Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-08-12
NEWFANE,

Another ice cream affair comes Off this,
Friday, evening at the church rooms
Mrs. schaffer of Hudson, N. ", has
been visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Wilcox.
Mrs. David Davis is spending a week
with her daughter, Loena, at Mrs. AL
lens i'm Williamsville.
Misses Mary and Gertrude Croker of
Brattleboro have been guests Of their
aunt, Miss Laura Rice.
The w. c. Il. u. will hold meeting
under the big tree on the church lawn
Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Judge Hubbard of Wallingford, Conn,
n summer guest in Brattleboro, spent
Wednesday with w. II. Newton's family.
The hearing relative to the bank rob
berry drew out many local residents and
others on Monday. The proceedings are
reported fully elsewhere.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Fisher and the lat
ter's sister, Mrs. Rodgers, and several
family friends are occupying rooms at
the Newfane House.
The funeral of Mrs. Keziah Park, wild
ow of Elihu Park was held at the Con-
gregational church last Friday Rev. r.
ID. Davies officiating.
Union Hall Helpers will serve ice cream
and cake at the hall on the occasion of
the next dance Friday evening, Aug. 10,
in the interests of a fund to buy dining
room chairs.
The eighth annual open-air meeting
on the Bencasson grounds, Newfane hill,
will be held Sunday, Aug 81, at p. m.
Interesting speakers and good music are
expected. Details of the program will be
published neXt week. All are cordially
invited.
Mrs. Davidsons guests are Mrs. and
Misses Hayes, Misses Mary and Fanny
Woodman of Bethel Conn, Miss Alice
Perham of Cambridgeport, with her art
work, Miss Mary Goodrich, librarian of
| the Normal school in New Britain, Conn,
and Mrs. Dewitt
The trustees Of the Windham County
| Savings bank have given George Batch
elder of the firm Of Batchelder & Son $3.50
as a bank testimonial showing their APP
| probation of his cool and brave service
| in bringing the recent robbery to a halt,
as described last week
The name Norton was mixed in the
paragraph last week with Newton.
Cashier Norton, at the Newfane House
! rooms, is from Meriden. Conn. Cashier
William Henry Newton is from Walling-
ford, and will return to Connecticut Sat-
urday with Mrs. Newton.
There is talk that the Newfane House
Will be bought by a syndicate of friends
of Newfane and local residents. 1t has
been a loss to Newfane interests to have
| tue olu Sldnu kept open only summers,
! and will be matter for public congratu-
lation to have 1t again a well kept pub
| lie house.
Mrs. Cynthia Brown Rawson, who died
| on Thursday morning from paralysis at
the home of Walter Whitaker in Brook
line where she had boarded at times
during the past two or three years, was
the widow of Paris Rawson. Mr.. Raw
son died in February, 1899, and since
then Mrs. Rawson had been in the care
! of Mr. Rawson's daughter, Mrs. Henry
Downs. most of the time here in the Raw
son home Mr.. and Mrs. Rawson were
old residents OF the place The only sur
viving member Of Mrs. Rawson's fam
| lily is her brother, Willard Brown. OF
Wardsboro. The funeral will be held at
the house tomorrow, Saturday, at II a.
m. Rev. T. d. Davies officiating Buria
will be in the family lot in Dover.