Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-04-28
ToWNSHEND.
Miss Pages Recital - The Sunday
School Meeting at Brookline.

The senior class OF the seminar
, have engaged Miss Ethel Page,
. graduate OF the Boston School or EN
preston, as teacher In elocution, Mis-
/ Page viii give recital at Seminar
hall Tuesday evening, May :, the pro
, ceeds OF which viii go toward the elias
, fund A hitting program Is being mr.
ranged and a large attendance IL de
sired. The students feel, and not with
out cause. that the townspeople ar
not very deeply Interested In the In
stitution. For example at the sup
per served recently by the senio
class, only eight OF the townspeopl'
lattended. Now here Is an opportuni
~ Tuesday evening for the people 4
give very tangible evidence Of thei
good Will
Thirteen seems To be about thu
right number of representatives ,ol
lTownshend TO send To the local sun
day school meetings. That was thu
number AT the west village last win
ter, and thirteen OF the faithful went
to Brookline Wednesday. Pleasant
weather and rising temperature
brought out a fairly good attendance
and the program was carried out sub
stantially as planned with the add
tion of n duet In the afternoon by
Mrs. Miles and Mrs. Harry Franklin
AS this was the annual meeting, Of
ficers for the year ensuing were elect
ed. Fred Randall the efficient presi-
dent was elected TO succeed himself.
Mrs Edith Cutler OF Brookline Is vice
president, and Mrs. G.. T.. Davidson
OF Newfane secretary and treasurer,
and Mrs +. l.. osgood the new mem
Der OF the executive board.
The meeting appreciated the hos
pitality OF the Brookline church; II al
so appreciated itself and was glad IL
was there, and wished others had
come.
j. O. Toilette lost a horse recent
ly.
Oliver Cone and wife are visiting at
ARA Benson's.
Miss Harriet Fletcher went to Brat
tleboro Monday.
Mrs. Dutton was Brattleboro pas
senger last week.
The Hadassah league met with Mrs.
r. n. Marsh Friday
The Dorcas guild will meet Wednes-
day with Mrs. Harry Franklin.
Mrs. b. b. Brigham Is convalescent
after an illness of several days.
Miss Jessie Johnson visited her
sister Nettie Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. A. A. Townshend of Newfane
visited at Harry Franklins recent
ly.
Captain Stone OF Springfield, Mass.
is spending a few days with A. l..
Cook.
Misses Abby and Ethel Toilette
We're in Brattleboro one day last
week.
-. L.,
Boston for short visit with her sis
ter, Miss Myra.
Alroy Snow is preparing for rain
by shingling his barn, Rolla Phillips
doing the work.
The household goods belonging TO
Mrs. l.. o. Reed have been moved to
The Stoddard house
Mrs Florence Loomis of West Brat
leboro was the guest of her brother. |
A. l.. Stone over Sunday.
Mrs. G. f. Davidson of Newfane was |
n town over Sunday the guest of her |
laughter. Mrs. F. L. Osgood.
A. L. Cook. having some time ago
old his oxen. is working for Mr.. |
carlton as general utility man.
Henry Burlingame of Grafton has Il
,een at r. II. Allbee's several times II
ecently during his court duties DIT
tewfane
Edith Landman of South London
erry was the guest recently Of her
lister, Miss Lena, who Is attending
he seminary.
The farmers are busy working on Il
he land now. and. one man, at least,
4 the village has begun making his
arden.
A part Of the apparatus for porta-
lie saw mill has arrived at the mead
W below Mrs. Wares house near
almon Hole bridge.
E. L. Hastings is improving the
,oks Of his grounds by grading the
'ont yard. A portion Of the wall has
cen removed and the rest is being
lid over.
Rev. Mr.. Beeman, pastor of the
aptist church in Jamaica was the
uest of Rev. E. A. Royal Wednesday
morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen L. Cook have
sued announcements of the mar
age of their daughter Annie Julia, to
lillian Everett Blood. mention of
hich event was made last week.
Leonard Fraser who has been work
g for Fred Reed some over a year,
rs gone to his home in Amsterdam,
Y, for a short visit, after which
: expects to return and begin work
r Julian Taft
Nearly thirty of the inhabitants of !
ownshend, including the senior class
the seminary and other students.
RS. Dale and family and Dr. and Mrs
sgood made a pilgrimage to Brattle-
no Saturday
The ladies' of the Congregational
urch held a thank offering meeting
r foreign missions at Mrs. H. V. =
ale's Friday afternoon. The Offer
6 showed a gratifying increase in q
re over that of year ago. i. -
Miss Abby Toilette, who has been y,
MINED to the house nearly all the w
ne of her stay at home, has recov- Fl
ed partially from the effects Of her 10 ~
rain, discarded the crutch, but not N
e limp, and returned to her school sn
Weston. ~
The town schools opened Monday TIA
tn the following teachers: No. 2, ex
ss Jessie Johnson; Holland district, Sc
ss Hope Chase; village school, Oren Or
NTH and Mrs. Will Blood. The Miss wi
johnson and Chase and Oren ty
NTH are graduates of L. & G. SEM tn
Try in last years class. tic
A pleasant Easter Sunday brought is
good attendance at the churches. tn
lose who heard DR.. Kneeland in the tn
'rning, were sorry he did not give
IRE time to the subject appropriate
: the day and less to the work of 90
organization, as long as the even he
service was to be devoted en- ia,
ely to consideration of the Sab n n'
III observance league. III III
me listers nave nearly completed "cs
ir work for this year so far as we
ling the list is concerned. There Sa
Mains, however the annual display an
human nature, when the taxpayer II.