Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-05-08
LEYDEN.

Rev. E. ID. Lane who has been at
tending the East Maine conference a,
Newport returned Friday and occupied
the pulpit Sunday, speaking of thf
Human Sympathy of Christ. The Sun.
day school was reorganized with the
following officers: Superintendent, U.
l. Oarling; assistant superintendent,
+. X. Foster, S. b. Buddington; sec
rotary. and treasurer, NJ. NJ. Severance
librarian, John Howes: chorister, Mrs.
l. b. Buddington
Leyden's old people have reached an
other milestone on the road of life.
Owing to the day being so stormy, Mrs.
Elizabeth Dennison did not have as
many of her children to help her cele-
brate her Goth birthday as she had
hoped, but some of them were there
and Others came in the following days
so the celebration was like continued
story. G. G. Severance who celebrated
his 91st birthday April % is quite &C
tive for man of his age He walked
to the home of his son who lives more
than mile away, in the morning and
walked back before noon. In the after
noon he went with his granddaughter.
Mrs. W. c. Smith. to her home in West
Deerfield distance of about 10 miles,
remained till Saturday when be went
to the house of his nephew, DR.. W. s.
Severance of Greenfield, took dinner
and met several friends and then re-
turned to Leyden walking the last mile
to his home
The dance at the town hall Friday
evening was we'll attended, many com
ing from adjoining towns. The poles
are up for telephone line from North
Bernardston and are ready for the
wires. Julia Mowry went to Pittsfield
Friday to enter The House of Mercy
hospital as a nurse. Mrs. H. f. Now
ry spent few days with her daughter
in Shelburne Falls lately. Mrs. S. G.
Severance and Guy spent the day Tues
day at A. G. Gallupe's at Green River.
Mrs. David Baines Griffiths and Ruth |
with Mildred Severance visited Mrs
W. c. Smith in West Deerfield Thurs
day. Rev. d. Baines Griffiths who has
supplied the pulpit during the absence
Of the pastor, returned to his studies
at Harvard college Monday. Mrs. Clin-
ton Ware of Mortified visited at Mrs.
E. d. Sawyer's recently. Also Mr.. |
and Mrs. David Ashcraft of Whately !
within a short time. Mrs. Joel Nash
Of Bernardston and Mrs. Warner of
visited at j. W. Badgers
last week. Prof. Robert Buddington
who spent most of his vacation in New
York city came to his fathers Monday
and returned to Mt. Hermon Thurs
lay.
The High school closed Friday, Apr.
"A, with literary exercises in the town
hall. The pupils gave Rotations ac-
,ording to the following program: In
School Days, by Emily Foster; Sheri-
lan's Ride. Guy Severance; Ashes on
he Slide, Spencer Howes; The Bare
DOT Boy, James Noyes; Bingen on the
Rhine, Edward Frizzell; The Night
Wind, Clarence Bingham; Bonaparte
o the Boer, Thurman Keet; The
smack in School, Charles Foster; The
Fate of the Lazyman, Charles New ,
omb; The May Queen, Amy Noyes
irandmother's Story of Bunker Hill,
henrietta Osgood Our Whippings, AL
en- Frizzell Mary Calvin, Mabel Cool
dge. There was a dialogue, 1.-THE
PRACTICAL joke" by three of the schol-
RS and the teacher read selections from '.
poem THE Courtship of
lilies Standish,' and some of the =
eholars represented the scenes de- =,
cribed on the stage. Superintendent
!. F. Howard was present and made :
ome very interesting remarks upon !
be advantages to be gained by contin-
ing this school and the success Of it
nus far. He also called upon S. b.
who told how many better
dvantages the children of the present b
ay have than those of his day \
nd how important it is that the v
,hool should be continued. The b
xercises were we'll attended by the pa /
.ons of the school. The school has +
cen considered rather an experiment s
lis year and is designed to give the +
lildren an opportunity to take the Il
udies of the first two years of the &
Ugh school course at home. Much "
edit is due the teacher, Miss Harri- "
m, for her faithful work. s.