Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-05-05

financially for the efforts they are making
in helping to defray church expenses.
over 81 was cleared at the ice cream
sale by the village school Saturday,
which will enable them to pay the debt
on the new organ and leave a balance to
be used for buying some singing books
and other useful articles for the school
room.
Miss Agnes Moulton was the first to
bring from her home on Newfane Hill
a bouquet of wild flowers, yellow violets,
bluets and hepaticas. Many beautiful
punches of arbutus have been picked this
week, and many were remembered May
1 in the evening with lovely May bas-
kets.
Mrs. Cora Miller Roberts of Chester re-
Gently visited Mrs. Ina Westcott Ford in
New York city and called on former New
fame friends there. Since her marriage
Mrs. Ford has lived in Tennessee, Mis-
souri, and Brooklyn and her husband Is
now physical director for the Y. NJ. c. A.
in that city.
Coolidge A. Porterfeld of Oklahoma
City, Okla, who, with his assistant is
showing paintings through Windham
county, is making his headquarters at
Davidson Naples. C. S. Church of Ar
lington Heights, S. Il. Cook of Beverly,
a. a. Tibbs of Roxbury Mass. and F. A.
hawthorne of New York city are staying
with him there.
In the annual meeting of the Union
Hall Helpers which was held Saturday
with Mrs. d. S. Ballou, these officers
were elected for the ensuing year: Pres,
Mrs d. S. Ballou; vice pres, Miss Nell
lie Pratt; % vice pres, Mrs. George a.
Johnson; Sec, Miss Mary Newton;
treas, Miss Nellie Pratt ex. COM, Miss
Laura A. Rice, Mrs. A. II. Farnum, Mrs.
Nelson Gray
A general cleaning up of the grounds
around the court house was begun last
week by Sheriff Thompson and later the
men of our village Joined in to complete
raking and cleaning the common. This
week the good work was continued by
the county officials, and the debris which
had been accommodating for some time
near the Windham County House has
been carried off preparatory to building
a new ice house there soon.
The annual village meeting was held
in Union hall Wednesday evening and
these officers were elected: Moderator,
d. A. Benson; clerk, II. A. Carpenter;
trustees, A. II. Farnum, w. B. Park and
A. r. Underwood; collector of taxes, 3.
c. Eager; treasurer, A. G.. Warren; fire
warden, L. II. Whitney; auditor, Virgil
Ranney. 1t was voted to raise 50-cent
tax and to allow a discount of four per
cent if paid before July l.
Forty-four members of the Odd Fellows
lodge and 20 of the Rebekah lodge were
present at their annual service, which
was held by invitation of Rev. Daniel
Mcintyre in the Congregational church
in Townshend Sunday. Rev. Mr.. McIn-
tyre gave an excellent sermon on
"Friendship." The societies made an
impressive appearance in their uniforms.
After the service So remained to luncheon
at the Townshend Inn.
DR.. Charles L. Clark, formerly of
West Brattleboro and now medical mis-
sionary in Sivas, Turkey, where he has
been located about seven years, deliv-
cred an excellent address in the Con-
gregational church Sunday morning,
giving an account of his work. the hab
its of the people and their religious GUS
toms, etc Dr. Clark expects to return
to his work in Turkey some time in
June. On Monday evening in the Con-
gregational church DIR. Charles L. Clark
gave a stereopticon lecture with an in
troductory address by his brother, Rob-
ert Clark, giving an account of his mis-
sion in Sivas, Turkey, and the needs of
the people there. During his talk he
gave in loud clear tone the call to
prayer just as it is sounded, five times
each day from the mosque towers by the
criers.