Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-12-30
NEWFANE

Mrs Fred Wright is a guest at o. r.
Wright's.
Evelyn Hardy spent Christmas at b.
c. Eager's.
The week of prayer will be observed
here next week.
Merchant w. p. Eames and Miss Mar
jorie are both i'll.
Professor G. X. Cherrie is spending the
holidays at his home here
Seth White spent Christmas with his
sister, Mrs. Herman Eddy.
Charlie Lowe is visiting his sister, Mrs
Kitte Upham, in Northheld.
Alvin Gates, who has been very III
the past two weeks, is somewhat better.
Mr.. and Mrs Virgil Ranney are guests
of Mrs Ellen Plumb in Townshend this
week.
Miss Lena Randall. who was at home
for Christmas, returned Tuesday to
Mortified.
Mr.. and Mrs. Karl Maher went last
week to Jamaica to assist Mr. and Mrs.
Earl Davis.
Mrs. Earl f. Davis was called home
this week by the illness Of little Robert
and Dorothy.
A number of the pupils of our village
school are kept at home this week with
severe colds.
The annual masquerade ball and chick
en-pie supper will be held this evening
in Union hall.
Miss Ruth Streeter, a former teacher
here, was a guest over Sunday of Miss
Harriet T. Newton.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. D. Pierce were guests
of her daughter, Mrs. Louis Breslin, in
Brattleboro Christmas.
The students here who attend the Le-
land and Gray seminary are at home en-
joying short vacation.
Will Harvey, who is home from Tufts
college for the holiday vacation, is
guest at Mrs. p. C. Moores.
Walter Wright. who came home Ill for
his school vacation from Lyndon Cen re-
is seriously sick and is confined at home
Abbott T. Edwards, who has been
housed a few days is out again and his
little granddaughter, Carlotta Nido. who
has been i'll, is better.
A. L. Lockwood is so much better that
he is able to be about his usual duties,
and Mrs. Lockwood. although still con-
fined to the house, is improving slowly.
At the meeting of the Homeland circle
Wednesday afternoon letters were read
from the school in Granville. Tenn,
which is helped by the Vermont SOCIETY.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Albee returned
home Tuesday from the reunion Of the
Allbee family held Christmas at the home
of his father T. NJ. Allbee, in West
Brattleboro.
Mrs. Martha Osgood Morse and her
sister, Miss Frances Osgood Of Worces-
ter, formerly of this place, will go 80
Central Park, Florida, in January t.
spend three months.
Next Sunday the ordinance of the
Lords supper will be observed and will
be preceded by a sermon by Rev. y. S
Moore on the subject Life and Truth"
from the text John c: g.
Mrs w. II. Knowlton, who visited
relatives in New York state five weeks
has returned home, bringing with ner
Miss Helena Switzer, a niece from Adams.
~ Y, who will live with her.
Mrs Frances Kerner of New York city
very pleasantly remembered many friends
here with beautiful Christmas gifts
During the many summers she has spent
in our town she has won many friends
who all hope to see her with US next sea-
son.
small party of neighbors and friends
spent pleasant evening at Virgil RAN
neys, where a beautifully decorated
Christmas tree had been arranged with
much care and delicious home made con-
fections had been prepared especially for
the occasion.
William Sibley and his sister, Miss EN-
lily Sibley, have left their home on New
fame hill, where they have always lived.
and have moved this week to the viii
lage, where they have taken the Batch
elders tenement over r. D. Newton's
store for the winter.
o. H. Ellis of Brattleboro was in town
the first of the week looking after the
lead and silver mine which is being work
ed near the Speckman farm in Wards
boro. Herman Eddy and Herbert Howe
have been hosting a boiler and engine
and 40 foot derrick has been raised.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. f. Muzzy Of Galva,
H., were guests OF his uncle, william r.
Rand, the last Of the week. Mr.. Muzzy
was recently connected with the Stand
ard Arms Co., Wilmington, Del, but is
now travelling for his health. He left
here for Florida, Cuba and the Bermudds.
He is a native of Jamaica.
Mrs. G. L. Davidson entertained a
family party Of 70 at Davidson Naples
to bountiful Christmas turkey dinner.
Mrs Charlotte l.. Underwood also served
turkey dinner on Monday to which u
relatives were present. At Edwin Jones $
on West street was another family party
consisting of 10, where an excellent din
ner was served.
Christmas was celebrated in the Con-
gregational church Saturday evening. \
short program by the children consisting
of singing and recitatons preceded the
distribution Of gifts from three well la
den trees. The decorations We're I'M
usually fine and were allowed to remain
in the church to grace the services on
Sunday. In the morning Rev. y. S.
Moore preached a Christmas sermon and
in the evening Mrs. Moore read the story
of the first Christmas, by Lew Wallace.
Special music was rendered morning and
evening by large choir.
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Miss Elizabeth Conway in Worcester. She