The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-03-31
GRADED SCHOOLS
SHOWING TOWN
SENSATION
Most Wonderful Exhibit Ever Seen
in Bennington
PRIZE RIBBONS ARE OFFERED
Exhibition Closes Tonight With a
Program Taken From Actual
Work Of Pupils.
PRIZE BIBBoNs ARE OFFERED

Over 500 parents and friends of To-
cal school pupils were in attendance
at the first school exposition yesterday
afternoon and evening. Two programs
were rendered in the big third-foor
room of the School street building
which were witnessed by nearly all
those who inspected the work on ex-
hibition in the other rooms. The hall
was filed to capacity and many of the
recitations received generous ap.
plause.
The judges of the exhibits completed
their work in the early afternoon and
the results of the ribbon-awards were
as follows.
Woodwork:
Eighth grade: First, bookshelves,
Harry Silver: second, backing box,
ster. Seventh grade: First, taburet,
Jordan Farmer; second, fern-stand,
Francis Amidon; third, knife box,
Hamilton bushnell. High school:
First, morris chair, Richard Barrett
second, waste basket James Hunting
ton; third, book.shelves, Edward
|Hoerst.
Basketry
First, Dorothy Stevens; second.
|FCatherine NORM; third, Irwin Green.
Cane Chair-seatine:
First, Francis Amidon; second. Val
tla LYONS and Marion Williams, third,
Edna Pleasant.
First, Evelyn Touchette: second. Hill
degarde Won Ow; third, Florence
Morse.
Sewing:
Eighth grade. First, corset cover,
Eileen Briggs; second, child's dress,
Elizabeth Lister; third, sofa pillow,
Gladys Taylor Seventh grade: First,
fillet crochet, Eriketa Savas; second,
pillow, Elizabeth Cutler: third, scarf,
Margaret Smith.
Writing:
First, Valda Lyons; second, Myra
Elwell; third, Dorothy Warn.
The above list of awards was made
to juvenile exhibitors in competition
with others in the entire exhibit
Special notices equivalent to first
prizes were made to the following
for exceptional work among the ex-
hibits in each room in competition
with fellow pupils of such room: Rug,
Estelle Bennett; rug. James Hulett;
doll hat, Elizabeth Winslow; sewing,
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Silver; plain sewing, Wilhelmina Jen-
sen; embroidery, Jennie Breese: pill
low top, Mildred Crofton; apron, Lena
Allen; apron, Helen Morrissey; sand
wich tray, Daisy Loveland: pillow
case, Rhoda Southall: silk slip, Miriam
Stakeholder: tatting, Marjorie Hurley;
bungalow plan, Alexander Drysdale;
hammered brass, Gordon Southall;
cap, Mary Barber, kimona. Marion
Winslow;
Special seconds were granted to the
following: Rug, Tarrant Sibley;
hammock, Spencer Mattison; bird
house, boys of Miss Rudd's room; doll
hat, Jennie Corey; basket, John L.
Cole; picture frame, Adjutor Bette
hot roll case, Mamie Ross; crochet
jacket. Fannie Levin; apron, Ida May
nard; woven cap. Frances Carver
patching, Anna Barber; Indian hat,
Leonard Greenslet; brown bread, Mary
Brown;
Special thirds were granted to the
following: Hammock, Anna Hyzer;
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Anna Hulett; paper cutter, Robert
Benjamin: dolls hat, Daisy Hewitt;
towel, Martha Firth; sled, Charles
Stein; toy barn, Albert Bergeron;
towel. Lafthurea Savas; embroidery,
Caroline Stratton; weaving, Anoh Hol-
lister; slippers, Lucia Cutler.
Special firsts were awarded to the
best in penmanship in each room as
follows: Floyd Harmon. Hector Mar
couX, Rose Brusso, Robert Barton,
Jessie Sumner. Dorothy Warn, Fred
Stone, Cynthia Dewey, Catherine
Norm, Helen Pratt, Hubert Warn, My
IA Elwell, Howard Armstrong, Philip
Knapp, Valda Lyons, Pauline Margo-
lin.
The prize for the best single room
exhibit was awarded to that taught by
Miss Gertrude Carney and Miss Mary
Carney. Miss Theresa Daley and
Miss Annie Dakin wer one point be-
low the above in race for first recogni-
ton. The prize for best penmanship
in any single room went to that
taught by Miss Welch and Miss RMS
sell.
The oral recitations and demonstra-
tion of fundamental school studies con
tinued this afternoon and Supt. Var
nnN siimatp ed that 1nnl nannln will q.