Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-06-21


Danforth essay, "The Alphabet" Gladys
Rublee: music; essay. "The Camp Fire
Girls" Frances Pierce; class history and
prophecy. Elizabeth l.. OBryan and Ha-
gel T.. Jimmo essay, Modern Society"
Hildreth Chamberlain; music: presenta-
tion to senior class, Edna Dwyer and
Harold W. Clifford; class WILL jeremiah
C. CardeI; essay and valedictory. Cheer
fulness as Duty" Myrle I. Sweet pres
entation of diplomas; music. orchestra.
At the close of the exercises the alumni
held a reunion and elected these officers:
President, Martin A. Rider: first vice.
| president, Mrs. Ralph Denlo: second vice.
president. Miss Anna Cooley; secretary.
Mrs. Albert w. Cove treasurer. Miss
Ella NJ. Norton executive committee
Mrs. Harry Flint, Ira Norton, Mrs. Paul
| Richardson, Miss Irene Hathorne. Wiley
| Danforth
| Clarence Bosworth. grandson OF Mrs. {.
NJ. Bosworth of this village, sailed for
| France Tuesday with an aviation corps.
Mr.. Bosworth was member of the SEN
ior class Of the University Of Vermont
At the adjourned meeting Of the quarter
\ ly conference of the Methodist Episcopal
| Church Monday night, tho articles OF
| federation of the Methodist and Con-
gregational Churches were unanimously
| ratified-Coilege entrance examinations
are being held at the school house.-Mr.
and Mrs. B. W. Pollard went to Burling-
| ton Monday. MIR. Pollard, who p in poor
| health. went to consult a specialist.-The
| teacher-training class, Campfire Girls.
and Miss Robinson are in camp for two
weeks at Long Point.-Thomas McKinnon
has gone to Albany, where he has a posi-
tion.-Glen Currier has gone to North
Troy where ne will spend the summer
with his uncle, George Myers, and fam
lily
, Miss ella Mathewson is at home from
the Sl<idmore Art school, Saratoga.-Miss
Marion Mullngs Ia at home from Middle
lbury College for the summer vacation
Drew Narney of the University of YER
mont, and jeremiah Cardell and Fred
McClunin of Plattsburgh training camp
were in town Friday for graduation. Mr..
lCardell and Mr. McClunin are members Of
the graduating class.-'rhe fourth annual
prize speaking contest Of the Bristol high
school was held in Holley hall Thursday
levening. The program: Music. mono-
logue. Making Him Feel at Home" Vel
ma r. Grant 90; Hagar. Mary II. Wy
man. is; "Spartans to the Gladiators. -
Lewis Brownson. IS; Tiger Lily's Race"
Florence Il. Sprague. 10; "a Tale of Old
Madrid" Anne NJ. Blanchard. II; music;
"The Obstructive Hat in the Pit" William
| IL.
Anne I. Casey. 'ls; music. The Judges.
Judge Charles /. Button, Prof. Frank w.
Cady and A. B. King, decided in favor of
William r. Wyman first prize. $3.50;
second. Miss Florence Sprague IS. and
Miss Alma Blanchard third $3.50 All de-
serve honorable mention. Credit is due
Miss Effie Haskins of the Chicago Musical
College who trained then.-Total amount
of subscriptions for Liberty bonds sent
in by the First National bank of Bristol
was $4,000, representing 2a9 subscribers.
The eighth grade promotion exercises
were held in Colonial theatre Thursday
afternoon. The following was the pro-
gram: Invocation. the Rev. T. b.
hughes: "Lincolns Gettysburg Address. "
Harry James: piano solo, Myrtle Bristol
salutatory, Our Flag" Stella Sears: THE
Story of Grumble Tom" Wesley Orcutt
, "As Regular as a Clock" Wnfred Tru.
do; THE Greatest Battle Song of All.
chorus. Ellen Mott Ruth Markham. Mary
Fisher. Marguerite Mayhew; Tone OF
Voice" Bernice Gleason; song. Some
where a Voice Is Calling" Rena .Timmo
"Arbitration," Luther Shattuck; John.
ny's History Lesson" Leland Landon
piano duet. Ethel Farr and Ruth Max.
, ham; valedictory, The Land of Prom.
se." Katherine Levarn; distribution OF
diplomas; singing, "Star Spangled Ban
: rer The 18th annual reunion of the
| Varney family will be held at the home
of Mr. and Mrs l.. !. Meilleur on June
! 81 The children will furnish music.-A
house-to-house canvass of Bristol was
( made Thursday by the business men II
e the interest of the Liberty loan. Brsto
T. Lodge of odd Fellows has taken $40
> worth of bonds.-C. "A. Hands and Thorn
/ as Leonard are the petit jurors from Brs
= tol for the June term of Addison count!
5 court.-Miss Irene Hathorne Is at home
from Fresno, Cal
: The Methodist and Congregations
S Churches have signed articles of fedora
}. tion and will hereafter be known as thu
/, Federated Church and will work as such
:, Sunday will be observed as Federation
e Rally day and President John NJ. Thoma.
n Of Middlehury College will address th'
" united congregations at the Congrega
J.; tonal Church. The class/ meeting will b,
II held in the Methodist Church as usual
t The choirs will work together and ther
e will be joint services of the Sunda,
schools and Young People societies in tn
Methodist Church. with a union servic
@ in the evening The first Sunday in July
l. when the federation officially takes eff
> feet. President Guy Potter Benton of tn
II University of Vermont will address tn
n united congregation at the Methods
Church.
q Miss Ida Lamb was operated upon 70
n appendicitis at her home on East stree
9 Tuesday night.-Mr. and Mrs. Ro,
Demeritt of Waterbury are parents Of
v. son, born Tuesday, Mrs. Demeritt wa
q formerly Miss Rhena Palmer OF thi
= town.