The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-07-29
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION

Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen Cushing of
st. Adams were recent visitors In
town.
Miss Minnie Reed of Keene, n. H., is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Fred Carlisle,
of Union street.
Harold Cary Thornton, manager of
the Price Grain store of Middlesex, is
spending his vacation with his par
ents. Rev. and Mrs. Fl. l.. Thornton.
Mrs. David Hunt, who has been
spending few weeks vacation with
relatives in Bridgeport, Conn, has re-
turned home.
A historical pageant of the village
OF Post Mills and vicinity was given
Tuesday afternoon and evening by the
girls and counselors of Camp Billings.
Those who took part in this pageant
deserve great credit for the able man
ner in which each one did her part, The
dancing was superb and the acting was
far above the amateur. Those who had
the work of drilling and placing before
the public this wonderful pageant de-
serve a great deal of credit for the able
manner in which the whole play was
enacted. There was a very large atten-
dance in the afternoon, and in the eve
ming much larger one than in the aft
ernoon. Mr.. Hurd, director of the camp,
gave a short historical sketch of the
growth of the camp. 1t was organized
about II years ago and has grown
from a small camp until now they have
invested about $4,000, and it covers
number of acres of ground. Camp
Billings is memorial camp, owned
and operated by the Windsor County
Young Mems Christian association,
There are between so and 10 girls in
the camp at the present time. Mr.
Hurd deserves great praise for the able
way in which this camp is conducted,
and with his assistants, it is one OF the
best camps on Lake Fairlee, Those
who attended this pageant from this
vicinity are as follows: Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Darrell and Mrs, BARRELS mother,
Mrs. Harder, Mrs. David Pingree, Rev.
and Mrs. H. L. Thornton and son,
Cary, Mr.. and Mrs. w. c, w Marshall
Mrs. David Hunt, Mason Huse, Mr.. and
Mrs. Mitchell, Mrs. Maud Watson, Mr.
and Mrs. James A. Stacy, +. p.
Campbell and two daughters,
George Wilder and DR.. Eaton and fam.
lily.
David A. Pingree and son, Albert,
left by automobile for Gloucester re-
Gently for short stay with relatives
and are expected to return Friday.
Miss L. w. Lyman has gone to spend
the remainder of the summer at the
White mountains with relatives.
A very interesting and quite an ex-
citing game of baseball was played
Wednesday afternoon on the Lebanon
baseball grounds in the presence of
about 1000 people and about 1000 au-
tomobiles. The Moose band of Leb
anon played quite number Of pieces.
The batteries were Lstrum and Hay
den, Newport, and Koran and Bracket
for Lebanon. The score was four to
one in favor Of the Newport team. One
Of the striking features of the game
was that the Newport team has seven
batters who were left handed 1t was
great game, but the Newport team
was the stronger of the two. They
were batters and we're able to do some
heavy batting. The return game will
be played Thursday al Newport The
Newport team is in the lead Of the
Twin State league.
+. b Huse, who has been spending
few weeks in Boston and vicinity.
returned home the first Of the week
Mrs William Harris is spending a
few weeks with friends and relatives
IN North Billerica, Mass
Rev. J. S. Strong of West Swanzey,
y. H., occupied the pulpit Of the sec.
ond Congregational church at Hartford
Sunday
Miss Bessie Carr, who has been the
superintendent Of the Randolph sanato-
rum, is spending a few weeks vaca-
tion at the home Of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Fred A. Carr, Of White River
Junction
Horace Jameson and family are in
camp at Mascoma lake.