The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-22
MORTIFIED, MASS

VI Il
from illness.
Max Huber Of Boston is to be home
| for Christmas.
Arthur Bolton has installed steam
heat in his house.
| Sidney Tyler is assisting Dayton
| Parks on the mail train for eight days.
| Miss Viola Haven has gone to Hol
liston, Mass, for the Christmas vaca
ton.
! Miss Ruth Ayers is home from ST.
| Luke's hospital, New York, for the
holidays.
Mrs. Marjorie Sherwood is with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. W. II. Waite,
| for a week.
Charles L. Diekerson, jr., of Harvard
university returns home this week for
the holidays
Mrs l.. r. Smith s Bible class gave
$3.50 this week for materials for Red
Cross work.
+. L. Hammond is home from his
lumber Job IN Peterboro, \. H., az the
snow is too deep to work.
Miss Lucy Hammond and Miss Grace
Doolittle will come from Fitchburg nor
NAL school for the holidays.
Miss Doris Doolittle has completed
her course III dressmaking in Worccs-
ter and returns home Saturday.
Miss Elizabeth Graham will spend
the holiday vacation with her sister,
, Mrs Herman Brown of Vernon.
Mrs Bessie Svmonds and Miss Hell
en- Svmonds of Springfield will spend
the holidays at their home on Highland
| avenue.
S Miss Esther Moody returns from
2 Wellesley college on Friday to spend
| the vacation with her parents, Mr.. and
! Mrs. A. &. Moody.
Lieut.. Clarence Steadlor is in Boston
= tonight friday, on account OF til,
; Christmas exercises.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. ~ Stebbins will en-
terrain for Christmas Mr.. and Mrs
Il Frank Stchbins and children, and Mr.
and Mrs Louis Nash of Springfield.
Mrs. William Leavis will have 4!
: her guests for the holidays Mr.. an,
! Mrs Ralph johnson and child of Win
chester, y. H., Miss Ethel Leavis o
Tully and her mother, Mrs. +. 3. Pullcl
of Boston.
Mrs. William Boomer has been Wis
iting her daughter, Miss Mary Boom
; er. at Wellesley college. Rev. an,
Mrs. Boomer, Miss Mary and Robcr
Boomer of New Jersey will be NJ IN
;. Mortified hotel for the Christmas sea
i son.
l. Mr.. and Mrs r f. Howard are T
II have family re union for the hoii
t DAYS Miss Ellen Howard comes fror
II her work in Manchester, \. H., Lieut.
It Newton Howard from the aviatio
Is camp in North Carolina and Phili
e from Wesleyan university
W \ special meeting OF the Mortified
Grange was held in Sons of Veteran
i hall Monday evening to consider til
: huving Of Red Men 5 hall The matte
: was finally left in the hands of the eA
!, ccutive committee, l.. Q. Clapp, Geor9
u Iiolton and w. A. Priest, who are o.
u pected to take some action this weel
:. The Barber district held their Sur
. day school Christmas entertainment
II SaturdaE evening at the schoolhouS,
" Miss Lightower, the superintendent
and Miss Harriet Elder Of the sem
nary. were present Exercises wcr
given by the children and readings .
m Miss Martha Whitehouse. Santa Clau
&c distributed presents from a tree
q Thirty-one members of the BOYS
- Brigade attended the annual mcetin
- Of the Franklin county y. NJ c. A. j
Z, !, the Baptist church in Greenfield Sa
: urday. Commandant ". c. Roberts, hi
r." assistant, George Carr, and Scout Ma
~ ter CORTLAND Finch accompanied til
y BOYS. The trip was made by trail
" The brigade competed in the militar
= drill III the afternoon which was wo
III by Turner's Falls. A basketball gam
=, between the brigade team and the She
VI burne Falls team was won by the bril-
a. AIDE, 17-2. Several speakers were hear
!, in the evening, Some of the BOYS ha
- frost bitten ears on their return in ii
=" late evening.
- The Christmas observance at the Co
-, gregational church Will begin at D..
Oh Friday evening with supper for Il
-, Sunday school children aud movir
: pictures. This will be followed by
Christmas entertainment aud trees
the audience room. On Sunday ev
ming q Christmas entertainment will
=" given by the Sunday school departmen
~, At the Unitarian church the Christm
exercises will be held Monday mig
with ., play entitled, The Christm
oo story. This will be followed by ii
,n trihutIon of gifts from 4 tree. As us
. ual at the congregational church, the
will be manager for gifts to be di
trIbuted among the shut-ins and Mood
r's \ large winter conference is TO
nd held at the buildings Of Mortified SCI
mary from Jan. 8 to $. About :
young men and Young women who 4
- members OF the Student Noluntc
I movement are TO gather here for /
| purpose of arousing interest III eva
| gclization. Fcnneil +. Turner, t
leader OF the Student Volunteer NOV
| ment in this country, will be iii char
of the conference Delegates from
! parts OF the United States will be pr,
| cnt and all the seminary dormtori
| aud adjacent boarding houses will
| utilized. Seminary students and Mou
| Hermon students have been engaged
| work during the days OF the conf
i cncc.