The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-02-28


9orship Nilh seTmaa BY the pastor, sub.
jaei, The New Covenant. Lake 80 y
eeloek, liibls classes, ., ms Christian
RnieaNor ser,ee, sahlesi, Hos up.i
leads Men. ., ~, evening ssitife shh
aildress ~ the pastor, sahleeI, The Abuse
~ lhe GeaA, Matt, ia Mldseek prayer
mnoiins FRIDAY sirBing Al 5-@,
Mr., and Mrs, !. \, Mors1 gave Wash
ingtan party 10 the memlsets 81 the
enehTr club Friday evening a Their heihr
I The nsoms WeTo decorated With hags and
| haishets and the sral cards NeW Two iod
hateleis tied with rel. white and blue
Iibl.0n, The piiSrs we're Won ~ y, y,
Sar.~nt, Mrs. II. y, PTvianiains and Miss
MyItie Sargent. Refreshments Il sand
witches. cake and eohee WeFe served,
First Congregational church, llev, L, NJ,
kenosl0n, pastor, Sunday services lu-in,
morning worship with sermon BY the pas'
| Tor. subject, Free Moral Asrnry- llos
/ Ear l. Man Responsible for Ills Acts !
| Il 4, M, monthly conservation meeting ~
lie Christian Endeayor society with adj
hives by the pastor, Tuesday evening AZ
sJ90, midwcek service which Will bc FOL
iowsl by monthly business meeting Of the
Christian Endcavor society.
William Fisher, an employe At ". H.
Martrn's mill ia Halifax, met with an
aecideni Wednesday morning soon alter
: o'clock which resulted In the loss OF The
tint two fingers. 10 the second joint, Of ms
left hand. The thumb WAS also cut had
h lat fortunately not enough to nee~ssi'
tate ampnialion, Mr., Fisher was al work
on the cuitingod saw and his hand
Slipped from the piece Of weed which
he was holding, causing the accident, Mr.
Warren drove with Mr.. Fisher 10 DR..
T.. n. Lynch's hospital where the wound
vas dressed and ia the afternoon he re-
turned 10 Halifax.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Harms wcm CIV
en- a surprise by about % of their neigh
bnrs and friends Saturday evening Al the
Harris homestead where they moved about
two weeks ago soon after Mr., Harris
bought the farm Of his mother, Mrs.,
Charles Harris. Mr.. Harris Is the third
generation ii the Harris family who has
owned the farm, the first owner being his
grandfather. BENJAMIN Franklin Harris,
who came ia possession Of Il about l1s0.
Cards and music were enjoyed throughout
the evening and refreshments were served.
Mr.. and Alrs. Harris were presented a
nurse and a unanimous expression Of good
wishes was extended 10 them as a vel
come TO their new home.
The Christian Adventist church at Bris'
toll. Conn, observed its 5Oth anniversary
last Sunday. The members, headed by
their pastor Rev. George L. Tyler, oele-
brated the event in a quiet manner Mr..
TYLER is well known in this town. lie
was born in Vernon and is son OF Mr..
and Mrs. Erastus Tyler. lie attended
the Powers institute in Bernardston and
Norwich university and later while EN-
ployed as bookkeeper by Governor WI
liam b. Washburn of Massachusetts he
became actively engaged in gospel work
and studied for the ministry. His Inst
parish was in Sturbridge, Mass, in 1881.
lie has been pastor OF the Bristol Ad.
ventist church since 1895 and during the
time has seen steady growth in mem
bership also all debts Of the church paid.
Mr.. Tyler is also president of the Ameri'
can Advent Missionary society.
The Woman's Aid society of the Bap-
tist church served a sugar supper in the
chapel Monday evening to members and
friends of class No. I of the First Bap-
fist church. There were about 90 present.
Before the supper was served an interest
ing basketball game was played IN Acad'
envy hall by class No. team and the
Bratteboro academy teams. Ii was won
by No. by score of 20 to -. The line
up:
No. !. B.. A.
Smith. II, re, johnson
Thompson, ri, lg, Taylor
Barber, c, c, Thurber
Whitaker, lg, RI, Barney
JENNIE, re, II, Perry
Goals from floor: Thompson s, Bar
Der 3, Smith 2, johnson 2, Perry 2, Bar
ney, Thurber; goals from fouls, Taylor.
Referee, II. Thayer Time, three l5-min'
ute periods.
There were about 70 present to witness
the game.
The home of Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Hey
wood was the scene of merry.making
Tuesday evening, the occasion being the
birthday anniversary of MIR. Haywood.
with his mother Mrs. Henry Haywood,
in honor of the day and upon his return
he found about IS guests awaiting him
who had assembled there by invitation
of Mrs. Haywood. The rooms were pref
tily decorated, pink being the prevailing
color, and handsome bouquets OF carna-
lions were in evidence. The dining room
was lighted with candles with pink shades. |
In the center of the table was the birth |
day cake on which were pink candles
which told the age of the host. Hearts
was played and prizes were awarded DR..
G.. B. Hunter w. J.. Walker and Mrs
II. O. Halliday. Each woman was pre-
scented with dainty heart shaped box |
filed with heart-shaped candies, as a sou.
venir of the occasion. Refreshments OF
ice-cream cake, coffee and confectionery |
were served. As second surprise to Mr.
Haywood. he was presented an etching, a |
silver-backed hat brush and bouquet of
,,,1- III
the presentation in behalf of the guests.
William w. Ward, 81, who died in Hol-
yoke, Mass, recently, is well remembered
by many of the towns people, not only
by those who had occasion to meet him
town at different times. He was a cousin
Of the late Jerome J. Ward and frequent
y visited him at the famous Ward farm
situated at the summit of South street
hill For over So years Mr.. Ward was
ticket agent at the Holyoke (Mass.) Of
fee of the Boston & Maine railroad and
for several years was assisted there by his
COUSIN the late J. J. Ward. Mr.. Ward
was born in South Deerfeld, Mass, Aug.
Il, 1923, and received his early education
in the town school. He worked on the
home farm until lS4S when he received
IN appointment as ticket agent at the
fIolyoke station and began his career I'M
Ter Josiah Hunt. who at that time was
of the road Mr. Ward
served as station agent So years. resign.
ing three years ago on account of i'll
health When he first went to Holyoke
he railroad station was small wooden
structure; he often used to compare the
AMOUNT of sales in early days with those
If the present. One months sales in lS49
to $544, while at the time of
ls resignation he had seen one months
'ales foot up to $4,000. Mr.. Ward was
/ man of pleasing personalities and was
popular among his friends and strangers.
IN 1860 he married Miss Camelia Collins