The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1916-07-06
COUNTY PICNIC A SUCCESS
Over 1000 Interested Persons Present
The Day an Ideal One.

Inc tnlrd annual picnic ana neiu Gay
Of the Bennington County Sunday
schools was held Friday at Nichols
Grove in Arlington. The entertaining
and instructive program which had
been arranged and 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 in
the morning until the last tired pic
nicker set out YEARLY but happily
homeward shortly after o'clock in
the evening. 1t was a wonderful day,
one which even exceled the success OF
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.
Immediately upon their arrival in
Arlington, the schools were formed in
a line and marched to the picnic
grounds a short distance away, pre-
ceded by the Bennington City Band
and delegation from the Bennington
Congregational Sunday school carry
| ing a large American flag. Reaching
the grounds, each school was given a
place to deposit 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 a we'll 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
Ipionship banner which was to be
awarded the school scoring the most
Ipoints. The contests were divided into
two classes, junior and senior, the first
and second places in each even being
as follows:
Junior Events
! Obstacle ace:-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 Shut
feton, East Arlington Methodist.
Senior Events
100 yard sh:-Marshal White.
Bennington Baptist, and James Hamil-
ton, Bennington Methodist.
44O yard run:-Roy Phelps, Man
chester Congregational, and Roger
Perkins, Manchester Congregational.
Mile run:-Edmund Howe, Benning-
ton Episcopal, and Albert Center, Ben
nington Methodist.
Running broad jump: Marshall
White, Bennington Baptist, and Wal
ton Harwood, Bennington Episcopal.
High jump:-Nelson Payne, North
Bennington Congregational, and John
Millington, SALISBURY Methodist
Girls Events
Relay race:-Won by team repre-
senting the SALISBURY Methodists'
The members of the team were Caro-
line Hard, Marilla Howard, Hazel
Tripp and Mary Dean.
Senior potato race:-Barbara Rob |
erts, Bennington Baptist, and Hazel
Trip, South SALISBURY Methodist.
Junior potato race:-Thelma Wilcox
Pownal Congregational, and Myra Ell
well, Old Bennington Congregational.
For the third successive year, the
Bennington Baptists proved their ath-
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pionship banner with a total OF 80
points. They were followed by the
Bennington Episcopalians with l9
points and the SALISBURY Methodists
with IS points. Each individual win
ming a first or second place in any
event is entitled to badge which will
be mailed to him within a day or two.
An intermission was called for lunch
about IL o'clock, after which a brief
concert was rendered by the Benning-
ton City Band. Shortly after ] o'clock
when the crowd was gathered together
on the slope in order to witness the j
biblical pageant, there was a roll call
Of the Sunday schools. As each name
was called, the school responded with
song and cheer, after which the sec
rotary Of the school announced the
number Of his delegation. The follow
ing schools were represented in or
ganized delegations: Arlington Con-
gregational and Methodist; West Ar
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