Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-09-21

pan, Mass, were Sunday visitors at L.
b. Merritt s.
Wallace Thayer is seriously i'll with
pneumonia and under the care of
trained nurse.
Mrs. W. r. Gould of Boston is Wis
iting at the home of her father, George
A. Robertson.
Austin Tacv, who is at the military
camp in Westfield, spent Sunday with
friends in town.
Rev. f. S. Banford of Portland Nc,
will preach in the Congregational pull
pit next Sunday.
Miss Maude Dickerman came home
Friday from Claremont, where she has a
teaching position.
Miss Lamoille Langworthy has gone
to Boston, where she has entered the
conservatory of music.
Miss Emma Behnke of Cambridge,
Mass, is guest here this week of Mr..
and Mrs A. II. Behnke.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Derry of Town
shend, VT, visited at G. II. Bailey Is
from Saturday to Monday.
Mrs. w. w. Nash and son, Robert
Stebbns, of Covina, Cal. spent one day
recently in town with friends.
Mrs. John Picard of Springfield,
Mass, spent Sunday with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Detour.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. s. Howe have been
in Bridgeport, Conn, for visit with
their daughter, Mrs. f. G. Carey.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence +. Booth and
children of Boston are visiting his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. w. G. Booth.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. M. Lamb spent Sun
day with their daughter, Mrs. S. II.
Richards, in South Deerfeld, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. G. Judd of Holyoke,
Mass, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. w.
+. Robertson the first of the week.
Mrs. Woodruff of Burlington, VT. has
been visiting her daughter, Mrs. Lii
liam Adams, at Mrs. S. X. Saben s.
Miss Gertrude Sprague was given a
very enjoyable surprise by a party of
her young friends Saturday evening
| An enjoyable corn roast was held
Friday evening on the rmblic play
ground by the pupils of the high school.
DIR. and Mrs. William +. Lahiff of
Leominster, Mass, have been guests of
the former S sister, Mrs. Warren Hol-
man.
r. E. Metcalf, rural mail carrier, is
having a vacation and +. o. Packard
is on the route during the former's abb
sencc.
The proceeds from the Red Cross
dance last week Thursday evening
amounted to $3.50. The next dance
will be held Sept, 81.
The farmers are digging their late
potatoes and find the crops about equal
to the average. Some fields, however,
are yielding much larger than usual.
Peter Stepnosky's carriage was bad
| ~ damaged last Sunday night at the
Doolittle underpass, where it was in
a collision with an automobile No one
hwas injured. -
An unknown automobile broke down
a telephone pole near the Eagle iron
foundry Tuesday night A large guam
THY of broken windshield glass was the
only clew.
Mrs. Victor Stearns of Boston and
Mrs. Burton Holman of Nutley, n. J..
who have been spending the past sever
al weeks at the Liss1.ia homestead, have
returned to their homes.
| DIR. NJ p. Bergeron has received the
commission of first lieutenant and re.
ported in Boston last Tuesday. He is
in the dental division of the medical
Ecorps, but did not know when leaving
here where he would be stationed.
Dewey Laffond, formerly of Company
II, LIST New Hampshire regiment, failed
to pass the physical examination at
Westfield and has received his honor.
able discharge. Alden Grips also has
returned home, owing to his being UNI
der the minimum age of IS years.
The funeral services of First Lieut..
Fred ii. Clark, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
ry f. Clark of Mechanicsville, n. Y,
formerly of this town, who died of
typhoid fever at San Antonio, Texas,
was held in MechanicSville last Friday
afternoon.