Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-10-27

Allen Field andNamlly
Loring Cowles has dropped his stud
les in the high school and is employed
at Mortified seminary.
Mrs. Percy Buck and children of
Hatfield were guests over Sunday of
Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Ayers.
Mrs. w. A. Priest are having their
house wired for electricity. Alton
Dunnell is doing the work.
Mrs. Frederick Bement and friend
of Northampton were guests at Mrs
c. II. Webster S Wednesday.
The Girls club meet in the parish
house at p. m. Saturday, at which
time the club will organize.
Miss Alma Leavis returned to Bos
ton Friday, after spending two weeks
with her mother, Mrs. William Leavis.
Charles f. Dickerson, jr., returned
from Harvard university Saturday
with his parents to spend the week
end.
Mr. and Mrs. Theo. Lyman of Spring
field, who have just returned from Ohio,
are guests of Mr.. and Mrs. d. f. Ly
man.
Three girls from Gould hall have APP
pendicitis and are now at Betsy Moody
hospital. They are Bessie Bishop, Eva
Foley and Vera Smith.
>E. F. Howard and Philip went to
Wallingford, VT, Friday. Mrs. How
ard, Elizabeth and John, returned to
Mortified with them Monday.
l.. II. Lazelle and Mrs. Bessie ST
monds came here by automobile from
Springfield for the weekend. Mrs. La
zelle returned with them Monday.
Next Monday the annual fall field
day will be observed at Mortified sem
mary with the usual athletic events
on Marquand field in the afternoon.
Rev. Walter Erdman, n missionary
from Korea, preached at Mount Her
mon and Mortified seminary Sunday.
He will speak at the chapel services
daily this week.
The farm and buildings on the Win
chester road owned by Rev. Howard
A. M. Briggs of Huntington, formerly
owned by G. n. Harris, will be sold by
public auction, Nov. 8.
At a recent social event of the fac
ulty of both Moody schools, held at
Gould hall, Hon. Edgar j. Banks of
New York lectured on One Thousand
Miles on the Tigris River
The evening auxiliary of the w. B.
F. M. will meet in the parish house
Friday evening. Miss Anna PIerson
will speak on Spain and America. All
interested in home missions are in
vited to be present
Mrs. n. Fay Smith s Sunday school
class of women and Principal c. F..
Dickerson s class of men will have their
annual supper and social in the YES
try of the Congregational church Fri
day evening of this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. b. Caldwell accom-
panied by Mr.. and Mrs. Hermon Brown
of Vernon, went by automobile Tuesday
ON trip to Brattleboro, Bennington,
VT, Williamstown, and North Adams
and home by the Mohawk trail.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. H. Doolittle and
youngest son will leave Mortified next
Monday for Antrim, n. H., where they
will spend the winter. Mr.. Doolittle
has a contract job on Graystone Lodge,
which is to have two large annexes.
The regular meeting of the Fort
nightly will be held next Monday. Mrs.
n. p. Wood viii give a paper on Rem
iniscenccs. The subject for study will
be The Rise of the English Drama and
the committee in charge is Mrs. F. II.
Doolttle, Mrs. l.. X. Alexander and
Mrs. Homer Vaughn.
A meeting of the executive commit
tee of Alexander hall was held Satur-
day afternoon at the hall. Mrs. L. NJ
Lazelle presided and seven members
were present. 1t was voted to grant
the privilege of the use of the hall to
the Tennis club for concert Oct. &c
with an admission fee.
The ParentTeacher association held
a reception Monday evening in Alex
ander hall with an attendance of about
80 who are enthusiastic in its work
An informal reception was held, then
a program was presented which in
Guided violin solos by Mr.. Pierson witt
piano Accomplishments by his son; piano
selection, Miss Elizabeth Solandt; song
Miss Esther Moore, and reading from
Robert Burns by Charles Baltic il
Scotch dialect. At the business SEES
sion it was voted that each parent il
town was a member of the association
and dues of 20 cents year would b,
collected from parents for the work o.
the organization. The next meetn.
will be held at Mortified Farms, Nov
II under the direction of Mrs. Franl
Montague. Refreshments of cake anC
coffee were served.
A good attendance of citizens of tn
town and of Mount Hermon was pres
ent at the meeting in Alexander hal
Monday afternoon in the interests O
e the Red Cross organization. DIR. n. I
Wood, n member of the society, intro
=. duccd n. S. Howard of Burlington
+ VT, sen of Major o. o. Howard. II
is at the head of the Red Cross OF
ganization in Vermont. Mr.. Howar
: told of the beginning of the society i
Geneva, Switzerland, of its growth an
immense amount of relief work it ha
= > accomplished in various countries. Th
u United States has a smaller membe
ship than any Of the large countrie
II which is the reason for the agitatio
:, of the work of the order so that
million members may be secured
It this country at once. Mortified alread
y has responded with over rs member