Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-06-30
COUNTY FRIDAY JUNE oo ~
WILMINGTON.
Town Votes to Accept Gift OF Library
auiIdino and Donate TO village

Town Votes to Accept Gift Of Library
Building and Donate to V,'sse'
At the special town meeting he, ~
Saturday IL was unanimously voted W
accept the generous offer OF Lyman =,
Pettee to erect a fine library ouiiu,hs
ON the site OF the old schoolhouse, W
house To be removed as soon as pract''
cahis The town voted to donate u
building to the village and lust w Sn;n
to put II is the question now ; oe
considered. Mr.. Pettee appo'1T's II n
ii. Kidder, 4. II. Porter anu " ,ho
Parmelee as trustees TO nave Tho
charge Of erecting the library Int m
building will probably cost apo .Sa
"a. 600 and will be an ornament 10 .he
village as we'll as an institution OF .ns
highest worth. Thanks are due anu
viii be heartily extended to Mr.. rev
tee in this most praiseworthy act.
Martin A. Brown and family are en-
joying short vacation al 'he SEQ
shore. :
Our friends at Readsboro are In,
landing to celebrate the Fourth Vi
July in fitting manner.
n. L. Bray is sending out about ~
GOO fine folders illustrating the DeeI
field valley, in the interest OF the H.
7. a. W. k. X. :, n
The office of the II. 7. 4 W. II. ~
company has been removed. 10 the ue,
not building and commodious rooih'
are being fitted up.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. E. Buttertield are
at New Haven to attend comihenoe,
ment exercises at Yale college from
which their son Paul graduates.
Verne l.. Adams, who is most favor
ably known to people of this Niclnlty
has assumed charge of the grain aho
-four business purchased OF Chahoier
a. Green.
George II. Streeter has greatly I'M
proved his residence adding nue.
piazza and also by grading the grouhus
around the house. Mr.. and Mrs freq
b. button of Woodstock, relatives,
have visited Mr.. and Mrs. Streeter
| the past week.
H. Belden Sly of Springfield, Mass. ),
special agent of the Continental FIRE
Insurance. company Of New York, mas
been in town this week, making m
spection of the risks insured by =. NJ
Russell, the local agent. and also look
ing over the new water system Win
which he was highly pleased.
Owing to the inability OF W. A.
Cboate of Albany to be present on
Monday evening, the, stockn0 n
meeting was adjourned until Ihurs-
day evening at which time IL Is con
fidently expected the company, VIII De
formed and everything in working or
der.
After more than a months CORE
spondence, postmaster Jones has
succeeded in getting man from
Greenfield. on the first train so tnat
now we get Boston papers on the noon
mail instead of at two O'Clock as mere
tofore. 1t is a great convenience as 10
letters. as it gives time to answer cor
respopdepce and mail it on the 2 ~.
Our mail and railroad facilities were
never better.
An entertainment for the benefit OF
the kindergarten was given at the
Uniyersalist church Tuesday evening.
The program consisted of musical
numbers by Mr.. and Mrs. Messer, Mr..
Gallup and daughter, Mrs. Roberts
and Mrs. Mann, Mrs. Charlotte Md
der, Miss Leone Russell and Miss wy
man and reading by Miss Grace But
terfeld. The program was thorough
ly enioyed and handsome sum was
Melted for the treasury.
The graduating exercises of the
class OF 1905, Wilmington high school,
were held at Memorial hall Friday
evening. Tie exercises were intro
duced by piano selection by Miss Is.
Leone Russell. The members of the
school, teachers. school directors and
the orator of the evening we're seated
upon the stage. After rendering
High School Bells, the salutatory was
delivered by Floyd Burton johnson in
very pleasing manner. Following
was The Swing Song, by quartet;
class history by Clarence Nathan
Greene; school chorus, Schools are
Past. Principal Stetson then intro
duced the speaker of the evening,
Rev. Mr.. Mathison of Brattleboro. Pref
atory, Mr. Mathison spoke of the
beautiful hall in which the exercises
were held, which was possible by the
generosity of Major Childs of Brattle
| boro. His address was able and
scholarly and was an earnest plea for
mental culture and classical educa-
ton. After musical selection,
Henry Spencer White delivered the val
edictory. The diplomas were present
ed to the graduating class by Director
Buell with fitting remarks. Both Mr.
johnson and Mr.. White took occasion
to express regret that Prof Stetson
was about to sever his connection with
the school and also that j. H. Kidder
had decided to close his relation as
one of the school directors.