Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-05-31
WILLlAMSVlLLE.
The Memorial Exercises.


Exercises in connection with Me
mortal Sunday and Memorial day
were held about in the order mention
ed last week. The Universallst
church was well filled Sunday morn
ing. The audience room was deco
rated with the national colors and
flowers. The pastor, Rev Elizabeth
II. Goldthwaite was assisted in the
opening exercises by Rev. 5. f. Bick-
ford of the South Newfane Baptist
church. and the sermon was given by
Rev. G. NJ. Burdick, the new Metho-
dis, pastor. The united church
choirs furnished the music. The
whole service was very interesting
and inspiring. On Wednesday after
noon a good number attended the eX-
ercises at the village school room,
which were spoken of by all present
as very interesting. appropriate and
well rendered. Rev. Mr. Burdick
briefly addressed the children in the
absence of a representative from the
Grand Army. The teacher, Miss
Switzer. and all connected with the
school. are entitled to great credit for
their thorough work of preparation
and for their subsequent march
through the rain and mud to the viii
lage cemetery, where they decorated
our Is soldiers graves. In adjoin-
ing school districts similar exercises
were held. At South Newfane Capt.
Harrison Aldrich addressed the chill
dren very interestingly.
Charles H. George is visiting in
Orange, Mass. this week.
Mrs. +. b. Washer and childten are
visiting relatives in Bellows Falls.
JONI q. SGet2ailff Is visiting IN z3-l his fis
father. who is very i'll at North Attic
bOrO. Mass.
Communion service will be observ-
ed at the Universalist church next
Sunday morning.
Mrs. H. S. Pratt of South Acworth,
y. H., is visiting her daughter, Mrs.
Albert l.. Timson.
What about Old Home Week? Sew
eral hundred natives of Newfane and
their descendants are now living in
other states
Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Paul and chill
dren of Bellows Falls spent a few
days the past week at E. H. Richard
sons. Mrs. Paul is a sister of Mr..
Richardson.
Locke Hale is building a piazza
around the house recently bought of
Frank Perry, also making other i'm
provements, including the bringing
of running water to the premises.
Charles H. Dickinson of Walling-
ford, Conn, has been up the past
week. Mr.. and Mrs. d. d. Dickinson
returned with him and will spend a
few days at the Wallingford home of
their daughter. Mrs. w. H. Newton.
Mrs. Maria Tinker, president of the
Universalist Woman's Missionary So
ciety of Vermont, was in town this
week to confer with Rev. Elizabeth
H. Goldthwaite. former president of
the society, on matters connected
with the state work.
The scholars of our village school
are considerably interested in the
State Tree club recently organized by
l.. r. Jones of the botanical labora-
tory at Burlington. The sending in
of five kinds of pressed leaves emit
ties the pupil to imitation, and %
kinds to complete membership.
The OthcerS or the WILLIAMSBURG
cemetery association for the present
year are: President and treasurer, E.
p. Wheeler; clerk, c. X. Stedman;
superintendent, George B. Williams
The above, with George w. Dickinson
and J. H. Merrifield, constitute the
board of trustees. The treasurer
report shows the association to be
in good financial standing.
The names of the 13 soldiers whose
graves are found in our village GENE
terry are: Ephraim Hall and Robert
Cook, soldiers of the revolution; Isaac
Hovey, war of 1872 Henry Blashfield
Frank Cook, Lewis p Miles, Addison
r. Dunklee, Capt. Myron Pratt, r
Morton Pratt, Lieut.. Amherst Morse
| Everett Gould, Samuel r. Lincoln
J Lewis Brown, war of the rebellion.
Or, Edna Terry, returned mission
airy, who was a member of the be
sieged. and the many providences Of
at Pellin last summer, spoke in the
Methodist church Tuesday evening tt
a good audience. Her story of the
events leading up to the uprisal of the
Boxers, of the experiences of the be
sieged, and the many providences OF
God during the anxious So days, was
listened to with close attention ant
| interest