The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-04-30
PUTNEY.
Spelling Match.

There was n good attendance at the
| spelling match Wednesday afternoon.
Three pupils from the fifth grade and up
! had been chosen to represent the grades
! from the different schools in town. The
| exercises opened with singing, America
the Beautiful. Miss Eddy took charge Of
! the spelling. putting out the words, while
! Or. l.. ii. Bugbee, Miss S. r. White and
Mrs. II. w. Frost sat upon the platform
to judge whether the words were spelled
correctly.
Miss Beatrice Thurber was not spelled
! down when they ceased giving out words
| to her. Eva NcCullocE stood second and
| Edward AmidOn third. This means that
| the Thurber and McCullock girls so TO
| Bellows Falls to enter the county con-
! test. Edward Amidon was correct in
/ his spelling of words as far as the fifth
grade had ever used a vocabulary. spell
! ing promptly every word put to him, but
when words beyond his grade were used
| he quickly succumbed, making no pre-
/ tense of knowing them.
/ Besides singing, the various schools
/ had exhibitions of school work. Miss
/ COOley'S school gave a mathematical exhi-
bitlOn. doing mental work in percentage.
etc. Miss Nurphy's room gave an exhi-
! bjtiOn IN gymnastic exercises, while Miss
/ FOliettS school gave an idea of primary
work in the playing of games. AT East
/ putuey, No. Z, Miss Hathaway's school
showed how proficient in number work
{ v s
/ dren, who had been in school since Sep
/ tember, read very crcditably. Robert and
| Christine LOOMS gave a geography poem
All work was enthusiastically received
and due credit given the teachers and
pupils for the success of their attempts.
| The Ladies' Aid society will meet next
| Tuesday in the church parlorS. 1t is ex-
| pectPd that there will be plenty of sewing
| to keep everyone busy.
Mr.. and Mrs W +. Houghton are both
| pleased to return to Vermont. after a
winter in California. and the rigOrS of a
| Vermont winter will not brighten them
away again.
Miss May Sabin of Portland. who was
| a guest at the Parker home a week. went
/ Monday 10 WalpOlp to visit relatives
/ She was accompanied by her uncle. f.. {.
| Parker, who remained at Walpole over
! night.
The Wide Awake class of the Commun-
/ lty church Will hold its regular business
meeting and social in the church Friday
evening at : o'clock. In the attendance
contest of the class the first month finds
the Reds. captained by Irene COburn. two
points ahead of the Blues, captained by
Austin GaSsctt.
The Ladies' Aid society of the Com
munity church will hold food sale in the
church vcStry Saturday afternoon. Baked
beans and brown bread. beef loaf. pickles.
pies and cakes will be on sale and a large
attendance of the ladies is solicited This
is the first of a series Of food sales TO be
/ held this summer by the society Those
in charge of this sale are Mrs. w. G.
Treadway and Mrs. \. NJ. Corser.
Mrs. Lizzie Braley has gone to visit
her son, John Henry Bradley. at Roxbury.
Mass. She was accompanied by her
daughter, Miss Bessie Braley. as far as
Greenfield, where she was joined by her
elder daughter, Miss Laura Braley of
Shelburne who will take her mother to
RoXbury and spend her weeks vacation
there. Miss Bessie Braley. after visiting
her sister, Miss Elizabeth Braley. at
Northteld, Mass, will go to Brattieboro
tor some time before returning to her
home on West hill.