The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1920-12-31
PIKE

Christmas at the home of her par
ents in Whitefeld, NH.
Miss Georgia Hadley spent the
holidays in Littleton at the home OF
her father James B Hadley.
Mrs Peter Campbell was in Con-
cord last week to see her sister MRS
Carrie Gilman.
Miss Ethel Humphrey was a
Christmas day guest of Miss Helen
Beamis of East Haverhill.
Mr. and Mrs John B Govan were
visitors in Waterbury over the holt
days.
Mr. and Mrs Richard Eastman and
son were visitors at John Craig's
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs Emile Blank enter
tanned Mr. and Mrs H E Smith, Miss
Madeline Drown and William Eichorn
Christmas day. In the evening this
home was also the scene of a jolly
party. Those present besides these
already mentioned were: Mr. and Mrs
L E Knight, Mr. and Mrs Perci-
val, Mr. and Mrs H S Bryant, Mr. and
Mrs H Bryant, Mr. and Mrs w S
Udall, Miss Ruth Fisher, A B Knight
Jr, Arthur Knight and John Percival.
Mrs Edwin B Pike, Mrs Katharine
P Robertson and Miss Kay Robert
son of Cambridge, Mass. were guests
at the home of Mr. and Mrs E Bert
ram Pike over the Christmas holt
days.
Miss Lisle SouthwoIth and Miss
Sarah Hathaway spent the holidays
in NeWbury.
Many from this village are plan
ming to attend the drama ''Willow-
dale" which will be presented We'd
nesday of this week at Haverhill.
This play was given in Pike by, local
talent about fifteen wears ago and
was considered at that time one of
the most remarkable successes ever
given in this section by amateurs.
So successful was it, in fact, that it
was repeated in Woodsville and Lit
tleton, where it received the heartiest
commentator of the critics in both
places.
Mr. and Mrs E H Deavitt of Mont
pelier were Christmas guests Of Mr.
and Mrs E Bertram Pike.
Mr. and Mrs H S Bryant were din
ner guests of Mr. and Mrs H |
Smith Christmas day.
Mr. and Mrs Kenneth Pike of Glen
cliff spent the holidays at the home
of Fred Pike.
Geo. H Reneau spent Christmas
day with Mr. and Mrs Ernest w JEFF
fors.
Miss Edna Flanders of Newbury
was a recent guest Of Miss Lisle
Southworth.
Miss Nellie Tromblee, who has been
spending the Christmas holidays at
tho home of Mr. and Mrs E Bertram
Pike, left on Monday for Tampa, Fla
Eric Blank of the University CT
Vermont is home for the Christmas
vacation.
Mr. and Mrs S Chamberlin and son
Carl of Lincoln were in town Mon
day.
Mrs A r Crewe from Dover, N. H. |
and Miss Muriel Crewe from Bur-
lingtcn, University Of Vermont, were |
guests of Mr. and Mrs E Bertram
Pike over Christmas
Paul Ford spent the holidays at
his home in West Burke.
Eric H Blank was the guest of Mr.
Sunday and attended the meeting of
the Tracy Ross Post in the evening.
The Christmas Cantata given by
the children of Bethany Sunday
School on Christmas Eve was greeted
~ a large and enthusiastic audience.
To many the performance came as a
surprise for few indeed
are those who believed so much
musical talent was among our smaller
,oys and girls. The credit for
developing this talent must be
yiven first to Miss Beaton, one of
he teachers in Pike Grammar School,
md later to Mrs w S Udall and
Mss Duren, who took general charge
# affairs after Miss Beaton was
.alled away. The chorus work was
rood and some of the solo parts
way above the average. Among
hose deserving special mention are:
rma and Carroll Lavoie, Emily
= egory, Clifford and Franklin White,
ethel and Nellie LANCE and Russell
dcAulay as Santa Claus. The Brow
lie Chorus made the real hit Of
he evening. The way the little
OTIS and shavers entered into the
pirit of the occasion was exception
lily pleasing. Stage fright was not
or them. They seemed to get just
IS much ENJOYMENT out of their per-
ormance as did their audience, which
s saving a great deal, for their
forts were greeted with thunder
nus applause. Miss Jeanette White
cry ably presided at the piano.
The Cantata was followed by the
Usual Christmas festivities which
entered about an enormous tree
alden with gifts. Emile Blank
arried out the part of Santa Claus
With his customary enthusiasm and
n manner which brought extreme
abstraction and joy to both old and
oung.