The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-11-06
NORTHFIELD. MASS.

Windsor, VT, this week.
DIR. and Mrs. r.. II. Philbrick have
been in Boston this week
Mrs. Henry Mclean was here from
j Jamaica, VT, over Sunday.
Miss Nettie Wise is the guest of
her cousin, Mrs. j. y. Dunnell
Mrs. Horace Sibley has been called
away by the serious illness of her ia
lther
The Eastern Star held meeting for
initiation or new members Wednesday
evening.
DIR. A. L. Newton, school physician,
is examining the children of the pub
lie schools.
Miss Minnie and Miss Bertha Ball
of Ashuelot spent the weekend with
Mrs. David Ball.
Roy Washer of East Greenwich, R.
l., was a weekend guest of Mr. and
Mrs. G. n. Kidder.
Miss Lila Estabrook of New Bed
ford is with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Forrest Estabrook.
Mr. and Mrs. Eddy have closed
their home and with their chauffeur
have gone to Boston.
Lawrence Lazelle of Boston and
Miss Delphine Lazelle of Colrain were
at home over Sunday.
Miss Charlotte Reed, assistant at the
high school, will attend wedding in
Boston Friday evening
Mr.. and Mrs. George Snow have re
turned from stay of two weeks in
New York city and Westerly, R. I.
of Antrim, n. H., are in town to at
tend the various meetings of the week.
The freshmen of the high school will
hold a reception in Library hall Sat
urday evening for the school and fac
ulty. @
Rev. Paul d. Moody of st. Johns
bury, Vt, was a guest of his brother
W. R. Moody, and sister, Mrs. A. p.
Fit, Friday and Saturday.
Mrs. James Coleman, who formerly
lived here on Parker avenue, died in
Keene Saturday of heart disease. The
family is we'll known here.
Charles L. Hicks will attend meet
ing and banquet of the head masters
of western Massachusetts in Cooley
Hotel, Springfield, Saturday.
Mrs. Mary Bardwell has closed her
summer home and gone to Boston. Her
daughter, Mrs. Arthur Field, has gone
to join her husband in Blanford.
Through the efforts of the w c. r..
L. $500 pounds of fruit and vegetables
were sent this week to the flower
mission of Boston for distribution
among the poor.
The chieken-pie supper given by the
III L. Il
the hall was filled with friends who
enjoyed the play, A Rank Deception,
which followed. The seniors cleared
$50 for their Washington trip fund.
Thirty-fve members attended the
Unitarian Alliance meeting Wednesday
afternoon, when Rev. Margaret Bar
nard of Rowe spoke on Women in the
Ministry. Mrs. Whitmore. Mrs. Ware
and Mrs f. b.. Williams were the host
esses.
The evangelistic conference opens
| Monday with social gathering at the
vestry of the Congregational church.
| Every one invited. Supper will be
served and will be followed by So
cial time, when all can meet Rev Mr..
| Spooner of Deerfeld, who will be here
| during the week.
The vesper service in Sage chapel
| Sunday was in charge of the delegates
| from the seminary to the summer con
| ferences at Silver Bay and Mortified
| Miss Alice Mundell, president of the
Young Women's Christian association
| presided The delegates to the North
| field conference who told about the
| the meetings were Miss Margaret Pur-
| dy, Miss Helen Townshend and Miss
/ Alice Evans. The delegates to Silver
| Bay were Miss Alice Mundee and Miss
| Sybil Buker. Over 200 seminary stu
| dents joined this branch of the Young
| Women s Christian association that
night and were welcomed by all the
former members.
The monthly foreign missionary
meeting was held in the home of Mrs
w. G. Roberts Wednesday after moor
with so present Mrs. A. G. Moody
presided and Mrs. G. f. Dickerson lee
the devotions, giving the outline of th'
study book, The Child in the Midst
Mrs. f. A. Holton presided over tn,
program. The subject was The Chill
in the Midst. The child life of various
countries was told by women dressed
in the costume of those. countries, ant
Mrs. George Witte, representing a pro
fessor in cap and gown, called on thu
following: Mrs. C. w. Foreman, In
dia; Mrs. Miller, Corea; Mrs. Otte
China; Mrs. Duley, Persia; Mrs. Mer
hige, Syria; Mrs. Roberts, Japan; Mrs
Findley, Egypt. Mrs. Mary Dickinson
gave short reading. A thank offer
ing was gathered.