Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-09-23

has been formed in the Uuivcrsalist
| church with these officers Pres, Gladys
| Burns. vice pres, Lamoille Laugworthy;
| sec, Lillian Stacy; treas, Arthur Brooks
| sunshine committee, Ruth Streeter and
! Jason Holman: lookout committee, Ber-
tina Brooks and Calvin Kinds. The meet
| ings will be held Sunday afternoons at 4
| o'clock.
The ladies' missionary society connected
| with the Congregational church held its
| annual meeting Thursday afternoon with
! Mrs. \. f. Fisher The following officers
I We're elected for the ensuing year: Presi-
| dent Mrs. r. T. Metcalf: vice president,
Mrs. NJ. S. Hartwel; secretary and treas
urer Mrs. G. r. Savage. At the close
! of the meeting a delicious tea was served.
Queen Esther Rebekah lodge celebrated
| the 18th anniversary of the order Tues
! day evening by holding a card party and
| entertainment at odd Fellows hall Re
| freshments of ice cream and cake were
| served The committee having the affair
| in charge was Mrs. Ruby Pearson. Miss
! GeOrgianna Scott and Mrs Maud Nc
| Donald, and much credit is due them for
its success.
Among Hinsdale young people who will
! continue their studies in the higher in
! stitutions of learning are Prentiss Taylor
| at Tufts college Harold Merritt at Yale
! Clifford Stearns at the state agricultural
] !.
at DreXel institute Philadelphia Misses
| Antoinotte Bergeron, Clara Campbell and
! Doris Cantlin, at keene normal school,
| Miss Dorothy Gray at Northheld semin-
airy, and Wolfred Delphy a business
! school in Meriden Conn.
very pleasant affair took place Sept
! 10 at the home of Mrs. Esther Gale and
! Miss Margaret and Miss Julia Stearns,
| when the Emory Stearns family met in
| their fifth annual reunion. A bountiful
! dinner was served to a party of y, which
| Included George NJ. Stearns and daugh-
| ter, Mrs. b. +. Campbell, Of Winchester:
! Mrs T.. 5. Hawkes. of West Deerfeld.
Mass; Mr. and Mrs. j. f. Stearns Of
Brattleboro; Mr.. and Mrs. J. II. Stearns
and daughter, Miss Edna, of Brooklyn,
and Mrs Julia Fay Of this village.
The relaying of the fire pipe in the viii
| lage was completed last week, and ii is
believed that the fire system is now in
| condition to do effective service whenever
needed. Several additional MIGRANTS were
| Installed and the pipe in several directions
| extended further than was expected and
| 1t Is possible that the sum OF SIC, 900 which
was appropriated may be somewhat over
drawn. The Abbel & Bowes company Of
| COhoes, n. Y, did the work and the
Italians. who were employed here, left
| Monday morning for Andover. where the
| company has a large job.
| Hlnsdale will further benefit by John
! d. Rockers generosity in the privilege
Of again listening to a series OF three lee
! lures by Prof. b. r. Baumgardt Of Los
| Angeles, Cal Prof Baumgardt has fixed
the dates for his lectures as October IL,
y and 10, and the subjects he announces
! are: Florence. the gem Of Italy"
| switzerland, the playground of Eu-
| rope and The castles and legends Of
the Rhine" These lectures. IS given here
| year after year are a rare treat, both ed
! ucatlonally and as an entertainment. In
deed. they are conceded to be the treat OF
the year, and the appreciation of the peo-
pie is shown by the packed houses that
greet Prof. Baumgardt who has made a
| warm place for himself in the hearts OF
the people who, aside from the great ben
eft they derive from his lectures, look
forward with pleasure to again meeting
him. Let all keep the dates, Oct. II, IL
10, free from any other engagements.
Hinsdales fast hose team. which won
first money in the North Adams tourna-
ment, will try to repeat the trick Tues
day, Sept. q, forenoon, at first day of
Valley fair. The Shamrocks Of Turner's
| "a ushn lot 10 I'll ,l,a