Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1909-01-22
NEWFANE

Miss Harriet Newton lett wednesday, "
visit in Ware and Springfield, Mass
| planning to be absent two weeks.
The Birchard Relief corps is to meet
with Mrs David Ballou Saturday at
| D. m. for the installation OF ofhcers'
Miss Ruth streeter spent Saturday Wis
/ fling the school of Mrs. Farnum In
Brookline, It being closing day there.
Next Sunday morning the theme of
Rev. N. S. Moore's sermon will be Eye
SERVICE" founded on the text Bph. 8; ..
On Saturday, Jan. 16 Emory Howard
was kicked by a horse and so much IN
iured that 1t was necessary to call
| physician.
Notice has been received of the grant
| ing OF an increase of pension to James
/ NJ Bassett of Wilmington, secured
| through the Carpenter agency.
The. installation Of officers Of the Re
| bekah lodge took place Tuesday night
and following this banquet was served
to 40 or more members at the Windham
| County House.
A maple sugar party the first of the
season. was given by Miss Harriet New
ton Monday evening, few invited
friends being present. The time was
| spent in a social way
The Christian Endeavor conundrum So
! cial will be held Friday evening, Jan. ",
in the church vestry. Supper Will be
served on the European plan from TO
D. m. All are invited to come.
The village snow pillow was out in good
season Sunday morning, making paths
for the churchgoers, but only the brave
hearted few were in attendance upon the
services morning and evening.
Mrs. Mary Wilson has well earned for
| herself the name of an expert in rug
/ weaving. The beauty of her designs can
not be excelled and she is constantly
employed, having all the time many or
ders ahead.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hescock went
to Wardsboro last Friday to visit her
aunt Mrs. Fred Underwood, and to meet
| an uncle, Royal A. Watson, from North
| Dakota who has not until now visited
his early home for SO years He plans
| to come to Newfane to visit before re-
| turning to his Western home.
The good news comes that Lisle Car
penter, who is still at the hotel in South
| Londonderry, is in a comfortable condi-
| ton and his Improvement is such that
plans are being made for him to come
| to Newfane next week. where he will
remain in the home of his parents until
he is able to go to his own home in
| Brattleboro.
The Alanson Chase house, which has
been vacant since the death of Mrs.
Wealthy Lawrence In July, is to be oc-
| cubied by Mrs. Warren DeMott and
granddaughter, formerly of Brookline,
but recently of Long Island. Their house
hold furnishings have been shipped to
Newfane and next week they plan to
settle in their new home.
A party of Newfane young people, num-
bering II, went to Townshend Friday
night to attend the entertainment given
| by the junior class in Leland e. Gray
seminary. Dicks" wood sled was car
peted with fragrant hay and fitted up as
-four scatter with blankets and fur
robes in abundance, and the sleighing
being perfect, the ride was as enjoyable
as the entertainment even, which was
reported to be of high excellence.
The following is the program for the
next regular Grange meeting: Music,
Mrs. Lila Micott readings, Mrs. 8. M.
Cherrie and Dwight Ware; solo, A. N.
Farnum; recitations, Walter Wright and
Mrs. f. A. Dewitt; question, (which
has the more influence on human life
and actions, chance or choice?' Speak
ers, F. A. Dewitt, Mrs. o. r. Wright,
Wilson Winchester and Mrs. A H. Far
mum; music by the Grange choir.
On Wednesday at noon o. r. Wright
received a hasty summons to the bedside
of his father, John P. Wright, of Adams
Centre, N. Y, who is seriously i'll with
pneumonia, and without delay he started,
leaving home by private conveyance, as
the accident to the engine on the mixed
train caused such delay that he has
tened to Brattleboro to take the evening
train. His son, Walter, is left in charge
of the farm work during his absence.
The annual meeting of the corporators
of the Windham County Savings bank
was held Tuesday, Jan. 10, and the same
board of officers was reelected, viz.
President, p. H. Rutter, Townshend;
vice president, George B. Williams, Will
Evansville. F. A. Dewitt is continued as
| \
last year. The dividend paid during the
year has been per cent. and the condi-
ton of the bank is good, as it always has
been.
A message has been received by friends
of Alvin Codding, a former resident OF
Newfane, telling of his death, which oc-
Cured Jan. 16 His recent home has
been in Bellows Falls with his son, Bert
Codding, where he died. The loss of his
wife several years ago broke up his owr
home and part of the time since then he
has spent in Newfane engaged in light
labor on farms. His kindly ways an6
willingness to be useful won for him
friends wherever he was employed, an6
his occasional visits to Newfane showed
the regard he had for old friends and
familiar places.
A recent notice appeared in a Massa.
chusetts paper announcing the death OF
Mrs Eliza G. Miller, wife of Rev. r. d
Miller, who formerly preached in Peru
Wardsboro and other places in Vermont
She was born in Newfane and upon in.
quiry of her son, John c.. Miller, in Bos-
ton, information has been received thai
she was the granddaughter of John Will
der. who lived for many years in New
fame, and the daughter of Polly Wilder
who married Calvin Cook, and was early
left a widow with two little girls, Maria
and Eliza. Later the widowed mother
married Willard Lowering when Elizs
was about eight years OF age, and they
moved to Gill, Mass, where she livet
until her marriage with Rev. r. d. Mil
Ter, whose family resided in DummerstoI
and were relatives of the Millers in New
fame Mrs. Miller is survived by hel
husband, who lives in Maiden, Mass
She graduated so years ago from thu
Charlestown female seminary and was
teacher in the same institution.
Clothing at cost at McRaes.