The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-07-14
NEWFANE.

New York for short visit,
Miss Ruth Allen is assisting Mrs. q,
T.. Davidson for n few weeks.
DcWcose and Ralph Dewitt are the
proud pOssessOrs of a new bicycle
Mrs. Kate Benedict came Tuesday to
spend the summer nj her home here.
W. T.. Eames Is expected 10 return
from his vacation the last of the week,
of men nj work for him this week hay.
ing,
Mrs. u. c. Eager spent from Friday
10 Tuesday with relatives IN Brattle'
horo.
The Larkin Soap club was entertained
by Miss Nellie Pratt Wednesday after.
noon.
Fred Underwood has been in London.
derry this week working for Mr.. Cui'
worth,
A telephone has been placed in the
residence of d. II. Rhoades. The mum.
Der is ia.
Miss Berniee Edwards returned Sat.
urday from n visit with cousin in
Brattleboro.
Mrs. Lizzie Gray was in South Lon
donderrv Yesterday To attend Re.
bekah meeting
Mr. and Mrs. o. X. Wright rendered
a beautiful duet last Sunday at the
morning service.
Mr. and Mrs Bert Davis expect 20
90 soon 10 the White mountains TO
spend three months.
New arrivals at Davidson Naples
are Mr.. and Mrs. Byron ID. Morris and
daughter from Florida.
+. G. Benedict is expected TO Join his
wife at their home here tomorrow night
for two weeks vacation,
Mrs. Mvron Chamberlin of Brattle.
borO visited her sister.in.law, Mrs
Eliza Butterfeld, Wednesday.
George X. Davis of Westbampton
Mass, came last week TO visit friends
and is boarding at Newfane inn.
Mrs. Alice Pierce and grandsons, Ro.
land and William Breslin, returned
home from Brattleboro Tuesday night.
Charles Underwood returned Thurs.
dav to his home in Pennsylvania, after
visiting his mother, Mrs. Charlotte
Underwood.
Mrs. Jennie Lawrence and two chill.
dren of Townshend visited at her
mother :, Mrs. stephen Foster s, a few
DAYS recently.
Mrs. G. T.. Davidson is having ce-
ment sidewalk laid Her grandsons,
Fred and Park Osgood, of Townshend,
are doing the work
The Newfane friends of Sheriff Ar.
thur Thompson were shocked to learn
of his death by hanging at his home in
Bellows Falls Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jerry Laundry and son
from Springfield. Vt, have recently
visited their aunt. Mrs. Alice Micott,
and uncle, l., NJ. Randall.
The service Sunday morning was in
charge of a Mt, Hermon student Ed.
ward Saiselin. 4 large audience was
present to hear Mr. Saiselin.
Mr. and Mrs Edward Smiley were in
Bellows Falls Tuesday to attend the
funeral of Arthur II. Thompson, high
sheriff of Windham county.
The W. c. T. t. will hold its next
food sale July % at the church vestry.
The committee in charge is Mrs. f. J.
Butterfeld and Mrs. Wilcox.
The smoke from the fire which has
been destroying the timber on the
mountain near Dummerston has been
dense for the last day or two.
Mrs. Eta Batchelder and little
daughter. Lora, visited in town Mon
day, returning to their home in West
hampton, Mass, on Tuesday
Richard and Ruth Wheeler of Viii
are visiting their grand
mother. Mrs. Charlotte Underwood.
Richard is assisting his uncle during
having.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Clark and child of
Mass. We're guests of Mr..
Clark's aunt. Mrs. Charles Skinner
from Saturday, July |. until this week
The hot wave of last week still con
tinues. Grass and crops are drying up
badly and rain is much needed to re-
plenish the wells and springs, many of
which are dry.
Mrs. Ada Chamberlin and daughter, /,
of Somerville, Mass, were
guests of Mrs. Chamberlin S sisterin
law, Mrs. Eliza Butterfield, from Tues
dav till Friday.
Mrs. Walter left and daughter, |
visited their mother,
Mrs. Della Hescock, at Mrs. p. G.
Moore $. Tuesday.
Miss Alice White of the Montgom-
cry Industrial school, Montgomery, |
Ala. has come to spend the summer |
She is spending little time with Mr.. |
and Mrs. Newton.
The five sons of Mr.. and Mrs. M. O. |
Howe are spending the summer in town.
A rthur has been here with his parents |
for year or more; Hermon has moved |
here recently from Essex Junction; DR.. |
and Mrs. Marshall Howe and daughter
from New York came Friday night; |
DR.. Clifton Howe from Toronto univer
sity, Toronto, Canada, and Prof. and
Mrs. Carlton Howe and baby from Essex
Junction arrived Tuesday night.
sias Newton Baker. mail carrier,
who died recently in Albany n Y, was
1 cousin of J. M. Kenny of Newfane
and Mrs. A. A. Austin of Brookline. On
his fathers side he was descended from
The earliest settlers in Saltwater. n.
T., and on his mother s from the Ken
lys, among Newfane s earliest settlers.
His father was one of IA brothers, and
Silas was one of 10 children, seven of
whom are living. The Bakers gather
in Saratoga county, sometimes
20 the number of IT'S, and are an organ
zed elan, with a historian of their own,
! sister of the deceased. Most of the
men have been ardent democrats and
in temperament is a character
site of the descendants.
Miss Alice L. White, formerly sum-
ner guest for 10 years at Rest cottage
IN Newfane hill, gave an address Sun
lay evening on the work of MontgOm-
cry (Ala) Industrial School for Col
pred Girls, of which she is one of the
;wo principals. The institution is con-
rolled by an influential body of seven
,rustees of which Henry Fairbanks of
st. Johnsburv, VT, is president Within
5wo years the leased school property
las been bought for $4,000. and $1,000
more has been raised for new build
ng, to increase facilities for school and
Industrial training of $40 pupils, the
whole sum being raised by willing con-