Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-08-11
eRATTLEeoRo PERSONAL.

Mrs. Nellie Spafford of Springfield,
Mass, is visiting in town.
Dana Stafford and Pearl Clapp picked
100 quarts of blueberries Sunday.
Mrs Harry Belts of Greenfield is visit
ing her mother, Mrs. Mary Mike.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. l. Bigelow are spend
in a two weeks vacation in Troy, n. II.
Miss Minnie Bell and Miss Corona
Bell returned Saturday after two weeks
spent at Cape Elizabeth.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Haskins returned
Tuesday after a few days visit with ms
sister in Templeton, Mass
Miss Agnes Whitney has gone to Glens
Falls, n. Y, and Lake George to spend
her vacation with relatives.
Miss Eta Mundell was called Tuesday
to Wardsboro on account of the serious
illness of her sister, Mrs. George Tudor.
Mrs T.. j. Reynolds and three daugh-
tiers and John Clune of East Putney
visited their sister, Mrs. G. w. Shuman,
Thursday.
John L. Griffin has recovered from
two weeks disability caused by stepping
on a nail in the Hooker, Corser and
Mitchell factory.
Leon +. Mixer of this town was elect
ed chairman of the executive board in the
annual meeting of the Vermont Rural
Carriers associationin Rutland yesterday.
Job Long of Bratteboro was elected
one of the vice presidents of the Vermont
branch of the American Federation of
Labor in the annual convention in Bethel
yesterday.
Horace Welcome was the winner this
week of the watch given as n prize by
the Saturday Evening Post to the boy
making the largest gain in the number
of sales of the paper.
Dominick Beleville, IS, walked We'd
nesday from Hinsdale to Brattleboro. He
is visiting his son, Dominick Belleville
of Clark street, and his granddaughter,
Mrs. Luke Mann, a few days.
Mrs. Joseph Foley and daughter Mar
garet, viii return tomorrow to their home
in New Haven after 10 days visit with
friends. They roomed at d. NJ. Meany' 5
on Clark street. Mr.. Foley was here
from Friday to Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. l.. Allen and son,
Merle of Spofford spent Sunday at Frank
l.. Tafts on South Main street Mrs.
Hollis Spaulding and children of South
Hadley Falls visited from Monday to
Thursday at Mr.. Taft's.
Mrs. H. L. Gale and granddaughter
Pauline Martin. returned today tc
Wardsboro after a two weeks visit al
the home of Mrs Gales son, II, NJ. Gale
Mr.. Gale and daughter, Maxine accom-
panied them for a weeks visit.
Miss Madeline Savarese and Miss
Mamie Buckley of Savannah, Ga, Miss
Elizabeth Savarese of Brooklyn and Mrs
Edward Ioole of Boston are staying at
Miss Catherine Hartnett's on Canal
street. Miss Bessie Russell of New Lon
don spent Wednesday there.
Mrs. Willis Wealth erhead of. Weather
head hollow entertained a family party
of II Thursday in honor of her aunt
Mrs. Chloe Croser of Halifax, who is 81
years old. Mrs. A l.. Sumner of Esta
brook street was one of the party and i
was her first visit to Weatherhead hol
low in As years.
John Farnum of Bennington was 8,
years old Aug. ?, but the anniversar!
was observed only quietly, in the home
of his grandson, c. r. Farnum. Mr.
Farnum is in good health, happy an(
cheerful, and discusses happenings in al
interesting way He is father of Franl
n. Farnum of this town. Another son
Cortes, died some years ago. Mr. Far
mum was born in Landgrove, Aug. 2
1921. His parents were Joseph and Saral
Dodge Farnum, who moved to that tow
from New Hampshire over 100 years ago
When 10 years of age his parents movet
to Londonderry, where the children, o
whom there were II, attended the publ
school. At that time there We're onl
nine families in Londonderry. Afte
leaving school he worked on his father
farm. In 1912 he married Tafene Duttol
of Windham and they had two sons. Lete
he discontinued his agricultural pursuit
and engaged in the manufacture o
chairs in Londonderry. He built up
large and prosperous business and tn
product of the factory became we
known. The factory was burned in 1S4l
Mr.. Farnum lived with his son, Frank, i
Brattleboro about five years, befor
going to Bennington 10 years ago. Pre-
vious to that he lived in Wardsboro