The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-04-22

Miss Emily sibley Is III,


Miss Emily sibley Is Ill.,
George Manchester Is In town taking
census.
| A grange meeting will take place neat
Wednesday,
Miss Harriet Newton spent wednes'
day IN nrst,iehere,
Tn. Sunshine club met in iiiianty hall
last week Saturday.
Miss Mildred Palmer began her school
In Athens this week,
Mrs. Edith farnum began her school
In Brookline this week.
Mrs. Wallace. who returned 10 her
home Saturday, Is again III.
Miss Mamie Platt is staying with Mr.
silas kenney for the present.
Miss Ruth Allen has returned after a
short visit at her unclc's In llrattleboro.
Landlord henson. IL the County House.
who has been very III, is improving slowly
Ralph Gushing. who Is employed at
the I.rattlcboro Retreat, was in town
Sunday.
Mrs. David Ballou Is keeping house
for y. {. Ballou during the absence Of
his wife.
Mrs. Walter Wheeler aud little daugh-
ter. Ruth, have been visiting this week
at A. X. Indcrwood's.
Bert Wrigh, aud family have arrived
at their home. the old Wright place. which
Is about mile up West street.
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Brattleboro last Friday by illness Of her
daughter. Mrs. James Underwood
II is reported that Bert Davis has
rented the mill here in the village aud
that work will begin there very soon.
Miss Ruth farnum has recovered SUI
iiciently To return 10 her home with her
parents, MIR, and Mrs. A. II. Farnum.
Mrs. Hildreth Batchelder's sister. Mrs.
Edna swift. visited her recently. return.
ing to her home in Wilmington Saturday
School begins next Monday with Miss
Edith Clark as teacher. Miss Clark
will board with Mrs. Virgil Ranney this
term.
Mr.. and Mrs llardigan Of Wilmington.
who have case pending in this term OF
court. came TO John Pierce's Monday
night.
The body Of George Hall Of South
Londonderry was brought to Newfane
and taken to Williamsvlle for burial
Thursday morning.
Repairs on the church were postponed
on account Of the attendance Of the j.
o. o. +. and Rebekahs as lodges at the
service next Sunday morning.
G. G. Bates Of Portland. n T.. is visit
ing d. II. Wright. who is an old friend
Of Mr.. Bates. Mr.. Wright is also enter
tanning Mr.. John Coulton Of Jersey City.
The proceeds Of the Christian Endcavor
supper last week were little over 90, and
from the supper Wednesday night was
realized more than the sum necessary
to finish paying for the new church hymn
books.
Mrs. 5. Higgins, who has been SPEND
ing the winter with her son in Haverhill,
Mass. is expected home Saturday. Her
granddaughter, Miss Madeline Higgins.
will accompany her.
w. c. Ballou, who accompanied his
wife and daughter to Burlington last
Thursday. returned Saturday Mr.. Boy
den Of Jamaica has been taking Mr.. Bal
LOUIS place in the station.
Miss Ethel Hail. who has been recent
visitor at Mrs. Henry Smiths. has re-
turned to her home in Brattleboro. Miss
Hall will go to Springfield, W., very soon
where she has secured employment in a
hotel.
Miss Florence Skinner, a former resi-
dent Of Newfane, has been in town since
court opened as stenographer for Lawyer
Z. W. Gibson; also Miss Ethel Milling
ton Of Brattleboro, as stenographer for
Barber Brothers.
Winiamsville grange presented the
three-act drama, Our Folks, in Union
hall Wednesday evening. The play was
well attended and much appreciated by
all. Music, both vocal and instrumental,
which was furnished by that grange,
was highly spoken Of.
Nh and Mrs, Earl Davis drove to
Brattleboro, Saturday, in their automo-
bile, leaving their children, Master Robert
and little Miss Dorothy. with their grand
mother, Mrs. j. ID. Maher. Mr.. Davis
and family returned to their home in
South Londonderry Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Minnie Underwood died Tuesday
morning at her home ON Spruce street,
Bratteboro, to which she had moved
from Newfane last winter. She has been
an invalid for many years, suffering from
asthma and bronchitis A week ago
Tuesday she contracted grip, growing
continually worse until the following Fri
day there seemed very little hope Of her
recovery. Saturday she rallied little,
but this was pot for long as she died Tues
day. During this, brief illness she was
cared for by Miss May Lawrence Of West
Townshend Mrs. Underwood was a
charter member of West River Rebekah
Lodge and although kept at home great
deal by i'll health her friends and acquain-
tances cannot but miss her cheerful greet
ings Besides her husband, James I'm
derwood, and daughter, Miss Sadie, who
is bookkeeper for the Twin State Gas and
Electric Light company, she also leaves
father and mother, Mr.. and Mrs. Harlowe
Howe, of this place.; also two brothers.
Leroy Howe of Templeton, Mass, and
Eugene Howe of Putney, Vermont. The
funeral was held at the home IN Brattle-
boro yesterday morning, at IL o'clock
Burial was in Putney.