..
A. Jameson; Vermont creed, gradu-
ates; song, Vermont" In this
closing song school and audience
united in singing Miss Helen Wins
lows words to the air America. +"
\ After Professor Jameson present
ed the diplomas Ernest Norton, in
behalf of the class, presented him
with a leather toilet case for travel
ing as a memento of the occasion.
All the teachers have reason to be
Of hn oh hxy
their pupils that night. The names
of graduates, all of whom expect to
enter Lyndon Institute in September,
are as follows: Laura Allard, Hay
den Allen, Cora Beauregard, Beatrice
Bevins, Ruth Blodgett, Anna Brea-
son, Annie Cote, Thelma Cote. Cath
arine Emery, Cecil Frappied, Almoza
Marancy, Ernest Norton, Christel
Pound, Althea Robinson and Walter
Stahler.
Alfred Simpson spent a few
days last week with his uncle,
James D. Dexter, on his way to visit
his parents in Sheffield
Mrs. G.. B. Hutchinson and Miss
Bessie Hutchinson entertained the
Christmas Club very pleasantly last
Wednesday, taking them to supper
at Hotel Lyndon.
Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Cree and
daughter, Frances, were in Boston
few days last week.
Lyndon Institute base ball nine,
accompanied by a following of faith
full henchmen, and women, journeyed
to st. Johnsbury Thursday afternoon
and achieved another victory over
the Academy nine, 2 to 1. The game
was very interesting and exciting
one, as the score stood L to l at the
beginning of the ninth inning, and
the day was saved for Lyndon by
Harold Ahern, who secured a home
run. The victory was accompanied
by the usual amount of shouting,
bell ringing, etc., and there were
many sore threats in school on Fri
day.
Lyndonville graded school closed
Friday for the summer vacation. Re-
turns from the state examinations
for high school did not come back
until Thursday and were very graft
flying. Fifteen members of the
eighth and ninth grades took the ex-
aminations and all passed with very
good rank. The highest average
was that of Ruth Blodgett, 91.6,
with Catharine Emery at close sec
i Ond at 81.
i The Village improvement Society
are planning to open THE Bould-
ers,' their tea house at Lake Will
! loughby, on Saturday of this week,
June 10.
Arthur G. Emery, who has been
in Cleveland, o., for several weeks
having attended the meeting of the
4 B. of L. E., has returned home.
Mrs. Harry Flanders was a visitor
in Sheffield last week.
L. H. and 1. H. Gordon and their
wives visited their father, L. w. Cor
don, in Sutton last week
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Lewsey Wis
tied her sister, Mrs. H. D. Chapman,
in Sutton last week.
Mrs. S. ]. Wilson was recent Wis
itor in st. Johnsbury.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Hartshorn of
East Concord, have been visiting
their son, Leslie Hartshorn, and wife.
i DR.. Cleon Colby is spending a few
| waeks' vacation with his naron+c Mr.