Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-12-29

MGS. IIullD GOltDDluS VI IIdSl
is housekceper for John Edwards.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. L. johnson were in
Brattleboro Wednesday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Hescock of West
Dover visited at e. L. Pixies recently. |
Bernard Newell, who was in Bellows
Falls several weeks, returned home Sat |
urday night.
The family of Edmund Roberts was
entertained at j. A. Streeter's on
Christmas day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Shine and chill
drcn were guests Christmas day at
Merle Putnam s.
Miss Grace Payne of South Vernon
is spending the week with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Payne.
| Mrs Frank Brown, who is thought to
have been ill with scarlet fever, is re-
covering. The house is still under quar-
antine.
Miss Griffith went Saturday to her
home in Castleton for q weeks visit
before going to her new position in
Oklahoma.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Hromada spent
the week end at Z. A. Eddy's in STRAIT
ton while Mr.. and Mrs. Eddy were in
Brattleboro.
| Carrie Roberts, Leland Newell and
| Travis Robinson are at their homes
here during the vacation at Leland and
Gray seminary.
Mrs. Avis Waite came Saturday
night to spend Christmas and few
days following with her relatives and
friends in this place. g-
Mr.. and Mrs. Peterson and two chill
dren of Springfield, Mass, are spending
the week at the home of Mrs. Peter
son S sister, Mrs. Thorn Johanson.
Cantata, The Coming of the King,
was given i'll the church Christmas eve
by a chorus assisted by Mrs. Roberts,
organist, and Leon Waite, violinist.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Fish and H.
Kingsley spent Christmas at Mrs. How
ard S on Taylor hill. Mrs. Fish will
visit her sister, Mrs. Hall, before re-
turning.
Miss Gussie Pierson of New York
! and Miss Anna Hofring and friend of
Springfield. Mass, came Saturday night
, to spend Christmas with their mother,
Mrs. E. A. Sclfors.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sellers and family
were invited to spend the Christmas
holidays at Thorn Johanson S where
, Christmas was observed according to
the Swedish custom.
! Baptist church, l.. w. johnson pastor.
Sunday at 1915 a. M, morning worship.
: Subject, | Can; - M, Bible school
Subject for adult class, Joshua 5; 7.30
p. M, evening worship. Subject, The
Lord Hath Need.
The annual meeting of the West
Wardsboro Baptist church society will
. be held in the vestiy Monday, Jan. |, at
] p. m. All legal voters in the society
and those in the community interested
/ are invited to attend.
Il One of the worst wind storms which
y has visited this place was felt here from
T shutdown Friday for "a hours following
T The stage coach laden with passengers
7. as well as mail did not reach here uni
v after midnight either Friday or Satur
= day.
Z. Miss Vera Lyman of Shoreham, whit
l. has taken a course in the Albany Bust
l. ness college recently, has been secure,
l. to teach the village school, which viii
reopen Tuesday, Jan >, for the winte
term. Miss Lyman is graduate o
II Castleton normal school and has laugh
L. two years in Barre city, also one yea
at South Royalton.
rs Miss Edith Adams closed the fal
+, term of school at Podunk last Frida,
and had Christmas tree and enter
:. tainment in the schoolhouse for tn
h. children and their parents that evening
Miss Adams left for her home in SaN
tons River Monday morning. She ha
!, been successful in her school and a
Is regret that she does not plan to re
turn.
d The annual Christmas tree and cor
u cert at the church brought an after
dance of 81 Monday evening. Their
d, was a large tree on the platform in tn
or rear and two smaller trees in from
u. The children had the seats of hone
and entertained in recitation and son,
in Enough songs from the cantata wei
to repeated by the older folks to furnis
S Il pleasing program. Santa Claus, WI
had received Il wireless invitation to /
ID present, appeared in time to have charl
elk of the distribution of gifts. lie aske
rt all the children to assist him who we
~ able to spell Santa Claus. There WI
the usual number of gifts, especially f.
~ the young and old.