Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-03-21
PUTNEY.
Mice e. M. Walkup VIII Retire.

MISS L. W. N'
Miss f. NJ. Walkup, who has conducted
miuiucry and dry goods store in Putney
aomo S6 years, will close out her stock
s,rina the next three weeks and will re-
,irc from business, having leased her
st,ra huilding to A. j. Aver. For the past
s,,r wears Mr.. Aver has conducted a
rows store. stationery and confectionery
husiucss and bicycle repair shop in the
Cr,shv building. soon after April l he
uiu move into the Walkup building. using
the upper story for a repair shop and the
iovar story for the other branches of his
busiutsS. Miss Walkup, who has used
tbo upper story for living apartments.
uul move to her house in the south part
of the village. She started her store soon
after the war, coming here from her ma
Tive town. birmingham, Mass. She en-
loved % large patronage at one time. but
in recent years the other stores have in
trn1rced to a large extent the same lines
Of goods which she carries so that the
trad. has been divided. For many years
fine store has been a centre of good neigh
b~or'fness and is the only store in town
that has not seen a change in proprietor
shin. Many there are who will regret to
see it mass out of existence.
frank Fuller of Templeton. Mass. Wis
tied at George Fuller's the first of this
week.
W. u. Sanders. foreman for the Stowell
Manufacturing Company, is still seriously
m with heart disease.
Eugene Robbins returned Tuesday from
q week spent in Worcester, Springfield,
and Boston on business.
Miss Edna Paterson went Saturday to
Charlestown. n. H.. to spend a few days
with Miss Florence Fem.
Mrs. Charles Booth is confined to her bed
as the result of a fall on the ice. Her
condition is improving slowly.
Perley Blood and Carl Anderson started
this week for California, where they will
be employed by the Washburn brothers.
Miss Jennie Burnett went Monday to
her home in Brooklyn after spending sew
eral weeks with Mr.. and Mrs. A. \. Lang
ley.
II. c. Warren soon will begin repairing
his house. now occupied by l.. p. Bailey.
and will move into it during the coming
summer.
Miss Abbie Washburn started Monday
for a visit with her sister, Miss Sarah
Washburn, in Waltham and her uncle in
Fitchburg.
The social committee of the Baptist
Christian Endeavor Society is planning to
give an entertainment in the town hall in
the near future.
Mrs. II. l.. Tiff of Putney Falls returned
SATURDAY hight lIOIl IL NlSll VI StN tIdl
days with her daughter, Mrs. William
Mari, in Waltham.
II. /. Tiff of Putney Falls has leased
the Bennett pasture in that village of +.
/. Pierce and will pasture his stock there
the coming summer.
Henry Gleason has finished work for +.
/. Pierce and has gone to his home in
North Adams. He will return soon to
work for II. c. Warren.
Cless d. Britton was in Keene the first
of the week on business connected with
the settling of his fathers estate, of
which he is the administrator.
Several bad wash outs on the river road
were caused by the recent rains, especial
~ in the locality of the Ingalls, place. The
road at those places is impossible and is
fenced off.
Charles Holton and Charles Miller will
start Monday for California, where they
will be employed by the Washburn Broth
ers. Leon Braley practically has decided
to go with them.
The entertainment to be given tonight
by Golden Rule Chapter probably will be
easily the best entertainment in town this
season. The entertainment will have
three distinct parts, Mrs. Jarley's Wax
Works and two farces.
Next Sunday being Palm Sunday the
morning service in the Baptist church will
be in keeping with the DAY. kew. MT. FER
kins will take as his subject "Christ's Tri-
umphal Entry" His evening topic will be
"Diablos Prison." a parable.
\. j. Aver and family will vacate the
Congregational parsonage as soon as they
find a suitable tenement. The new pas
tor, Rev. Mr.. Hayward of Jericho. will oc-
cupy the parsonage after July. He is
about 80 years old and has a wife and two
children
The Britton ferry between East Putney
and Westmoreland, operated for many
years by the late William Britton, has
been sold to John Leach of Bellows Falls
by the administrator of the Britton es-
tate. Mr.. Leach has already taken pos
session and occupies the BrittOn home
stead. He is a son of George Leach of
this town.
Thomas A. White, who was born in
East Putney August 10, 1926, died March
16 in San Diego, Cal. He had been in i'll
health a year but his last sickness was
only of two weeks duration, death re-
sulting from an affection of the heart.
Mr.. White was for many years a promi-
nent resident of San Francisco. where
he owned a drug store. In recent years
he had had large investments in real
estate in Southern California. Mr.. White
spent some time in middle life in Putpey,
and had many friends in this town and
in Bellows Falls. He is survived by one
son, John w. White, express agent in
Bound Brook, N. J..