The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-01
NORTHFIELn MASS.

York.
Miss Mary Bush is at the Mortified
hotel.
Clifford Field is home from the hospital
in Brattleboro.
Mrs. John Tie and children will spend
the summer with her mother.
E. Mrs. Forsyth is entertaining her Sis
ter and baby from Vermont.
Final examinations are being held
this week at Northfeld seminary.
Rev. and Mrs. George B.. Scholton are
with Mrs. Jott Otte to stay until June Z.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cornell have arrived
at their summer home on Winchester
street. tt4l ..s. sa
Mrs. G. C. Stockbridge returned,
Wednesday from visit in Hadley with
The X. r, X. met with Miss Edith
Steadler on Tuesday evening for supper
and work
A. NJ. Solahdt has gone to- Schemes
tady, n. Y, tolengage in work for the
government. ~. .sHea
| Mrs. Charles Baxter returned Satur
day from visit in Westield, Ludlow
| and Southwick. ~. a.
Loring Cowles has finished work at
the Mortified hotel and is visiting rel
atives in Greenfield
Mr.. Steadler has been spending a few
days were with his family. He plans
to leave soon for Switzerland
The final social of Mrs. A. G. Moody .
Sunday school class will be held Fri
day afternoon at the home of Mrs.
Leavis. a
Mrs. Viol and infant have gone from
Mrs. E.. w. Cowles 8, who has been
caring for them, to their home at North
field Farms.
Mrs. S. +. Walker has received an inter-
esting letter from her husband sannounc-
ing his safe arrival in France. He is
amid pleasant surroundings. III
Nelson p. Coffin was here Tuesday
to drill the seminary students for the
Estey concert Friday night and the
sacred concert Saturday night.
Mrs. j. w. Williams will have charge
of Louise Andrews camp for girls for
the summer. She has rented the Brit
ton house, where she has lived the past
year, to another family.
Mrs. John Otte expects as her guest
for Mortified seminary commencement
her daughter, Mrs. George Scholton of
New Hurley, N. Y. Mrs. Seholton is q
graduate of the 1916 class i
| Miss Lucy J. Brooks and Miss Sarah
Ayers entertained the senior class of
Mortified seminary and its honorary
members on Saturday night. They had
supper on Marquand bluffs.
Maurice A. Levy of Brooklyn, N. Y,
spoke at Sage chapel on Thursday after
noon RI tho TT
spoke along patriotic lines. He also
gave the Memorial day address in the
town hail.
The state Grange lecturer, Harry Gard
J ner of Westfield, was unable to be present
at the meeting of the local Grange on
Tuesday evening An impromptu pro-
gram was substituted by the lecturer,
Mrs. F. A. Welch.
;, Programs in celebration of Memorial
} day were given in the public schools on
Wednesday afternoon. Members from
the Grand Army and other patriotic or
, CARNATIONS visited the various schools
, and spoke to the children
DIR. n. P. Wood, chairman of the Red
Cross war fund drive, has received from
the. eight districts canvassed by about
80 solicitors the sum of $1,635. This
is nearly. $500 over the towns quota
which was $1,000. Mortified has far
exceeded her quota in every drive since
war was declared.
A canvass of the members of the
Congregational church was made Sun
day afternoon to secure money and
pledges for the salary of Rev. and Mrs
: Wesley c. Atkins, the missionary pas
tors of the church, who are now work.
ing in Durham, South Africa. Owe,
$1,000 was given or pledged by mem
bers, 5000 coming from Mortified sem
, mary students and faculty.
Rev. F. w. Pattison conducted II
communion service at the Congregation
al church Sunday evening, at which
time four new members were admitted
to the church. Mr.. Pattison left North
field Wednesday for Camp Lee, Vir
ginia, where he win engage in Y. NJ
Z. A. work and at other camps for fou
t months. Mrs. Pattison and the chill
S dren will go to Cape Cod to stay Will
her parents, Col. and Mrs. Dowd
There are several cases of scarle
! fever at Mount Hermon school. . TIL,
campus is in quarantine by order of tn,
!, state board of health. The .diseas,
started in district school near
where children of the Mount Hermol
t professors attend school Every pre-
: caution is being taken to prevent tn,
:, spread of the disease. Special nurses
d have been engaged to attend, the scarle
f fever patients, who are at the schoo
hospital. -f
, An organ recital was given at tn,
: Auditorium Monday evening by Prof
William C. Hammond Of Mount Hol
i yoke college. He was assisted in tn,
y program by Miss Esther Dale of Smith
college, soprano, and Miss Viva Fay,
Richardson, pianist, of Mortified sem
mary. The program was varied ant
;, pleasing and Miss Dale was warml,
! received. The recital is given each yea
y through the courtesy of Joseph A. Skin
r ner of Holyoke, who was the donor O.