Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-09-21
WEST WARDSBORo.
Boy of 8 Rescues Little Girl.


Boy of Rescues Little Girl.
Little Lydia Peterson, years old, of
Springfield, Mass, who was playing
with her brother and cousins around
the brook near Thorn Johanson s last
Saturday, fell from the bridge across
the highway distance of probably
10 feet to the water below. Her cousin,
Teddy Johanson, lad of eight jumped
to her rescue and managed to keep her
from drowning until the cries of the
other children brought help to their
rescue.
The little girl suffered no injury ex-
|cept a slight bruise on the head, caused
from striking a stone as she fell.
Carl Armstrong was at home the
first of the week.
Mrs. Edmund Roberts is assisting
Mrs. T.. o. Robinson this week
Mrs. Sherman Waite was i'll Sunday
with an attack of ptomaine poisoning
Mr.. and Mrs. Wales Adams of Brat
tleboro were guests at +. o. Robinson 8
Thursday.
Miss Corene Pike has gone to Brat
tleboro to assist her aunt, Mrs. c. E.
Mann, this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Styles attended
the funeral of Mrs. Martha Lackey
Wednesday in Vernon.
The Stratton Mountain club is in
vited to meet at the Green Mountain
House Saturday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. II. Robinson, Mrs.
Nora Kendall and Raymond Kendall
were in Brattleboro Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Pike and son,
Emmons, and daughter, Alene, are Wis
iting relatives in Brattleboro.
Miss Viola Morse, who spent several
days last week with friends in this
place, returned to Newfane Sunday,
Herbert Wells coming for her.
Frank Gould of South Wardsboro is
here working on the road with his
team. He is boarding himself in the
house formerly owned by E. o. Robin
son.
H. L. Slack, Miss Lillian Morrill, and
Miss Clarion Brook of BrOokline, Mass,
and Gordon Pomfrey of Brattleboro
dined at the Green Mountain House
Saturday.
The Ladies Social circle met with
Mrs. NJ. l.. Johnson Thursday afternoon.
The circle is invited to meet with Mrs.
Thorn Johanson Thursday afternoon
Sept. 9th for it's next meeting.
Raymond Reed carried Mrs. Robert
Hromada and little daughter to their
home in Springfield, Mass, Tuesday.
They were accompanied by +. l.. Pike,
who returned with Mr.. Reed the same
day. making trip of $50 miles.
Miss Ethel Eddy closes today n sue
cessful term of management of tbe
Green Mountain House. The corpora
tors of the hotel have engaged Mr.. and
Mrs. Leon Waite to remain there at
least until Nov. l, so that the Green
Mountain House will still be open to the
public.
Mrs. F. A. Spencer of Springfield,
Miss Nellie Archer and George r.
Tucker of Brattleboro were guests ut
the Green Mountain House Tuesday.
Other recent guests have been Alfred
NJ. Krentz of Massachusetts and Lam
bert Muller Of Chicago '"'' "'
There was a family gathering at the
Green Mountain House Sunday includ.
ing Mr.. and Mrs. f. A. Eddy of STRAIT
ton, Miss Ethel Eddy, Mrs. Hermon
Eddy and three children, and Miss Hat
tie Waite of Brattleboro, Mrs. Avis
Waite and Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Waite of
this place. Mrs. F. J.. Swift of Brat
tleboro was also present as guest of
Miss Eddy.
West Wardsboro Baptist church, f.
W. johnson pastor, services Sunday,
Sept. %: 1915 q. M, morning worship
and rally day of the Bible school. All
are invited. Special recitations by the
scholars, and short special sermon
for all. There will be no separate ses.
sion of the Bible school, as the school
and church will unite in one service
AS the pastor expects to leave town
TO attend the state convention there
will be no evening session of any kind