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

John Joyce of New Haven, Conn,
and Miss Mary Joyce of North Adams
were here at their cottage for the
Fourth.
Miss Dorothy and Miss Hazel Wise
are entertaining Miss Ethel Richard
son and Miss Bertha Newcomb of
Decriield.
About 100 of the employees of tho
Northfcld hotel went to Greenfield the
night of the Fourth to see the display
of fireworks.
Mr.. and Mrs w. w. Coe and Miss
Mildred went by automobile to New
York last week. DR.. and Mrs. Brown
returned with them.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Campbell of
Somcrville and Miss Nellie Campbell
of Springfield spent the Fourth with
their sister, Miss Annie Campbell.
Miss Helena Richardson, who spends
her winters with Mrs Harvey Lamson,
has rented her cottage on Rustic
ridge and gone to Springfield and
other places visiting.
st. Patrick s parish will hold their
annual lawn party Tuesday evening,
July II, on the grounds of the church.
There will be the usual sale of good
things and every one is invited.
Harold McGrath left this week for
Camp Goldman, Pocasset, Mass, ON
Buzzards Bay, whore he will assist his
brother, Albert Edward McGrath, in
the management of a boys camp.
Misses Julicttc and Geanne Monat,
who have been attending school in
Canada the past year, have arrived
ba -,
Mr. and Mrs. A. j. Monat, at Monat
hotel.
Walter Gates has been visiting his
grandmother, Mrs. Ellen Stebbins. Mr..
and Mrs, II. G. Gates came on the
Fourth for the day with Mrs. Stcbbns
and Walter returned to Orange with
| them.
July I was observed as a holiday at
Mount lIemon school. At $50 o clock
in the morning Prof. John G. s. An
drews of Lynn gave a patriotic al
dress. The remainder of the day was
spent in sports and Il picnic.
Mrs. A. l.. Newton and Isabel New
ton are in Burlington, VT, for a two
weeks vacation while DIR. Newton is
at Plattsburg, n. Y, on an outing
with a party of doctors. DIR. Hodg-
kins of Bernardston is in charge Of
Dr. Newton S practice here.
Miss Margaret Howard, who for the
past two years has been a popular
teacher Of domestic SCIENCE in the high
school, has accepted a position with
the Franklin county farm bureau.
She will have charge of the work
among the women, also of the bacteri-
illogical laboratory. She assumes her
duties August |. Miss Ellen Howard,
who has been an assistant teacher in
the high school, will not continue this
year. She has not definitely decided
her line of work.
The total amount received for thu
famine fund in the recent campaign
made in the behalf of the Armenian
and Poles is 1928. OF this $lS5 wa
-collected the last week. The Gill con
Ftribution has not yet been handed in
The largest contribution was $25 anC
the smallest two cents. The entire
sum will be forwarded for relief work
Those in charge of the campaign fee
that Mortified mas given literally anC
has kept her usual generous recorc
for worthy causes.
Piano pupils of Miss Mabel V. Lin
coin of Montague, who for several
years has had large class of pupils
here, gave two recitals i'll Montague
last week. Those from town who took
part Tuesday evening were Florence
Irish, Leon Dunnell, Dorothy an
: Hazel Wise, Lillian Nordstadt, Isabe
Newton, Esther Long, Marion lrlsl
and Doris Chamberlain, and on Wed
nesday evening the Mortified per
formers were Carolyn Warren, Donald
Williams, Victoria Sankey, Gertrud
Proctor, Many from Northfield at
tended the recitals.
The Young Women conference
second division, convened "Wednesday
and though there were about 600 her
. for the first conference even NOR
5 Young women are expected for thi
conference. Some of the speakers t
| be here at this conference who wer
. not at the first are: DR.. Henry Apple
garth of Rochester, Rev. James Nc
Conaughy of Philadelphia, Brewer Ed
DIV of New York, Rev. f. w. Pattiso
of East Mortified, Miss Jane Stebbin
=, of Rochester and DR.. Robert f. Spec
is expected for two days also. Tn
. first session was Wednesday cvenin
at o clock with w. r.. Moody pre-
> siding. A chorus of about 100 of tn
young women delegates leads tn
3 singing. Rev. John Mcdowell o
! ! Baltimore, Md, preached.
The burial of Mrs. Ellen F. HodG
kins took place in Rochester, Vt
- Tuesday. June 81. Mrs. Hodgkln
made her home for several years wit
her daughter, Mrs. II. H. Chamberlain
. and for nearly year had been an in
. valid. She was born in Rochester /
1924, a daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. IN
8 bridge A. Knowlton, and was a men
+ Der of the Methodist church of Roch
ester at the time of her death. Sh
/, leaves, besides her daughter, two sons
5 c.. f. Hodgkins of Northampton an
II. S. Hodgkins Of Ansonia, Conn, a
. so two sisters and two brothers, Mrs
] f. s. Cooke of Halifax, VT, Mrs. a
G. Stockwell of Rochester, VT, II. !
7 Knowlton and Horace KnowltoA o
Hartford, Conn. Rev. G. l.. Thompso
> oficiated at the funeral Fridpy fore
=, noon, which was private.