Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-05-03
NEWFANE
Annual VILLAGE MEETING.

Annual Village Meeting.
The annual village meeting was held
in Union hall Wednesday evening, May
1. The following officers were elected:
Moderator ID. A. Benson clerk, ii. A.
Carpenter; treas, A. G. Warren; col
lector, b. c. Eager; auditor, Frank
Rand; trustees A. r. Underwood, w. Il.
Park and A, c. Harvey; fire marshal'
l. H. Whitney. 1t was voted TO raise a
tax of so cents on a dollar OF the grand
list to be used for making sidewalks and
for lights. 1t was voted to allow a dis
count of two per cent on taxes paid on
or before July !. After discussion the
trustees were authorized to secure the
services Of a suitable person to have
charge Of lighting the street lamps and
furnishing the supplies for the year.
Miss Stella Micott came home from
Springfield Tuesday.
There were nine doctors in town to
attend court Wednesday.
A representative of the Holyoke Box
company was in town Wednesday.
The listers met Wednesday afternoon
with Virgil Ranney to close the list.
Herman Eddy has bought heavy bay
horse of Mr.. Wilder in Wardsboro.
Mrs. Jeanette Gates visited four days
tleboro.
]. D. Pierce went to Westminster to
visit his daughter, Mrs. Fred Pierce,
Wednesday.
Mrs. A. NJ. Thompson and little son
of Providence are guests of Mrs. Car
ter at the parsonage.
Willard Smith, who lived about a year
in the home of his son, Fred Smith, re-
turned Monday to Putney.
Miss Mary Plat received her certi-
ficate of efficiency on Tuesday evening
and is now a Christian Endeavor eX-
pert.
F. NJ. Miller returned Saturday from
Connecticut to finish repairs which he
had previously begun at Davidson Ma
pies.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Harrington of
Windham visited Monday with her
mother, Mrs. Albert Jefts, who is Sc
riously ILL.,
Mrs. Thomas Lester and two daugh-
tiers Of Ware were guests of her
aunt, Mrs. R. D. Newton, from Friday
to Tuesday
The ground was covered with snow
Tuesday morning at w. w. Persons's,
four miles above the village, near the
Wardsboro road.
Attorney General John G. Sargent of
the lawyers in the railroad case on
trial in county court.
Alton and Bert Smith have bought
pair of heavy dapple gray work horses
of Mr.. Benson in Londonderry. They re-
ceived them the first of the week
The Congregational Sunday school was
represented at the convention in West
Townshend Tuesday by Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Hescock and Rev. Mr. Carter
Bert l.. Gates, engineer, who has been
on this road 81 years, will be missed.
Since the change of May his run ex-
tends only from New London to Brat
tleboro.
]. C. Tibbetts and family came from
their home in West Wardsboro Friday
to occupy their house below the village
near the steam mill Mr.. Tibbetts re-
Gently bought of A. T. Edwards.
Mrs. George Batchelder, formerly of
Newfane, now of Westhampton, went
Sunday to the Dickinson hospital in
operation for appendicitis Tuesday af-
ternoon.
w. A. Ballou has been the most sue
cessful Of those thus far reported in
catching trout. He brought in a string
of A which weighed about four pounds.
Judge Fish and Francis Medbury caught
"a.
The Pomona Grange will meet with
Newfane and Williamsville Oranges
May in Union hall. The morning
session will be open to fifth and fourth
degree members and the afternoon ses-
sion will be open to the public
About 80 members of the Newfane
Grange went to Brattleboro to observe
neighbors' night Wednesday evening.
Our Grange furnished the literary pro-
gram and all spoke in highest praise Of
the excellent supper provided by the
Brattleboro Grange.
The debate at the Grange meeting
next Wednesday evening, May s, is
Resolved, that the telephone is
greater blessing to the farmer than the
rural free delivery" Affirmative, Arthur
Howe, Henry Wilson; negative, A. L.
Lockwood, Guy Grout.
Mrs Minnie Mountain, NJ. D., who
was engaged in temperance work in
Vermont last fall and who has been
working since January in New Hamp-
shire, came to Davidson Naples Tues
day to continue the same line of work
in this county for a short time.
Adelbert Rhoades and family returned
to the Cook lumber camp Monday to
complete the lumber job. One of Mr..
Rhoades's horses was taken very sick
soon after their arrival there. Ray
Jefts also has returned to the camp.
They expect to be there about six
weeks.
The new time table, giving two more
trains daily went into effect Wednesday,
making six trains leaving here daily.
The first train going south leaves at
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