Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-12-23
THE PUTNEY COLUMN

Mrs. Foisey is in Lynn. Mass.
Mrs. Addie Roberts of Northampton
was in town this week
ID. NJ. Frost assisted in the postoffice
during the Christmas rush.
Mrs. Mae Brown Phillips was in town
the latter part OF last week
There will be a Christmas tree in Con-
gregatonal church Saturday evening.
II. L. Bailey attended the funeral of
Mrs. John Kimball in Marlboro, n. H.,
Thursday.
Mrs. Annie Treadway of Middletown,
Conn, has been visiting this week at
w. G. Treadway's.
A Christmas concert with tree will be
given in the Methodist church Saturday
evening at 6 o'clock.
A milk inspector from Boston Is here
inspecting the stables which supply the
milk for the Boston market.
Mrs. Elizabeth Hurlbert went Tuesday
to spend Christmas with her sister, Mrs.
Severns in Jamaica Plain, Mass
Earl Laughton, who works at Mrs.
Washburn's, went Thursday night to his
home in Chester to spend Christmas.
Frank Holt, clerk for A. NJ. Corser,
was called to Londonderry last week to
attend the funeral of his grandfather
Miss Ellen Crawford of ST. Marys
school, Concord n. H.. came Friday to
enjoy the holidays at Mrs. Washburn's.
The sale in the Congregational church
Tuesday evening was not largely attend
ed, but good number of articles were
sold.
George Williams has moved into the
Hurlburt house and will drive the team
which gathers milk from Westminster
West to ship to Boston
DR.. and Mrs. G. S. Foster returned
home Thursday, Dec. 10, from Vergennes,
where they were called by the illness and
death of the doctors sister, Miss Ellen
Foster.
The Baptist church will have a Christ
mas tree Saturday evening. The exer-
cises will be Christmas in the sunrise
kingdom" An offering will be taken for
foreign missions
Mrs. Caroline Edison Munger, 81, dleu
in Woodstock Friday She was the
mother of the late DR.. f. S. Munger, for
many years a resident of this town. Mrs.
Munger fell and broke her hip Nov. Is.
Her daughter-in-law, Mrs. L. ). Munger.
had been her companion for some time,
and a few weeks ago her granddaughter,
Mrs. r. d. Lermond, and the latter's
child, came from Northampton to live
with her
Mrs. L. Maria Kimban, 60, wife of
John Kimball, died in her home in MARI
boro, n. H., about l o'clock Tuesday
morning AFTER long Illness. Mrs. KIM
ball had lived in Marlboro more than 40
years and was well known there. Be
sides her husband she leaves one daugh-
ter, Mrs. Kate l. Adams, formely of this
town, who lives at the Kimball home.
The funeral was held yesterday afternoon
at 2 o'clock in the home.
Miss Abbie Washburn came Wednesday
evening from California, where she had
been with relatives at Wawona two
years. She expects to return there after
spending a few months at home. Mrs.
Washburn met her at Greenfield. Harry
Washburn came Thursday from Dart
mouth college to remain over Christmas
with his mother Mrs. Mary E. Wash
burn. William Washburn will come the
last of the week for his vacation from
Norwich university
The ladies' union aid society of East
Putney held their annual fair and chick
en-pie supper in Pierce's hall Friday
evening Not as large a crowd attended
from the village usual it being a bit
ter cold night bountiful supper was
served and fancy and useful articles
were on sale, as was also confectionery.
w. E. Pierce of Bellows Falls auctioned
off what was not sold earlier in the even
ing. The program as planned could not
be carried out as the solost, Mrs. Lii
liam Harvey Smith of Keene, failed to ap-
pear.