Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-06-23
NEWFANE

ihtlc uTc nOW UWO DTlSOnpTS con
fined in the county Jail.
Schools in town will close for thu
summer vacation Friday.
Mrs. Margaret Wilcox has returned
from Albany and is now at home.
Miss Viola Morse returned home
Saturday, having spent most of the
week visiting friends in Wardsboro.
L. M. Randall is in Brattleboro,
where he has been engaged in carpen-
try work few weeks for Mr.. Lam
son.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. A. Benson opened
their summer home, Unecda Rest, re-
Gently and are now settled there for
the summer.
Miss Lona Davis is home from a
short vacation. Miss Loenza Davis
who has been in i'll health few
weeks, is now much better
West River Rebelah lodge has ar
ranged to hold its annual bazaar this
year, August II, with Mrs. Lizzie
Gray, Miss Nellie Pratt and Mrs. Cola
Nido the general committee in charge.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Perry arrived
last week Thursday from their winter
home in IIypoluxo, Fla, and have opened
Rest cottage, their summer home, on
Newfane hill.
Mrs. II. j. Batchclder is gaining and
is now able to be about the house
Her nurse, Mrs. L. NJ. Randall, left
there Saturday and is now caring for
a patient in Brattleboro.
Miss E. II. Brown of Brooklyn is
one of the earliest of the summer
guests, arriving last week to spend
the summer at Glenmere, in the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Jones.
Edison Derry and family came Sat
urday from Brattleboro to their new
home in the tenement in A. II. Far
mum S house, where Mrs. Derry moved
their household goods several weeks
ago.
Jasper Benson, who had been at
the Windham County House several
months, left Saturday, having taken
position as night Waterman in the
National Automatic Machine Co. s
plant in Brattleboro.
Automobile parties from Milford,
Conn, and Hinsdale were guests at
the Newfane Inn Sunday. Another
party Mr.. and Mrs. II. p. Massey, Mrs.
Percht and G. S. Steele of Palmer,
were guests Monday at the Inn.
Arthur Perry lost one of his pair of
horses Sunday. 1t was left out to feed
near the house when it became
tangled up in the rope and fell,
breaking one of the hind legs above |
the hook so that it had to be shot.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Rawson and |
two sons of Londonderry, Mrs. Carrie |
Benson also of Londonderry, and Mr.. |
and Mrs. John Skinner were all guests |
of Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. p. Benson at the |
Windham County House over Sunday |
Mrs. Abbie Fish Morse left Satur-
day to visit her brother, Judge +. l.. |
Fish, and family in Vergennes. She |
will attend commencement at Middle
bury college, where her nephew, son
of Judge Fish, is one of the graduates.
Delbert Rhoades, who has been en-
gagged in the blacksmith trade in the
shop owned by A. T. Edwards since
early in the spring, sold out his bust |
ness last week to A. II. Farnum and |
is now at work in Mr.. Farnum s shop.
The Newfane w. C. T. u, has APP
pointed convention committees as fol
lows: Entertainment, Mrs Eta f.
IIescock; reception, Mrs. e. C. Bene-
dict, Mrs. w. II. Goodnow and hon
oraries; music, Mrs O. r. Wright;
table, Mrs. f. J. Butterfeld and Mrs.
F. NJ. Wiswall; decoration, Miss EN-
ma Moulton and Miss Maude Howard.
The five delegates elected are Mrs.
II. NJ. Hescock, Mrs. Charles NJ.
Goodenough, Mrs. f. j. Butterfeld,
Mrs F. NJ. Wiswall and Mrs. o. r.
Wright.
Children's day was observed in the
Congregational church Sunday. The
day was very rainy and on account of
this the attendance was not as large
as usual and many of the children
were not able to be present. The deco
rations were very effective, ferns and
white flowers being used in abundance.
Miss Mildred Palmer and Mrs. Mary
Maher and George Bush, the commit
tee in charge, had an interesting pro-
gram as follows: Scripture reading;
Psalm %; prayer by Rev. Charles w.
Mock; song, Mildred Eddy, Allen Ry-
der, Florence Whitaker; welcome,
Margaret Higgins, Elizabeth Maher,
Marshall Cherrie and Howard Emer-
son; recitation, Miss Sadee Morse;
song, Wayland and Margaret Nichols
recitation, Cecil Prouty; exercise,
Doris Morse, Amy Grout, Bertha Viii
son, Marion Wilson; recitation, Edgar
Howe; song, primary school; exercise,
Margaret Nichols, Florence White,
Mildred Eddy, Carotta Nido; recita
ton, Varina Wiswall song, Ronald
and William Breslin, Charlie Mock,
Paul Benson, Rowland Emerson and
Edgar Howe. After the program the
pastor gave an interesting and practi-
cal talk for the children, followed by
the closing song and benediction.