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


Tuesday night.
Miss Caroline Keyes has been visiting
in Boston this week
Samuel Pember of Bellows Falls was in
town the first of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. l.. Bailey are in Bos-
ton to visit friends and relatives
Rev. ]. e. Berry will preach in Pierce's
hail in East Putney Sunday at 23O
d. 3. Clough is home from Charestown,
n. H., suffering from a lame back.
David NJ Frost is assisting in the post
Office during II. L. Bailey's absence
Miss Sadie Sanders of Maine has been
the guest for week of Miss Mildred
Smith
Eugene Berry went Friday to Hamilton,
n. Y. where he will attend Colgate uni
versity.
Miss Marion Russell went Monday to
New York city for weeks visit with
friends
Claude Snow of Claremont visited his
sister, Mrs. w. a. Page, on West hill
recently.
The public library will be closed next
week Wednesday on account of the Brat
tleboro fair.
Lawrence Aver has been chosen presi-
dent of the junior class in the Ftchburg
high school.
Mrs. Ella Ember of Hartland made a
brief visit with her niece, Mrs l.. II.
Bugbee, Saturday.
Miss Elizabeth Glidden will go this
week to northampton to enter Miss
Burnham's school.
d. ]. Bugbee and Mr.. Alberts of SPRING
field, Mass. were guests at DR.. L. II.
Bugbees over Sunday.
The blacksmith shop which belonged to
the Pepin estate has been sold and will
be opened for business.
DR.. L. II. Bugbee and Mrs. Bugbee
D. j. Bugbee and Mr.. Alberts were guests
at PinewaY camp Sunday.
E. r. Andrews was in Woodstock at
the fair. He also took the blue ribbon on
butter at the Rutland fair.
Miss Ruth Fifield who spent several
weeks with relatives in the Green Noun
tans returned home Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Miller OF Claremont
were at the Kendrick House Tuesday
night and called upon old friends.
Miss Florence Derry of Newfane is
spending a three weeks vacation with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. B. Derry.
Miss Ruth Clarke of Charlestewn. n
H., came Thursday to visit at the home
of her grandfather, John F. Clarke.
Miss Freeda Pember, who visited rela-
tives in western Vermont and in Gran
Vile a month, returned home Saturday
Mrs. John L. Underwood came home
Friday from Keene. her brother, Harry
Pierce, bringing her in his automobile.
Miss Hazel Miller picked few ripe
wild strawberries Saturday. They were
of strong flavor and large for field straw
berries.
Mr.. and Mrs. Porter of East Putney
have moved into the Crosby house and
Mrs. Porter has employment at the Ken
drick House.
F. A. Austin, the local ice dealer, has
had to ship in ice. A carload came
Monday. 1t has melted badly in the ice
houses this season.
DR.. C. s. Foster and Mr.. and Mrs. H.
c. Warren went Sunday to Boston by
automobile. The doctor will attend med
ical meetings there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Page attended the
fair in White River Junction this week
Miss Beatrice Howard cared for the chill
dren during Mrs. Pages absence.
Willard Smith, who has been with his
son, Fred Smith, in Newfane, returned
home Thursday. His granddaughter Mrs.
Ola Ryan of Brattleboro, accompanied
him.
o. L. Buxton found a swarm of bees
the latter part of the week with 60
pounds of honey. Mr. Buxton found a
small amount of honey once before this
season.
The Christian Endeavor society held a
social in the Baptist parsonage Monday
evening. The evening passed pleasantly
with music and games. Refreshments
were served.
Mrs. Eugene B. Pierce and children and
maid expect to go to Bennington next
week for a months visit with Mrs.
Pierces parents before returning to their
home in Howell, Mich.
Rally day will be observed by the Bap-
fist church Sunday at 70 o'clock in the
audience room. There will be appropri-
ate exercises and all who do not attend
other Sunday schools are invited
Miss Bertha Lahey went Monday to
Brattleboro to take business course in
the lawson-Hamilton business college
She will work at Norman Howes assist
ing Mrs. Howe in the housework.
Forty new books were put upon the
shelves in the public library Saturday
Others will be added after the fall edi-
tions of books are published, and then
the trustees hope to issue catalogue.
LOOMS brothers of Putney meadows
are building another large silo. They
have 40 acres of ensilage corn which they
are harvesting. TarbOX brothers OF
Putney meadows are also building a new
slo.
Mrs Milton Fisher, after spending sew
eral weeks with her parents, Mr. ant
Mrs. Foster Mack, returned Tuesday tC
her home in Manchester She was ac
companied by her daughter, Miss Haze
Miller
Miss Danna Heath, who has been visit
ing her sister, Mrs Melinda Harrington
in East Putney, is now with her niece
Mrs. Scott Look, and will visit hei
brother, Clark Pierce, before returning
to her home.
The Wright brothers, who have occu
pied the George p. Parker farm at Eas
Putney have rented the Holmes farm ii
Westmoreand, and will move there soon
They have a large dairy and make butte
for the Bellows Falls market
Mrs. Severns went Wednesday to Bos
ton with Gladys and Rose Houghton, tn
young daughters of F, L. Houghton. Sh
will place them in DR.. Worcester's schoo
in Waltham. They spent the summer va
cation al the Houghton farm.
The following from the North Adam
Transcript relates to a son of Mr., an
Mrs. Hollis b. Cobb of Putney Falls
Hollis Cobb, the former Drury capital
who is playing centre field on the Mort
Adams nine, has changed his mind abou
entering college this fall. Everythin
was arranged for Cobb to enter Dart
mouth but he has decided to wait an
other year before going to college. Cob
is putting up an article of ball with IN
Finds which stamps him as being in
nosition to make good on most any of tn
college teams"
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