The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-04-07

school building closed Friday for the
Easter vacation. The upper grade
will close this week Friday.
About 25 members of the Golden Rule
lodge OF Masons went to Brattleboro
last evening where the degree OF Knights
Of Birmingham was conferred at the
Masonic temple.
There is an unusually large patriotic
display of flags about the village. Hins
dale's four members of Company | are
David Stewart, George Marshall, Ed
ward Bergeron and Ora Chamberlain.
! &. A. Robertson was painfully injured
last Saturday when he was struck in
! the leg by small timber. The leg Is so
badly swollen that the extent of the in
! Jury cannot be definitely ascertained at
present.
The selectmen have been spending the
week in Concord whera they attended
a hearing in regard to ineo porating thu
Connecticut River Power company in
Massachusetts. They will begin their
duties assessing next week.
The Woman's club held a very enjoy
able meeting at the home OF Mrs. Lizzie
c. Stearns on the Mortified road on
Tuesday The roll call, responded to by
mentioning an enjoyable book, proved
very interesting. Mrs NJ Elizabeth
Fisher gave review of the book. Ro-
nance of Old New England Churches,
which was very amusing a. well as in
structive and historic. The hostess
served elaborate refreshments
Stilimau 7. Crowniushield observed
, his S0th birthday Tuesday il i quiet
but very enjoyable manner. in the
afternoon his children and families who
live in this town went to the Crown
inshield home il North Hnsdale to
spend n few hours. The little gather
? ing was complete surprise to Mr.
Crowninshicld who enjoyed it none the
less. Besides children and grandehil
: drea there were three little great grand
= children present to make things merry
\ pretty feature of the occasion was
e birthday cake decorated with s.
n candles. Mr.. Crowninshied is reason
ably strong and healthy for his year
1 and was busily engaged in splitting
- wood when his visitors arrived.
The annual meeting of the Cong fego
Il tional church society was held in tn
J. church last Monday evening at while
time the following officers were chosen
r Moderator, Ralph f. Metcalf; CLERK
a q. a. Robertson; treas, Rclph +. Met
calf Prudential committee: NJ 5
;. Leach, G. A. Robertson and F.
70 Davis. Music committee, W. G. Boatl
NJ. S. Leach and G. A. Robertson. FL
~. velope committee; Mr.. S. Leach, Mr.
n Henry w. Taylor, Mrs Oliver Hal
Mrs. Lucy Robertson, G. a. Robertso,
Mrs. Cora Smith, Mrs. L. L. Bale,
H. Renting of pews, Jason Wright, Georg
= Rubeor, Clarence O'Neil, John Sawve
Carlton Watkins. Auditor, w. +. Wa
d son. A committee of three, F. W. CO
III ton, +. H. Fuller and Harold c. He
land was chosen to have charge
a. painting the outside Of the church.
On Tuesday afternoon Immediate
!, after school hours about So wide-awa
h. school boys met at the high scho
~ building to hear Prof. L. A Carlisle
the New Hampshire state college expla
en- the Boys Club work planned for til
re- year. The meeting was a most impo
r. tant one, especially for the reason TIL
owing to big food shortage there is
I'm greater patriotic duty boys and girls q
perform than to grow food stufT- Schc
A authorities throughout New Engla
realize that they can do the country
AN big service by encouraging this work
or addition to pupils present were j.
IS Field, of the board OF education, A.
Averill, superintendent of schools. H.
ave Lorentz, county Y. NJ. c. A. secreta1
~ Prof. Wentworth and f. n Darlil
,ad county agricultural agent. At the cl,
80" OF the meeting many boys were enrol
as members of the Boys Agricutu
mar club