The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-05-04
NEWFANE.
Died While Visiting Daughter.

Mrs. Harriet J. (Blanchard) Simonds
n, Of Dana, Mass, died about o clock
Tuesday morning, May ,, in the home
Of her niece, Mrs. J. D. Pierce On ac
count of i'll health she closed her home
in Dana about four weeks ago and came
to stay for a time with Mrs. Pierce
| She was taken seriously i'll last week
with bronchial pneumonia, which caused
her death
/ She leaves two brothers, Amos p
Blanchard Of Guilford and Arthur
| George Blanchard Of Marlboro, and
| several nieces and uephews. The fu-
neral was held in the home of j. D.
Pierce at / o'clock Wednesday, Rev.
| +. NJ. Wiswall officiating The burial
will take place in the family lot in
Dana, Mass.
Mrs. Lila Micott is i'll with tonsilitis.
The Tibbetts steam mill is shut down
for a while.
Miss Airline Gray is home from Ath-
oil on a visit.
Mrs. w. t. Bruce is supplying home
made cooking to customers.
Henry Smith, who has been i'll a
few weeks with heart trouble, is still
very ILL.,
Mrs. Mary Johnson, who was house
keeper at Walter Park s, left Monday.
having taken a position in Greenfield.
Several from here attended the dedi-
cation of the new temple of the Odd
Fellows in Brattleboro Tuesday even
ing.
Mrs. Kennon, who visited a few days
with her daughter, Mrs. Matte Wilder
| III Nardsboro,, returned to Herman L.
| Eddy s Wednesday.
Mrs. Ruth Allen Monroe and infant
/ son, Carlton, of Brattlcboro came Mon
/ day TO spend two weeks with her moth
cr, Mrs. Bert Smith, in Brookline.
Rev. Mr.. Lawrence, the new pastor
| of the Baptist church in Townshend
and Mrs. Lawrence were in town Tues
! day to call ON Mrs. G. Z. Davidson and
/ to attend court.
Mrs. Miles, wife of Judge Willard w
Miles of Barton, is guest at the New
fame Inn, having been there most OF
the time since the opening of the spring
term of county court.
Il The village common has been cleaned
and raked. \ bee was made last week
when the usual number Of men re
Il sponded to the call to help in this i'm
II provement to the village.
The body of Mrs. Cora Miller Rob
erts, wife of DIR. George X. Roberts o.
Chester, will be brought to Newfane
her native town, for burial in Wood
lawn cemetery Saturday forenoon at !
o clock.
Lumber is being drawn to build
house for Austin Grape on the sit
where the old house stood before it wa
burned last winter. It is expected tina
the carpenters engaged Will be at worl
upon it soon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ward Eager. who cam,
from New York city. stopping abou
two weeks in Brattleboro. arrived II
NeWfane the latter part of last week
Mr.. Eager. who has been ill through
the winter, is now gaining.
Daniel McIver and family moved Fri
day to Springfield, having recently solt
| their farm below the village to Rev
Mr.. Baker of Connecticut. who, will
his wife, came to take possession abou
a week ago. Their daughter. Miss Ar
Iona Baker, who has been in Brattle
boro for Il time, came last week FRIDAY
to their new home.
The annual meeting of the Union
Hall Helpers was held Saturday after
noon III the home of the president. Mrs
H. =. Ballou. 1t was voted to maxi
necessary repairs, and the following
officers were elected: Pres. Mrs. D. S
Ballou; vice pres, Mrs. G. E Davidson
and Miss Nellie Pratt; sec, Miss Mar
Newton; treas, Mrs. Abbie NJ. Under
wood; executive committee, Miss Laura
Rice, Mrs. Lizzie Gray, Miss Jennie L
Underwood.
The w. C. T. L met in the parIor Of
the Congregational church Friday at
ternoon and devoted the time to worl
ON surgical dressings for foreign hos
pitfalls to be sent in care of David vii
lard. Reports were given of the ad
vance IN temperance sentiment resulting
from the European war, and the firm
stand taken by Russia and France il
removing the drink evil in order to Sc
cure efficient military service has Civ
en- further testimony that the teaching,
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