The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-07
NORTHFIELD, MASS.

Fred Bolton is visiting relatives in
Buffalo for week or two
Mrs. Ellen Stebbins is spending the
Easter season in New York city with
friends
J. 4. Stebbins has just bought a
pair of horses of Fred l.. Proctor Of
Antrim, n. II.
Miss Bernice Webster will return
home this week for a week S vacation
from Boston Normal Art school
Northfcld seminary opened on
Wednesday for the spring term and
Mount Hermon school on Thursday
Mrs Fred Warner of Springfield is
visiting her parents Mr.. and Mrs. j.
Lincoln Hammond. Her two children
are also here.
Mrs. Eastman and daughter, Miss
Olive, Of Brookline, are at the North
| field hotel. They are friends Of Mrs.
| G. II. Webster.
| An auction of the personal property of
the late Mrs. Mary Wyman was held
at the apartment occupied by her in
the George T. Field house on Wednes-
day.
| Mrs. NJ. William Leavis is enter
tanning her sister, Mrs. W. J. Harris, of
| Cambridge, with her three children, al
so her mother, Mrs. +. b. Pullen, of /
Cambridge.
This afternoon regular meeting of |
the Red Cross will be held for work |
on hospital supplies at Alexander hall |
from . to ) clock. Any women who |
are interested in the work are asked |
to come and assist
Through the efforts of the W. C. T. t |
of this town l05 dozen of eggs were
collected this week from residents and
shipped to Boston flower mission for
! distribution among the needy. Mrs. ".
{. Roberts was in charge of the work.
Dr. II. r. Cutler of Mount Hermon,
has been in a critical condition the
. past week. He has been suffering from
hcmorrhages from the nose. He is at
r Brattleboro Memorial hospital now and
, his condition is favorable for a recov-
! erv.
Mrs. W. r. Moody received a huge
box of palm branches from Mrs. James,
a friend who is in Florida. to be used
: for Easter decorations. The branches
were ten or more feet III length and
fully four feet broad. They were used
in the various churches.
\ regular meeting of the Fortnight
II will be held next Monday afternoon
at Alexander hall, in charge of Miss
? Sarah Minot and Miss Sue Thompson.
The subject is Scenes from Shakespeare.
Several of the high school students viii
:, assist in giving tableaux from scenes
:. of various plays.
2 Grand Army day will be observed
$ by the Women S Relief Corps this even
d ing in Alexander hail. The corps will
O serve dinner at noon at which the
4 Grand Army will be present. An en-
10 tertainment will follow which will BIZ
\ in a patriotic vein. Business sessions
II Of both organizations will also be held
Miss Ida Leavis spoke at meeting
in Orange on Sunday at the Congrega
tional church in the interests of Tho
Red Cross work. She : also, !, shQwef
samples of the work done BY the North
Z field women. The meeting was held il
connection with the Young Women !
u Christian Union Of Orange.
n 4 meeting Of the tennis club wa
H. held on Tuesday evening in the home O
rs the president, F. A. Welch. One new
d. member was admitted to the club, ais
,s an amendment to the constitution wa
"A ratified. The treasurer 5 report Shove,
IL. a good balance to the society's credit
were made.
The Young People 5 society Of Chris
tian Endeavor held a business mcetin
and social at the Congregational churc
Oh on Monday evening. About fifty wer
ne present and after games were place
~ wrapped parcels, which each membe
Il" had brought, were distributed. Theq
were the so-called White Elephant.
ut | leo arnop, and yyern SnrI-nI
Is 4 regular meeting of HARMONY lodg,
lns +. and 4. NJ, was held on Wednesda
- evening in Masonic hall. a banqut
, was served and after the regular bus
AZ ness an address was given by Hon. Gu
nu ~ Ham of Boston. Mr. Ham is
~ prominent lawyer and legislator. II
is senior warden Of Gate Of Tempt
lodge, also generalissimo in st. Oma
. commandery.
4 meeting for social welfare wa
held in the high school building
Greenfield on Tuesday. Addresses wei
given along the lines of prcparednes
and conservation by prominent speai
ors. Those from town who attendc
were DIR. and Mrs. \. p Wood. Mr.
r. Il. Calender Mrs. n W Keet, Mr.
II. NJ. Bristol, Mrs. f. +. Howard an
Mrs. Cola Nelson. 1t was given und,
the auspices of the Women S club
Greenfield.
There were 81 voters who attende
the primaries Of the state constitution
al convention Tuesday, and vote
Charles S Warner of this town, wi
was a candidate as representative fro
this district, received 50 votes fro
Northficld, Judge Hall of Orange
II. S. Eamcs 4. Northfield east
votes for Charles Francis Adams; +
John L. Bates, Brookline, 80; Aspe
CAMBRIDGE. SO; Barton, Melrose, 81
Brooks, Holyokc, 10; Choate, Southbor
As; Coolidge, Milton, 43; Cumming
Fall River, 30: Curtis, Boston, AZ; Du
bar. Lowell, %; Elder, Winchester. 4
Evans, Everett, 81; Gordon, Springfield
43; Matthews, Boston, SO; Quincy, Be
ton, %; Walker, Brookline, %