Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-01-16
TOwNSHEND.

Russell Blood is home from Bellows
Falls.
John Greenwood visited his parents
last week.
Miss Edith Sanders of Vernon spent
Sunday at home.
Mr.. DeMond of Saxtons River visited
at Ira Pratts last week.
Miss Mcdonald of Providence, r. l.,
is visiting Miss May willard
Sherman Willard visited his mother
Mrs. Abby Willard, recently
The roll call at the Baptist church will
take place the last week in January
The next meeting of West River
Grange will be held Friday evening,
Jan. %.
Miss Sherman of Maine, who has been
visiting at Prof. Harthorne's, has gone
to New York.
Rev. E. A Royal has been in the west
village this week to assist Rev. NJ. f.
Hardy at special meetings
Mr. and Mrs. Il. b. Batcheder have
returned from a trip to different locali
ties in Massachusetts and Maine
Mrs Jane Derry expects to close her
house, and will visit friends in this
state and New Hampshire before her
return.
Mr.. and Mrs \. A. Mason have gone
this week to Fitchburg, Mass. They
will visit in Winchendon before return
ing home.
Four inches of snow fell Sunday, and
a high wind prevailed during the night
Windows were blown in and other dam
age was DONE
The basket ball game Friday evening
between the Leland and Gray team and
the team from the BrattlebOro High
school stood Is to Is in favor of Bratte-
borO.
/ Some Of the benevolent ladies of the
| Congregational church, who are inter-
ested in the Kurn Ilattin home, sent
| last week a 30-pound box containing
valuable gifts TO the Warner home at
SaNtons River.
The Vermont board of agriculture viii
| hold meetings in the town hall in this
place on Thursday, Jan. %, at 10 a. m
| 100 and Z p. m. The farmers of this
and neghboring towns are invited tC
! attend them.
Miss Edith Clarke who has been IL
! in Grafton, where she was teaching
school, has been moved from there tC
the home of her uncle, Frank Clarke, II
this village, and as soon as able sh,
Will go to her home in Jamaica.
The IIadassah League will hold it,
annual meeting and banquet this even
ing The members of the league arr
enjoying their newly furnished room
square, easy chairs, table and curtains
\ business meeting of the Dorca
Guild was held Dec. q with Mrs. Arthu
Rand and the following officers wer
elected: President, Mrs. G.. IL. Blake
vice president, Mrs. F. S. Randall; sec
rotary and treasurer, Miss Grace Morse
directresses. Mrs. Z. II. Holland. Mrs
&. II. willard Mrs. +. l.. Osgood.
There will be an entertainment a
| Monday
by the Senior class, assisted by Mis-
Greasy, pianist, and c. NJ. Dugan, violin
list, OF Brattleboro. We feel very con
hdent i'm stating that this will be a first
class entertainments and the patronag
of the townspeople is earnestly solicit
ed.
school in district No. closed las
week with the following record of at
tendance: Alice Gushing, Nettie John
son, Maude Greenwood Ruth and Ray
mond Watson had no absent marks, an
Ruth and Raymond Watson. and Net
tie Johnson had no tardy marks
Maude Greenwood had only one tard
Nettie johnson and Ruth Watson hav
been present every day. The teacher
Miss Bertha +. Gage, has returned I
her home in Fftchburg, Mass.
What might have been a serious cor
!. nagration. by the overheating of the fur
mace pipes in the seminary building o
Tuesday morning, was averted by tn
T presence of teachers and scholars dun
l ing chapel exercises. Had 1t occurre
= during the interregnum of school hour
the building would have been destroyed
: We think great care should be used
l regard TO fires at all times, but aftt
our sad experience in this village frol
z fires and with nothing to fight fire will
we think too great care cannot be e'
e | ercised as to having everything fiNe
q in the safest possible way rather tina
= to invite n fire by not having ever!
= thing safely adjusted.