Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-04-07

Arthur Grey was at home over Sun
day.
Rev. viii c. Harvey is home from
Bethel ON a visit.
Frank Fish of Wardsboro is work
ing for j. d. Maher.
County court will convene in New
fame next week Tuesday.
News has been received from Cam
bridge that Robert G. Pratt is i'll with
humps.
Miss Winnifrcd Maher went to
Brattleboro Tuesday to visit Miss
Gertrude Brown.
Mrs. A. n. Sherman of Williamsville
spent the weekend with her mother,
Mrs. d. $. Balou.
Robert Hescock of Brattleboro was
guest of his grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. II. NJ. Hescock.
Miss Ruth Grey was successfully
operated upon for goitcr in the City
hospital in Worcester Monday.
Fred II. Smith has moved from j.
ID. Pierce S on West street into the L.
II. Fisher place below the village.
The school house in the village is be-
ing thoroughly renovated and cleaned,
Noble Pratt having charge of the
work.
w. H. Goodnow went to Boston
last week Thursday on a business
trip, planning to return home in about
week.
The spring term of schools in town
will open April 10. 1t is expected
that all the teachers will return to
teach in their respective schools.
Mrs. Charles Grout and daughter
of West Townshend were guests over
Sunday in the home of her brother,
Herman L. Eddy.
Mrs. Henry Wilson of Brookline is
making a good recovery in the Melrose
hospital in West Brattleboro and ex-
poets to return home this week.
Miss Olive Eager has returned to
her home, after boarding several
weeks at the Windham County hotel
since her return from school in North
field seminary.
Rev. and Mrs. F. NJ. Wiswall left
Monday to visit Mrs. Kitty Upham
and family in Mortified. They will
visit Mr.. Wiswall's relatives in MARI
boro, n. H., before returning home.
Prof. II. Park Osgood, who is at the
head of the high school in Underhill,
is spending the Easter vacation with
his parents, Dr. and Mrs. F. L. Os-
good, in Townshend. He was a visi-
tor Monday at Davidson Naples.
Mr.. and Mrs James II. Brown
moved their household goods to Brook
line and began housekeeping on the
Bert Reed farm the latter part of
last week. Mr.. Brown will help
carry on the sugar place on the Whit
aker farm this season.
meeting was held last week Thurs
day afternoon to resume the work on
surgical dressings, and this week a
meeting was held Wednesday after
noon, the regular meeting of the
Ladies Aid society, which was de-
voted entirely to relief work
Although i'll Sunday, Rev. Mr.. Mock
conducted the morning service in the
ngregational church, assisted by
Rev. F. NJ. Wiswall. Rev. Mr.. Mock
meeting. George Bush led the praise
service and Rev. F. NJ. Wiswall
preached.
Charles Patterson who attended
the village school in Newfane when q
lad, was i'll town the first of the week
calling on old friends, and was a guest
at Fred Rice's, where he lived at that
time. Mr.. Patterson took a course of
evening studies later while working in
New York city and is now a civil en-
gineer located in Oregon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Austin Grape expect
to build house on the site where
their house and most of their house
hold goods were burned this winter.
Preparations are being made to be-
gin as soon as the frost is out of the
ground Mr.. and Mrs. Grape will re-
main at the Newfane Inn for the
present, having been engaged by Mr..
Whitcomb the new owner and propri-
etor, to help there through the spring
term of county court.
The Willing Workers Hare-M
Scare-M social Friday evening was a
pleasant affair. The decorations
were appropriate for Easter and show
ed much painstaking labor in the
part of the young people. Great
credit is due for the interesting and
original features connected with the
supper, which in itself was novel and
very appetizing. The nest of Easter
chickens moulded from mashed potato
by Mrs. NJ. p. Benson, gave eviden,
of sculptor S ability, and the menu
folders which served as souvenirs, de-
signed and painted by Miss Lcalla
COvey, showed well her artistic gift.
The "March Hare" made by Miss
Carrie Benson and Miss Convey, was
given a place of honor during the en-
tire evening. After supper a pro
gram followed, consisting of music,
vocal and instrumental, and a short
address by W. II. Newton, who by re.
quest spoke on the games of 80 years
ago. Various stunts of modern times
filled out the evening and afforded
much amusement for all.
Harry A. Pike, optometrist and eye