Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-04-14
WILLIAM SVlLLE.
Rev. D. A. Ralps New Passionate.

The Boston Globe of April contained
the following despatch from Mechanic
Falls, Maine: REV. Dwight a. Ball, pas
tor of Mechanic Falls Universalist church
for four years, has resigned to accept
call to the Unlversaist church at West
Paris, Me. He will begin his duties there
May /. Rev Mr.. Ball is Il graduate of
Tufts college. His first pastorate was In
Willamsville, VT. Later he took up the
superlntendency of the states of New
Hampshire and Vermont, continuing in
the work two years. He was then called
to Skowhegan, going from there to Cor
ham, n. H., and from Gorham to Me-
chanc Falls. The church here has been
strengthened in its department work dur
ing his passionate and the standard of
the Sunday school has been raised"
NJ. Ascher of Springfield has been in
town this week.
Asa Brown went on business to
Springfield on Monday.
Mrs. Emily Bailey of West Brattle-
boro is visiting Mrs. Prouty
II. L. Freyenhagen was in Spring
field Mass, yesterday on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. II. Tuthir have gone
to Westminster for a few days stay.
Cheney Williams visited his uncle,
Murray Cheney, in Brooksde last week.
Miss Beuah Tmson went Monday to
Hanover, n. H., where she is to teach.
There was good attendance at Mrs.
Mary lngram's millinery opening We'd
nesday.
Rev. o. e. Newton is in Waterbury
attending the Vermont conference of
Methodists.
Mrs. c. II. Palmer of Bratteboro came
yesterday to spend few days with her
mother here
Fred d. Osgood of the University of
| .f-ff nt 4 i'm
sons last week
Mr.. and Mrs Ed Best of Westmore-
! land visited at A. l.. Timson's from Sat
! urday to Wednesday,
| Mrs. T.. II. Richardson went to Ches-
ter Monday to install the new officers of
Mizpah chapter, o. f. S.
II. f. Freyenhagen has bought the
! mercantile business of NJ. AsCher, pos
session being given at once.
Schools here will begin next Monday
! April Il. Both teachers, Miss Toilette
| and Miss Dutton of Townshend, return
j. A Herrick. who spent the winter
| with his daughter, Mrs. T.. w. Morse,
went yesterday to his home in Keene
F. c. Perry finishes work for the Will
! Evansville Manufacturing company Sat
| urday, and next week will move to Am
herst, where he has employment.
D. r. Stedman has taken possession
| of the II. \. Williams store. Mr.. Will
| liams will remain with him for the pres
| ent. Erving Williams has finished work
there.
An Easter service will take the place
of the sermon at the Methodist church
! Sunday morning. The collection taken
| at this service will be for the Chinese
! famine fund.
James and VIII Corbett caught a large
henhawk in their hands coming home
! yH,s.
! flew in front of them some little dis
lance, when it lit on the ground near
them. Its feet were fun of porcupine
| quilts and 1t made no resistance when
they drew them out. 1t measured three
and one-half feet from tip to tip.
DR.. and Mrs. p. Z. White and Mr.. and
Mrs. c. X. Stedman presented the fol-
lowing program at the Grange meeting
| Tuesday evening: Chorus singing, Jingle
| bells; reading John Williams; solo, Dr.
White; charades, sheet music" ''ln-
compatibility; reading, Walter Teffti
dialogue, Family jars" by W. II. TEN
pie, Mrs. Lila Willard, Mrs. Effie Sted-
man; chorus singing, Good night la
dies"
Next Friday evening. April 81, the w
c. T. L. will give an entertainment in
Grange hail and the East Dover band
will give a part of the program Mrs
w. T.. Nichols will give a reading
"Who is to blame?" and the dialogue
"a little more cider" will be given, in
Guiding the following Erastus Apple
jack the cider maker, Harold Washer;
Zeb Applejack his son, John Sparks
Dea. Peachblossom, Frank Stratton
Isaac Peachblossom, his son. Clarence
Lewis; Hans Drinker, J. f. Lewis; Miss
Patience Applejack, Jennie Hescock
Polly Applejack Helen Lewis; Hetty Ma
son. Grace Stratton. The entertainment
will be followed by a supper.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert c. Brown who
spent the winter with their nephew, G
b. Williams, passed their SD wedding
anniversary last week. They are both
in unusually good health. Mr. Brown is
able to get about but little owing to a
dslocated hip. Their friends extend &c
them congratulations and best wishes
Mr. and Mrs. Brown were married II
Framingham April 4, 1859 Mr.. Brown
was a native of this town and was borr
August 90 1914. He was the son OF
Samuel and Gertrude (Glyde) Brown
There were four other children, Mrs
Mary Ann Lamb, Mrs. Gertrude VIII
J iams, Mrs Susan Lincoln and Clyde
! Brown, and all but the youngest LIVED
to be over so years. When about 81 year,
of age Mr.. Brown went to Boston ant
he followed until age caused him to re
tire. Mrs. Brown was born in Fran
t ingham April 9, 1890 Mr.. and Mrs
Brown had six children, two of whom
are living, Gilbert G.. Brown, jr., o
Brooklne Mass, and Mrs. Emma Gould
| ing of Conway, N. ii.