Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-06-29
SOUTH NEWFANE.

Mrs. A. NJ. Kelsey spent Wednesday
and Thursday in Brattleboro.
Lester Ingram of Boston, camo home
last week for two weeks vacation.
Mrs. Harry II. Wood and two chill
dren have gone to Westmoreland, N. H.,
where she found position.
The meeting of the Ladies' Benev-
client society will be omitted next week,
Wednesday being the fourth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dexter Stone and Miss
Florence Stone dined with Mr.. and
Mrs Milton Dexter Tuesday, returning
to Brattleboro in the afternoon.
Frank C. Smead of Springfield, Mass,
has bought Mrs. Sumner G.. Shepard s
farm. Some planting he has had done
and will be here next week for haying
II. L. Grout, who was in town Mon
day and Tuesday, has gone to Provi-
dence, r. l., to stay a few weeks. Since
leaving here last month he has visited
New York, Philadelphia, and Atlantic
City.
The Woman's Mission society will
meet next Tuesday afternoon, July 3,
with Mrs. Sidney Jones. This will be
weather permits. Each one is invited
to bring her lunch in a box. There will
also be a box program. All who are
interested are welcome at these meet
ings.
The Marlboro Branch school closed
last week after n successful year with
Alva II. Noble of Brattleboro as teacher.
During the term Just closed there were
20 pupils; average attendance 1928.
Pupils having perfect attendance were: :
Hulda Goodall, Margaret Ingram Sid
ney Hebert, Lester Johnson; having
no absences, Abbie Goodell ands Edith
Collins; without hardness, Florence
Lane, Florence Carruth, Perley Hebert
absent one day, Doris Adams, Alice
Goodell, Grace Hebert and Lester He
bert. Abbie Goddell passed the state
examination and received her certificate
for free advanced instruction. Dur
ing the term the pupils took much in
terest in collecting wild flowers. Alice
GOodell brought in the first specimens
of 10 flowers, Grace Hebert and Leslie
Burch each s, Margaret Ingram and
Doris Adams each Z, Hulda Goodell 6,
Perley Hebert 5, other pupils a few
each, making in all So varieties found.
Mr.. Noble has gone to his home in
Brattleboro for vacation.
The village school, which has been
in charge of Miss Edith M. Landman
two years and has done successful work
closed the spring term Friday after
noon, when Miss Landman entertained
the pupils at Mrs. Alice A. Bailey IS with
games and supper on the lawn. The
| past term there have been II pupils
IA of whom had no marks, namely
Aldine Bingham, Bertha Bingham, Lois
Bishop, Ethel Blood, Amy Moore, Paul
Bishop, Ransom Blood, Fred Johnson
Kendall Morse, Bernard Stone, Raymond
Stone, Harold Sparks, Douglas Sweeney
and Charley Wade. The only marks
on the register were 3 1-2 days of alb
sence, which is a remarkably good term
record. Three pupils had perfect at.
tendance throughout the year: Ken
dali Morse, Amy Moore and Charley
| Wade. Douglas Sweeney entered school
the fourth week of the year and had
perfect attendance from that time. In
the spelling contest there was a tie
between Raymond Stone and Alicia
Bishop. Each received so cents. There
were contests in attendance and deport
ment the last Is weeks. Aldine Bing
ham, Raymond Stone and Harold
Sparks each received prizes in both
A fine map of the world, in case and
mounted on roller, was purchased fol
the school with the money made by
an entertainment in February.