Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-05-11
$ the guest of Miss Charlotte S.

Miss Mildred Clark spent Sunday at
her home in Alstcad.
Mrs. l.. n. Stearns has been on the
sick list the past week.
Mrs. w. A. Lynch has been housed
by illness the past week.
G.. S. Howe has bcen confined to his
home by illness this week
II. Y. Fisher of Thompsonvillc,
Conn, is visiting in town.
L. G.. Robertson has been in New
York recently on business.
Robert Quigley has moved into the
Smith house on Snow avenue.
+. II. Buckley has been appointed
recruiting officer in this town.
A. +. Fisher has been confined to
the house by illness the past week.
Arthur Provost visited last Sunday
with relatives in Springfield, Mass.
John W. Horton of Cranston, II. IT,,
was in iowa Saturday on business.
Peter Stone, ST., of Clarcmont has
)ccn spending few days in town.
john j. Archibald of Clarcmont was
u guest of llin1dalc friends Saturday.
Ralph Metcalf has taken a position
with the Potter Grain Co. in Green
field.
Mrs. Joseph Boucher, who has been
/ seriously ill several weeks, is much
improved.
Mrs. Marietta Davis is spending
week with her son, Leon Davis, in
Mortified.
Miss Ida Eoston has returned to
town and is at her summer home on
Tower hill.
A. L. Champagne of New Haven,
Conn, visited in town Tuesday and
Wednesday.
Misses Hazel Shaw and Edna Butler
of Claremont spent Sunday at their
homes here.
Miss Lillian Stacy is visiting in
llolyoke with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. b. Stacy.
c. L. Booth of Boston spent Friday
night in town with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. w. G.. Booth.
The Squakhcag tribe of Red Men
worked the adoption degree on five
candidates Tuesday evening.
Mrs. S. II. Richards and two chill
drca of South Dccrfcld, Mass, are
visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
NJ. Lamb.
Miss Madeline Vickers of Provi-
dcnce, r. l., has been spending a few
days with Miss Hazel Tillinghast on
Tower hill.
Miss Josephine Redding has been
at home from Boston for q short stay
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Redding.
Miss Beatrice Callahan has returned
to her home il Barre, VT, after sew
cral weeks stay here with Mr.. and
Mrs. f. w. Tilden.
The snow on Bear hill was nearly
three inches deep in places Saturday
morning, very unusual occurrence
even for late spring.
j. w. Field, F. f. Field, l.. y.
Stearns, Chester Bruce and r. a.
Weeks attended district meeting of
Masons in Kecne Friday night.
Miss Edith Higginson returned home
last week Thursday from the Me
mortal hospital, where she recently UNI
derwent an operation for appendicitis
Rev. A. w. Bailey who has charge
of Sunday school work of Congrcga-
tional churches of New England, will
be at the Congregational church Sun.
day.
Leon Pickett has rented the house
on the former Higgins farm now
owned by the Power company. lie
moved his household goods there Sat
urday.
Joseph +. Bcrgeron, who has been
working in the WhitcWashburn Co.
paper mill, has gone to IIolyokc, Mass
where he has employment as mill
wright.
|. George Marshall, IIinsdalc recruit
Of Company !, who had been doing
guard duty at the South Vernon rail
road bridge, is in Memorial hospital
| i'll with pneumonia.
The local high school baseball team
made very crcdtable showing in
their defeat by the much stronger
Brattlcboro high school team Wedncs.
| day afternoon by the score of to >.
The Hooker homestead narrowly es-
capped destruction by fire Saturday aft
ernoon, when a chimney burned out.
The roof was ablaze, but prompt work
by employees and neighbors extn-
guished the flames. and the fire depart
ment was not called.
The w. c. r. Z. held its annual
mothers meeting in the Congrcga-
tional church Tuesday afternoon. A
pleasing piano solo was rendered b.
Miss Marion JclIords, after which Mrs.
Eva Fuller gave a very interesting
paper on Obligations of Motherhood.
Dainty refreshments were served ana
a pleasant social time enjoyed
The Red Mems entertainment and
dance in the town hall Friday night
was very successful and substantial
sum of money was realized. The en-
ltcrtainmcnt consisted of a patriotic
reading by Paul II. Mann, a song by
the trio, I. l.. O'Connor, X. l.. Howe
and Charles Thaycr, and concert by
Lyman s orchestra of five pieces, all
If which was much enjoyed. Upwards
of 100 couples enjoyed the dancing.