Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-06-30

formerly of this town, has enlisted in the
motorcycle corps of Springfield and left
with the troops from birmingham this
week for the Mexican border.
| Announcements came of the mar
riage of Miss Mabel Irene Mann,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Mann of Phillipston on Tuesday, June
| 90, to Burt Thomas Wood of Athol.
Mrs. Wood is well known in this town.
Rev. II. f. Crowell of Spokane,
Wash, preached at Mount Hermon
| Sunday morning and DR.. j. Stuart
Holden of London, England, on Sunday
evening. Monday evening Horace M.
Morse gave a lecture on Massachusetts,
in the 18th and 18th Centuries.
DR.. n. P. Wood, worshipful master
| of Harmony lodge, has appointed the
following committee to investigate and
report at a meeting in September in
regard to the purchase of Proctor block
| for Masonic property: DR.. R. H. Phil
brick, F. H. Doolittle, C. A. Ware, c.
r. Nelson, DIR. r. G. Holton
The championship game of the
Franklin County Baseball league will
he played on the diamond of the
Mortified hotel Saturday, July l, at
| 3 clock, between the Boys Brigade
and the Bernardston baseball teams.
The silver cup will be awarded at the
game to the winning team. Visitors
are cordially invited to attend.
The BOYS of the Unitarian church
have organized a club to be known as
Camp No. l, Boy Rangers of the
World. The camp is in charge of Rev.
G. l.. Thompson, who has had expert
ence in Boy Scout organizations before
coming to Mortified. All boys between
the ages of 10 and II who attend the
Unitarian Sunday school are eligible.
Mortified Grange observed neighbors'
night Tuesday evening, when it had as
guests 10 Changers from Greenfield. Gill
| and Leyden. The visitors furnished an
interesting program of songs, Rotations,
piano solos, tabeaus by the Gill Grange,
representing the seven stages of woman and
short play by the Greenfield order The
Masonic Order of Women. which was OK
ceedingly funny. A salad supper was
| served to fully l75 local Changers and
guests Grange Master Morey of Green
| field, Grange Master Jones of Gill and
John ID. Willard superintendent of the
Franklin county farm bureau, were pres
ent.
Children s Sunday was observed in
the Unitarian church last Sunday
morning. Mrs. I. n. Harris had used
much good taste in the decorations,
which were of mountain laurel and
white daisies. Recitations were given
by Donald and Dean Williams, Donald
and George Thompson, Gertrude and
Winfred Irish, Margaret Cady and
| Clinton Ware. Songs were rendered by
Miss Marion Webster's kindergarten
class, Miss Gertrude Proctor's class and
by Rev. Mr.. Thompson s class of boys.
A short sermon suitable for the occa-
sion was preached by Rev. G. l..
Thompson.
The Pollyanna club of girls held a
successful fair Tuesday afternoon and
evening on the lawns at w. r. Moody s
home. Japanese lanterns, japanese
parasols and hemlock were used in the
decoration of the grounds Attractive
booths were arranged on the lawns,
where cake, ice-cream, candy, fancy ar.
ticles and flowers were for sale and
there was a parcel post delivery and n
grab-bag continuance in the form of n
goose. The Mt. Hermon orchestra fur
nished music. The parents of the mem
bers of the club were in charge of the
booths and the girls dispensed ice
cream and sold horns, balloons, etc. The
proceeds will be used for the benefit of
| the Mt. Hermon hospital.