Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-12-08

tended the Harvard Yale football
game. Mrs. Philbrick then spent the
week with her aunt in Elmhurst, Long
Island
The second term at Mount Hermon
school opened Wednesday. Tuesday
was registration day. On Wednesday
evening a meeting for the new students
was held in Memorial chapel.
The junior class of the seminary at
tended u prayer service at Hotel North
field Sunday afternoon, conducted by
Mrs. G. r. Candee of New Haven, who
is an honorary member of the class.
Miss Lucy Jones, a student of Column
bia university and graduate of North
field seminary, 1914, was the guest Of
Mr.. and Mrs. +. b. Caldwell Saturday.
She spent the holidays at Gould hall.
Mrs. Julia Lyman is spending the
Holton, in Hinsdale, N. II. On Dec. 20
she will celebrate her Goth birthday an,
dversary. She is still in good health.
The public schools close December 10.
Mortified seminary closes on this date
for IL days vacation. Schools will not
open until January ., as New Year s
day is holiday in Massachusetts this
year.
The winter lecture course at Mount
Hermon includes the following: Loseff s
Russian quartet; Suwanec River quar-
tet; Arthur Katchcl, impersonator; con
cert by Mount Hermon Musical organ
izations.
Next week Wednesday the Mothers
society will meet at the parish house
and the subject will be, A Study of Ma
donnas Mrs. w. R. Moody and Mrs.
A. G. Moody will be in charge of the
program.
Henry Bond and - guests from Brat.
tlcboro dined at the Mortified hotel
Thanksgiving day. Many from town
also dined there. Fully 10 besides the
seminary students were guests at the
hotel for the day.
Mrs. A. T. Pierson and Miss Anna
Picrson, who have been at the North
field hotel several weeks, will leave
Dec. 9 for New York and then go tc
Crescent City, Florida, where they
will spend the winter
The monthly meeting of the Unitarian
Alliance was held Wednesday after
noon at the church parlor. Miss Mary
Pomeroy was in charge of the program
and Mrs. Stearns and Mrs. f. E. Rus
sell were the hostcsses.
Loyal Young Graham of Middleton
| Theological school, was a guest O
Clarence Steadler for the holidays. Sat
urday evening a party was given by
the Steadlers in honor of their CUES
and his brother, Donald, of Mount Her
| mon.
Christmas exercises and Christina
tree will be held in the Barber distric
Sunday school on Saturday evening o
this week. 1t is held thus early n
students from the seminary have it il
charge before going home for their va
cation
The Woman's Relief corps held it
annual meeting Friday and elected tn
following officers: President, Mrs. j. A
Stebbins; senior vice president, Mrs
H. II. Mason; junior vice president
Mrs. j. T. Cummings treasurer, Mis-
NJ. Y. Dutton; chaplain, Mrs. Mar
Doolittle; conductor, Mrs. John Nye
guard, Mrs. George Abbott; delegate t
state convention, Mrs. Abbott; alter
nate, Mrs. Ellen Stebbins.
Mrs. Nellie Morrison, daughter o
Ill. and Mrs. David Dale, died in
hospital in Lenox, Mass, Wednesday
Nov. 20, following an operation. Mr.
Morrison was a native of this tow
She leaves her parents and three 81.
ters, Miss Annie Miss Lizzie and Mis-
Bridget Dale of this place. She ais
leaves her husband, Alexander Morr
son, formerly carpenter of this town
also two sons and two daughters. Mis-
Annie and Miss Lizzie Dale attende
the funeral in Lenox Saturday.
A regular meeting of the Foreig
Missionary society was held Wcdne
day afternoon at the parish house. Re-
, +. w. Pattison lead the dcvotions. Mr.
f. NJ Lazellc and Mrs. f. l.. Dule
| gave short sketches of chapter ii {
Christian Conquests of Europe. III
/ remainder of the afternoon was d
voted to reports of the annual meetiu
of the American Board, held recent
in Northampton. These were given l.
Mrs. A. G. Moody, Mrs. J.. r. Smit
, and Mrs. C. +. Dickerson. A thanl
Offering was gathered.
On account. of the storm Monda
p evening only % young people attendC
= the business meeting and social of II
= Young People, society. The progra
of the evening was a book review {
. Ralph Connor's, The Doctor. 1t w;
s given by Rev. Mr.. Pattison with man
k Incidents of his own experience in Il
country connected with the story al
| with some of the characters whom NJ