Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-09-07
TOWNSHEND

Frank Hawkins visited his parents re-
Gently.
Miss Mabel Columbus of Brattleboro
was at home for the weekend.
Miss Mary Kelsey returned Monday
from visit with friends at Chicopec,
Mass.
Mrs. Osborne and son, Howard, who
were in New York for the summer, have
returned to II. j. Heath's.
Miss Holton and Miss Bristol of East
Mortified, Mass, are spending a vaca-
ton at the Townshend Inn.
w. II. Miles has renovated his build
ings with coat of paint, X. ID. and
b. r. Phillips doing the work.
Miss Bertha Palmer, who had been
spending a vacation at home, returned
Monday to her work in Palmer, Mass.
Mr. and Mrs. II. II. Franklin went
Saturday to visit in the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Davis in Franklin, n. II.
The regular meeting of Birchard
Woman s Relief corps will be held in
this village Saturday afternoon, Sept.
s.
Mrs. r. L. Fitch and children, Cara
week IS visit with relatives in SaXtons
River.
A recent item in regard to the Grange
fair should have read that the fair would
be held about the first instead of the
eleventh of October.
Mr. and Mrs. O. w. Follctt, Robert,
and James spent the weekend in Yves
ton, little John Follett, who had been
visiting there, returning with them.
Mrs. Susan Atwood and guests, Mrs.
Harland Winslow. Miss Ruth Wirslow
and Harland Winslow, jr., of Phoenix,
Ariz., went Monday to Boston to visit
relatives.
Wilson Winchester of Newfane has
been thrashing for farmers in this sec
ton this week. Good crops of oats
are reported, but wheat shows a very
light yield.
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. franklin returned
Tuesday from trip to Franklin, Y. II.
They visited noted points in the White
mountains and spent one day at Lake
Winnipiseogee.
Mr.. and Mrs. Park and two sons, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin NJ. Coll and son,
Franklin, jr., all of South Ryegate, were
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and Mrs. Charles Mills.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alton Holden recently en-
tertained Mrs Holden's sister and hus-
band, Mr.. and Mrs. H. W. Brooks of New
DIRK city, also her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
d. L. Crosier of Gulford.
Miss Alice Dale went Monday to
Springfield, Mass, to begin her school
duties and Miss Margaret Mills re-
turned to New Berlin, n. Y, after
spending the summer at home.
The delegates appointed from the
Baptist Sunday school to the Baptist
Sunday school convention in South New
fame Tuesday were II. j. Heath, Mrs.
Hattie Blood and Mrs. w. II. Miles.
a meeting of the Dorcas guild was held
in the Congregational vestry Wednesday.
Miss Jennie Holbrook, Mrs. Frank Adams,
Mrs Mary jenkins and Mrs. Mark All
bee acted as hostesses and served refresh
ments
Miss Celia Capen, who has made her
home for several years at f. T. Ran
dall's will hereafter live with Prof. and
Mrs. d. G. Smythe of Hartford, Conn.
The girl will be much missed in this viii
lage among her friends and classmates.
-hiHS lIOiOtHN ldll, WHO HAS DttH
spending the summer at Mantle, Conn,
is at the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. W. II. Taft, for a week before re-
turning to her position as teacher in
the Austinc Institution at Brattlebo1o
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Hall and son of
n. D., are guests in the home
of Mr.. Hall 8 cousin, Mrs, II. j. Heath.
Mrs Heath went with Mr.. and Mrs.
Hall on an automobile trip to Newport,
n. H., recently and visited relatives
there.
G. d. Boyden and family returned to
their village home Friday, after spend
ling the summer on the Dutton farm in
NO 3 district. Mr.. Boyden, who has
been suffering from n severe attack of
sciatica, following the breaking of two
ribs by fall, is improving in health.
Miss Eunice Heath went Monday to
begin her school in Houghtonvillc. Miss
Lotte Jones returned the same day to
Chicopee Falls to begin her third year
in the school there, and Miss Florence
Howard went to Mortified, Mass, to
begin her work in the West Mortified
school. Miss Cola Martin will return
to Brattleboro.
A pleasant meeting was enjoyed at
the West River Grange Friday evening.
AT the roll call each member gave in
teresting facts regarding the town in
which he or she was born. Games and
stunts were enjoyed for an hour, in
Guiding a hilarious game of "basket
ball " with clothes basket and balls of
cotton batting. Two visitors from the
East Mortified, Mass, Grange were
present.
The following articles, all completed
in the village within the past two weeks,
were taken to the Brattleboro Red Cross
branch Friday by Mrs. w. NJ. Sparks:
Twelve pairs of socks, 2 pairs of wrist
ers, two sweaters, one helmet, seven
mufflers, 10 sponges, Is wash cloths, all
the above being knitted, three yards of
bandages, three dozen handkerchiefs,
six operating caps, two bath robes, ~
triangular sings. two operating gowns,
two surgical shirts, nine napkins, |
tray clothes, four operating helmets,
four hot water bottle covers. Sixty pairs
of socks have been knitted and sent i'll
from this place since the Red Cross