The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-12-26
BETHEL
Great Efforts Made to Please Children
on Christmas Day.

on Christmas Day.
The amount of labor expended in be-
half of the children at Christmas time
if tabulated, would surprise some peo-
! pie. Omitting what is done in THEN
homes, no doubt the largest aggregate
| the total efforts of several churches, the
| Womans club, the schools and other
organizations are tremendous. For in
stance the Methodist Sunday school
which provided 200 candy bags and 20C
other small membranes for the chill
dren of the perish, found it necessary
to elect committees as follows, only the
chairmen being named, but usually eacl
chaipnan was assisted by several other
persons On sChristmas play. H. f.
Shepard other parts of program, Mrs
a. N. Washburn; procuring tree, II. c
Wilson's setting up tree w. G. I.aRock
loading tree, Mrs. v H. Eddy; select
ing and marking presents, Mrs. c. F
Shepard popping corn and filling candy
bags, Mrs. Palmro Rossi making can
dy bags, ladies' aid society; seating
arrangements, X. G. Cox
The community Christmas exercises
at the town hall last evening consisted
of singing carols by chorus of school
children directed by Mrs. n NJ. GAY
teacher of singing. G. d. Gushing then
appeared as Santa Claus and welcomed
the children, after which POO candy
bags were given out from an illuminat-
ed tree and veryone went home happy
The handsome l5-foot spruce tree
which was seen Wednesday evening at
the Methodist church and last evening
at the town hall was eut and delivered
by Hugh c. Wilson from his farm.
The usual large audience gathered at
the Methodist church on Christmas. eve
to enjoy the exercises, in which large
number Of the boys and girls took part
The Lympus church celebrated Christ
last evening by fine program and a
tree. from which w. G. Whitaker
called off the presents in the most ap.
proved style,
DAME Lille post, No, 81, G. A. R..
has elected the following officers foI
the coming year: Commander, G.. H
kimball senior and junior vice com
mdnder, Daniel Stoddard: officer of the
guard, NJ. n. Kendall; adjutant, T. A.
Chadwick chaplain, Alonzo H. Spoon
er.
have opened a shoe repairing shop
in the Bascom hotel building, entrance
at foot of Bascom theatre stairs. All
kinds of shoe and rubber work done
promptly, thoroughly and at fair prices
H. A. Mack.
Miss Irene Gushing is home from
Jackson college,
Misses Helen Brooks and Katherine
Bartlett are home from their teaching
in Springfield, Mass.
Miss Mabel Miller is home from
teaching in Pennington, n H.
Sterling Pike, aged u years, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. f. J. Pike, is home fTom
the Austine institute in Brattleboro
where he is making good progress.
Principal W T. Davis is at his home
in Clinton. Mass, Miss Jessie Archibald
at Chelsea, Mass, Miss Daisie Kenyon
at Huntington.
The leather workers union on Tues.
day evening elected officers and com
mittees as follows for the next six
months, some OF the contests being
very close, the secret ballot being used
President Robert Middleton; vice pres
ident, Charles NJ Angell secretary and
treasurer, Max b. Bliss; recording sec.
rotary, Miss Carrie A. Rogers finance
committee, G. w Merrill, C. NJ Angel
Ben H. King; advisory committee, Il. l..
Persons, William Kennedy and William
Moore; executive board, G. NJ Angel
Patrick Sullivan, Eugene Croissant
Michele Petrucelli: grievance commit
tee, Il. ?. Fisher, p sullivan. NJ Petru,
celli; shop committee, f. Croissant, X
Middleton, William 0sgood
Postmaster Noble reports the Christ
mas mails unusually heavy Carrier
Barrows Of rural route was Obliged Ia
take along an extra team on Wednes
day. He had the same experience two
years ago
Christmas services were held yestef
day morning at Christ church.