Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-05-12
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Miss Doris Bemis spent the weekend
with her brother, Ernest Bemis, in Brat
tleboro.
Mrs. Will Davis and two children, Mil
dred and Marion, spent the weekend with
friends in Jamaica.
Miss Marie Hawkins, who was employed
during the winter in Lawrence, Mass, re-
turned to her home on Monday.
Mrs. Eleanor Altar, who had been work
ing for Mrs. Fred Perkins several weeks
returned Thursday to Brattleboro.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rexford Benson and two
children of Brattleboro spent Sunday in
the home of his father, A. d. Benson.
The seminary baseball team returned the
winners in a clean game in Williamsville
Saturday afternoon, the score standing IL
to II.
Fifteen candidates were taken into fell
lowship in the Congregational church on
Sunday, most of the number being young
people.
While playing ball Friday afternoon
George Leonard, a seminary freshman, fell
violently, striking his elbow upon stone
and cracking a small bone in his arm.
Raymond Wright who was for two
years a member of the Seminary class of
1916, started last week on trip to Can
ada and the western states for the benefit
of his health.
Mrs. r. j. Fitch and daughters, Cora
and Grace, returned Saturday from Sax
tons River, where she visited last week
with her mother. Her brother Gordon
Lake, returned with her, remaining until
Sunday.
The regular meeting of Orchard post, G.
A. r., and Birchard Relief corps will be
held in Newfane on Saturday afternoon
A full attendance is desired as plans will
be completed for Memorial day arrange
ments and for Memorial Sunday.
The first thunder shower of the season.
which came on Sunday afternoon, caught
ID of the village young people on the top
of Peaked mountain, where they were en-
joying a walk and the picturesque view
from that summit. Needless to say, all
were thoroughly drenched.
f. NJ. Adds of the Twin State Electric
Light and Power company, will speak to
meeting of the citizens in the town hall
on next Monday evening, May 10, on the
benefits of electricity. Mr. Adds will ex-
plain the expenses of lighting, etc, and
answer any question in regard to the sub
ject.
a company of 10 from this part of the
town attended the teachers convention in
Brattleboro Friday, most of them going in
automobiles. The party included the three
teachers of the village graded school, Miss
Phelps, Miss Winslow and Miss JONES'
Miss Mabel Lamour of district No. I,
Prof. G. w. Powers, Assistant Principal
Miss Mary Plumb and Miss Ruth McKen-
ny, language teacher of the seminary fac
ulty, Miss Marion Graves, instructor of
the teacher-training class and the nine stu
dents of the training class
Much good-natured sport is being had at
the expense of the baseball team of mill
men styled the Federals over the game
played on the local ground Saturday after
noon with the grammar school nine, in
which the older men were completely
downed and outclassed by the young lads,
the score at the final inning standing II to
ii in the school boys favor. Bruce in the
box for the school with johnson, catcher,
made an efficient battery for the winning
team. Pike acted as pitcher for the
Feds" with Morse as catcher.
Z. /. Ingalls, of the Vermont extension
service was in the village Thursday, May
4, and visited the three rooms of the
graded school, also the seminary and teach
er-training class. He explained thoroughly
and in an interesting manner the work of
the Boys and Girls clubs of Vermont
and other states and encouraged the young
people to compete in the boys and girls
expositions in Vermont each year. He
spoke highly of the Grange fairs now being
held in so many small towns as doing
much to interest young people in agricul-
ture