Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-01-19

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Mabel Shepard of South Newfane
Mr.. and Mrs. D. w. Harris visited in
| Millers Falls and Greenfield Saturday.
j. p. Liscom is i'll with pneumonia and
Is attended by trained nurse.
Miss Myrtle Washer is visiting at her
uncle's, S. s. Washers, in West Dunn
merston a few days.
Leon Mixer has improved and expects
| to be able to resume his work on the
| mail route next week.
Mrs. F. L. Houghton and sister, Mrs
Heald are i'll. Mrs. Arthur Goodenough
is suffering with bronchitis.
Mrs. Wallace Torrey and daughter,
| Doris, of Hartford, Conn, are visiting
| Mrs. Torrys sister, Mrs. j. c. Renfrew
Miss Durham, who cared for Mrs
Acena Clisbee in the home of Mrs Alice
Richmond, is i'll and under the doctor s
care.
Herman Jakway, who attends the ag-
ricultural school opened in Randolph re-
| Gently. has been i'll with measles but is
| improving.
Mrs. Vera Wheeler, who was with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. C. Johnson,
week. returned to her home in Barre,
| Mass, Friday.
G. II. Barrett had his house wired for
electric lights this week, the work be-
| ing done by the Twin State Gas and
Electric company
John II. and Charles X. Grout of Wor-
| cester, Mass, are reported to be guests
| of their mother Mrs. f. j. Grout, at
the home of A. F. HILL over Sunday.
Mrs. w. E. Chase and two young chill
dren have been on the sick list the past
week but are now improving. Mrs. Cot
ton Mather is also suffering from grip.
In
Congregational church Mrs. o. G.. Covey
was appointed superintendent of the
home department of the Sunday school.
Mrs. Luella Lake, who has visited re-
Gently in Wilmington, Readsboro and
North Adams, is now spending some
time with her cousin, Mrs. w. F. Mixer.
Mrs. C. R. Evans, who has been in
feeble health all winter, was taken sud-
denly worse Wednesday morning. At
the present writing she is slightly i'm
proved.
Miss Daisie Miller has accepted the
position of libra rian in the North Ben
nett Industrial school in Boston. She
went from here Thursday to assume her
new duties. II |
The annual meeting of the corpora
tore of the Meeting House Hill Gene
terry association will be held Monday
evening at o'clock in the county clerks
office in Crosby block.
The Twentieth Century club met We'd
nesday afternoon with Mrs. Irving Gro
.sier The women carried their sewing
and spent the afternoon socially. Re-
freshments were served
A leap year dance will be held in
Academy hall this. Friday, evening. Old
and young are invited. Dancing will be
enjoyed from to u. Knapp and Nor
cross will furnish music.
The women of the Congregational
church will serve an oyster supper In
the church paror Thursday evening,
Jan. 25 from 6 to 8 o'clock. The sup
per will be followed by social.
Hoyt H. Barber is working for H. ?.
Prefontaine on his log job in North
Hinsdale Ten horse teams, two
OK teams and eight men besides the
teamsters are working on the job.
Seven teams, which came from Keene,
are drawing logs from the Dunklee tim
Der lot to Holden & Martins mill. Mr..
Weeks of Keene has charge of the
work. Six men are doing the chopping.
First Congregational church: Divine
worship at 1890. sermon by Rev. E. w.
| Eldrdge of Quechee, VT Bible school
at -. Evening service at $50. Church
prayer meeting Tuesday evening at 79O.
There will be a social in the chapel
of the Baptist church this, Friday even
| ing under the auspices of the Near and
| Farther Lights society. 1t is hoped a
| good number will attend. A small fee
will be charged.
Mrs. r. D. Hawkins of Springfield
Mass. is a guest of her parents Mr.
and Mrs. H. F. Weatherhead, every Fri
day night. She conducts the class in do
| mestic science, which meets in the high
school building in the east village.
The electric light company will install
lights in a few days on. .Melrose, Glen,
Greenleaf.s Meadow Brook and Bonny-
vale streets. One light will be placed
on South street near Il, e.. .Clark,s and
one ON Western avenue near Charles
| Stockwelrs.
The benevolent society OF the Baptist
| church hope to hold their annual bust
ness meeting with Mrs. d. T. Perry next
Tuesday afternoon at O'Clock. The
| election of officers will take place. On
| account OF illness this meeting has been
postponed several times.
The cold weather has caused some de-
| lay in business at L, p. Copeland's mill
| Ice formed in the penstock leading from
! the fiume to the waterwheel so that the
power was decreased considerably the
first of the week. They are able now
| to do the usual amount of work.
| Mr.. and Mrs. ]. l. Barney entertained
| the Neighbors' club at progressive euchre
| "Wednesday evening. ]. L. Stockwell, w.
L. Walker and Mrs. B. s. Miller won the
/ prizes. An elaborate supper was served.
| including sugar on snow The club pre-
sented the hostess a handsome sherbert
! set.
Several of the farmers In district No.
7 are filling their ice houses from j. E.
| Hgley's pond and others from w. Syl-
| westerns. +. ID. Marsh and Frank Rich