Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-07-31
TOWNSHEND.

MIR. Dcmersc spent Sunday in town.
Mrs. Sarah Wilson is in Fairlee visit
ing.
Frank Rand is haying for the Evans
Brothers
Mrs. Jane Derry visited in GuIlford
last week
John Greenwood visited his parents
last week
Edwin Sawyer is in town and is board
ing at y. A. Mason :.
Miss Irons of North Grafton, Mass, is
boarding at John Bartlett's.
Mr.. and Mrs Hichborne were visitors
at Col Franklins last week.
Rev. G. w. Baker led the Christian En-
deavor meeting Sunday evening.
Miss Martha Crane has visited her pa
rents and other friends recently.
Miss Edith Sanders has been doing
table work al the hotel a few days.
Mrs. Twitchell and Miss Annie have
returned from IA visit i'm Bratteboro.
Mr. and Mrs +. Davis of Brattleboro
spent Sunday with Mrs. Eliza Thayer.
Misses Mary ana Anna Gage of Fitch
burg, Mass, are visitors at J. II. Wares.
Edgar Allbee is painting his barn which
has recently been repaired ana enlarged
Ray o. Hughes and brother. Cecil
spent Sunday at Zina Cobb's I'm Harmony
vile.
Miss Eta Marsh has been spending
some time in Cambridgeport, her former
home.
The summer school numbered about 80
teachers at the opening. More are eN-
pected.
The Farther Lights society will meet
this week Friday afternoon with Miss
Ethel Sparks
VIII Franklin, superintendent Of the
Houghton farm in Putney, spent Sunday
with friends in town.
Flossie and Myrtle Marsh spent several
days in Brattleboro last week at their
uncle's, Fred Young's.
| Frank Underwood left Saturday morn
1 ing for his home in Worceste ter, after
/ spending his vacation here.
George Allbee and son. Gerald, and
Rolla Phillips are at work at MIR. Fol-
let's through the haying season.
Royal Sanderson who mas been haying
on the Higgins farm, on the Grafton
line. has finished work and returned
home.
Mrs. Elizabeth Lawrence, who has
been spending some weeks with her sis
ter, Mrs. Sanderson, has returned to her
home in Grafton.
Miss Annie White is having vacation
from the overall factory, and is spend
ing the time at her former home at
John Whitcomb's.
Newell Jenson has a new moving ma
chine which is helpful to the farmers in
cutting their grass. as he goes from
place to place with 1t.
Miss Celia Thompson of White Plains,
y. Y, who is a visitor at Alroy Snow s.
has gone to Brattleboro and Guilford to
visit, but will return here before leaving
| for her home.
j, f. Hooker and family of Cincin-
natl. Ohio, who were travelling in their
| automobile. were guests at the Towns
bend Inn on their way to Manchester
last week.
The news of the death of Mrs Abby
/ Ellis of Beaufort. s. c., brought sadness
to many hearts here where she was so
/ well known and highly esteemed. She
was sister of the late John Dale and
her husband was a physician here a num-
Der of years.
The Folett and Willard families cele-
brated by picnic on Thursday the birth
day anniversaries of Mrs. Orison Folletts
mother, Mrs. Colburn. and Mrs. c. II
Wizards mother Mrs. George Cheney
who were both born the same year and
on the same day of the year.
a very interesting and profitable mis-
sionary meeting was held last week on
Wednesday afternoon at Rev. G. w.
Bakers, when Dr. Hamlin gave a talk
on the educational work among the col
orcd people in Tougaloo, Miss, where he
and his wife are teachers.
Principal Hawthorne has engaged the
following teachers for the fall term:
Edna T.. X. Linsley of Mt. Holyoke col
lege. chemistry and history; Alice NJ.
Smith of Norway Maine. Colby college.
language; Mrs. Nettie Greeleaf, Emer-
son College Of Oratory. elocution and
vocal music; Elizabeth l.. Cressey, piano
Hannah Cove, violin.
c. c. Taft's family, with their visitors.
Mrs Olive Holmes and two daughters
of Saratoga. and their relatives Mrs.
Mary Robbins and daughter of Mankato.
Mimi, Mrs. Frank Neher of Engewood,
y. j., who are guests at b. b. Brig.
hams. and Avery PSrk of Chester. held
a pleasant picnic on the John Burna.
farm in Jamaica last week.
\ reception was given the teachers
who are attending the summer school on
Tuesday evening by the Hadessah
League and Dorcas Guild. the two soce-
ties of young people connected with the
two churches in this place. The eXer-
cises consisted of marches. instrumental
music by Mrs. Hamin, violin selections
by the Misses Garfield. and a solo by
Miss Esther Dale Light refreshments
were served. and a pleasant evening was
enjoyed The Seminary hall was prettily
arranged with art squares, banquet
lamps easy chairs and bouquets of
choice flowers
An organ recital will be given at the
Congregational church on Wednesday
evening. August ). by Mrs. Cyrus Hamlin
of Tougaloo University, Tougaloo. Miss.
The recital is under the charge of the
ladies missionary society of the Towns
bend church, and the proceeds will be
devoted to Che benefit of Tougaloo Uni
versity, which is one of the higher
schools for the negroes under the Ameri-
can Missionary Association. Mrs. Ham
lin will be assisted by Edwin II. Miller
the well-known baritone. This occasion
! will afford an opportunity to enjoy good
music and to help an educational work
of very great Importance.