The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-06-23
NEWBURY.
Friday Morning, June 23, 1922.

Mr. and Mrs Clapp and Junior Clapp
who have been spending few days
with Rev. Henry S and Mrs Ives re-
turned to their home in Northamp-
ton, Mass. Monday by automobile, MI
and Mrs Ives accompanying them.
Mr. Lang Hubbard of Cherryvale
Kansas and his daughter, Helen, are
in town, the guests of the Misses At
kinson. Mr. Hibhard is brother OF
H w Hubbard and has not been east
for IL years.
James Hubbard is at home.
In the death of Mr. Marshall
Avery, whose death occurred last
Tuesday, June 13, Newbury loses q
citizen whose whole life has been
spent in town. Mr. Avery was born
Mar. IS, 1848, his parents being
Austin and Sarah M Hayes Avery, OF
a large family of ten children, only
two are now living, Mr. Herbert A
Avery of this place and Herman
Austin of Belmont, N. H. The fun
eral of Mr. Avery took place at the
Advent Chapel Thursday, and inter
ment at the Oxbow Burying ground.
Rev. O w Brock was the officiating
clergyman.
One of our weather men tells US we
have had ten days of rain and it is
still raining this Monday morning.
Every indication points to a good
hay crop, and the country is looking
prosperous.
Mrs Charles R Taggart and daugh-
ter, Evelyn, with Miss Mary X Hale,
are at northampton attending the
Commencement exercises at Smith
College.
Mr. and Mrs Hubbard, Mrs Lawrie,
Mrs George E Atkinson were at
Deerfeld, Mass. attending the Com
mencement exercises or the Deer
field Academy, the school which
James Hubbard attends.
Mr. and Mrs Edwin A Bayley were
in town the last of the week.
Fourth Alumni Banquet of New
bury High School.
\ To a stirring march, played by
Klark's Orchestra, one hundred and
forty people fled through the doors
of Chadwick Hall on Friday evening,
June 9th, to gather about long fern
and Iris decorated tables to enjoy the
fourth annual banquet of Newbury
High School.
Never was the main hall in which
the banquet was served prettier, and
never did there assemble graduate
body more jovial, or permeated with
the spirit of good fellowship and
true loyalty to it's Alma Mater.
The tables extended along three
sides of the hall, thus forming a hol-.
low square in which two long tables
were arranged, were gay in their
holiday decorations Of maiden hair
ferns and deep purple Iris, dainty
favors and tall folding menus.
Radishes, olives and tiny pickles
lent touch of color to the paper
damask covers, which were further
accentuated by grapefruit cocktails
topped with cracked ice and mara
chino cherries.
Twenty-Five girls and ten boys ex-
pertly acted as mattresses and tray
boys, and so efficiently did they per-
form this service that none of the
140 guests seated at the tables was
served with anything but the hottest
Goldfish maitre dhoted, roast sirloin
of beef au jus, mashed potatoes and
petits pois Each course, as formerly,
was passed from the rooms below to
the upper hall over short flight OF
stairs upon huge trays carried by five
boys. Much credit is given to these
boys, and to the excellent corps of
volunteer help, which for the second
year has so efficiently had charge of
the serving of the five courses which
made up the banquet. For the third
year Mr. Emil Paul has acted as chef,
and this year he has SO far surpassed
his earlier achievements that he has
made for himself an enviable repu-
tation.
The evening was filled with many
interesting features, and among these
were the seniors in their mortar
board hats-the presence of the par
ents of these same graduates, who
for the first time in the history of
the Alumni Association were guests
of the banquet; colored streamers
and paper hats made the scene one
of festive activity. Between courses
the singing was lead by MIR Harold T
Crosby, a former principal OF the old
high school, who came back to US
with that same evanescing spirit OF
joyous spontaneity which strongly
characterized him in the days of yore.
As for attendance, the year of 1922
has been the banner year. Although
several were absent this year who
have previously been present, yet,
many new ones came who have not
returned to town for many years.
Each year the interest and welfare of
the school grows more apparent, and
this year there was keen concern
manifested which may bear fruit in
the coming years. Following the i'm
promptu speeches, with Mr. Frank R
Meserve ably presiding as toast
master, was the business meeting
and the reelection of officers. The
old board was elected, viz: w w
Bailey, President; Harley D Fulton,
Treasurer; Harvey S Knight, Secre-
tary. 1t was voted to change the an
nual fee, SOC to S1.00. May the years
to come bring back to the doors of
Newbury-the latch strings of which
are always out-those men and
women who went forth untried boys
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