The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-05-01

Ladies Aid society, was successful |
affair financially. The contributions Of
food were so generous that a supper
was served the same evening.
Mrs. Edith Farnum offered ptizes to
her pupils in her pupils in the pri-
mary department. for gathering egg
masses during vacation. Beatrice
Mountain won the first prize by gather
ing COZ, while Leslie Daniel won the
second by gathering 5l2.
Clifton Pratt has so far recovered
from his illness with pneumonia that
lie was able to come from Greenfield
TO the home of his mother Mrs. NJ r.
!'ratt, Monday. Mr.. Pratt 5 wife ac-
Companied them and is visiting his
mother and sister. Miss Nellie Pratt.
Walter Wright. tester for the West
| River Cow Testing association was in
! Newfaue on his fourth trip the latter
/ part of last week. After making his
regular trips in Townshend and Lon
/ dOnderrv he returned to Jamaica. W led
nesday for a seven-day advanced regis.
Try test.
i Miss Clara 4. Winchester, who gath
! cred S12 egg masses. won the prize. a
! solid silver spoon. offered by Miss
! Elizabeth Hunter, teacher. in the gram
mar department of the village school
In the whole collection of their de
| partment there were about 1900 egg
masses.
The automobile case i'm which IL. II
Chamberlin of Townshcnd was plaintiff
has attracted much interest among on
| townspeopic, as Mr.. Chamberlin i
known by many here. lie was the car
penter who built Bencasson cabin OF
Newfane hill about ~ years ago TO
the late Mrs. Caswell Broad. being "a
sisted in the work by a son who ha,
lived in Oregon.
The annual meeting of the Uniol
Hall Helpers was held in the home o
5 the president, Mrs. ID. S. Ballou, We'd
nesday afternoon, when the following
officers were elected: Pres, Mrs D. :
Ballou; vice pres, Mrs. G.. Il. David
son and Mrs. a. Fl. Farnum; sec. Mis-
I, Mary Newton; treas. Miss Nellie Pratt
, eX. com, Miss Laura Rice, Mrs. abb
Underwood, Mrs. Lizzie Gray. Precet
+ ing the election of officers reports o
/ the secretary and treasurer were reat
i, Mrs. G. Il. Davidson was moderator
g Owing to the rain the attendance wa
small.
Mrs, j. +. Ward of Westminster, VIII
Y ,pcut the winter with her husband an
G. daughter in Bradentowu, 10 mile
9 south Of Tampa, Florida, returned hon
with them the first of the week. SL
Il will be a guest Of her sister, Mrs. I
4 II, Farnum, from Tuesday TO Saturda.
is While there Mr.. Ward bought sever;
F. building lots and built a house, I
3 which the family expect to return
September in time for their daught'
~ to enter school. Their home is sit
! attend on the Manatee river and du
>, ing the extreme cold of last wintt
- there was no frost there.
e The following program will be give
s, at the next meeting of Newfal
s Grange May Is: Duet. MIR. and Mr.
ie Lucius Convey; reading, Harold Mors
- discussion, Various Ways of Prepa
\ ing Vegetables for the Table. Mrs.
h r. Wright. Mrs. G. X. Cherrie. Nh
II Henry Wilson, Mrs. II. H. Howe; m
II sic. Mrs. Mary Maher; recitation. Cla
Winchester; reading Mrs. F. A. RIA
way; discussion, Of What Value
Lime to the Soil? Karl Maher. Hen
Wilson, Wilson Winchester, II.
Howe; male quartet, Messrs Virgil
Bruce, Winchester and Farnum.