Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-06-29
GRAFTON.
Grammar School Track Meet.

Grammar School Track Meet.
The grammar school had q track meet
Friday morning. The red and white
won AZ points and the blue and white
SO. The high point winner was Floyd
Prouty, II, and Howard Eddy and Ken
meth Perkins won 13 each. Summary:
100-yard dash--Floyd Prouty LIST;
Howard Eddy I'd; Kenneth Perkins
Sd.
Broad jump-George Adams LIST;
Floyd Prouty Cd; William Wilson 3D.
Sack race (girls) Barlow LIST;
Beatrice Prouty I'd; Elizabeth Wright
Sd.
Sack race (boys)- willrich Kilner
LIST; Floyd Prouty Cd; Walter Stowell
Sd.
Three-legged race (boys)-Kenneth
Perkins and Howard Eddy LIST; George
Adams and Ralp Wilson I'd.
Pole vault-George Adams LIST; Will
rich Kilner I'd; Cary Palmer Sd.
Relay race-Howard Eddy LIST; Floyd
Prouty I'd.
Broad jump-Avery Park LIST; George
Adams I'd; Cary Palmer Sd.
At the ball game in the afternoon the
score was IA to 10. The captains were
Howard Eddy and Ralph Wilson.
At the close of the track meet all
spectators were invited to the school
house by the teacher, Miss Marie Will
son, where bountiful luncheon was
served. The schoolroom was finely dec
GRATED with flags, and samples of the
pupils work were on exhibition, which
showed painstaking work on the part
of both teacher and pupils.
Miss Eva Hobart is at her home here.
Miss Frye of Freeport, ILL.,, is at
the Tavern.
Mrs. NJ. E. Zeller is visiting in Or.
ange, Mass, and vicinity.
Charles Compton of West Brattleboro
is visiting at Charles Wright s.
Miss Fannie Hall, who was in Bos
ton and vicinity week or more, has
returned.
Miss Hazel Compton of West Brat
tleboro is guest of her friend, Miss
Hazel Treadwell.
Mrs. R. Ernest Reynolds and daugh-
ter, Ernestine, have returned to then
home in Northampton, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. M. Wright of Bos.
ton called on friends in town Tues
day. Their son, Leonard, has enlisted
and is in Provincetown.
Miss Hannah Cove was in town Sun
day, and on Monday went to Framing
ham and Everett for a short stay. Miss
Priscilla Cove vent with her.
Mrs. M. E. Zeller and son attended
a silver wedding anniversary in Bel
lows Falls last week, Thursday evening
Mrs. Zeller was called on for a poem.
Mrs. Charles Cambridge and daugh
ter, Dorothy, came Monday for the
summer. Miss Dorothy was one of the
graduates of the Burlington high schoo
this year.
An interesting lecture on Turkey
and the war, illustrated with stereopti
con views, was given in the chape
Monday evening by Rev. w. w. Evans
A large number attended.
Until further notice the Red Gross
auxiliary will meet in Grange hall
Friday afternoons, from 2.30 to
o. clock. Thirty three new members
Joined this past week, making the mum
Der now 1875.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Baldwin, who
had been occupying the Dwinell hom'
| two weeks or more, went to Cheste
| Wednesday, where they will Visi
friends week, before returning t.
their home in Harrisburg, Pa.
DR.. G. G. Wilson and daughter, Ros,
and Mr.. Bouche of Cambridge, Mass
came to Green Hollow Saturday. DR.
Wilson received a telegram Saturda!
evening to go to Washington, d. c.
for a conference, and went Sunday.
DR.. F. L. Gilbert and Leland Wrigh
went to the Massachusetts General hos
pital in Boston Friday for the purpos
of treatment for Leland Wright, h
having trouble with his hearing. |
was thought not to be advisable to hav
an operation at present.
Rev. Mr.. Curtis of Westminster Yves
preached in the Congregational churcl
last Sunday in exchange with Rev. W
w. Evans. Rev. Mr.. Evans also spok
in the Christian Endeavor meeting Sun
day evening. Both addresses were yer,
interesting and practical. p.s- g. A.
The children of the primary schoo
having no absent marks during tn
term are: Maude Aiken, Evelyn Brown
Mildred Eddy, Thelma Lockerby, Gym
thia Palmer, Raymond Lockerby, Gil
bert Lockerby, Reach Lawrence, Ray
mond Perkins and Chauncey Prouty
Cynthia Palmer was perfect in at
tendance for the year and Mildre'
Eddy was absent only one day. TIL
pupils collected 1874 different wild flow
ers, and the record of birds seen wa
IS4.-Edith Colburn, teacher.