The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-07-31
MONTH OF VACATION
MADE PROFITABLE
Church School Closed Friday Evening
With Demonstration for Par
ents of Children

Friday evening marked the closing Of
Benningtons Church Vacation school
which has been held through the
month of July under the auspices Of
the Protestant churches OF the town.
The school was housed this year in
the Methodist church, which lent it.
self admirably to its varied actlyh cs.
From 100 to $50 parents anC lends
Of the pupils gathered in tho .urch
FriGay evening first to observe reg
ular session Of the school and hen
TO admire the surprising exhibit which
filled one Of the large rooms the
basement
Though people have known in a gen
eral way that an average OF ann
dred children were attending TINS
school five mornings o week, judging
from the comments made by the y.s
tors, they had no idca of The type AMI
amount Of work being done. The I'M y
est in the work however, was NOT 80
marked as the evident wonder at the
perfect order kept by the pupil car
ing the session. and the whole-hearted
ness with which they entered into the
various parts Of the program.
the program Friday evening. Ike
that of "a regular session Of the school
was divided into two parts, a worsh p
period and song period. The Wor-
ship period consisted of the singing Of
some Of the fine old hymns, prayer,
ending with the Lord prayer, the re-
citing concert of the 12lst Psalm,
some of the more modern children's
hymns, the salutes to the U. S. and
Christian flags and the antiphOnal rem
dering OF the oath Psalm The Joyous
singing of the rollicking songs which
followed seemed to appeal to the Wis
itors as much as the children, and the
rounds brought forth hearty applause
w G Towart. who was conducting
the school, was assisted materially by
Miss Orissa Parker at the piano, and
Miss Thelma Jolivette, song leader,
who have attended every session from
the first.
Following the exercises, the child
rem separated for their class period
MIR. Towart, Miss Florence Walbr'dge,
and Miss jeanette Perkins have had
charge of teaching these classes,
The last hour of each morning has
been devoted to hand work, and from
the classes the visitors thronged to
the basement to view the results cf
this hour. On long tables were arrang
ed dolls furniture made of cretonne
and wood, and wearing a truly pro
fessional air charming belts and pend
ants of pyroXylin and dozens of sub
stantlal looking wooden toys, while
other tables showed rag dolls, black
stocking cats, brownies, a doll house
fitted with pasteboard furniture, scrap
books and model @llage. These ar
ticles We're made in nine different
groups, each group having a sup
ervisor and able assistants In fact it
is due to the fine spirit of about thirty
volunteer helpers from the different
churches that the work could be ac-
complithed.
Among those who daily gave their
services were Mrs. L. H. Nichols, Mrs
Daily, Mrs Hayiland Sibley, Miss Har.
ey Armstrong, Miss Doris Harbour,
Miss Louise Graves, Miss Helen
Thomas, Miss Tirzah Ayres, Miss
Louise Eddy. Miss Elizabeth Thomas,
Miss Catherine Armstrong Miss Anna
Chase and Miss Emma Cartwright.
Others giving faithful service so long
as circumstances permitted were Miss
Marjorie Cottrell Miss Frances Hold
en-, Miss Nab Barber Miss Mauda
Harris Miss Ruth Harris, Miss Alice
Buss, Miss Estelle Bennett, Miss Mary
Louise Packard. Miss France Peck,
Miss Elenor Robbins; while the occas.
ional help Of several who could be at
the school only for day at a time
was appreciated, also.
Considering that July is a vacation
month, and warm one, and that this
service was cheerfully and enthuSias
tcally given it is apparent that Ben
nington is particularly fortunat in vol
unteer leaders.
The cost of he school (mosty for
materials was about $65O0, which
will be met by volunteer contributions
and gifts from the churches. a small
part Of the work done is on exhibition
in one of the windows at the r. L.
Nichols store.