Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-01-05
NEWEANE.

wood Tor the present
win Harvey returned Monday to the
University of Vermont
c. II. Minchen. landlord here last year.
was in town Wednesday.
Miss Jennie Underwood recently enter
tanned finch party at her home.
Mr.. and Mrs. w b. Milard gave a card
party of 16 at The Naples last week.
The benefit supper at the Newfane Inn
will be given Friday evening, Jan. ~, at
o'clock.
F. II. Sargent has been suffering from
a bilious attack in addition to chronic
lameness.
The animal caught by Hermon Howe,
supposed to be an otter, proved to be an
unusually large mink.
The annual meeting of the creamery
will be held in Union hall on the third
Saturday of this month.
Mrs. Alice Winchester Of Brattleboro
is spending several days with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. David Ballou.
w. T. Bruce, who is attending the
business college in Springfield, Mass,
spent Saturday and Sunday I'M town.
Miss Switzer of West Townshend for
merly a teacher here about three years,
is a guest of Mrs. w. N. Chase for a
week.
Mrs. Fannie Fay and two children of
Worcester, Mass, who spent a week at
the Deacon Whitaker homestead have
returned to their home.
Mrs. Rosamond Whitney returned from
Woodstock last week, leaving her aged
brother Mr. Bridge, apparently making
recovery from pneumonia.
Miss Lucy Hitchcock, whose home is
near Burlington and who has been a
summer guest at Mrs. Davidsons several
years, has the management of a coiored
school i'm Hillsboro, n. c.
Mrs. NJ. f. Spencer of st. Adams was
unable to complete her proposed visits in
this vicinity on account of a severe at
tack of tooth liberation, which housed her
two days at G. b. Johnson's.
Mrs. Mary Drake Norton, wife of Rev.
Smith Norton, Congregational pastor here
1895 1900, is in feeble condition at her
home in Oberlin, Ohio, in consequence
of fall in 1904, when she was blown
from a platform.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Marcy spent Sun
day at d. s. Ballou's. The former who
has travelled for a large stove company
some years in the West is about to begin
an engagement as salesman for q diff
ferent business in Iowa.
A recent visit of Miss Ella Pierce of
East Putney with her grandfather ]. d.
Pierce, recalled in speaking OF her teach
ing in the home district, her record
lOI puUClutl dllenudnce IN NeWIdne
school, which was perfect for a period Of
eight years.
Rev. and Mrs. L. p Broad, under a
change of plan in their home missionary
campaign, are speaking this month, in
continuation of December work, In Mas
sachusetts instead Of filling engagements
in Georgia and Alabama, which are post
poned for a term.
Mrs. Coolidge of Peru, this state,
f1Ot NJ Ir.
lived here several different times with
friends, is critically i'll from paralysis.
Her mother, whose home is with her. is
i'm a helpless condition from a paralytic
shock of longer standing.
Rev. n. s Moore. who was housed last
week by troublesome boils, rallied to give
a good New Years sermon, and had ar
ranged to conduct evening service. but
the Christian Endeavorers had a program
for that time. Mr.. Moore has the record
for not missing Sunday service from
Illness for 30 years.
The blue and red ribbon forces in solicit
ing recruits for the Congregational Sun
day school, have been in activity a few
weeks, with resultant winning as to num-
bers gained by the blue, who will give a
public social under the leadership of Miss
Hazel Saith and Miss Lucy Davis at
Union hall this. Friday, evening, at which
the program will include refreshments.
DR. Marshall A. Howe, curator of the
Bronx Gardens, New York city, and Prin-
cipal Carlton ID. Howe of Essex Junction
spent the past week with their parents
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. o. Howe. DIR. Howe,
who will return to New York Saturday
paid a visit to his hill farm in Newfane,
known as the Willard Brown place, on
the Wardsboro road, where he may carry
out some plans for summer vacations.
Newfane calendars and other local views
met with a ready sale at w. p. Eames's
store. Photographs Of public buildings
about the common with glimpses among
and beyond the wide spreading trees, and
the brook scenes below the village, made
very picturesque views for holiday use.
Such mementos carry the home friends
scattered all over the country and else
Where back to old haunts and help TO
keep up loyal remembrance.
Various social functions as planned for
January give the month a somewhat I'M
usual flow of festivity: A social at the
hall this evening, a supper at the Inn
the evening of the 18th, banquet of the
Odd Fellows at their annual installation
of officers during the month, besides the
masquerade ball of Jan. &c, annual dinner
of Windham County Savings bank Off
cials, slated for the month, and the
prophesied blizzard from the 9th to 10th.
Elias Chase, brother of Mrs. d. A. Ben
son and the late w. N Chase. is suffering
from increased illness of years at his
home in Middletown, Ill. His oldest
daughter, Rena, living near with her
family, formerly attended school in this
place. Mr.. Chase has been prosperous
business man in the West many years.
He and his sister, Cynthia, eldest among
eight children of Mr.. and Mrs Hibbard
Chase, who lived to maturity struck out
in their youth for Michigan and Illinois,
where they taught school. The sister,
Mrs. Akeley, lives i'm Illinois and has been
an invalid by paralysis for years.