Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-02-16

n reception VIII pc gwen 10 tne ~ new
students Of Mortified seminary in Gould
hall Saturday evening.
Miss Helen Boomer spent the week
end at Wellesley college with her sis
ter, Miss Mary Boomer.
Miss Isabel Thompson, daughter of Rev
Arthur \. Thompson, is spending two
weeks with her sister in Lynn.
The Junior Library club now meets
Tuesday at the library at the close Of
the afternoon session of school.
a chicken-pie supper will be served at
the Unitarian society fair next Thursday.
Supper will be served at 6 o'clock.
Miss Sarah Hemmings, on account of
trouble with her eyes, is obliged to give
up her school for the rest of the year.
Mrs. Ambert G. Moody conducted
the Woman S Missionary meeting
Wednesday at the home of Mrs. George
Mcmillan.
Miss Dcphine Lazellc closed her school
Tuesday night in West Mortified for the
rest of the week as so many of her pupils
were i'll.
The Girls club gymnasium meets Friday
evening in the vestry of the Congregational
church, under the direction of Miss Thel-
ma Johnson .rr
Mr.. and Mrs Forrest Bolton of Green
field and Miss Hope Bolton of Springfield
spent the weekend with Mr.. and Mrs
Herbert Bolton.
Mrs. George Pfefferle of Greenfield
visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.
+. Lyman, few days. Mr.. Pfefferle
was here Sunday.
Rev. F. w. Pattison preached at Mt.
Hermon Sunday and Rev. Eugene n.
Hunt of this town occupied the pull
pit of the Congregational church.
On Monday the preliminaries for the
alumni prize debate at Mount Hermon
were held in the chapel. In the even
ing the Swami quartet gave a concert.
Prof, F. L. Duley lectured in Stone
hall Saturday evening on The Pres
ent War. He also answered many ques-
tions put to him by the audience con-
corning the present crises.
4 telegram was received by Mrs. Sophie
Nelson Wednesday giving the news of the
death of her grandson, the son Of Rev.
and Mrs. Samuel Wright, at Steamboat,
Springs. Colo The child was born Feb. 5.
Mrs. A. L. Newton gave a 500 card party
Monday night, The proceeds were for the
benefit of the senior class of the high
school About 40 were present. The
seniors served sandwiches, cake and coffee.
Mrs +. T.. Allen entertained the Ladies'
Sewing society for an all-day sewing meet
ing Thursday at her home. The society is
busy making aprons for their annual fair,
which is to be held next Thursday even.
ing.
Rev. Father Michael Kavanaugh of
Pittsfeld succeeds Rev. j. =. Kirby,
who for several years has been the
pastor of st. Patrick 3 parish and who
has now been transferred to Gilbert
vile, Mass.
The Mortified Hotel is expecting a par
ty of about so people Feb. 81 to remain
over the holiday and weekend. j. L.
Grandin, with his family, trustee of the
Moody Schools, us Of the party, who nearly
all come from Boston and its suburbs.
Oscar i. and George S. Belden of
Hatfield, who recently bought land in
Mortified for the cultivation of tobac-
co, have bought the Bemis place on
Parker avenue. The manager of the
company will live here with his fam
lily.
+. w. Doane, deputy sheriff, was
summoned last week to be one of the
guards at the bridge in East Deerfield.
He is one of eight men assigned to see
that no attempt is made to wreck the
structure. He spent Saturday night at
| his home here.
The regular meeting of the Mothers
society was held in the parish house
Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. c. l.. John
son led the devotions and Mrs. Charles +
Dickerson presented the subject of OuT
Relations to Others: Justice. A social
hour was spent.
The evening auxiliary of the Foreign
Missionary society met Wednesday even
ing in the Parish house. Mrs. William
Boomer gave an account of her missionary
experiences in Chill. At the close of the
study hour valentine social was held and
refreshments were served,
Miss Esther Moody came home from
Wellesley college last week Wednesday
remaining until Monday with his parents
Mr.. and Mrs, A. G. Moody With her
We're Miss Eleanor Skerry of New York
city and Miss Ethel Schaffer of Newark,
n. j., classmates of Miss Moody
On Monday Prof Demming of the
agricultural department of Mount Her
mon with 10 Of his pupils visited the
Holstein herd of cattle of A. A. Dunk
Ice in South Vernon, the Guernsey herd
of F. B. Caldwell and inspected the
stock Of Holsteins at Mortified sim
mary.
The Pelowan club of East Mortified
has just been organized. Mrs. c. T.
Williams is the president and Mrs. L.
II. Lazelle secretary. 1t is composed
of women who enjoy winter sports
On Tuesday thu club enjoyed snowshoc
ing and returned to Mrs. X. II. Phil
brick 8 for tea.
About rs young people attended tn,
lumber-jack social in the Congregations
church vestry Tuesday evening. A large
box of magazines and books was packcc
to be sent to a lumber camp in the Main,
woods, After the packing bee, games wer,
played and refreshments of toasted marsh
malIows, cocoa and cake were served.
The Woman Relief corps has APP
pointed committees of which the fol
lowing are chairmen: Executive, Mrs