The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-30
NORTHFIELD, MASS.
Seminary to Observe Anniversary.

Mortified seminary celebrates its
}Sth anniversary the coming week
SATURDAY.. November 3, will be alum
nae dav. when from $50 to 5.45 p. m
an informal reception will be held
at Marquand hall In the evening there
will be a conference of clubs and
class representations in the parlors of
Revell hall On Sunday, Nov. +, at $50
a PRAYER meeting will be held in East /
hall, service III the Congregational |
church at 1915 a. m. and vesper serv-
ice in Russell Sage chapel at 5.45 T. m. |
Principal G. f. Dickerson has invited |
all the former students to his home for |
the evening from to 10 o clock. All |
former students of the seminary are
invited to all these gatherings.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Bartlett and
family spent Sunday i'll Sunapee.
Mrs. c. f. Williams held the first
auction bridge party at her home Mon
day afternoon.
The local Red Cross has received
two gifts, So from the w. G. t. Z.
and SO from the Fortnightly.
Mrs Harold B. Sherwin Of Rye, n. s.,
was recent guest Of Mrs. Ellen Sher-
win, mother of H. B. Sherwin.
Mrs. Nelson Mitchell, wife of Prin
cipal Mitchell of the high school, has
returned from the Franklin County hos
pital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alden French enter
tanned 80 boys and girls Saturday
night III honor of the 18th birthday of
their eldest daughter, Dorothy.
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week Wednesday, voted to buy Liberty
bonds. This business was given over
to the secretary and treasurer
DIR. John R. Schetter of Philadelphia,
now head of the finance department
of the Philadelphia post office, is a
guest of DR.. and Mrs. a. L. Newton
As this is the 400th anniversary of
the birth of Martin Luther on Thurs
day evening at the prayer meeting,
Prof. Adolph King will speak on the
subject, also Rev. Mr.. Pattison.
The Boys and Girls society will
meet Thursday afternoon for organiza
ton for the winters work All chill
dren from nine to Is years of age are
invited. Rev. +. b. Pattison viii direct
The first meeting of the Mothers
SOtltJN VIII Dt Uttu at lIlt l al lrH UOu~t'
Wednesday afternoon of this week and
the subject is Seeking Things Worth
While Mrs W. c. Roberts viii pre-
side.
Philip Howard was home from Wes-
leyan university for the week end
Other guests of Mr. and Mrs f. F.
Howard for the week end were Mr.. and
Mrs. Newton and family of Charlie
mont.
On Monday evening Oct 90 the SEN
Tor class of Mortified seminary gave
a Halloween party TO the senior class
of Mount Hcrmon in the barn al
Principal G. +. Dickerson 5. At the
same time the junior class gave Hal
loween entertainment for the junior
Hermonites at Gould hail.
The annual meeting Of the Unfair
ian Sunday school was held Thursday
evening of last week The following
officers were elected: superintendent
f. G. Holton and r. w Williams; see
retaries, Miss NJ. f. Webster and Mrs
Nellie Cady; treasurer. Robert Ware:
librarian. Miss Mary Gubold; music
committee, Mrs H. G. Holton, Mrs c
H. Webster, Mrs. j. +. Langton: super
! intendent of cradle roll, Mrs Williams
. auditor, f. A. Irish.
The annual meeting of the cradle rol
was held last Thursday afternoon Will
43 little children, many of them babies
) and their mothers present. Mrs A. q
J Moody and Mrs. F. T. PalIam presided
! Gertrude Walker gave a recitation o.
welcome. Margaret Laird a poem prave
and Julia Alexander recited Do You
. Bit. The mite boxes were opened an,
/ ell.50 were collected, and over SIS from
q the mothers. This will become par
I of the gift of the Woman 5 Foreigl
o Missionary society for the Board mis-
t sion work.
Christian Conservation was the sub
I; ject Of Rev. +. W. Pattison s sermo
0 Sunday morning. He noted the feed
$ ing Of the 5000 bv Christ and Of tn
gathering up Of the fragments tina
e none might be last. Most of his tai
Y was on conservation in the homes II
l. read two letters from the government
i on this subject and then had the dea
o cons distribute to the heads of enc
It house a series of nine cards on fooC
r saving. These are to be filled out an
l. deposited with the church conservatio
IS committee each week. The committe
e is Prof. f. l.. Duley, Mrs. F. W. Ike
/ logg and Miss Carrie Scoville The ev,
o ming service was in the interests {
l. temperance. Fred H. Lawton an
# Charles NJ. Weyand, representatives
' the Massachusetts, Anti-Saloon leagu
,e gave dialogue-debate on Wet or DIR,
t, 1t was a striking and dramatic pr
g sentation of this vital subject
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