Burr and Burton Academy - Burtonian Yearbook (Manchester, VT)

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A THE BURTONIAN 49 WORK ON GROUNDS ADVANCING Each year, during the past several, the Alumni Association has endeavored to do some work on the grounds of the Seminary, in line with the grounds plan prepared several years ago by A Phelps Wyman Considerable has been accomplished During the summer of 1930 the grounds surrounding the tennis courts and in back of the maui building were suitably graded so as to make a better space for the parking of automobiles and also to add to the attractiveness of the entire grounds and give a better setting to the courts For many years much trouble had been experienced with the walk down the hill Being of gravel it wa.s badly washed by each heavy storm and although much time and effort were spent on it it was seldom in good condition The Alumni Association as part of its 1930 program of lmprove ment decided to have stone gutters built along each side of this walk This piece of work has been very eiective and has cured an evil of many years standing OH MOON By Gould Grimth Oh moon I wonder what you are Up there in the sky so far If I could take you down and see I wonder Just what you would be Are you another world like ours Filled with animals and flowers? Are you a lantern in the sky Whose burning flame will never die Are you of all the stars the best Or maybe mother of the rest Or are you just a great big piece Of common ordinary cheese? as ,tb gf' -23' fa'

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48 THE BURTONIAN East Dorset The couple reside in South Shaftsbury Mr Hawkins is at present representative from his town to the General Assembly of the State of Vermont On June 21 1930 Mxss Carolyn Grldith daughter of Mr and Mrs Vollie H Griffith of Danby and a member of the Class of 1920 became the bride of Kenneth Tarbell of Peterborough N H in a service held in the Congrega tional Church at Danby Rev W A Mclntire minlster of the church and a trustee of Burr and Burton performing the ceremony Mr and Mrs Tarbell make their home m Schenectady N Y Mr and Mrs Harold B Chllds of Manchester Depot are the parents of a daughter Jean Stewart born to them on June 22 1930 Mr Childs graduated from the Semmary m the Class of 1917 Dr Edmond L Wyman for many years president of the board of trustees of Burr and Burton and a graduate of Williams College in the Class off 1865 attended Commencement exercises at his college last June celebratmg the 65th anniversary of his graduation Philip W Towsley of the Class -of 1910 who lives in Colorado Texas made a. tr1p East last year accompanied by his wife and visited his parents Mr and Mrs George L Towsley in Manchester Miss Mildred Wilcox 1928 is now m Brattleboro where she has a secre Miss Edith M Thompson of the Class of 1930 has a position m the oflice of the Manchester Prmtlng Company H Ray Eaton 1917 who now resldes in Plttsheld Mass where he is ln business has recently been elected president of the Vermont Society ln that city A son Charles Francis was born to Mr and Mrs Harold L Costorf of Manchester Depot on April 21 1931 Mr Costorf was a graduate of Burr and Burton in tlhe Class of 1927 LOST ALUMNI Each year the secretary-treasurer of the Alumni Association Mrs Edward H Swift has trouble in locating some of the graduates of the Semmary For one reason or another mail addressed to them does not reach its destma tion At the present time Mrs Swift has on her list the following names Which she is unable to locate If any person knows the present address of any of these persons the secretary will be very glad to have It sent to her Class of 1890 George Arthur Class of 1891 Minnie Gossehn Harrison Class of 1893 Myra Kendall Ward Class of 1895 Mary Warner Darbler Class of 1902 John Langford and Raymond Wright Class of 1904 Amy Chapin Wilmarth and Mollle Hack Class of 1906 Richard D Campbell Class of 1907 Harold Abbott Class of 1908 Marion Botsford Ayres and Lloyd Stone Class of 1909 Eben Fuller and Maude C Hurley Class of 1910 Fred Chapman Class of 1912 Agatha Johnson Class of 1913 Adele Duval and Irene Burdick Class of 1914 Alfred Harwood Class of 1916 Alicia Covey Lee Class of 1917 Donald Conroy and Samuel Comm sky Class of 1919 Edith Plke Vxault Class of 1922 V1ctor1a Johnson McEncrowe tarial position wi-th the Vermont Printing Company.

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