The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-02-14
MANCHESTER SCHOLARS
TO THE FRONT
A Two. Days Convention in Benning'
ton Attended by Majority OF Teach
ers in the County.

ton Attenut0 Dy hajoiH' va
ers in the County.
The fifth annual meeting OF the
Remington County Educational Asso-
citation held in Bennington February
Sth and 9th, was one Of the ilnest
meetings the association has held.
The inconvenient train and trolley SER
vice Of late, especially the latter, pre-
vented many of the out of town teach
ers from attending. The registration
this year was around l0S compared
with 116 last year.
Among the teachers who registered
from out of town were the following;
Mary Leary, Dorset; Lura Dennison'
East Arlington; Mary Janet Dean, so.
Shaftsbury; Minnie Herrick, Manches-
ter Center; Mildred Brown, West Ar
| lington; Mary A. Powers, North Ben
nington; Regina A. Dean, North Pow
nal Ella NJ. Porter, South Shaftsbury;
Beatrice Spooner, Brandon; Era Grout,
East Arlington; Marilla Howard, so.
Shaftsbury; Theresa E. Mcclure, NO.
Bennington; Florence M. Hill, South
Salisbury; Ethel E. Derby, Manches-
ter Center; Clara M. Marden, Man
chester Depot; Berenice M. Hosley'
Manchester Center; Maude Z. Hanna
Vest Hebron, N. Y; Della Hanley,
Manchester Center; Helen X. Lakln,
Manchester Center; Elizabeth j. Bur-
trington, Pownal; Florence Z. Benedict,
East Dorset; Jane V. Leary, East Dor
set; Frances Killion, North Benning-
ton; Alice NJ. Young, North Benning
ton; Nora H. Stanley, North Bennlng-
ton; Marie A. Buck, Arlington; Bessie
N. Amidon, South Salisbury; jessie
A. Harris, Stamford; Rena Roberts,
Belmont, Mass; Edith F. Bourn, Man
J chester Depot Winifred Bailey, Ar
J l;rpton; Clara A. Monahan, North
} Bennington; Emma c. Brown, Dandy;
} Anna L. Tully, South Dorset; Mary Il.
} Malone, Manchester; Mary r. Tully,
D East Dorset; Jane E. Tully, South
D Dorset: NJ. Albina Perry, Manchester
D Depot; Helen E. Purdy, Manchester;
0 Lois S. Lawler, East Arlington; Yer
0 uise Loyett, Readsboro; Blanche b.
0 Sprague, Readsboro; Bertha Golding,
0 Readsboro; Ella Levenson, Readsboro;
0 MYRTLE A. Gardner, North Pownal;
0 Helen M. Bowen, South Dorset; Mil
0 dred Marshall, Manchester Center;
0 Anna Clancy, Worcester, Mass; MRS
0 E. L. Whitney, East Dorset; Mabel M
O DAVIS, Pownel; Katharine Dwyef
0 Manchester; Margaret b. Purcell
o Pownal; Carolyn. Preo, Arlington
o Alice Engstrom, Manchester; Bessie
o M. Niles, North Bennington; Margar-
% ct H. Thompson, Arlington; Margaret
10 Stuart, South Dorset; Felia S. Gibson
o East Dorset, N. N, Love, Supt. Norti
70 District; j. D. Whittier, Supt. Airing
70 tom Salisbury District.
10 The officers elected for the ensuing
10 wear are: President, A. W. Varney
10 vice president, Miss Margaret A. stu
70 art, Dorset; secretary and treasurer
10 d. l.. Judd.
10 The essay prizes on How 1ai
70 Help My Country" were won as foi
10 lows;
10 Food Production, Miss Mildre'
10 Tripp. South SALISBURY; Warren Ad
NJ ANS. Manchester Center; Donald Faul
70 ey, Bennington.
10 Fuel Conservation, Miss Miriam
10 Stakeholder, Bennington; Edward Gro
10 yer, Arlington; Joseph Gleason, Noru
DO Bennington.
no War Savings, Miss lnez Harris
90 Manchester; Miss Mary Walsh, Mort
30 Bennington; Miss Celia Graves, Man
50 chester.
No Red Cross, Miss Edith Jolivette
oo Bennington; Miss Alice Mulqueer
M Pleasant Valley; Miss Miriam Goe
90 wey, Arlington.
oo The sweepstake prize for the bes
oo essay was won by John lyman OF Al
90 lington.
an The Manchester students scored q
5o follows: Inez G. Harris, age -, grad
m 8. took the first prize of SloO 0
5o "How | May Best Serve My Countr
IN by War Savings" Celia Graves, ag
M l3. grade s, took the third prize
50 cents on this same subject. "al
ren II. Adams, age IA, grade 8 too
second prize Of rs cents on How
I'D May Best Serve Ny Country by roc
Production" Mention should also !
he made that the honors, Of which thei
en- were four, for Rcd Cross knitting :
err the public school children Of Bennini
ri ton county, all came to Manchesi'
st except one, as follows: Lillian Jenkn
be age -, took the sweepstake prize i
,se the county by knitting pair of socI
90, in which the judges, who were Wotn'
knitters Of the Bennington Red eros
p1s ,,ayo ,trahIn IN find an error III