The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-12-06
West River TOWns
TOWNSHEND.


Miss Olive Pierce of Northiield, Mass,
has visited in town recently,
The Home club will meet with Mrs. A.
II. Taft Wednesday, Dec. IL.
Report says that Fred Obers family
will move to Brattleboro next week.
Cora Mason is at Saxtons River in the
family of Fred Rand for u few days,
Mrs. Thomas Evans, who has been very
i'll the past few days, is now improving.
Miss Stella Gray has returned this weel K
from her visit to relatives IN New YORK
city.
Alice Ware has visited her sister in
Bellows Falls a few days, returning home
Monday.
The Dorcas guild met Thursday with
Mrs. Arthur Rand, The work OF the day
was sewing.
Hazel Jones spent the past week with
her sister, Lottie, who is teaching school
in Bondvile.
VIII Blood has been unable to be at
his post in the steam mill the past week
ON account of illness.
Miss Alcestis Wheeler is still with her
mother in Jamaica. She writes her moth
err is recovering from her illness.
Miss Addie and Miss Grace Morse of
Brattleboro were guests OF their aunt,
Mrs. +. b, Batchelder last Sunday
Mr. Burwell took Charles Austin and
family to Saxtons River Thursday to
visit at Guy Austin's. They returned Sun
day.
Miss Susie Watson and her friend, Mrs.
Cook of Bennington We're guests at the
home of her uncle, Fred Watson, over
Sunday.
Albert Brown moved load of goods to
Brattleboro for Dr. Rice last week. Dr.
Rice's family are pleasantly located in
a onetenement house on Green street.
The seminary opens the winter term OF
10 weeks with an attendance OF over %.
Bernice Emerson of Jamaica and Cyrus
Knapp of Wardsboro are two new stu
dents.
The mercury registered u degrees above
zero Thursday morning according to our
timehonored weather recorder, Royal
Sanderson, easily ohe coolest OF the sea
son thus far.
Some of the roads in town were in poor
condition for drawing heavy loads last
Friday owing to a mixture of snow and
earth making it impossible for horses to
secure foothold..
Mr.. and Mrs. R. w. Snyder and son,
Wilbur, who is employed by Durham
brothers of Brattleboro. also Mrs. Sim
Cobb and SON. Harold, spent Thanksgiv-
ing with Mrs. Dan MeCarty of this place.
Guy Nelson, who has been in the Unit
ed States army nearly year, writes that
his company is stationed at Fort William
Mckinley, Manila, p. |. They expect to
remain in the island two years. lie re-
ports the weather there as being very
warm.
The students of Leland and Gray will
hold a sale of fancy and useful articles
and homemade candy followed by So
cial next Tuesday evening in Seminary
hall This is a good opportunity for our
people to do some Christmas shopping.
Word that Florence Stratton, little
granddaughter of Mrs. II. M. Winslow,
was i'll with some peculiar ailment which
was puzzling the physicians, called her to
their home Tuesday. Later another child,
Aubrey, was attacked in similar man
ner. Both children are very i'll.
During his stay in Brattleboro Satur-
day G. @. Stebbins visited the Connectl.
cut river dam and was much impressed
with the magnitude of the undertaking,
saying any one interested in work OF this
character would be well repaid for their
effort to see the construction while I'M
der way.
A meeting to discuss plans for Christ
mas was held in the Baptist parsonage
Saturday evening On Sunday the follow,
ing committee was named to arrange and
carry out the Christmastide program:
Mrs. w. w. Gushee, Mrs II. W. Lewis,
Mrs. +. A. Kenyon, Mrs. r. W. Phillips,
Mrs. Walter Blanchard and Mrs. VIII
Blood.
A notice posted on the door of the Con-
gregational church calls attention to a
meeting of the church and society in the
chapel at 7.3O O'clock Dec. Is, for election
of the usual officers for the ensuing year,
to devise ways and means for defraylng
the expenses Of the year and to trans
act any other business coming before the
meeting.
The village school under Merle Willis
begins its winter term with q pupils. A
few more are expected later. a school
of 80 pupils requires much tact and skill
on the teachers part that all may have
their due share of instruction. We under
stand Mr.. Willis has the school well grad
ed and good work is being accomplished.
In district No. Miss Mabelle Allbee,
teacher, eight pupils are enrolled which
is good number for this school. Miss
Alice Dale in district No 8 has Il pu-
pills.
The safe arrival of Mrs 0. w. Follett
at st. Petersburg, Fla, is reported. A
letter from Mrs. Florence Ford of Frog
more, S. c., states that all the party
were seasck on their trip down excepting
Miss Orinda Dale. This would include
Mrs. Follett and her two sons and Orinda
Ford. Rinda's little friends will be glad
to learn that she is in school with her
sister, Orrice, for her teacher This is
private school on the grounds of Mr.. Nc
Donald and has at present four pupils
all the white children of school age on
the island.
Rev. Daniel McIntyre's sermon at the
union Thanksgiving service in the Congre-
gational church was from the text, ~
give thanks unto the Lord" He gave as
reasons why we ought to be thankful:
First, for the life God has given man;
second, for the age of the world in which
we live; third, for the brighter faith that
cheers our life; fourth, for the church
that purifes as against all that detiles;
fifth, for our local benefits and privileges.
Shall we by means OF work and renewed
conservation seek to pass on the given
blessings to others.
The Baptist Ministerial association
which was organized here Oct. 7, held its
first regular meeting Monday of this
week, having a morning and afternoon
session. A constitution was adopted. The
morning paper was given by Rev. Mr..
Dressler Of Jamaica, the subject being Is
the Preaching of Today Meeting the
Needs of the Times. At the afternoon ses-
sion Mr.. Boardman of Londonderry gave
a paner on Pastoral Visitation. Discus