Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-04-26

already secured for the senior class
trip this spring
Harold NJ. Field of Keene, N. IT,,
whose name appears in the casualty list
from Canada, published last Sunday
was well known here. He was the son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert y. Field, now
Of Springfield, Mass. lie was born
here June 3, 1898, and lived here until
about 10 years ago. when the family
moved to Keene. He enlisted with the
Canadian forces in the fall of 1915 and
when recently heard from by his par.
ents was serving in the signal corps
Previous to his enlistment he was a
machinist in Kecne and in Swanton
Vt. He was reported killed in action
Mrs. Frank Kendrick of East North.
field is an aunt Of Harold Field.
The Mortified Seminary church
union held its annual meeting at Stone
hall Monday afternoon Miss Rosetta
Estabrook, president, presided Re
ports were read by Ruth Roberts, see
Rotary; Ruth Kinney, membership com
mittee; Ella Vinal, missionary; Edith
| Weidman, devotional; Charlotte Shap.
ter, social; Harriet Elder, athletic
Eugene Palmer, bureau of exchange
Anges Orbison, decorations, Miriam
| Caldwell handbook. About 100 mcm-
boTs, who also are members of the
Congregational church here, were pres
emit. Rev. F. W. Pattison and Princi-
| pal G. T.. Dickerson spoke of the good
work accomplished by the members the
past year. Miss Mary Ried is the
Inv 10,
Rev. William d. Marsh, SO, died In
Brushton, n. Y, Saturday and tae
body was brought to Amherst, Mass,
for burial Tuesday. He was born in
Bernardston and fitted for college at
the Northampton and Amherst schools
He graduated from Amherst college in
1858, was instructor in Jaffna college
Ceylon, from 1883 and 1890, studied at
Vale in 1891 and 1892 and at Chicago
University from 1892 to 1894, since
which time he had devoted himself to
eyangelistic work at Schroon Lake,
n. Y. He married Miss Lillian Sawyer
of Schroon Lake in October, 1897. Mrs.
Marsh and their son, John Marsh, sur
vive. They spent the last five years in
East Mortified while John Marsh com.
pltltu lHt COuTSt 1T MOuuI II.
Rev. Mr.. Marsh had been frequent
visitor here. Mrs. Marsh, accompanied
by Rev. +. w. Pattison, went to Am
herst Tuesday for the funeral. The
death of Mr.. Marsh was sudden.
A service OF unusual merit was given
in the Congregational church Sunday
evening under the auspices of the
Boys Brigade with W. c. Roberts in
charge. The program was given by
the boys Of the brigade in their uni
forms, with solo selections by Fred c.
Adams of Brattleboro and selections by
the choir. The opening was the call to
to assemble, when the Boys Brigade
assembled while Mr.. Adams sang the
Reveille. Then followed the roll call,
attention, and the many orders of the
drill, when Mr.. Adams or the choir
sang appropriate selections. The quick
march was accompanied by the choir
singing Onward Christian Soldiers;
wounded. CORTLAND Finck acted as a
Red Cross nurse; prisoner, Be Not
Dismayed, Mr.. Adams; death, the
lights were tnrned Off while the choir
sang,r Nearer My God to Thee" The
final order was for each man to be at
his post. The entire program was car
ried out with effective military pre-.
cision, to which the music accompani-
ments were impressive. Rev. +. W.
Pattison gave an address on True Pre-.
Daredness