The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-05-12
NEWFANE.

| come 10 tntlf nunlfltF
Harold Whitaker is able 10 attend
school again after q weeks illness.
l.. A. Cook has had ! 900 pine trees set
out on the Buckley farm in Brookline.
John Pierce new automobile has
come, aud is quite an imposing machine
Earl Davis has recently purchased n
new pair Of horses from parties in ia
maica,
Mr. and Mrs. George IIamlin are
visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs, Fred
Hamlin.
Mrs. Madison Farnum of London
derry was guest Of Mrs lucy losley
last Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Hawkins Of Brattleboro
spent Sunday with their daughter, Mrs.
George Bush,
Mrs. John Whitaker is gaining slowly,
Miss Irene Fisher is assisting in the
family this week.
The Ladies Aid society will meet
with Mrs. Alice Pierce Thursday after
noon at . o clock.
Mr. Daum of HYDE Park is in town
with a view TO buying Mrs. Jeanette
Gates's homestead
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lawrence visited
Sunday at the home Of Mrs, Lawrence 5
mother, Mrs. stephen Foster.
A. II. Farnum has begun work on his
new house. ground being broken for il
| Friday. Work is progressing.
Miss Mabel Winchester a teacher in
| West Dummerston, spent Sunday with
her grandmother, Mrs. ID. S. Ballou.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Mack of vii.
Evansville spent one day recently with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Mack
l.. A. Cook of Greenfield has been in
town this week. The new boiler for his
mill has arrived and is being installed.
Mr. and Mrs. w. II. Newton. frequent
visitors in town. recently spent n dav
| in Richmond, Va, and two DAYS in
| Washington.
The Ladies Aid society serves a fish
supper in the church dining room this
evening. All are cordially invited to
| be present.
Road Commissioner Wilson is at work
on the road this week with the road
machine. and Fred Pierce and A. l..
| Lockwood as assistants.
Miss Ruth Allen is i'll with measles
at the home of Mrs. Henry Smith. Miss
Allen contracted the disease while at
tending school at Townshend.
The annual convention of the Chris
| tian EndeavOr society was held i'm
Townshend Tuesday. The local society
was represented by Is members.
The Larkin Soap club met at the home
of Mrs. Nelson GRAY Saturday afternoon
and were delightfully."- entertained. De
liciouS Refreshments were served.
The grand Jury was in session last
week and the petit Jury was discharged
from duty until Tuesday when court
reconvened only to adjourn until MAY
| 10.
In the absence of the pastor next
Sunday morning Rev. F. NJ. Wiswall
will speak. The Christian Endeavor
society will have charge of the Sunday
evening services.
Miss Edna Marcy and sister. Mrs.
Ellen Waite, and little daughter, Mil
dred, are at the home of their grand
mother. Mrs. D. S. Ballou. Baby Mil.
dred is at present i'll with measles.
Mrs r. A. Whitney celebrated her
s0th birthday Sunday Mrs Whitney
was pleasantly remembered by her
friends, receiving a postcard shower
besides several useful and fancy arti.
cles.
John Covev. who has been employed
by the White River Chair company in
| Brattleboro. finished work there Satur-
day and has Joined his wife and daugh-
ter at the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. George W. Parsons.
Shay Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs.
James Smith, has been i'll with Group
and threatened with pneumonia. He
has been cared for by Miss Duffy of the
Brattleboro Memorial hospital. DR..
Lane was in attendance Sunday.
One of the district meetings of the
Sunday School association was held in
the Baptist church in South Newfane
Friday afternoon and evening. Four
members of the local Sunday school
Hescock, Miss Mary Newton and Mrs.
E. ]. Butterfeld.
Members of the Congregational
church and society are requested to
meet at the church vestry Thursday
evening. May Is, to transact the fol
lowing business: To see whether the
resignation of Rev. N. S. Moore shall be
accepted or rejected to elect a commit
tee to recommend a new pastor. and to
transact any other business that may
come before the meeting.
The annual election of officers for the
ensuing year in the Congregational
Sunday school took place Sunday. These
officers were elected: Superintendent.
Charles l.. Hescock: assistant superin-
tendents. Arthur Railway and Mrs.
Laura DEWITT secretary and treasurer.
Maud Railway; librarian, Guy Radwav;
assistant librarian, Ruth Gray; super
intendent of the home department, Mrs.
E. J: Butterfeld: superintendent of the
cradle roll, Mrs. Charles Hescock.
Arbor day was observed by the vii
lage school Friday when the school yard
was raked up, the windows cleaned, a
tree planted, and the following program
given: Song, school; reading History
of Arbor Day, Winifred Maher; recita-
reading, Governor S proclamation. Ralph |
Dewitt recitation, Sing Song of |
April Delmer Rowe; song, Wayland |
Nichols recitation. Woodman Spare
That Tree. Helena Switzer; recitation.
Leslie Daniels: recitation, Memorial |
Trees, Loella Covey; recitation, Birds, |
Florence Whitaker; song, 'Scuse Me |
Today, school; recitations, Pearl Dan
iels., Ruth Farnum. Bertha Daniels and |
Mildred Eddy; exercise, Arbor Day Ar
guments, pupils of the school.
The article in the Boston Sunday
Globe. from which the extract about
Mrs. Mary Wilson and her LOOM which
appeared in The Reformer of last week,
was taken, contained several mistakes,
one Of the principal ones being about
the number of yards of carpeting which
Mrs Wilson has woven recently Mrs
Wilson has Just completed a web of
carpeting which contained 65 yards, and
is at work now on a web which will
contain when finished 35 yards. Mrs.
Wilson has received several communi-
cations from parties who read the arti-
Gle in the Boston Globe, one communica-
ton being from popular magazine
asking Mrs Wilson for the photograph
of herself at her loom, and stating that
they wished to use cut of it as the
cover to an edition of their magazine
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