The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-05-14
West River TOUns
TOWNSHEND.

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Townshend.
j. c. Taft has bought a driving hors
of A. j. Biglow.
G. NJ lIolbrook was at his home il
Brattleboro Tuesday.
r. l. Holbrook visited farm in Jamaic
the first of the week.
Charles Newton is visiting with hi
aunt, Mrs. A. A. Blood.
Mrs. Sarah Wilson is visiting at he
brothers, A. A. Masons.
Frank Woodland has moved his good
from Miss Maggie Ladds.
Mr. Haskell of Brattleboro was re
cent guest at Olin Davis's.
Mrs. Fred Willard has been quite il
with hard cold this week.
w. +. Saxton is in town in behalf Of
the Federal Casualty company.
M. S. Sherwin of Blattleboro spent
Sunday with Homer Ambrose.
Maude Howe of West Townshend is
working at Mrs. Frank Blood's.
A. A Blood made "a brief business trip
to South Londonderry last week
T. A. and r. w. Blood brought in a
nice lot of trout Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Hyde of Southboro, Mass, is a
visitor at Miss Augusta Fessenden's.
Miss Rena Allen visited her uncle, Nor
man Allen of East Jamaica over Sunday.
Mrs. Van Schaick and little son, Paul,
left on Wednesday for their home in Hoo
sick Falls.
Mrs. Clara Blanchard of Somerville,
Mass, is spending a week with her moth
en- Mrs. Celia Cutler
Deacon and Mrs Joel Grout of New
fame spent several days at John CIRCUITS
the first of the week.
Arthur Dunton of Lyndonville, who is
working at the mill. spent Sunday with
his cousin, Fred Willard.
Fred Daniels, who has been living on
the Dutton farm, moved with his family
back to Newfane last Tuesday.
c. H. Grant OF BrattlebOro was in town
Wednesday setting monument on the
C. s. Grey lot in lakewood cemetery.
Walter Z. Feltus, d. o., of Springfield,
Mass. has been working in town this
week fitting people with bifocal lenses.
Col. A. B. Franklin and W. H. Miles
went Tuesday to Burlington to attend
the state encampment of the G. A. r.
Miss Myra Hobart returned Wednes-
day from her trip to South Londonderry,
Weston, and other towns in that vicinity.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Howe of Brook
line were in town Wednesday visiting
their son, Harry, a student at Leland and
Gray.
John Sylveski has finished work at the
Melendy mill in Athens and is now work
ing for J. o. Follett on the Simpsonville
bridge.
The old bridge at Simpsonville was
moved from its foundation Monday pre-
paratory to putting in the new arch
bridge.
On Monday, the 3lst, the day of the
memorial exercises, the senior class will
serve ice-cream and hold sale of first
class homemade candy.
Mrs. NJ. A. Hall was the guest of her
niece, Mrs A. A Blood, several days this
week, returning to her home in Brattle-
boro Wednesday afternoon.
The Ladies' Home club held their
monthly meeting with Mrs. A. E. Park
last Wednesday afternoon. Twelve mem
bers and several visitors were present.
Among those from this place who at
tended the entertainment in Jamaica
Monday evening were Mr.. and Mrs. Ar
thur Rand and Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Sny-
der.
Mrs H. F. Dutton of Gainesville, Fla,
arrived at her summer home in Harmony
vile last Tuesday evening Col. Dutton
sailed Tuesday from New York for his
annual trip abroad. |
The Dorcas Guild will hold sewing
meeting either at the Congregational
chapel or at Mrs. F. l.. loves, as the
weather permits, next Thursday after !
noon from to 5 o'clock.
The Townshend baseball association is
1a1 opl poaIy for hJcip ;c |
expected that Townshend will have its
usual strong team and good games should 8
be in order for the coming season. 1t is
expected the opening game will be played
May 81.
pulpit very acceptably last
Sunday morning, preaching a strong SER
mon to parents and speaking very point
eddy to the boys in his audience. Mr..
Martin also assisted at the evening SER
vice in the Baptist church.
The pastor of the Congregational
church will speak on the theme, Jesus the
Carpenter, at the morning service. In the
evening at the union service in the same
church Col Edward G. Osgood of Bel
lows Falls will speak in the interests of
The Anti-Saloon .league. All will receive a
hearty welcome to these services.
The 30th falling on Sunday this year,
day exercises will be held the
following day at the Baptist church, Rev.
Joseph Mexican delivering the address of
the day Mrs. w. W. Bemis, teacher of
elocution at the seminary, will assist in
the mornings program by giving a read
ing Particulars will be published next
week.
The swing chairs are receiving their an
nual spring coat of paint and soon will
be inviting the wayfarer to linger in our
pretty park to enjoy the tender spring
foliage and songs of birds. Would that
It were possible always to keep the park
IS clean and fresh as it is now! That no ;
lnsightly papers, banana skins and pea
nut shells be thrown around the chairs
and the best place in our village remain
/ beauty spot throughout the summer.
Lost, strayed or stolen, one day last
week, from one of the river farms of
rownshend to the hills of Newfane, one