Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-10-11

The Woman's Relief corps will meet
with the president Mrs L. /. Parsons.
Saturday oct. u, at , o'clock p. m
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank \. Dewitt have
been in Wilmington during the week,
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Amasa Grout.
Charles Hescock started Monday morn
ing for Cleveland o.. to attend the tri-
ennial conference of Congregational
churches.
At the meeting of the Rebekahs. held
Monday evening in odd Fellows hall,
four new members were received. Mr.. and
Mrs. George Bush and Misses Nellie
Pratt and Margaret Maher.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Ware of Hillsboro,
H., cousins OF Mrs. +. A. Dewitt. came
Tuesday to make her short visit on
Wednesday they enjoyed an outing on
Newfane hill and on Friday started for
Keene to visit other friends
The return Of Miss Mary Newton from
her long visit Of 10 weeks is hailed with
gladness During her absence she has
visited in Natick and Oak Bluff Mass.
taken several sails on the ocean and
called on y. NJ. Batchelder and family in
Fitchburg
Mrs Caroline T. Farr Of Boston. who
was to give a health lecture to the ladies'
of Newfane in the church Vestry this af-
ternoon, cannot be here on account Of
l.
poned to next Friday, oct IS. at 8
O'Clock, in the vestry.
Recent visitors in town have been Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Newton of Wallingford
Conn., Mrs. Phebe Knapp of Brattleboro
and Mrs. Ella of Chicago, who with her
father Mr.. Cheney of Townshend. spent
day calling on friends in the village
and on Newfane hill
The Congregational ladies' aid society
frfN
gregational dining rooms Wednesday,
Oct. l6. from TO p. m. The president,
Mrs Butterfield, will go soon after to
Ann Arbor. Mich. where she and her
daughter, Grace, plan to spend the win
ter.
The reported sale of the mercantile
business OF II. J. Batchleder q Son to
Mr.. Newton OF Ware Mass, engrosses
the attention of all the townspeople
None are willing TO have the BatcheIders
leave Newfane, even though Mr. Newton
and family would be gladly welcomed
as permanent residents in town.
Many letters were written from New
fame to be put into the comfort bags for
the marines on the battleship Vermont
and since they We're presented on Oct. 4
several replies have been received by diff
ferent ones in Newfane, expressing sin
cere thanks for the gift from the W. c.
7. T., one saying. The bags come awful
handy for a bluejacket
Mrs f. A. Kenyon of Townshend has
been staying with Mrs Davidson since
court opened. and went with her to Bran
don to attend the state w. c. T. Il. con-
Nention. There she addressed chill
drens meeting one afternoon and gave a
chalk talk on the closing evening EX-
Gov. Ormsbee was an honored guest at
the convention. He spoke genuine words
or welcome and expressed his apprecia-
ton of the good accomplished by the
w. c. T. L.
Sunday school rally day was observed
in the Congregational church on Sunday,
Oct. 6. Rev. n. S. Moore reviewed the
lessons of the quarter, Mrs. Charles Hes
cock reported the work done in the de-
partment of cradle roll, Mrs n. S. Moore
gave an account of the home depart
ment, Mrs. Eta Batchelder and Mrs
Abbie Underwood read appropriate Sc
lections and the superintendent Charles
Hescock, gave short address. The only
member present of the cradle roll band
was the baby son of Mr.. and Mrs Earle
Davis.