Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-07-27

turned to Sherborn, with her uncle,
Charles Green, this week for a visit.
Thomas Mason, his mother and sister,
| Mrs. Mary Bardwell, are away on an
automobile tour of New York state.
Mrs Edward +. Barber is i'll and under
| the care of n nurse. Her daughter, Mrs.
Bertha Holman of Ashuelot, is with her.
DR.. A. l.. Newton is conducting a class
| in Red Cross first aid in Bernardston
| The first 10 lessons was given Friday, July
| II.
Mrs. c. +. Williams and daughter, Bar
| bara, went Thursday to join Mrs. Charles
| Whittlc and family at their cottage on
Long Island.
Miss Edith Clark, employed in the
Goodnow, Pearson & Hunt store of Brat
| tleboro, visited Mr.. and Mrs. +. b. Brit
ton last week.
Theodore Brightup of Waterbury
Conn, and Miss May Atwood of Keene
are visiting their cousins at +. +. At
wood s this week.
Mrs. James Delaney and daughter,
Miss Gertrude, of Orange, are guests
l'of their brother, Roselle Evans, and 9th
err relatives here.
The local tribe of the Improved Or
der of Red Men has given $40 to the
Red Cross for its work This sum was
the profits from a recent dance.
Rev. G.. l.. Thompson preached in the
| Unitarian church Sunday morning on The
Country Church. This church will have
no more services until September
Mrs. F. II. Doolttle spent the week
end in Concord, n. H., with her husband
| Mr.. Doolittle has a two months contract
job renovating a house in Concord.
Mr.. and Mrs. Schiller of New York
are here for the summer. Mrs. Schiller
is with Mrs. Collins on the Ridge and
Mr.. Sehuler is scout master for squad
Of fifteen boys at Camp Mortified
| The board Of trade at recent meeting
appointed T. II. Parker. s. f. Walker and
Alvin George n committee to make plans
for the coming outing of the board and
they will report at the next meeting.
Rev John l.. Shively of Laconia and
family visited Rev. and Mrs. G. L. Thomp
son the past week They were on their re
turn trip from Pennsylvania by automobile
Mr.. Shvely is successor to Mr.. Thomp
son in the Unitarian church of Laconia.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bonney of
jamestown, n. D., have come to spend
! the summer with Mrs. Bonney's mother
Mrs. r. w. Woodbury.. Mr.. Bonney is a
teacher of music in jamestown college.
Mrs. Bonney formerly was Mabel Lyman
| of this town.
Mrs. n. =. Wood, vice chairman of the
Red Cross branch of Mortified, reports
that Mortified now has 335 Red Cross
members and there are still more to be
heard from. There is an urgent call for
more surgical dressings and it is hoped
as many women and girls as possible will
either come to Alexandra hall Friday
afternoons or at Mrs. II. B. De Wolf s
Tuesday afternoons to make these dress
ings.
Miss Gertrude Proctor has resigned
her position with the Mortified Press
which she had held several years and has
takeh similar position in Antrim
y. H., where her parents live She will
leave her work tomorrow and after {
few days will go to Antrim. On Monday
evening Miss Marion Webster, together
with four of her other girl friends, Mrs
Persis Holton, Mrs. Mildred Pfetferle
Mrs. Marion Dresser and Miss Mary Dial
ton in her Studebaker automobile wen
TO Wanamaker lake, where they had {
picnic supper. They presented Miss Proc
tor with gift and spent joyful even
ing renewing and pledging anew thei
friendships.
Warren Barrett, SO, died Friday nigh
in the home of Mrs. r. II. Parker OF
South Main street. He was a native o
IIinsdale, but for the past 80 years ha'
been employed in the family of the lat
Charles II. Green, where he had been
faithful servant, and his devotion mad
him a friend of the family. He wa
taken i'll Wednesday with Brights dis
ease and rapidly failed. The funeral wa
held at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. r. A
Parker, with whom he lived, Sunda,
afternoon. DIR. Elliott w. Brown official
ed and Rev. G. l.. Thompson offere,
prayer. The burial took place in tn,
West Parish cemetery in IIinsdale. HI
leaves twin brother, Walter Barrett O
.Athol.