The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-27
NEWFANE.

Little Charles Mock is out again, af-
ter a long illness.
Miss Mabel Phillips left Monday to
spend few days in Londonderry.
Mrs. Erving Chase is entertaining
her mother from Brattleboro this week.
Mrs. w. w. Burnett and Mrs. John
Burnett were guests at F. w. Under
wood S Tuesday
Miss Marjorie Eames, who has been
( i'll with grip, is better, but is unable
to attend school.
! Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Persons are i'll
with the grip. Ralph Cushing is there
to help for a while.
| Miss Anna Goodenough is i'll with
grip. She was unable to return this
week to her studies in Leland and
Gray seminary.
A telephone, 27-2, has been installed.
in the Moore Free library, another, "a
/ -, at w. b. Hazelton s and one at Mel
son Gray's, 1912.
Miss Ruth McIver is in Townshend
to help Mrs. Graves and her daughter.
who teaches in Leland and GRAY semi
nary and are both ILL.,
Mrs. B. T. Morse was in BrattIeboro
Thursday to visit her sister, Mrs. Ma
ria johnson of Londonderry, who is
Ill in the Memorial hospital.
| A number from this village We're
| pleasantly entertained at a 500 party
| by Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Wilson in their
home IN Brookline Tuesday evening.
Last Saturday prisoner was COM
mitted to the county Jail from Brattle-
boro to serve a short sentence, the
first one there in a number of weeks
Mrs. L. w. Tuttle was called to
Springfield, Mass, last week on ac-
count of the serious illness of her sis
ter, whose death occurred Tuesday of
this week.
Miss Olive Eager came home from
the Mortified seminary Friday night
i'll with grip. She was taken to the
Wmdham County House, and although
she Is improving she is not vet able
to return to her school work. At the
time she came away $50 of the stu
dents were i'll. ~-.
The latest poster displayed before
the Congregational Sunday school,
showed that: FDrink cuts into the
support of the family as proved by
the fact that of $50 able bodied mer
who failed to support their families
243 were drunkards, which is 50 pei
cent. Philanthropy paid the bills, a.
reported by the associated charities OF
Boston. -
= The w. c. T. U. met with Mis-
: Mary Newton Friday afternoon an(
studied the plans for state and nation
al prohibition. \ list of the 10 pro
4 hibitlon states was read, also the name
! of the seven states that are to vote Oh
this question in 1916, of which Yer
4 mont is the first. The state W. c. 7
hoc nod
Niagara, n. Y, to speak in the western
part of Vermont during February an
Mrs. Addie B. Parsels of Philadelphia
to speak in Rutland, Washington an
Windsor counties, also Mrs. Anna Til
linghast of Beverly, Mass, to speak i
! the eastern section of the state, giyin
4 three or four dates to Windham county
The annual concert by the Noun
Y Hermon students, given in the Congrt
gational church Saturday evening. wa
a very successful entertainment, calm
4 out over 200 persons. A supper wa
4 served to the boys by the Christia
EndeavOr society in the church vestr
upon their arrival, and refreshments c
cake and ice cream at the close {
the concert. a pleasing program We
4 rendered. In addition to the number
given by the glee club were selection
y by Prof. Lawrence, Mr.. Frasier, an Il
- dian in Indian costume, and selection
by Mr.. Gorton, impersonator. The
- were here over Sunday and their mn
g, steal selections at both morning an
" evening services were much enjoyed /
er large audiences. The Christian E.
p. deavor society will clear over $50 fro
y the concert, and the proceeds will
: used to procure new singing books fl
ye the prayer room.