The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-03-06

IasiaFs that a 5oeent dinner Nouli h. CIV
"a ior Is cents proved true, About SIS
VAS taken,
The next meeting Of the grange viii l.e
hrll FRIDAY evening. Aiafch N, when the
lhirl aud fourth degfees viii ho conferred
90 class II i've candidates, The mem'
lcrs ii the order ate asked Ia conlfthnir
igWaHi The harvest supper without ilf
thor notice,
The Home club will meet with Mn, /,
H. lisiuhelirr "Wednesday, March u, THIS
i the annual meeting for The election 81
niilurrs aud i Is desirable that there he
a iull attendance II the memlseTs, Mat
ter of sl.ecial interest viii come hoioTe
lha meeting ior consideration,
The following l,onks have h,rn ncelvcd
al the library completing the ~ volumes
belonging TO Travelling library, Nc, y,
Whirh i al the Iownshrnd five library
al present; Thistle Down, Training 81
Mil Animals. The Magic Forrest The
-Four Feathers, Lightning Conductor, The
Five Nations, The Snow baby
The Wumans Foreign aud Home Mis-
sion sOoiely met with Mis, ", W, uushrr
IN the Baptist parsonage Friday afternoon
Of last week, The subject under cohsid'
Grafton WAS the Philippines, \ paper Oh
la Mfs. Clara blanchard aud one on mis-
Ion schools hy Mn, Blchod, Mn,
Gu.hee led the meeting which Was oil
much interest
The friends al Mrs, Filth Macdonald
viii IT, pleased Ia learn that letter
rf,.iY ii RECENTLY hy Mrs n n Blood
tells of her hcing pleasantly situated WITH
ap uncle ia Springfield, Mas, Mr., Mac
donald aud son Irving afc well anu hate
latrlv hal visit from Miss Esther who i
IN Iasiielun normal school, Mr., Mae
donald. hopcs 60 return to her home ~
Bellows Falls IN the spring,
G. q. Siebhins has received letter
inm 4. Il, Palmer of uTamel, y. \, dated
Feb. ~. stating that he was SUDDEN,
of Leland and Gray seminary ia iN,s
aud 1851 when G. H. smith was principal.
lie remember. Rev, Horace Fletcher a.
mstar ni the Baptist church DEACON
GwV. Judge Shaitcr and Postmaster But'
,criield afr some others when he recalls.
lie expresses interest 10 learn something
ri the present concerning the town some
nf the students OF those DAYS resident mere
rcolcet Mr. Palmer.
IL was voted at the business meeting
following the preparatory lecture last sat
unlay Ia take a collection m the ,nhgr'
gational church once IN two months be
ginning with March for the ,iN societies
through which the church OF tins denonl'
nation i'm the United States carries ON IT,
work. The March collection which VIII
be taken this year ON Sunday, March TO-
will he for the Congregational Home MIS-
sionary society. The other dates VIII be
as given below; Congregational sunday
school and Publishing society. May u
Educational society, July !; American Mis-
sionnry association. sept. /; the American
hoard. Nov. |; Church Building society
Jan. !.
The Baptist Ladies Aid society held lts
,,nnnI meeting Tor election Of officers on
Tuesday. The officers are as follows;
President. l.. V. Truesdell; vice,pre'ldent'
Mrs. W. II. Miles; secretary, Miss Iiar'
riet \. Fletcher; treasurer, Mrs. \. y
Mason: dircctresscs. Mrs Clara blanchard,
Mrs Margaret Watson, Mrs. j. II. Ware,
Nlr. Lettie Dutton, Mrs. :. j. Wilson,
Mrs \. Greenwood. Mrs. I. II. Willard,
Mrs. T.. l.. Hastings \ vote of thanks
was gwen Mrs. W. II, Miles for her et-
fccnt service as president during the ao'
sence of Mrs. Truesdell the past SIX
months. Miss Fletcher was also returned
A vote of thanks for her annual report;
The report stated that nine meetings had
been held during the year, suppers being
served at all excepting one. Two. food
sales had been held. The society had paid
hills amounting TO $50 n. shown by the
books of the treasurer, s25 for the water
debt. 500 for the church organist and
IS to the janitor for special services This
work together with the social feature OF
the organization most fully lustlhes lts
continuance. 1t is % years since the So
ciety was organized and its anniversary
dav will be celebrated some time during
The wear. One of its officers, Miss II. \.
Fletcher. has held the office OF secre-
tary during the whole of this period.