Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-07-28

Mason home on South Main street for the
| summer.
Miss Alice Newcomb of Springfield and
| Miss Marguerite Purdy of New York city
were guests of Mr.. and Mrs +. T. Pallam
the first of the week.
There will be no conference in session
here next Sunday, but the service will
be held in the Auditorium and DR.. APP
plegarth of Rochester will speak.
Mrs. Herbert Bolton entertained for
the weekend her uncle, John Barrows,
and two cousins, Mrs. s. Barrows and
Mary Barrows, all of Fitchburg.
Mrs. Isaac Sprague is recovering
| from a serious operation in the home of
her daughter, Mrs. Bessie Symonds. She
is cared for by Greenfield nurse.
DR.. and Mrs George r. Thompson cele-
brated their 18th wedding anniversary
Saturday, July %. They spent the day
| and Sunday in Greenfield with relatives.
DR. II. j. Findley left Monday on his
teturn trip to Egypt, where he is medl-
cal missionary. Mrs Findley and her five
children will remain here for the present
Mr.. and Mrs Charles Bitters of Green
field spent the week end with relatives in
East NNorthfield, where they formerly
lived Mrs Bitters was Olive Spencer.
George C.. Stcbbins of Brooklyn is at the
Mortified Hotel. He will assist Charles
NJ. Alexander in the direction of the
chorus singing during the August confer
cnce.
Mrs c. E. Dickerson and son, Charles
T., IT,, left Monday for Madison on the
Maine coast. Principal Dickerson
Joined them Tuesday. They will remain
there during August.
Dr. and Mrs. A. L. Newton and daugh-
ter Isabel, and Lillian Nordstadt are on
an automobile trip to West Haven, Conn,
where the doctor hopes to recover from
his illness DR.. Hodgkins is in charge of
his practice
Representative Harry G.. Gates of Or
| ange was in town last Friday introducing
| William A. Moore of New Salem, who Is
candidate for representative from TINS
district Mr. Gates will not seek third
term of service as representative.
Miss Margaret Howard, who has re-
signed as teacher of home economies in the
! high school, is doing meteorological work
in the Brockton laboratories during July.
She will begin her work with the Frank
lin county farm bureau August l in Green
field.
Rev George i. Thompson, pastor of the
Unitarian church, is in st. Paul attend
ing the convention of the Prohibition par
ty as a delegate from this state. lie is the
editor of Civilization, the leading periodi
cal in New England dealing with the tenn
| perance question.
The campaign which has been carried on
in the vicinity for the relief of war suffer
crs has now amounted to over 5000. The
] residents of Gill have recently contributed
| about 5000 The rest of the fund will be
| forwarded at once to the relief commission
by DR.. y. p. Wood who is treasurer OF
the campaign committee.
The Tennis club held it's adjourned
meeting Tuesday evening in the home OF
| its president F. Amber Welsh, with II
members present. Several available sites
for club grounds were discussed but no
| definite decision was made in the matter
| The constitution and bylaws were com
pleted A regular meeting will be held
at Mr.. Welsh's next Tuesday evening
| The club has now about % members, and
others plan to join later.
The Boys Brigade camp at Spofford
lake will open Saturday for week.
Twelve boys will leave Saturday morn
ing and will be under the management
of Rollin Stevenson and CORTLAND
Finch. The second week of the camp
will begin August Is. Any boy from
town may go at cost of So for the
week, including transportation. There
will be extra room in the bus Saturday
that goes to the lake, and 81 will be
charged for the round trip for any who
may wish to go. All inquiries should
be made of w. c. Roberts.