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

Me-, to spend two weeks with her SIS
ter, Mrs. Charles Temple.
Cornelius Weeks has been spending
a vacation of 10 days at his home here
from his studies in Tilton.
Miss Marion Sprague has been en-
Toying a vacation from Kmball Union
academy, at her home here.
Mrs. Percy Booth of Winchester is
spending few days at the home of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Doucette.
Roy Metcalf of Dartmouth college is
visiting at the home of his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Ralph Metcalf. for 10 days.
Walter Smith OF BrooKline, Mass,
has been visiting his brother, w. c..
Smith, and other relatives in town.
The mud is drying up quickly on the
country roads and the going apparently
will be good on all roads in few days
Miss Doris Hidreth has gone to her
home in Winchester to spend a two
weeks vacation from her teaching duties
here
Miss Helen jackson of Cambridge,
Mass, and Miss Fannie Bacon of New
ton, Mass, are guests of Mrs. r. w. Lang
worthy.
y.
Owen, left Friday for a visit with rel
atives in Coventry and vicinity and
Burlington, VT.
An organ recital will be given April II
in the Universalist church by Miss Flor
ence Pike of Worcester, Mass. She will
be assisted by local talent
Miss Frances Alley has gone to her
home in Cortland, N. Y, and Miss
Winifred Potter to Putnam, Conn, to
spend the two-weeks' vacation.
John Davenport will leave next
week for visit with his father in Og-
densburg, n. Y, going thence to Iowa,
where he will visit a brother several
weeks.
w. L. Brooks caught string of IL
fair sized trout Saturday afternoon in
a brook along the banks of which snow
was foot deep good part of the
way.
The Connecticut river wore a channel
through the ice in the lake Sunday
and the stream was covered with
floating ice the greater part of the
day.
A chauffeur who made a trip from
Boston to Keene with a new automo-
bile by way of Gardner and Greenfield
reported the roads to be in fairly good
condition with the exception of mar
row strip of unfinished state road in
Westport, which is an unusually soft
mudhole.
Announcement has been made that the
jitney service between Winchester Hins
dale and Brattleboro will be resumed as
soon as the condition of the roads per
mits. The iitney will make two trips
daily, leaving here about $50 a. IN. and =
p. IN. and returning from Brattleboro al
1920 a. m. and 4.30 p. IN.
The Boys club made plans to enter
tain the Boys club from Winchester
Monday night, but the latter tele
phoned at the last minute that they
would be unable to come, owing to the
poor travelling, which was not consid
cred here to be legitimate excuse
The fremen s hall had been engaged
for the occasion and the refreshment!
had been prepared.
The women of the Congregations
church held a very pleasant and profit
able thimble party Friday afternoon
The hostesses, six in number, were Mrs
William Watson assisted by Mrs. A. F
Fisher, Mrs. G.. s. Smith assisted by
Mrs. N o. Maynard, Mrs. E. " AL
drich assisted by Mrs. Ida Hosford
Mrs. Henry Taylor assisted by Mrs. w
E. Fay, Mrs. f. c.. Robertson assisted
by Mrs. F. w. Jeffords, Mrs. C. A
Gray. Each hostess entertained from
- to 90 guests and the afternoon wa
spent enjoyably. Refreshments wer'
served.
Mrs. F. S. Leonard was the hostess o
the Hinsdale Woman's club Tuesday after
noon. The topic for consideration wa
Air Crafts, and Mrs. +. W Tlden gav'
a sketch of the life and life work of Ferdi
nand Won Zeppelin, which was of mucl
interest and gave the members of the clul
great deal of information in regard t,
the invention of and increase in the man
ufacture and Use of airships, which ar
filling so large place i'll the worlds hap
perings of today. The meeting was adj
journed to meet with Mrs. +. A. Davi
April is, when the annual business meet
ing will take place.
SOUTH VERNON