Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-01-02

TOWNSHEND.


Mrs Reuben Phillips is visiting in
| Mllers Falls.
Bernie Phillips has returned from his
visit to Millers Falls.
f. u. Reed and family visited at Mr..
Bryants in Bondvile last week
Mrs Stebbns Of Fitchburg. Mass, Wis
tied the past week at Dr. Nash's
Mrs. Inez Blodgett entertained friends
| at her home one evening last week.
The Harmonyvile Ice company has
| filled its ice house the past week.
Mr.. Aldrich of Athol is expected here
to take charge of the Townshend Inn.
The body of Mrs Hattie Derry Teffts
was brought here last week for burial.
Miss Mabel Stoddard is home from
birmingham, Mass, for the holidays
Allen Johnson of Schenectady, n. Y,
| is visiting his niece, Mrs. c. II. Willard.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Miles took Christ
mas dinner in Brookline at Fred Cutters.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIII Sparks are spending
the Christmas vacation in Westmoreland,
N. H.
George Houghton of Brooklyn is at
his fathers spending the Christmas va
cation.
Miss Florence Sanders has returned to
| her work i'm Chester after visiting at
her home.
Frank Underwood of Worcester re
| Gently visited his mother Mrs. Sarah
| Underwood.
The annual meeting of the fire district
| will be held at the town hall January G.
at 1880 y. m.
Miss Eta Marsh is home from Putney
Almond Marsh of Bellows Falls spent
| Christmas at home.
Many are busy just now securing their
ice from the Jenison pond. The ice is
Of unusual thickness.
The Dorcas Guild will hold its semi
annual business meeting with Mrs. f. l..
Osgood January Z. full attendance is
desired.
Mrs. Hiram Porter has closed her
house i'm Iarmonyville and gone to spend
the winter with her daughter in Plym-
outh y. IL.
c. @. stebbins and daughters and Mr..
and Mrs A. A. Mason attended the flu
neral of Deacon Stebbins in Newfane
last week Wednesday.
Miss Flossie Ober. IL years old, was
made happy Christmas by receiving the
present of a gold watch from her grand
| father Osman Coombs.
Mrs Gardner, who has been keeping
house for Elliott Jenison, has left to
keep house for George Sanderson of the
| West village, and Mr.. Jenison has Mrs.
|
The act to regulate the traffic in in
| toxicating liquors with instructions to
voters can be- had by calling at the town
| clerks office or the post office, where
| copies have been sent for distribution.
Those who came to spend Christmas
were Miss Alice Randall of Athol; Guy
Dutton Of Putney; Mrs. Florence White
of Newfane; Mr.. Van Schaick of Colgate
| University. Hamilton. y. Y, at G. L.
| Austin's.
Among those in the village who en-
! tertained friends at Christmas dinners
were A. 4. Mason, Fred Reed. Miss Su-
san Ross. Miss Carrie Mason was at
home from Bellows Falls and Mrs John
Nichols Of Brattleboro was also at Mr..
| Mason's.
Harold Franklin. six wears old. son Of
| Herbert Franklin. went TO Brattleboro
this week in company with his father. to
consult with some Of the doctors there
as to whether IT was necessary to
have an operation performed for APP
pendicitis
Rev H. A. Durfec. field secretary Of
the Vermont Ant-Saloon league. will
give an address at union service at
the Congregational church next Sunday
evening in the interests of temperance.
All are invited. He will speak in the
morning at South Wndham and at West
/ Townshend in the afternoon.
The annual meeting OF the Congrega-
tional church took place Monday even
ing and the officers chosen to serve the
coming year We're as follows Clerk J.
O. Follett: prudential committee. J. o.
Follett. +. T. Randall. J. H Ware; treas
urer, Mrs. T. l.. Osgood collector II. c.
Franklin; auditors church committee.
\ Christmas tree was the attraction in
the Congregational church Wednesday
evening. Dec. %. \ short program was
carried out before the presents were dis
tributed. 1t included an anthem by the
choir. solo by Mrs. Dale and n children's
cantata called The Rebellion of the
Toys" in which the parts were well
taken by the younger members of the
Sunday school
The annual meeting of the Baptist
church was held on Monday evening last
week and the following officers We're
chosen to serve the coming year: Pres
ident. G. II. Houghton; vice president
C Q. Stebbins; secretary, +. W. Wat
SON. collector, Cora Mason: prudential
committee. F. II. Willard, f. D. Reed
A. A. Mason; treasurer, f. L. Hastings
wood committee, prudential committee;
bookkeeper. Mrs. S. ]. Wilson; auditor
G. II. Houghton: water committee for
the parsonage, @. Q. Stebbins: ushers
Frank Gray. Raymond Starr, Hollie
Wilson. Raymond Truesdale.
The Christmas gathering at the Baptist
church passed off very pleasantly. There
were few exercises before the trees
We're unloaded. one very pretty eXer-
else was the dialogue of months, Miss
Abby Starr reading the characteristics of
each month, and as she read each month
was represented in person by two of the
youngest classes by costumes and imple-
ments of labor, all performing their parts
well. Before the exercises refreshments
were passed around. consisting of cakes
sandwiches and coffee The primary
class taught by Miss Kenyon had an
deliberately set table with menu to
correspond. At each plate was a mini
allure Christmas tree. The table was
lighted with Christmas candles In the
centre Of the table was a cake in pyra-
midal form and with the fruit with
which the table was decorated it was a
pretty sight, and one very much enjoy
ed by the children. Not the least of
the pleasure for the older ones was see
ing the children and observing their
pleasant social time. Mr.. Sellew. one
of the teachers in the seminary. i'm
personated Santa Claus to the delight OF
the children