Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-05-11
Missionary society gave an address on
Fidelity.


to his garage.
George Barber is recovering from his
recent Illness.
r. A. Clark was home from Boston
for the Weekend.
Charles Iampson has finished work
at Haskell s market.
Mrs. William Leavis is spending a
few weeks in Kcenc, n. IL.
Next Saturday is the annual clean
up day throughout Mortified.
Miss Ethel Leavis is home from
Kccnc Normal school for the week.
Mrs. II. A. Parker will entertain the
auction bridge club Tuesday, May II.
Mr. and Mrs. f. II. Watson were
home from Chicopcc for the week
end.
Mr. and Mrs. Lorenzo Pawling and
daughter, Ruth, spent the weekend
here.
Miss Lizzie Purple spent the week.
end with her cousin, Mrs. +. y. Esta-
brook
Mrs. A.. $. Merrill, Mrs. William
Lcavis and Mrs. +. NJ. Lazcllc are ON
the sick list
DR.. A. J. Brown has a Ford automo-
bile. The Mortified hotel has new
Buick auto-bus.
Rev. Z, w. PattisOn preached in
Union hall, at Northfeld Farms on
Sunday evening.
Arthur Atwood of Springfield spent
the weekend last week with his broth
er, +. +. Atwood.
Robert Murray has returned from
Syracuse college and is with his sister,
Mrs. f. Il. Pallam.
Fred Turner of New Haven, for
many years painter in this town, Wis
tied here last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Doolittle returned
Thursday from Antrim, n. H., where
they spent the winter.
Francis Davis came to his home here
from Springfield in his new Overland
automobile on Sunday.
Miss Barbara Mcleod of Boston was
Il recent guest of her sister, Mrs.
James on Birnam Road.
Miss Ruth Griswold of Shclbunc
Falls is visiting her cousin, Miss Ger
trudc Atwood, a few days.
Prof. Charles McCumpha of Amstcr-
dam, y. V. was the guest of Mrs. II.
b. De Wolf for the weekend.
Frederick Bradley and family of
Aitkcn, Cal. have arrived at The
Mortified Inn for the summer.
News has been received of the mar
riagc of Miss Rose Gotta, formerly of
this town, to Samuel King at Windsor,
VT, April I.
Mrs. Emma Knapp visited her aunt
Mrs. Issue Sprague for the week end.
Mrs. Spraguc has now gone to Gill to
visit her son.
The Mortified Brotherhood holds its
monthly meeting on the evening of
May lG in the vestry of the Congrcga-
tional church.
Miss Mary Holmes was taken i'll
with mumps last week and has re-
turned to her home. She is an as.
sistant teacher in the high school.
Next Sunday at Mount Hermon and
at Mortified seminary, Rev w. L..
Spcrry, ID. d., of the Central Congrcga
tional church of Boston will preach,
+. A. Davis is building a two-tcnc-
ment house on his place near Bennett S
Meadow bridge, for use of two Polish
families who are to be employed by
him.
Bcding Brothers Of Sunderland, who
recently bought a tract of meadow
land of F. T.. Aldrich, are having built
two large tobacco barns for their har.
vested tobacco crops
Thursday was Bird day at North
fol nj al,
holiday. The students and faculty
scattered far and wide and we sup
pose birds were their chief thought.
Mrs. f. L. Clapp returned on Tues
day from a month S visit in New York.
Her son, Jerome Clapp, who has been in
New York the past year, has come to
Mount llcmon to work this summer.
In the Congregational church Sun.
day evening Chaplain Stevenson of
the United States navy gave an Illus
tratcd lecture on Around the World
with the Atlantic Fleet.
Roger Warner is home from Dart
mouth college for Il visit with his par
cnts, Mr.. and Mrs. c. S. Warner, until
Sunday, when he leaves for Plattsburg
n y, to train in the officers reserve
corps.
+. f, Howard has been reelected SUI
perintendcnt of schools in Mortified,
Warwick, Gill and Lcyden. Bernards-
ton has returned to the district thi;
year, The joint meeting of the dis
! trict committees was held in Demands
ton last week.
Mrs. G. II. Webster and Mrs. y. p
Wood attended the meeting of the
Massachusetts grand chapter, Order OF
Eastern Star, held in Pttsfcld Wcdncs
day evening. Mrs. Webster spends the
remainder of the week in Springfield
attending the musical festival.
A competitive plan of gardening was
instituted among the members of the
Boys Brigade at their meeting las,
Friday evening, The sum of 81
cents was given to those who would
invest it in seed and rails, crop. A
reward is offered for the best invest
mcnt.
A large delegation from the Foreign
Missionary society attended the an
| nual meeting of the Franklin Comfy