The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-12-18
Taft Should be Asked TO Visit Family
Home.

Taft Should be Asked TO Visit Famil
Home.
President elect Taft has accepted al
invitation 10 attend a joint meeting o
the Vermont branch Of the National Re-
Cross society and the Vermont Sons o
the American revolution in Burlington
next summer. Why would Il not he
good time 10 invite him 10 visit the hom'
81 his forcfathcrs? II the invitation wa
extended at once by our citizens Il NIGH
be possible 10 secure a visit and addrs'
from our future president, pnylleg'
worth trying for.
Mrs. PuHcr is working for Mrs W. o
Davis.
Mr.. Rowland Of Fairfax was in town
this week.
Roy Barnes OF Jamaica was in town
Tuesday.
Miss Cora Mason is spending the week
in Windham.
R.P. ITolbrook made a trip TO Wind.
ham Wednesday.
Charles Allen of Brattleboro was in
town Wednesday.
Miss Bertha Phillips has been on the
sick list this week.
Edmund Batchelder was in town Mon.
day TO visit his son, Lyle.
Mrs. Frank Lawrence returned Tues
day from visit in Londonderry.
John Stevens of South Londonderry
was in town on business this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ranney of Brookline
spent Wednesday with Mrs. Plumb.
The seminary will close Saturday for
the Christmas vacation of two weeks.
Mrs. Charles Austin and Mr.. and Mrs.
Zina Cobb spent Monday in Brattleboro.
Mrs. A. +. Farwell of West Townshend
visited in this village several days this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Parker of Windham
were recent visitors at Mrs. William Met
calls.
DR.. Nash while butchering pig this
week slipped and fell, injuring himself
severely.
Miss Christa Park has accepted posi-
ton in a home for friendless boys in
Barre, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Mack OF Bellows
Falls were the guests Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Earl Martin this week.
Mrs. A. L. Rand and daughter Mabel
visited the formers cousin, Mrs. Roberts,
in Orange, Mass, last week.
The children of the Holland district,
Miss Nay Howe, teacher, held their
Christmas exercises this afternoon.
Miss Rena Allen, one of the seminary
students. was taken i'll this week and re
turned to her home in Jamaica Tuesday
morning.
Mrs. Rachel Twitchell and her great
granddaughter, Geraldine Stroud of Sax
tons River, visited at Martin Sparks's
recently.
Mrs. Reed and her daughter, after
spending week in Wardsboro with Mrs |
Reeds brother, Austin Reed, have re-
turned to the Townshend Inn
The Baptist Sunday school will give a
Christmas concert in the church on |
Christmas night to be followed by the |
tree and social in the vestry.
The sale of Christmas dainties by the |
Dorcas guild will be held at the home of
Here is help for busy housekeepers.
Mrs: Spofford, who has rooms at Mrs.
Fred Livermores, met with serious ac-
cident the first Of this week, falling and
cracking a rib. She is now at the hotel
under DR.. Osgood's care.
Four members of the Ladies' Home
club met with Mrs. E.. B. Batchelder
Wednesday afternoon and tied a hand
some quilt. Supper was served and a
very pleasant afternoon enjoyed.
Mrs. Harry Sparks went yesterday
morning to spend Christmas week with
her parents, MIR. and Mrs. Holden, in
Westminster. Mr.. Sparks will go over
for Christmas day.
The Baptist Ladies Aid society held
their usual supper on Thursday Of last
week. Baked beans, brown bread, cof-
fee. pie and cake were served and
goodly number partook, spending a social
hour afterward
A supper for the children of the pri-
mary department of the Congregational
Sunday school will be held at. the town
hall Thursday, Dec. "a, at 5 o'clock. At
to which all the members Of the church
and congregation are cordially invited.
The Townshend Ice company has put
up an ice house on John CIRCUITS land,
south Of his barn. Newell Jennison has
been drawing the lumber from his ia
theirs land, and by the united efforts of
the members of the company the build
ing was put up yesterday
At the morning service in the Baptist
church next Sunday Rev. Mr.. Mexican
will present this subject: Is There Room
for Jesus and His Religion in This Busy ,
Life Of the Twentieth Century? At the
union evening service in the same church
the topic will be How Is the World Di- t
vided by Christians?
The annual roll call and dinner of the I
church will be held JAN |.
The following committees have been ap-
pointed: TO take charge of the dinner, i
Misses Blanche Brigham, Emma Bush r
nell. Bertha Phillips, Mrs. Park Holland
ind Lesion Wheeler; entertainment, DR.. q
;. T.. Osgood, Mrs. G. II. Willard and +
Mrs. 0. w. Follett.
The death of Stella Ranney Leach oc- \
,urred in Saxtons River last week. Mrs.
each was native of Townshend, being
he daughter of Alfred Ranney, and is +
veil remembered by those of her school h
mates who remain in town. The Ranney
homestead is now known as the Henry
'tratton farm. Mrs. Leach had been an
invalid for some time and her condition
lad been serious for some weeks before II
er death took place. The burial was in
Woodland cemetery, Keene, beside the P
each, who was for II years pastor of l.
!ourt Street Congregational church in
hat city.
Birchard post, No. 65, met at Newfane .
st Saturday and elected the following g,
&cers: Commander, L. w. Bush; S. V. ~
!, III. +. Franklin; j. Y. c., Joel Grout;
ijutant, w. Fl. Miles; quartermaster, ne
|. A. Carpenter; surgeon, ]. d. Pierce;