The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-05-19


The Eastern Star held meeting We'd.
nesday night at which they were TO Initiate
four new candidates and serve a BANQUET.
W, l.. Goodnow has removed all the
goods from the store, formerly owned by
A. w. Proctor, which he recently bought
Eighteen young people including three
teachers attended the class day exercises
at Amherst Agricultural college last week
The Connecticut Valley conference Of
Unitarian and other Christian churches
was held in pittsiield Tuesday and Wednes.
day,
l.. o, clapp took 20 grangers to the
Pomona grange meeting at Gill last week.
Miss Sarah Minot had part in the pro,
gram.
\ full and interesting meeting OF lIar.
mony lodge was held last "Wednesday. New
members were invited and banquet
served,
Mrs. Cheney, Mrs Boardman and Miss
Minnie Walker, their aunt, are at the
Walker home on Highland avenue for
few days.
Miss Russell, who has rented Mrs.
Rices cottage on North Main street, is
moving in and will keep boarding house
this summer
been al the Mortified the past week and
has delivered daily addresses at the semi.
nary and Mt lIermon
c, c, Stearns has rented the store former.
~ occupied by A. w Proctor OF w. l..
Goodnow and will move his stock Of gentle.
mems furnishing goods there soon.
Miss Catherine Me Donald and Andrew
Gray are TO be married at the residence of
Mrs. A, z. Fit May 81. Rev n. Fay
Smith will perform the ceremony,
The Mortified baseball team PLAYED
llinsdale last saturday and was beaten
1910. Tomorrow they play Bemardston
and next week Saturday lIinsdale again.
When the Fullers returned TO their cot.
tage above Wanamaker lake they found
that chest OF silver which they had
slowed in locked room in the attic had
disappeared.
Rev. Eugene r. Colburn Of Yarmouth,
Mass, has been engaged TO give the Grafton
for Memorial day in the town hall. Mt
lermon band has also been secured for
the exercises.
The following persons were in Boston
within the past week to visit the pageant,
The World in Boston Rev. n Fay Smith,
Mr.. and Mrs Walter Waite, Mr.. and Mrs
s E. Walker Mr.. and Miss lowering
Henry II. johnson post, Rollin c. Ward
camp and allied organizations have been
invited to attend services at the Unitarian
church Memorial Sunday and later in the
day TO assist in the exercises at Vernon,
Invitations have been received for the
wedding OF Miss Elizabeth Jean Greenough
daughter OF John Johnston Greenough, of
Deerfield, to James Paulson krough of
Hartford, Conn. May 81, at o'clock.
Dr. and Mrs. n. p Wood spent last
week in Boston and attended the meeting
of the grand chapter of o. f. 5. Mrs. julia
Newton, Mrs. Woods sister accompanied
them and remained in Dorchester for a
visit
Philip Mann and Charles Morse of War
wick, who have been attending the high
school here this winter have left school.
Mann has secured position at BARRIERS
garage for the summer and Morse meets
garage.
Mrs. Elizabeth PEBBLES of Cambridge
England. visited a few days at Miss Vim.
ings and at Mrs. 4. NJ. Lazelle's this week.
She is on a business trip to New ork
Robert PEBBLES, graduates from Yale this
year and Richard is studying law at Cam
bridge university, England, and has three
more years.
The grange held the competitive enter
tainment by the married members last
Tuesday evening The women gave the play,
The Sweet Family, and the men most
laughable farce. The Initiation of the
First Degree of the Grange Miss Powers
.of Vernon grange and Miss Sarah Minot
were appointed judges and will report the
winners at the next meeting
The board of selectmen held meeting
in town hall last week "Wednesday and
organized by electing O. b.. Leach, char
man, and +. w. Kellogg, clerk The matter
of a town accountant was taken up ana u
was voted to engage the services of b. +.
Field. II was also voted that the regular
meetings of the selectmen shall be ON the
second and last Friday afternoons during
this current month of May and afterwards /
on the second and last Saturdays OF the
month. All bills against the town should
be presented at these meetings.
Mortified seminary, Wellesley college
and a number of missionary and other
church societies are beneticiaries under the
will of Miss Evelyn $. Hall, for % years
principal of the Mortified seminary Miss
Hall died in Westerly, r. l., on April IA
last. A trust fund of $4,000 is lett Tor |
Northhed seminary and one OF S9,ooo 70
Wellesley college, the interest to be pald |
to Miss Halls three sisters until thelr
deaths, when the prlnclpal Wlh NC ava"
Bile for the institutions. The other be-
quests include the American board OF for
eign missions, $1,000; Kurn Hattin homes
$50: Congregational home missions, Sooo;
American Missionary society. 500; Amerl-
can Sunday School union, 500; New Eng
land Protective league, 500; Nellie Rus
sell, missionary, $500.
Mrs. Elizabeth Stokes Barton, 6l wife
of DR.. Clyde e. Barton, died at the
Mortified hotel Sunday morning, OF
Brirhts disease and heart trouble Mrs.
Barton was the daughter of DIR. John
Stokes of Morristown, n. }; She married
first Mr.. Morris and two children survive,
,Tohn Stokes Morris teacher in the boys
high school of Philadelphia and Mrs
George Gleason, a missionary IN japan.
Seventeen wears ago she married Dr. bar
ton Of Germantown Pa. and they came
here seven wears ago and built beautiful
summer home above Wanamaker lake
The last two years they have spent, mueh
time in travel. They came to the North,
field hotel last week Thursday hoping as
soon as Mrs. Barton should be able, to
omen their home. The body was taken 10
Philadelphia the first of the week for tune
raj and burial Mrs. Barton was h 1gy
esteemed here. She was a devoted Chrls-
fan and thoroughly interested IN missions