Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-01-26
NEWFANE.

Will Sage is boarding at Arad Eel
lows's while Mrs. Hamlin is away
Mrs. F.. w. Underwood has been con-
fined to the house by hard cold a few
weeks.
Mrs. Fred Smith, who has been i'll
with grip since about the first of the
new year, is now gaining
Prof G. X. Cherri, has not yet re-
turned from his trip to South Ameri-
ca, but is daily expected to arrive
home.
Mrs. Julia Hamlin was called to-
Brattleboro the first of the week by
the illness of her daughter, Mrs. Dan
iel Van Valkenburgh.
Mrs. Elizabeth Ferguson of Spokane,
Wash, who is spending the winter in
Carlton, Mimi, visited Mrs. Alice Mi
colt the last of the week.
Herbert Howe, representative from
.Brookline, and Mrs. Howe are expected
home from Montpelier the last of this
week to remain over Sunday.
At the regular meeting of Newfane
Grange Wednesday evening a new ex
ecutive committee of three was APP
pointed, +. A. Dewitt, A. II. Farnum
and l.. II. Higgins.
The Ladies Aid society was pleas
antly entertained Wednesday after
noon at the regular meeting in the
home of Mrs. w. II. Goodnow. Six
teen members were present.
DR.. Grace w. Burnett of Brattleboro
was called to see Mrs. Cora Winches
ter and daughter, Miss Clara, last
week. Mrs. Winchester is better this
week and able to be about the house
The Railway auction last week
Thursday was well attended, things
| selling for good prices The farm is
now closed for the present. Mrs. Rad
way having rented a tenement in j..
II. Covey's house, where sh' is now
| living. Miss Martha Parmelee came
| Thursday to live with Mrs. Railway.
The meeting of the Ladies' Aid So
ciety with Mrs. Abbie NJ. Goodnow
| Wednesday afternoon was q pleasant
Esocial occasion as well as a time for
work, and much was accomplished in
lahe regular line of sewing and tieing
fof quilts, with no gossip thrown in.
(which reflected credit on the hostess
The next meeting will be "quilting
party at the church vestry and lunch
con will be served at p. m. Visitors
as well as members will be welcome
The public temperance meeting
Thursday evening in the Congrega-
tional vestry was very hopeful when
/ six leading men of Newfane gave in
spring talks on different phases of the
question of national prohibition and all
united in the earnest prayers offered
for guidance in this work. and for
the help and special care of the United
States President and all officers who
are in high places of trust and SER
, vice. A resolution in favor of nation
al prohibition was unanimously adopt
| ed.
A the regular meeting of the w.
C. u. L. Friday afternoon the program
which was an interesting one, consist
ed of a discussion of campaign plans
for the local unions in helping to edu.
cate public sentiment favorable to ma
tional prohibition, also the reading of
n selection from a Boston daily con
| tributed by a friend who was n per.
Sonal acquaintance of n wealth. resi-
dent of that city, whose last will was
uniquh, as he made a provision that
any one of his nine children who might
become addicted to intemperancc
should forfeit $1,000 of his or her
share, the same to be divided among
the other children, or in case none
should comply with the condition of
total abstinence, each should forfeit
$1,000, the same to be given to the
| Massachusetts Temperance society.
There were further READINGS from the
| Union Signal. The next meeting will
be held with Miss Jennie l.. Under
Wood and her friend, Mrs. Laura A.
Munger, Friday, Feb. ., when the de.
partments of work among soldiers and
sailors will receive attention, also tho
department of press work Members
and visitors are asked to bring such
selections from the papers they are
reading each week as bear upon the
tcmperapse question, 80, ron. Pc.