Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1901-02-14

Misses Nellie and Mary Driscoll nay
been visiting relatives i'll Worcester ""'
Easthampton, Mass
Mr.. Lincoln of Boston was IN town an'
vicinity last week in the interests VI Wv
Walter A. Wood Machine company
Mrs. George b. Williams, Jr, and sol
Humbert left the 9th inst. for an a5selc' 'p
of about six weeks with friends anu leia
tive in New Haven, Conn, ana New 'oiN
The schools of Walpole village will clos' 10,
March 1st for the spring vacation, ~ y
Drewsville school and those in dlstrlcts D
6, Is and IA will close February 2lst
Alfred NJ. Foster, who has been visltims
i'm Walpole and vicinity since the middle
of November, started the 3lSt ult' tor ms
home in Los Angeles, Cal, intending .e
spend a week or ten days with cousins ~
Boston, Mass, and Bayonne, n. j., on en'
way MIR. Foster intends also 10 80 se
Washington, ID. c., and will take the soueif
ern route home by way of New Orleaiis'
F.B. Howard has sold his blacksmith
shop on Turnpike street to Fred MeiIlI'.il
who will continue the business. MI HOW
ardis employed at Bellows Falls at present.
The last meeting of Walpole grange was
held the 9TH inst, with 50 in attendahce'
The third and fourth degrees were con-
ferred on the class of four, thus ehutIlils
them to membership; the initiatory eNer-
cises were followed by the harvest supper
usual on such occasions.
The lecture on "Grant, the Soldier"
given by Rev. f. Il. Phalen Of Worcester,
Mass, on the evening of February lSt, was
attended by fair-sized audience. The lee
ture is reported as instructive ana enter
tanning and much enjoyed by those pres
ent.
The school board will meet with Rev, e.
A. Keep, chairman of the board, Saturday
afternoon, the 10th inst, at o clock, wheh
the books of the year will be closed Tor me
annual reports and persons having Ollls
against the district may present them
The Stephenson instrumental quartet
with Amsbury, the popular humoriSt, VIII
give an entertainment in the town hall TINS
evening, February IA. This is the fourth
entertainment in the lecture course series.
Rev. M. A. Roberts of Gilmanton visited
recently with his uncle and aunt, Mr. and
Mrs. A. B. Wilson in the south part OF the
town.
FELLOWSHIP MEETING.
A Fellowship meeting will be held at the
Congregational church Friday, February
15, to which invitations have been eXtend-
ed to the churches in Putney, Westminster,
Bellows Falls and Springfield, Vt, and
Keene, Alstead and estmOreland. There
will be a morning and afternoon session
commencing at 10 A. NJ. and promptly az
1.30 P. NJ. Dinner will be served at noon.
On such occasions it is customary that the
dinner be conducted on the picnic plan,
but the ladies of the church will be pre-
pared to furnish dinner for any unpr0yid-
ed. The general topic for the day is an
Al
meet the conditions of the times ?'' Rev.
Howard Billman of Keene and Rev. G. H.
DeBevoise of Westminster will speak at
the morning session 'on the subtopic Of:
+" What shall take the place, if anything,
of the old-time evangelistic revival" An
address will also be given by Rev. ]. H..
Reid of Bellows Falls, the subject of whicii
is: Shall doctrinal test be required for
church membership 2" In the afternoon
Rev. E. P. Drew of Keene and Rev. A. C.
Ferrin of Springfield will speak on: 'The
preaching demanded for the times" and
Secretary Maylott of the Keene Y NJ. G. A.
will speak on: rs the Y. NJ. G. A. idea
capable of application or modification in
the country town?' The meeting is open
to the public and it is hoped there will be
a good attendance.
SCHOOL MEETING.
The special school meeting called for
February 4, was quite well attended and
interest was evinced in the
report of the school board on the proposed
repairs and addition to be made on the
school house at North Walpole.
After brief presentation of the plans and
it was voted to appropriate the
sum of $500 for the purpose, $500 to be
raised by taxation and the remainder Dor
rowed, payable in equal parts, in one, two
three and four years time, and to be
expended under the direction of the school
board or building committee for the dis,
trict.
The plans include reconstruction of the
present old school house, so-called, which
now contains four rooms and an addition
thereto on the south of four new rooms
making eight in all, with hallway run
ming through the center of the building
and vestibule with stairways in the cor
ner on the front, and the building provided
with the Fuller & Warren Co.'S best system
Of heating and ventilation.
An extension of the lot south, one-hal
acre, has been purchased of A. F. Minis, the
contract for the building, closed will
Wetherbee Bros. of Bellows Falls, and fol
5he heating and ventilation with the Fulle'
& Warren Co. above mentioned. William
w. Underhill of Boston, representing this
company, was in town the Sth inst. on busi
ness connected WITH Une contract.
ANNUAL SUPPER AT THE CHURCHES.
The annual meeting and supper of the
Unitarian society was held on TUESDAY
evening, January 29 This date was alse
he fifth anniversary of the dedication Of
jhe Hastings Memorial Parish house whers
,he meeting was held. About 60 were in
to whom an excellent suppe'
was served by the ladies of the society.
The tables We're arranged in the form of the
etter HI and the decorations were of roses
Dinks and ferns. The pourers were: Mrs
J. w. Hayward, Mrs. Olive Gs Hayward
Mrs. Henry B. Robson and Miss Ellen r.
Miller.
Following the supper the meeting was
allied to order by J. w. Hayward, clerk OF
he society, and Hon. T. Nelson Hastings
vas chosen chairman for the evening. Of
icers for the year were elected thus: Clerk
J w. Hayward executive committee, In,
Hastings, George B. Williams, Jr., and
Copley Amory; treasurer, Warren W. PoE
er; collector, George B. Holland he