The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-23
NEWFANE.

Charles NJ. Benson has gone to Jamaica
TO work.
Mr.. and Mrs Ernest Hamlin's children
aer i'll with branchitis.
Miss Hazel Warren spent the week end
with Miss Anna Aikee.
No prisoners are in the county Jail at
present and but few have been confined
there recently.
Miss Maude Railway has recovered
from her illness and returned to Vernon
the first of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. A. Benson have closed
Uneeda Rest, their. summer home, and
returned to the village.
Several families here are making
bread Of wheat raised on their own farms
which was bolted in Wardsboro
LYMAN Bills and son, Lewis Bills, both
secured q deer on Newfane hill Wednes-
day, the last day of the open season.
Jailer Legate of the Windham County
House was successful in securing a buck
with seven points on the W. T. Bruce
farm Wednesday afternoon.
! Mrs. Page and daughter, Miss Mavis
/ Page, who spent the summer months III
| Newfane. returned Wednesday to- their
home in Bradford, Conn.
| At the regular meeting of the Rebekah
| lodge Monday evening a special patriotic
program was given and the 9th ami
versarv OF the lodge was celebrated.
Light refreshments were served.
Wilson Winchester has been kept busy
with his threshing machine, which he has
set up SO times during the season and has
done the work at % farms III Newfane
and vicinity. The grain threshed amount
ed to S,8I2 bushels, including coo bushels
OF wheat
Robert G.. Pratt, who went to Camp
Upton, Yaphank \. y, in command OF
a squad of soldiers some time ago. has
been sent to Camp Ilendrick, Lakehurst
y. J., and assigned to duty iii the quar-
termaster department. lie has just beer
promoted to the rank OF sergeant.
The Pomona Grange will meet Satur
day with the Newfane and Williamsvill,
Oranges at Union hall. Election of Off
GERS will take place at the morning ses
sion. Programs have been arranged by
the lecturers for the meeting in tn,
| afternoon. to which the public is invited
: The following huntsmen have beer
: registered at the Windham County Hous
while in town during the open season 10
: deer: p w Laird Silas Guyette an'
f. G.. Laurence of st. Adams, Fred Bet
terlev. Richard Briggs, Louis Clapr
Fred Gage, f. l.. Wellman and f. II
Metcaf OF Brattleboro Mr.. and Mrs, j
A. Reed and 3Ir. and Mrs. W. /. C;fahan
of New York city.
: The village school will give a Thanks
giving dramatic entertainment in Unio
| hall Wednesday evening. Nov. p. sup
per will be served and music for dancn
] will be furnished by Davenport orches
ira of five pieces from Brattleboro. Tn
: proceeds will go toward paying for q yiC
trola, which has been bought for III
schoolroom The teacher and pupils ~
, doing the ianitor work this fall and III
customary allowance is used To help do
n frav the expense OF the yic,rola and re,
:. ords for it.
O The local branch Of the Red Gross r,
:. quests all who have taken out yarn I
knit, TO finish and return rs soon a. po.
:. eible 80 that they may be sent to hea'
quarters. II any person has a near rel;
tive in the service overseas and has N
: received label for q Christmas nc
they NAV secure one and a box for pacI
ing BY communicating with Mrs. Ter
Dewitt The mailing date has been e,
) tended TO Nov. 80
meeting in the interest Of Equ
y Suffrage was held at Mrs c. f Davi,
sons Saturday afternoon 70 meet Nh
Augusta Hughston of New York, iie
d counsellor for the National Americs
:, Woman Suffrage association, and Nh
Is Lillian II. Olgendam of Woodstock ut
chairman OF the ratification commit
Is for the state of Vermont, both of who
is gave short addresses. The followil
" committee was appointed to secure nam
on a petition for ratification. Mrs. I.
> Childs, Mrs Eta Hescock, Mrs L.
:. Bush. Mrs ]. D. Pierce. Mrs Lila Wi
: wall