Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-06-07
DEERFIELD VALLEY
WHITINGHAM.

VIII lN61RM'
Miss Gertrude Hill has arrived at
.s-rmyiHiL'
rr.,i lmson and David Reed were in
..Ht..I Thursday.
~. Plumb of Greenfield visited at
tain GU.,ttcs last week.
rt..u. Howe of Moth Adams spent !
r,If.v night in town.
r Putnam was at the hospital in
>..-.r ADAMS Thursday.
Miss Ida Murdoch was in North
Adam. n few days last week.
Mrs d. s. Brown spent Thursday at
rf4.H. Browns in Wilmington
.- J. IT, Cole, VIM. c. Davis and AL
,..f e.odoll were in town Thursday.
Mrs Hin and her sister arrived at
.-.-.1crhul" saturday for the season.
r.,rr hin arrived in town last Thurs
.l. anl returned to New York Saturday.
e Boyd came from Readsboro Sat
,,a.v 20 attend the funeral of his cousin,
Au-el Boyd
,rs Esther Osborne of North Adams
.r.n, Wednesday night and Thursday
With her sister, Mrs. Clara Jillson.
r.rad Doane of Waterbury, Conn, is
. mis- Grandfather Busbys for the
summer and is attending the village
seHuo.
Katherine Scudder and Edith Haskins
..s.t saturday with Lena Sprague of
lr'.rslou at the home Of her parents in
Eta.-uHro.
Mrs Ernest Murdoch spent Saturday
.- Nnth Adams and visited Eugene
Nurluok at the hospital. His recovery
IS E,rE slow
Mrs. Kettle Fainter of Greenfield was
a+ cnauncey Bryants Thursday and
a Part Of Friday. the rest of the week
at Frank Tainter's.
marley Upton, Arthur harrington,
rHaHnoev Bryant and jerome Dalrym-
,Ia went to Wilmington Saturday as
carers for Ansel Boyd.
r..rge futile and Bert Shippee went
o., %ortn Adams last week to see Eugene
,rrjo,l at the hospital and gave him
t-- e5 which they had raised by sub
s.rption.
wallace Morse, who for several years
las been in the employ of DIR. F. ID.
stafford Of North Adams, has finished
lis work there and will enter some other
kind ot employment
Tho trained nurse from Brattleboro
who was taking care of Ansel Boyd re-
turned home last Wednesday morning.
Mr. and Mrs w. c. Davis of Whining
ton came down in the afternoon.
tuesday was the first really warm day
for nearly a month, but during the night
. cold rain set in and Wednesday morn
Ing it rained hard. Those who planted
their gardens early are afraid they VIII
have to plant them over.
An automobile went through the viii
lace late Saturday afternoon, frightening
Merton Wheeler's horse which stood I'M
hitchcd in front of the store, and 1t ran
I'D towards Harl Wheeler's, but was
caught before any damage was done
The auto kept right on, the occupants
not even stopping to see whether any
damage was done or not. Nottingham
residents feel that they have some rights
to the road as well as the autoists.
The annual Memorial day program was
carried out Thursday. The procession
COMPOSED of the Grand Army veterans
Sons Of Veterans and school chlldren'
headed by the North Adams drum corps
Of six pieces marched to the cemetery
and decorated the soldiers graves re-
turning to the church they disbanded
for dinner. At o'clock the afternoon
exercises consisting of music and duets
by members of the choir, recitations ana
songs by children from the different
schools in town and an address by Rev.
Mr. Baker of Readsboro took place in the
BAPTIST church, which was filled to the
doors by an enthusiastic audience
Ansel Boyd who had suffered for the
past year with dropsy and severe heart
trouble passed away at IL O'Clock wed
nesday night and the funeral was held
at his late home Saturday morning, Rev.
A. y. Blackford of Wilmington othciat-
ing with a prayer by Rev. ]. H. Bee
man and singing by Mr.. and Mrs. j. II
Kidder The burial was in RivervieW
cemetery. Wilmington. Edmund Boyd
and family, Leslie Boyd and family, Mrs
Warren Boyd, Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Davis
and some other Wilmington relatives
were present. He leaves wife but NJ
children Mr.. Boyd came here from
Wilmington and during his stay among
US made many friends by his quiet I'M
ostcntatious ways.