Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-11-07

j. e. Hall will lead the Y. M. c. A. |.
meeting for men at the association
rooms Sunday at A o'clock.
Broad Brook Grange will give an
oyster supper and dance at Grange
hall in Guilford Centre, this, Friday,
evening.
The regular meeting of the Aubu
bon society will be held with Miss
Crowell at Lindenhurst on Monday
evening Nov. 10, at 1880.
The boys of the ninth grade of the
public schools defeated the parochial
school team in foot ball contest on
the island Wednesday 100.
The marriage engagement of Miss
Dorothy B. Mitchell. daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. w. c. Mitchell, to Oscar F.
Benson of New York city. son of Mrs.
Ann L. Benson of Brattleboro, was an
nounced Saturday.
The Congregational club will meet
in the Brooks House this evening at
S:15 o'clock. A banquet will be
served at $3.50 O'Clock followed by
an address by G. Glenn Atkins of Bur
lington one of the best speakers in
the state. Plans for the winter will
be discussed
The pile drivers have finished work
at the east end of the Connecticut
river bridge. The contractors have
made contract with the Lyons Gran
tie company to furnish granite for the
abutments. and ii is expected that the
work of laying the blocks will be be-
gun in few days.
tf,,u hat
last winter by the women of the Con-
gregational parish was so successful
/ that another series has been arranged
for the coming winter. The first will
| be held in the vestry next Wednesday
/ afternoon at $780, when Mrs. II. L..
Emerson will give paper on Stories
and Story Telling" A meeting will
/ be held each month until April.
The officers and committees of the
| Y. NJ c. A. to the number of about 30
held a business meeting In the asso-
| citation rooms Monday evening, pre-
ceeded by supper at $50 O'Clock by
the Woman's Auxiliary. Reports for
the summer were made by Secretary
Wilson and these committees: Fin
ance. religious work. athletic, member
ship, reception, and lecture. Eigh-
teen new members were voted in.
The question of holding a Bible class
for men was discussed informally. and
it was the sentiment OF the meeting
that class be organized. to include
all men, and that the meetings be held
in the association rooms.
Mrs. Lucy b. Smith, SO, died Mon
day at the home of her son, DR.. George
H. Smith. in Holyoke, Mass. She was
the widow of f. H Smith. who died
in 1890. Mrs. Smith was born in
Nottingham, in 1919. and had lived in
Holyoke since 1865. for the last few
years being an invalid. She was a
member of the Second Congregational
church and OF the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union. and retained her
connection and interest in both to the
last. She leaves two sisters. Mrs
Farley Starr of Brattleboro, Mrs
George Hastings of Constable, N. Y.
and one brother E. B. Blanchard OF
Longwood. Fla. Besides Dr. Smith
she leaves two other children, Mrs. E
A. Stebbins OF Shelburne Falls and
Mrs. j. l.. Hodge of Holyoke. The
funeral was held Wednesday.
The Forward Movement of Vermont
is the name of a movement inaugu
rated at the last Congregational con
vention, held in Springfield, the plan;
for which have been formulated by g
committee of which Rev. II. r. Mile:
is chairman. The movement look:
toward a spiritual revival in the state
and is the outgrowth of a conviction
that the times are ripe for better
things. II is the hope of the com
mittee that the work may widen be
l yond the boundaries of the Congrega
} tional denomination and include thu
| larger spiritual life of the state. The
. plan is to hold a series of missions
1 during January and February in tn,
. churches willing to join the move
, ment to organize the conferences in
. to groups of churches which shall &C
;. together, to appoint volunteer minis
. tiers to churches asking for their help
+ and to employ an evangelist il thu
:, right man can be found. 1t is HOPED
that Rev. G. Campbell Morgan can b.
p had at one or two OF the larger centres
I in April. The committee recon
y mends that during November and De
1 cember the half hour before the Sun
h day morning service be set apart as
n time of common prayer and that meet
ings be held in the churches for tina
q purpose.