The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-07-07
NORTHFIELD. MASS

/ Lcominster
Lawrence LazeIle is at home to stav-
a few days
Miss Hazel is employed at the
/ Japanese store.
Miss Anna McKensie is in town for
/ q few weeks with friends.
i Frank Kendrick and family snent
the Fourth in Bernardston.
Joseph J. Proctor of Spencer is Wis
ting his sister-in-law, Mrs. Julia Proc
/ tor.
Mrs. George L. spofford of New
london is visiting Mrs. n. f. Alex
ander.
Mrs. \. P. Wood is entortainipe
her sister, Mrs. L. A. French of Wood
stock, Vt.
Miss Dorothy Clapp and Miss Ruth
Moore are home from Fitchburg nor.
NAL school
Miss Isabel and Miss Mary Carney
OF Aecne are guests two weeks of Miss
Mary Dalton
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Hart and two
children have gone to Hartford, Conn,
to stay a few months.
The usual field sports of the vouno
4 women $ conference will be held on
Mrquand field this afternoon.
/ Mrs. Abbie Peck of Glens Falls. \
y, and Mrs. Henry Jillson of Gardner
are guests of Mrs. David Ball.
Mr.. and Mrs E. w. Brown are en-
PERTAINING their nieccs, Misses Elizabeth
and Edith Poate of Mt. Vernon, n. Y.
Miss Amy March of Syria is the
guest of Miss Agnes Foreman. George
Foreman recently arrived here from
Virginia.
Edward Bardwel Of New York, for
| Is years a resident of this town, came
on the Fourth to visit old friends a
few days.
Mrs \. s Merrill is entertaining
her nieees Miss Vera NJ Walker of
Boston and Miss Ruth Esther MaIlev
Of Brookline.
Seven boats are on the Connecticut
near Schell bridge for the use of the
public. They are in charge of con-
ference officers
Miss Marion Webster is home for
the summer. Miss Laura MeGrath IS
I home and viii spend the summer with
her mother. Mrs. Isabel McGrath.
Several hundred people enjoyed the
fireworks at the Northfield hotel the
Il night of the Fourth, which were set
off after the bonfire on the seminary
campus had died down.
Reuben Torrey, son of Rev. ana Mrs.
r. A. Torrey. formerly of this town.
married in Macon, Ga, Miss Janet
Slade, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Fran
els l.. Mallery, Thursday, june 26
c. E. Williams has been drawn for
the jury of the superior court which
sits in Greenfield July H. One Of the
court eases is that of Delavan l.. Pier
son against John A. DeVeer, both
summer residents of this town.
H Northfeld's Fourth was safe and
+ sane without question except for few
\ harmless practical jokes on Highland
avenue played by summer boys EN-
ployed here. Many went by automo-
bile to other towns and cities for the
day.
y forest fire started in Warwick the
latter part of last week in timbcrland
near the steam mill of the New Eng
land Box company. 1t burned a large
number of their logs and much tim
| berland. The fire spread to Warwick
and reached the big swamp in North
field The warden, F. W. Doane, was
called and he and II men went to the
assistance of many men, and it was
finally gotten under control.
Recent news from Franconia n. H..
is the announcement of the graduation
| of the two sons of Mr. and Mrs. 3.
+. Calender from Dow academy. Ben
/ jamin, the youngest to graduate for
several years, gave the salutatory also
an essay on Every Problem Has It's
Solution. Robert Stebbins gave an
essay on the Value of Chemistry He
will take a post graduate course at
the academy and Benjamin a course in
agriculture.
On Saturday afternoon large
crowd of people gathered on Schen
bridge to witness several swimming
races in the Connecticut river bv
| young men who are at Mortified camp
and on Rustic ridge for the summer.
Waldo Stevenson was director of the
events. It was reported man would
jump from the top of the bridge to
the river When the event was called
1T was only dummy that ventured
the dive.
Even the fellow who has y 1yaIlxoxrar