Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-10-05
WESTMINSTER WEST.
School Children Show Garden Products.


Last week Thursday the schools had ex-
hbitions of the chldren's garden produce,
and the variety of products and excellence
certainly would have been interesting to
Herbert Hoover, could he have looked in
at them. The Brattleboro board of trade
are giving premiums blue, red and white
ribbons to all the schools in Windham
county. The prizes were won at the
Westminster West school by Harry Har-
low, Doris Chapman and Elizabeth Minard.
At the South Valley school by Phillip
Hall, Hayden Fisher and Leonard Lewis.
At the Westminster West school, there
were about 20 visitors and besides the gar.
den produce there was an exhibition of
some of the girls cooking Those who ex-
hibited we're: Pauline Harlow, loaf of
wheat bread and cake. Doris Chapman
cake and Dorothy Parmolee, some cookies
There was also an exhibition of potatoes
raised by farmers here There were l6
different varieties of potatoes shown
Miss Ethel Eddy, supt. of schools, visited
the South Valley school in the morning
and the Westminster West school in the
afternoon and brought the prizes from
the Brattleboro board of trade.
| NelgnDofs night at bOyden grange
Westminster, will be Friday evening Oct.
10Th.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. D. Kerr are visiting
! their nephew, Attorney John Gale of
Guiford.
Joseph Greenwood of Bellows Falls,
was a guest last week of his niece, Mrs.
Alberta Barnes.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Nichols of Bellows
Falls spent Sunday with their daughter,
Mrs. Alberta Barnes.
At the last meeting of Maple Grove
Grange, it was noted to give $500 to the
Soldiers Library fund
There seems to be an epidemic of tonsi-
lits and hard colds, one feature of which
with several has been sore eyes
Hugh Welman, who has been visiting
his mother, Mrs. H. +. Welman, returned
Saturday to his home in Chicago.
Damon Stevens and family who have
been spending week with Mrs. Stevens
mother, Mrs H. f. Wellman motored to
their home in Arlington Heights, Mass,
TUESDAY
Roy Fisher, teacher of physics at Dart
mouth college, and Mrs. Fisher spent the
weekend with their aunt and uncle Mr.
and Mrs. A. ID. Kerr, coming in their
automobile.
The farmers were busy last week and
this filling their silos The corn crop has
been considerably damaged by the early
heavy frost, but it will not be as great a
loss to the farmers who have silos.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Crosby and son,
Nelson of Dummerston and Mrs Crosby
Ii
Iwere recent guests of Mr.. and Mrs Calvin
Reed, coming in Nelson Crosbys automo
bile.
Ernest Currier who has worked for Fred
Campbell the past five years moved his
family and household goods to Brattleboro
this week The many friends they have
made here during their stay regret their
departure. .,. .. '..:
Mrs Almon True of West Epping n. H.,
and Elvin Houghton of Marlboro, Mass,
who come to Bellows Falls last Friday
afterhbhA ~ attended the funefttt ssfs their
cousin George F. Goodell, visited their
sister here Miss Nellie Houghton return
ing to their homes Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs Harlon Goodhue, Miss
Nellie Houghton and Mr.. and Mrs. Bert
lHoughton attended the funeral of their
cousin George Goodel at Bellows Falls
Friday afternoon. George Frazer Goodel
was born in Westminster West in 1886
the son of Sarah Houghton and Frazer
Goodell. He lived on the home farm al
his life until about 1893. 1t was then SOLD
and is now occupied bySeymone Minard
In 1887 he married Ida b. Rhodes OF
Windham and she died in 1908 He Went
from here to Bellows Falls where he
worked about II years for the Chase Furni
tlme company both in the furniture ant
undertaking departments. A few years
ago he opened a store with his sister AbbiC
Goodell and he continued in theundertak
ing business. Besides his sister he leaves
a mother who is "a years old The store'
of Bellows Falls were closed Friday after
noon from 2 to 3 p m. during his funeral