Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-03-31
WESTMINSTER.
Farmers have begun sugaring.
Miss Mabel Ladd is in Mortified.

Miss Lila Howard is spending a week
in Putney.
Preparations are being made for an
Easter concert.
Marian Nutting is home from North
field for her vacation.
Miss Gladys Deal is spending her
vacation in Highgate.
Nelson Fountain went to Windham
Friday for week visit.
Mr.. Williams of Boston has been Wis
iting his brother, Carroll
Mrs. Fred Wright has been spending
several days in Keene, N. II.
Alfred Wright is spending two weeks
with his grandparents in Walpole.
Mrs. o. P. Fullam has been with her
daughter in Putney the past few days.
Miss Mary Holmes, student at Mid
dlebury, is home for the spring vaca-
ton.
Rev. A. E. Ward has closed his la
bors as pastor of the Congregational
church
Miss Nellie Fem is spending her
vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
w. S. Fem.
Mrs. J. d. Judd, who has been Sc
riously i'll the past few days, is more
comfortable.
A party of 10 young people attended
the Grange meeting in Saxtons River
Friday night.
Dana Jennison has bought work
horse to take the place of the one he
recently lost.
Mrs. Frank Farr returned Friday
from Springfield, where she had been
spending q week.
Edwin Judd is with his parents for
his vacation. His father, J. D. Judd, is
in feeble health.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. II. Walker have re-
turned from fortnight S visit with
friends in Boston.
The village schools will open April 3,
with the exception of the Cliff district,
which will open April 10.
The first of last week Rev. A. e.
Ward cut one ankle while splitting
wood. The wound is healing well.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. NJ. Nutting. who
spent the winter with Mrs. Carrie Mutt
ing, returned to their home Monday.
Robins were heard the first of the
week. Snow is rapidly disappearing
and slush, mud and drifts are in album
dance.
Oscar Dean of Bellows Falls and
Charles Dean of Townshend have been
visiting their sister, Mrs. George
Howard.
Leslie Converse is improving from
the effects of an injured nerve near one
eye. The injury has caused Mr.. Converse
much suffering.
Miss Helen Hall, student in the
high school in Brattleboro, is in the
Washington party which left Brattle-
boro Saturday.
Mrs. Erwin Hatch is at Mr.. Hatch S
home in Cambridge, Mass, caring for
the household while Madam Hatch is
in the hospital for an operation.
The next meeting OF the ladies Aid
society will be held April s., A large
attendance is desired, as special bust
ness will be brought before the meeting.
Minard Chapman, who has been farm
manager at Kurn Hattin the past year,
has gone to Yonkers, N. Y, where he
has position at boys school re-
Gently opened.
The last Fortnightly meeting was
held with Mrs. j. P. Holmes Monday
evening. A large number were pres
ent. Music, both instrumental and vo-
cal, with select readings made up the
program.
At the Bible class Tuesday evening
the members presented Mrs. A. L. Ward
one of the Nutting pictures as a testi-
monial of their appreciation of her eff
ficient helpfulness in this department
of church work.
Two requests have come to Kurn
Hattin, one of 1000 and one of $3.50
This money is to be used to equip the
larger dormitories at the Ainsworth
cottage, thus providing for seven out
of the 10 boys whom the larger dormi
tories will accommodate.
; Many in this section will remember
Dudley Prescott Hale of Boston, who
spent part of several summers here
He was a fine impersonator and gave
several entertainments in the town hall
Mr.. Hale died in New York March
IL. He was 81 years of age. Funeral
services were held in the Griggs chapel
232 Huntington avenue, Boston, March
Is.
The friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Metcalf, which are many, regret tC
know that the family will 90 soon to
Middletown, Conn, where Mr. Metcalf
will have charge of a large farm. Mr.
Metcalf has lived in Walpole several
years, on the Hooper Place. He was
born in Westminster and spent his early
manhood here. Frequent visits to his
= mother, Mrs. Lucretia Metcalf, have
kept the family in touch with his old
time friends.
Seeing an item in the Bellows Falls
Times in regard to the antics of q
woodchuck after one of the bad storms
the correspondent sends the following
from Westboro, Mass, March II: With
almost as much snow lying around as in
the blizzard of 'SS a ground hog made
its appearance near the Lyman school. >
N. w. Packard, former superintendent
at the Kurn Hattin, saw the animal
ambling along seemingly in very hap,
by frame of mind, near the Harry
Johnson farm. Doubtless his hogsAiu
was searching for green vegetables in
honor Of the day.