Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-06-21
NEWT ANE.


Mrs Henry Downs's cottage is improved
by the addition of two verandas.
Ice cream and cake are on sale this
CFriday) evening at the church rooms.
Rev and Mrs. l.. p. Broad are eX-
pected to occupy Bencasson, their sum-
mer home about July l.
]. NJ. Kenny is painting the Newton
homestead and will assist In giving the
county creamery a new coat in white.
Mr. and Mrs. j, ID. Pierce took an au-
tomobile trip to Westminster Thursday
to visit their daughter Mrs. Fred Pierce.
MIR. and Mrs. Clarence Nichols will
move soon from the creamery rooms to
Mrs. w. N. Chases first floor tenement
Fred S. Smith is raising a generous
fund by general subscription for Fourth
of July celebration in the line Of fire
works
Mrs NJ. C. Beard, who is at Mrs,
Chases, will go Monday to Dandy, Conn,
to accompany her adopted daughter to
this place.
walter Gray is the engineer at F. L.
Wellman's mill and also works the large
saw A force of eight men now work in
the mill business,
Edwin JONES' a prominent citizen Of
Dover, has bought the Sargent house on
West street for $500 and will take pos
session in the fall.
Mrs Trego of Cleveland Ohio, and Mrs.
Mary s. Morgan of Shelburne Falls,
Mass were guests of Mrs. Davidson
from Saturday to Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Perry of Hypo-
luXo, Fla, are expected at Rest cottage
next week. Others of Newfane hill sum
mer colony will arrive from time to time.
The Rebekahs contemplate engaging
Mrs. Hess of New Jersey, an accomplish
ed elocutionist for an evenings enter
tainment in the near future at Williams
vile and Newfane
Rev. w. w. Mason, formerly pastor of
Newfane Congregational church, is con-
sidered an expert in stenography in the
vicinity of Boston. Billerica is still his
home and he breaches occasionally.
William Fisher, formerly teacher in
town, spent Sunday at Rev. f. NJ. Wis
wallis en- route to a hotel in the Thous-
and Islands, where he will ne clerk
| through the summer
Mrs. II. a. Carpenter is in Bellows Falls
caring for her daughter Mrs. Dickerman
Ryder, and the latters infant son, born
on Monday, who is the fourteenth grand
| child of Mr.. and Mrs. Carpenter.
Mrs. Melvin Pike, formerly of Newfane,
now of Baldwinsville, Mass, spent few
day with her sister-in-law, Mrs. Man
| dana Bills, en- route to visit with relatives
| in Wardsboro and Stratton for the sum-
mer
Rev. n. S. Moore will probably preach
| on Sunday morning about the tri-union,
| a project of combining church de-
nominations, which appears TO be grow
| ing in favor and was discussed with
| much interest at the recent Congrega-
! tional state convention.
Carpenter work on the court house eN-
| tension began this week with Russell
| Blood of Townshend as head workman
| and f. II. Underwood and Leon Whitney
assistants. Judges Worden and Pier are
often here in consultation over the work.
the latter associate judge being in charge
r. D. Newton, who went to Ware
| Mass, Tuesday to be present at the
high school graduating exercises, of
which class his daughter Miss Harriet
| Newton, is a member. has returned with
! his wife and daughter to Rest cottage
on Newfane hill. Mr.. Newton spent part
of May in Palm Beach, Fla.
Mr. and Mrs c. NJ Newton OF Or
| lando, Fla. are returning to their home
by the steamer lroquois after visit at
| their sons in Winsted, Conn. The illness
| of Mrs. Newton prevented visit to the
sisters, Misses Newton of Newfane.
Mr.. Newton says the drought has
killed vegetation largely and that he can
raise no vegetables until January.
Mrs. George Batchelder won the gold
medal for prize speaking at the county
| w. c. T. L. convention last week. There
were five members in the class, Misses
Lucy Davis and Winifred Maher being
among them, the youngest ones, and not
yet in their teens" The higher prizes
in these contests are a grand gold medal
| for those who have won the silver and
| gold and finally a diamond contest as the
climax of the grades.