The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-07
VICTORY FAIR IS
MARKED SUCCESS
Nearly 1000 Persons Buy
AdmissiOns-Supper to
Over 400
ANNUAL EVENT OF
LADIES' CIRCLE


tainment-6eth Fair Under Univer-
salist Auspices-List of Various Per |
sons in Charge
In the past 60 years the Ladies
| circle of the Universalist church has
given many successful fairs, but one I
Of the most successful of all was the !
Victory fair given in Festival hall yes
terday afternoon and last evening.
Nearly 1000 admission tickets were
| sold and more than 400 persons par
cook Of a delicious supper. The exact
number Of admissions was 996, and
/ while this is not the record number il
Is near the top. The doors opened at
clock and from then until the close
| here was a large number in attendaee,
the hall being crowded some of the
time, and at times there were so many
people in the stairways that il was di-
aieuli 10 get either way. While the
financial profit cannot be stated today,
il is known that they will be large, and
cue Of the surprising facts was the
lumber Of children present with 81
bills where they usually come with 80
cents to spend.
| The general superv rsion of the fair
was in the hands of Mrs. !. l.. Gold
NTH. president. and Mrs. Bert l.. Sar-
| rent, secretary of the society. They
we're assisted By an able corps of help
RS. The decorations, which were pa
riotie, were simple hat effective. Large
american flags were draped about the
everal windows in the hall and the
ights we're covered with red, white and
llue crepe papers The various booths
we're trimmed with the national eolors
. nd with small American flags. Mrs.
siarenee l.. Stiekney was chairman of
he committee on decorations and en-
| ertainmcnt In the receiving line were
4 | rev and Mrs. D. f. Trout, Mrs ]. l..
| Goldsmith, Mrs. George $. Dowley and
| 'erris f. Vaughan. Lyman orchestra
! | furnished music during the afternoon
md nj the supper hour, afterwards
i laying for dancing from $50 until II.
After supper an entertainment which
i ,pcned with Liberty sing by the au-
i hence was enjoyed Alison j. Dugan
!, rave the latest song hit, Till We Meet
Il Again, and was loudly applauded
al horus of Young women joined with MIR
Il )ugan in the chorus. The presenta-
ion of the farce, Mrs. Ienkin 5 Bril-
liant Idea, was 4 scream from begin
ling 10 finish Those in the east were
Misses Dorothy Shorey, Dorothy Hub
lard Leila Barber. Minnie Cooper. Mar
L on Richardson, Malva Roberts, Everil
Davis, Beatrice Scoville Gertrud,
Plummer.
p Tie dancing began at $50 and f:
arge number of tickets were sold Th
loor directors were Howard Richard
ion, Lewis Brown and Philip Franklin
Tickets at the door were taken by +
= L. Burnett. G. l.. Stiekney, Henry Ship
y man and G. Il. Simonds.
~ The flower booth was in charge o
= | Miss Jessie Pierce, assisted by Mis-
Clara Pierce, Mrs Guy Tasker, Mr..
o. Harry Miller. Flower girls were Doro
- hv Martin and Julia Park Mrs Georg
~ F. Barber was in charge of the fame
work booth and was assisted by Mr.
ne Henry r. Brown, Mrs A w Roel
- we'll and Mrs. Leslie s. Edwards Th
emonade table was in charge of Mis-
Ruth Sargent with Mrs John Barde
=, md Miss Inez Akley assisting. Mi:
i; Minnie A. Scott had charge of III
~ ANDY booth and was assisted by Mr.
- W. II. Richardson, Miss Florence Dicl
"a nson and Mrs. Il. j. Coils Apron
- we're sold in the booth of which Mr.
~ Frank Willard was in charge, with Mr.
c +. Dickinson and Mrs. c. r. S
aonds The grab table. which repr
sented The Horn of Plenty, was
charge of Miss Alice and Miss All
Eames, who were dressed as Victor
ne girls.
The supper menu which consisted
chicken-pie mashed potato, hot roll
1an cranberry sauce, pickles, cakes, pie
ose zee cream and hot coffee, bore out II
est excellent reputation which the soeie
ac has maintained. The supper matro
ON were Mrs. Willis D. Gibson, Mrs Jul
ing Cooley, Mrs. G. Baxter Reed. TIL,
ave were assisted by Mrs. A. J. Currit
lie Mrs. j. H. Barney, Mrs. Emily Edward
I'M Mrs. John l.. Roess, Mrs. +. A. Tuthi
ma. Mrs. Emma Niles, Miss Nellie PER-
20 Mrs Perry Davis. Mrs. William
= Brown. Mrs Mabel Cutler, ".
Brown. Ralph Cudworth, Mrs. Wheel
Mrs. Ellis, Perry Davis. Larkin An
7. don. Mrs. Mary Akley, Mrs. Jo
Mack. Mrs Herbert j. Clark, NJ
Not George Croll, Mrs G.. H. Hall Tho
who waited on tables were Miss Ado
Bailey, Mrs. Frank Streeter, Mrs. 4
ders thur f. Roberts, Mrs. Frank Strol
,day Miss Alta Dennison. Mrs George BIZ
hos op, Mrs Florence Switzer, Mrs. Ma
must Snow, Mrs Guy Russell Mrs Fra
lori- Powers, Miss Bond, Mrs. Charles FL
,test lish, Miss Eva Reed Mrs A. j Bral
heir cit, Mrs. 2. j. Hopkins, Mrs. Fl