The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-07-01
CR0WjO{t92l!9!0 At
THIRD ANNOA,'1,.'
COUNTY PICNIC
Pleasant Weather and Large Atten-
dance Made Affair a Biz Success
BAPIISTS BAG THE BANNER
Pleasing Feature Was Biblical Pageant
Under Direction of Mrs.
Arthur Elliott.

The third annual picnic and field
day of the Bennington County Sunday
schools was held Friday at Nichors
Grove in Arlington. Even the weather
man who has been so persistently dis
agreeable during the past few weeks
was awed by the mighty preparations
carried on by the several committees
of this yearly event and allowed bril-
liant sun to do its best to tan the
happy faces OF an attendance number
ing over 2000 When the ticket man
reached his final analysis, it was dis
covered that there had been 80 more
paid admissions than last year. The
entertaining and instructive program
which had been arranged consisting OF
games, athletic contests, and pageants
was carried out smoothly in every de-
tail and no mishap nor unpleasant oc-
currence marred the day from the time
the church bells began to ring early Ill
the morning until the last tired PIC
nicker set out wearily but happily
homeward shortly after six O'Clock III
the evening. 1t was a wonderful day,
one which even excelled the success oil
last year. No detail OF the program
was omitted, thanks to the efficiency
and care of the various committees
and officials, to whom is due the credit
for the success OF this enjoyable event
The special train left the local sta
ton at nine o'clock in the morning al
ter being boarded by about 400 pic
nickers representing the Bennington
delegation. By the time Arlington was
reached, at ten o'clock, 200 more had
been added by stops at North Ben
nington. South SALISBURY and Shafts
bury, each Sunday school which went
as a unit riding in a special car.
Immediately upon the arrival in Ar
lington, the schools were formed in
line and marched to the picnic grounds
a short distance away, preceded by
the Bennington city band and delega-
ton from the Bennington Congrega-
tional Sunday school carrying a large
American flag. Reaching the grounds,
each school was given a place to de-
post its lunch-boxes and the events of
the much longed for day were officially
begun.
Games for the little children and
athletic contests for the older boys and
girls were soon in progress, the latter
taking place on well arranged ath-
letic field on the picnic grounds. All
of the athletic contests took place be-
fore lunch and excited universal inter-
est among pleasure seekers. The con
tests themselves were enthusiastic and
spirited as each Sunday school was
anxious to win the handsome champ
ionship banner which was to be award
ed the school scoring the most points
The contests were divided into two
classes, Junior and Senior, the first
and second places in each event being
as follows:
Junior events:
Obstacle race Joseph Weichman
Bennington Methodist and Alexander
Lister Bennington Episcopal.
Running broad jump:-Carl Chase
Bennington Baptist and William
Graves, Bennington Episcopal.
100 yard dash: Carl Chase. Ben
nington, Baptist and Francis Mooney
Arlington Methodist.
High jump:-William Graves, Ben
nington Episcopal and Marcus Shafiie
ton, East Arlington Methodist.
Senior events:
100 yard dash: Marshal White
Bennington Baptist and James Hamil
ton, Bennington Methodist.
440 yard run:-James Phelps, Man
chester Congregational and william
Perkins, Manchester congregational.
Mile run Edmund Howe, Benning
ton Episcopal and Albert Center, Ben
nington Methodist.
Running broad jump p:-Marshal
White, Bennington Baptist and Waltoi
Harwood, Episcopal Episcopal
High jump-Nelson Payne, Nortl
Bennington Congregational and Johl
Millington, Shaftsbury Methodist.
Following are the girls events:
Girls relay rhce:-Won by team
representing the Salisbury MethC
dists. The members of the team wer
Carolina Hard, Marilla Howard, Haze
Trip and Mary Dean.
Senior Potato race Barbara Rol
inson, Bennington Baptist and Haze
Trip, South Salisbury Methodist.
Junior potato race e:-Thelma Wilco
Pownal Congregational and Myra E
well, Old Bennington Congregations
For the third successive year. tn
Bennington Baptists proved their at
letic ability and carried off the chaml
ionship banner with a total of 3
points. They were followed by th
Bennington Episcopalians with
points and the SALISBURY Methodist