The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-01-20
PERSONALS.

i u. w. Gibson mas Deen III WIN grip this
week and confined 10 his home.
John Alexander of saxtons river was
i the guest of his sister this week,
William II. Vinton is confined to his
home with an attack of erysipelas
Mrs. 4. p. Carpenter has been confined
to her home by severe cold this week.
Mrs. G. y. Denison OF Wilmington is the
guest OF her daughter, Mrs. b, Nj. Switzer,
Henry Kelsey of Westfeld, Mass, visit.
ed his sister, Miss Emily Kelsey, Monday.
Mrs. j. G. Peck of Greenfield Mass,
came yesterday TO attend the Universalist
fair.
Stuart Frost of New York city was an
over.Sunday visitor at his former home
here.
Charles Ii. Niles went TO New York
city Monday TO spend the remainder OF
the week.
Mrs. Norman Fitch of Burlington came
Saturday to spend several weeks with Miss
Nina Cain.
Rev. r. c. Bass, endowment agent for the
| University of Vermont was in Brattle-
boro Wednesday.
DIR. Clifford p. Holt of Cambridge, Mass,
has been guest of his sister, Mrs. Albert
BiXby, this week.
Mrs. Charles N. Robbins spent last week
with her sister, Mrs. 9. o. Kimball, in
West Townshend.
John l.. Knowlton of Boston was a WISH
tor at his former home in Brattleboro Sat
urday and Sunday.
II. Il. Harris was in Springfield, VT,
| Tuesday evening on matters connected
with the order of Red Men,
Miss Jennie Todd of Palmer, Mass will
spend the rest OF the week and Sunday
with her sister, Miss Dorothy Todd.
s. A. Daniels left Monday for Phiadel-
phia to attend a meeting OF the agents OF
the Provident Life & Trust company.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred A. Flagg returned
Monday to their home in Troy, n. Y,
after spending several days in town.
Judge Kittredge Haskins, who has been
i'll at his home on Terrace street for three
weeks, was at his office Wednesday.
Mrs. Ella w. Doneson of West Brattle
boro is the guest of Mrs. II. X. Chamber
lain and Mrs. NJ A. Fisher this week.
NJ. c. Houghton has been IN Springfield,
VT, this week on business connected
with the store of Houghton & Simonds, in
that town.
MISS MARY W dlHtl, WIN ItCthliy
went an operation at the Memorial hospi-
tai, is gaining and viii soon be able to
leave the hospital
Rollin $. Childs has been seriously i'll at
his home on Green street for nearly a
week He was threatened with pneumonia
the first of the week.
James F. Hooker and w. II. Corser re-
turned the first of the week to their
bnunoS II, Sphppapta NJ after suanl-
ing several days in town.
Mrs. j. H. Beal and son, Howard, have
returned to their home on North street,
after an absence OF three months in Bos-
ton and Waltham, Mass.
Mrs. Scott Eames Is spending the week
in Williamsvile, where she was called last
week by the sickness and death of her
mother, Mrs, George Dickinson
Mr.. and Mrs. S. o. Miner have closed
their house on Park Place and are at The
Melrose for the winter. Mr.. Miner has
been housed by illness for several days
DR.. Il. r. Lynch was called to st. Johns
bury yesterday by the illness OF his sister
He was accompanied from Bellows Falls
by his brother, Rev. j, \. Lynch of Pitts
ford.
Word has been received from Stewart
b. c., that John Grady of that place, for.
merly of Brattleboro, who was reported
critically i'll with typhoid fever fortnight
ago, is improving.
Mrs. Nina OMeara, who has been nurs-
ing Rollin C. Childs. was summoned toI
New York Tuesday by the sudden death
of her mother in drug store, where she
was taken after fainting attack on the
street.
Charles R. Simonds, H. E. Harris, Mrs.
George Brockington and Mrs. Harriet
Lord were in Springfield, VT, Wednesday
to assist in raising the officers of the |
lodges OF Red Men and Pocahontas that
evening.
Miss Rosabel Howe has resigned her po-
sition as pastry cook at Hoadley's restau
rant, where she has been during the last
two years. She will go to Fort Dodge, Ia,
for visit with relatives and then to
Waterloo where she expects to make her
home.
A pleasant surprise party was given to
Walter F. Spear Saturday evening at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. w. III. Thomas in
Chesterfield, N. II. About 20 of his friends
gathered to remind him of his Dist birth
day anniversary. In the course of the
evening Mr.. Spear was presented with
handsome chair. Dancing and games were
enjoyed and refreshments of ice-cream,
cake and fruit were served.
Friends in Athol, Brattleboro and other
places in New England regret to hear of
the serious condition of HI. +. Brooks at
the home of Ralph O. Brooks on School
street in Athol. Mr.. Brooks has been in
Athol for some months, since the death of
his wife, and his health has been failing
On Monday afternoon he was
taken critically i'll, and it is feared he
recover. He was little more com
Portable yesterday morning. Mr. Brooks
is one of the best known travelling men in
New England news in Springfield
Republican of yesterday.
The following teachers from Brattleboro
attended the convention in Bellows Falls
last week Lillian G. Newton, Esther L.
Crowell, Mabel Winchester, e. A. Pierce,
Clara L. Carruth, Elizabeth Spalding,
Orlana Ranney, Mrs. j. p. Elmer, Prin-
cipal E. B. Smith, Florence G: Allen, Har-
riett E. Rallion, Emma j. Gregg, Mary
Bruce, Grace Pike, Hope Bolton, Ethel
Eddy, Ethel Goodale, M. R. Rawson, Inez
Akley, Alice Johnston, Helen Weather
head, Mary Croker, Florence M. Well
man, Myrtle N. Briggs, Florence Holden,
Fl. Il. Brown, Sadie Winchester, Lillian V.
Whiting, and Miss Harlow
Frederick w. Childs, who recently re-
signed as assistant clerk of the house com
mittee on war claims in Washington, has
been named as clerk to the board of resi-
dent Philippine commissioners in Wash
ington. Mr.. Childs was made assistant
clerk of the house committee on war
claims during the last term of Congress
man Kittredge Haskins. He held the po-
sition when Congressman Law of New,
Jersey was made chairman of that commit
tee and given charge of the departmental
work of the committee. At the opening
of congress in December Mr.. Childs de-
nlinnd the nlacn and ,uas nlfnrnd thn nnsi-