The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-22
A MOST UNIQUE PROGRAM
Will Be Given at Sunday School Centen-
NAL at Greensboro.


| Preparations are complete for the cele
bration at Greensboro to-day, Saturday
and Sunday, June %, % and "a, of a
most unique event, the centennial of the
first Sunday school convention in New
England. This celebration, which will
be under the auspices of the Vermont
Sunday School association, will be par.
ticipated in by the state Sunday school
associations of all the New England
states, the American Sunday School I'M
ion and the international Sunday School
association
The first service will be held in the
Congregational church. Greensboro, at
7:45 p. M on Friday, June %, and each
of the six general secretaries of the New
England state Sunday school associa-
tions will speak.
Saturday, June %, is to be the ami
versary day and several of the features
of the original convention, or ''exhibi-
tion,' as it was called, will be duplicat-
ed. Among them are the Procession,
led by a band OF music" which will form
at the schoolhouse and proceed to the
Tolman grove, near the site of the barn
of Col. Ashbel Hale, in which the orig
inal gathering was held. The services
in the grove will include the singing, I'M
der the leadership of Rev. f. NJ. Fuller,
former general secretary of the Vermont
Sunday School association, of some of
the old time hymns of century ago.
lined out" after the fashion OF 1917;
most interesting scripture oratorical
contest" participated in by some of the
young people of the Sunday schools of
Greensboro Hardwick and Craftsbury;
solo by little Miss Elizabeth Adeline
Eastman OF Greensboro, the words OF
which were sung at the convention of
1917 by Esther Huntington, three years
old; addresses by Rev. Edwin Wilbur
Rice, d. D., of Philadelphia, several de-
representatives, j. B. Cook,
one of the oldest residents of Greensboro,
and his excellency, Gov. IL. F. Graham.
At the evening service on Saturday,
which will be held in the Greensboro
town hall. addresses will be given by
three of the former general secretaries of
the Vermont Sunday School association,
Rev. G. L. Story, Rev. f. NJ. Fuller and
Rev. II. A. Durfee, d. d., and by L. X.
Warren of Three Oaks, Mich, the presi-
dent of the International Sunday School |
association. Mr. Warren, who is the |
head of one of the largest business con-
Germs in Michigan, is a native OF Yer
his father having been for five |
years the pastor of the Congregational
church in East Berkshire. Because of
ais love for his native state, as well as
rs his deep interest in the Sunday school
work. he is coming all the way from
Michigan for this centennial.
Another unusual feature of this CEN
ennial is to be the holding at 2:30 on
Sunday afternoon of united Sunday
chool' session, the schools of Hardwick,
-raftsbury and Greensboro uniting in
his session. The school will meet in
hree divisions: Elementary, for chill
lren under u, in the Presbyterian
hurch; secondary, for young people in
he teens. in the Congregational church;
nd the adult, for men and women, in
he town hall. Each section will be in
barge of Sunday school specialists from
II over New England.
The people of Greensboro, assisted by
he Sunday school workers of Hardwick ,
nd Craftsbury, very generously enter
ain throughout the centennial all out
f-the state delegations, and the officers
/ the Vermont association, and invite
n who attend to be their guests at sup
er on Saturday and dinner Sunday,
-hich will be served by the Greensboro
adies in the Congregational and Pres
yterian churches.
Il is expected that at least four Of the
x.presidents of the Vermont Sunday
ehool association. H. A Slayton Of Nor
sville. F. s. Pease of Burlington, J. A.
Of Chester and Gen. y. G.
of Bellows Falls, will be present
nd will preside al the different sessions.
That interest in this centennial is
ide-spread is indicated by the fact that
lquiries for programs (which may be
blamed from the state Sunday school
flee. Burlington have been received for
tends in New Hampshire, Michigan,
Minnesota and Virginia.
IL is hoped that one Of the special fea-
Tres Of the centennial viii be the unveil-
e Of a memorial tablet TO mark the