Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-04-26

resented Supper was served Newfane
Grange will go to Brattleboro in obserV-
ance of neighbours night next week
Wednesday.
Noble Pratt will erect a bungalow soon
in the pasture of NJ. o. Howe. Mr.
Pratt and his son, Raymond, are in
Wardsboro to stay week or 10 days in
the home of Lawyer Dutton, who was
called to New York on business the first
of the week
Newfane Congregational church sun
day, April 2S. Morning worship at IL.
Subject, True Brotherhood" Sunday
school at 1915, evening service at 100
Newfane lodge, l. o. o. F., and West
River Rebekah lodge will attend the SER
vice in the forenoon. The choir will
furnish special music assisted by Miss
Smith.
Carlton ID. Howe has resigned as SUI
perintendent Of the Essex Junction pub
lie school union, after five years. service,
to take effect July l, having accepted
the superintendency of the Morrisville-
Stowe supervising union at a salary of
$500. Previous to this work as super
intendent, Mr.. Howe was for five years
principal of the Essex Junction high
school.
viii Harvey, who spent a short vaca-
ton at home, preached to a large num-
Der sunday evening an interesting SER
mon on loyalty, taking for his text, mo
man having put his hand to the pillow
and looking back is fit for the kingdom
of Cod Mr.. Harvey returned Wednes-
day to his studies in Tufts college. He
has call to preach during his summer
vacation in Norwell, Mass.
1t is expected that N. NJ. Batchelder
a former merchant here and now of
Fitchburg, will close his mercantile bus
mess in that city and return to New
fame about July to buy the goods from
the r. D. Newton estate and to take
possession again of the store in the
building he has owned for many years.
Mr. Batchelder's daughter, Florence, who
was married during the past year, will
come with him and her husband will
help in the store.
Last Sunday in the Sunday school
Supt Charles L. Hescock read a notice
of the district Sunday school conven-
ton to be held in West Townshend
April 80, with morning and afternoon
session. Mrs. G. X. Carter and Mrs.
Charles L. Hescock were chosen dele
gates Notice was also read of the
county convention which will be held
May s in Brattleboro in the Baptist
church. There will be three sessions,
one in the morning, afternoon and even
ing. Rev. F. NJ. Wiswall and Mrs. F.
A. Dewitt were chosen delegates to at
The Homeland circle met in the par
sonage with the president, Mrs Carter,
Wednesday afternoon with a fairly good
attendance, in observance of the annual
thank offering service. There was an in
terestng program, consisting of music,
readings and messages from mission
aries. Extracts were given from the
S5th annual report of the Congregation
al Home Missionary society. Some sa
lient points from an address by DR.. Proc
tor, the pastor of the first institutional
church for negroes in Atlanta, Ca, was
on the subject of the antagonistic feel
ing against the blacks manifested by
certain elements in our country Dr.
Proctor, having been particularly OBJ
servant to discover whether the feeling
was local and acquired, or universal and
instructive. In $4,000 miles of travel he
had never met in the Old World with
discourtesy on account of his race. 1t
has been asserted that three-fourths of
mankind are colored. Negroes are found
in nearly every country but nowhere did
DR. Proctor see any such feeling against
people of color as exists on the part of
some white Americans. More and more
bright minded fellows abroad are scru-
tinizing the motives of our missionaries
when our life at home contradicts the
law of brotherhood. Refreshments were
served and the offering was announced
as unusually large for the annual meet
ing.