Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-11-29
WILLIAMSVILLE.

Miss Spencer of Brattleboro was
recent visitor at Mrs. Warren Hes
cocks.
Twenty-eight couples attended the
Thanksgiving dance at village hall
Wednesday.
The school in the Parish district will
begin next Monday with Charles e.
Brown as teacher.
Lulu and James Goodrich spent last
week visiting in Chesterfield, N. H..
their former home.
Lee F. Bentley of Brattleboro and
Miss Jessie Mundell of this place were
married Wednesday by Rev. S. F. Bick-
ford of South Newfane.
Our village young people ushered in
the surprise party season by calling
| on Miss Carrie Stedman last Satur-
day evening and Miss Mabel Morse
| Tuesday evening.
A very interesting Thanksgiving CON
cert was held at the Universalist
church last Sunday evening. John
| Sparks, aged three years, was the
youngest speaker.
Porter Thayer of Mount Hermon,
and William r. Seabury, one of his
school friends, were here over Sunday.
Mr. Seabury conducted the Sunday
evening Epworth League service.
Rev. G. NJ. Burdick was called to
| Brookline Wednesday evening to per-
| form the marriage ceremony for Ar
thur NJ. Robbins, a longtime workman
at the steam mill in this place, and
Miss Minnie NJ. Day of Woodcliff, N. J.
William A. Brooks has traded hi.
| A. nj ,f MTgrr FfVa IN,
| known as the Harlan Sparks farm. and
| one of the best in town. to Edwin HOyt
and Will Tobey of West Dover, taking
their Dover farm in exchange. Messrs.
Hoyt and Tobey buy the Sparks farm
as a home, and are already moving to
! it. We are glad to welcome them to
! town.
There are probably not more than a
! dozen pair of working oxen in New
! fame George B. Williams is one of our
farmers who takes pride in always
having a good stable full of trained
steers, however His annual Thanks
giving morning steer parade took place
as usual Thursday, the procession in
Guiding five pairs of finely matched
animals.
DR.. George Roberts will leave this
week for New York city, where he will
spend the winter pursuing a course
in surgery and general diagnosis at the
Post Graduate College of Physicians
and Surgeons. In connection with this
work he will spend some time at Belle
vue hospital. DR.. Roberts takes this
step with a view to making the prac-
tice of surgery the leading feature of
his future work.
Among the people taking their
Thanksgiving dinner out of town were
Charles Morse and family, Frank
Washer and family, Mrs. Warren Hes
cock and family and Miss Minnie
Moore at George Washers in Dunn
merston: Fred J. Pierce and family
with Townshend relatives; Mr.. and
Mrs. e. II. Richardson with Bellows
Falls relatives; Dan Hale and family
with Dover friends Dana Stedman
and Miss EfTie Prouty at West Brat
tleboro: William Hazelton and family
with Dummerston relatives.
Among our Thanksgiving visitors
were w. H. Newton. wife and daugh-
ter and C. H. Dickinson at Dana d.
| Dicknson's Mr.. and Mrs Fred c.
Elmer of Cleveland, Ohio Mrs. Henry
| O. Bowker of Syracuse. n. Y, and
George B. White and family at Nathan
b. Perry's: John L. Roess and wife
of Brattleboro at Mrs. Thomas A
Morse's; S. II. Lazelle and wife of
Brattleboro at c. d. Lazelle's; William
Brooks and family at Ephraim
Morse's: Alton Morse and family OF
Brookline at Luke J. Morse's; Carlton
Sparks and wife of Springfield, Mass
at s. w. Sparks's; Frank Dickinson OF
Guilford at George w. Dickinson's
Mrs NJ NJ. Martin of Townshend al
c. e. Parkss; Florence and Louise
Merrifeld at A. NJ. Merrfield's.