Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-10-13
of Mrs. Chester Thomas Thursday even

of Mrs. Chester Thomas Thursday even
ing.
The women of the Methodist church
will hold q food sale at the church
Saturday afternoon at 3 O'Clock.
Rev. David James has been appoint
ed to preach in the Methodist church
here and will occupy the pulpit for
the first time Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. w. Bailey and Mr..
and Mrs. j. A. Beers Of Vernon, were
guests Saturday of Mr.. and Mrs. A. A.
| Bailey. The ladies are sisters of Mrs
Bailey.
| The boarding house conducted on the
former Higgins farm during the sum
mer for employees on the repair work
at the power house dam was closed
this week.
District Deputy F. A. Buckley and
Leon Merritt attended the meeting Of
the grand lodge of I. o. o. F. at La
coma three days this week as dele
gates from the local lodge.
j. w. Field, Henry English, G.. A..
Holland and James Hancock accompa-
MED By their wives and several friends
enjoyed trip over the Mohawk trail
in their automobiles last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. f. W. Tilden and daugh
ter, Winnie, DR.. and Mrs. w. Z. Fay, Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence d. Fay and Miss Jose
trip through the White mountains this
week.
j. E. Scott, Thomas Mann and F. j.
Young attended the state convention of
Red Mems lodges in Manchester last week
and Mr.. Mann was honored with the office
of grand guard of the wigwam of the
grand council of New Hampshire.
The annual visitation of the grand
officers will take place at special
meeting of the Golden Rule lodge of
Masons this Friday evening. The Il.
A. degree will be worked on one candi-
date following which a banquet will be
served.
Remember the play recital by Lucia
Pcrsis Hutchins of Boston, Mass, in
Frances Hodgson Burnett s The Dawn
of Tomorrow. The recital will be
given i'll Fay IS hall Tuesday, Oct. II, at
3 o. clock in the afternoon. Tickets can
be obtained at the door.
David Stewart, Edward Bergeron, Ora
Chamberlain, members of Company |, and
Lyman Barrett of Company X, all Hins-
dale boys of the First Vermont regiment,
are visiting at their homes here. They
enjoyed their trip to the border and re.
turned in excellent health.
The auction at the Adams place Satur-
day was largely attended and bidding was
brisk on most of the articles. B. A. Spen-
GERS auction the same day also was well
attended. The personal property sold
I'D 4 H. l..
bringing the price desired by Mr.. Spen-
Ger.
| Guy Boucher, a pupil of the local
high school, was one of three chosen
from the high schools of the county to
be sent to the national dairy show in
Springfield, Mass, to judge livestock
in competition with other high school
pupils. Master Boucher was selected
on the merits of his work at the recent
fair held in Marlboro.
Tho funeral of Mrs. Frank H. Hubbard,
formerly of this town, whose death oc-
CURED in Arlington, Mass, last week
Thursday, was held tx that city Monday
and the burial took place in Medford
Mass. Mrs. Hubbard, who was a daugh
ter of the late S. o. Davenport, leaves her
| husband and one son, H. H. Dole of AL
stead formerly well-known farmer in
this town.
Mrs. Newton Stearns narrowly es
capped serious injuries one evening
last week, when she made a mister
when leaving her home to attend
church and stepped off the piazza tC
the ground. 1t was at first feared that
she had sustained a broken leg, bu
after careful examination it wa,
found that no bones were broken bu
the leg was badly strained and swol
len.