The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-16
WEST CHESTERFIELD. N. H.

The frost of last Wednesday morning
did considerable damage in the low
lands, but it was only slight on the
hills.
/ Louis D. Herrick has been attending
the New York state fair at Syracuse,
N. Y. the past week, where he acted
IA judge of horses.
A number of people from this place
attended the moving picture show, Ny
Four Years in Germany, at Brattleboro
the first of the week.
William E. Clarke, a former school
teacher here, was guest of friends
in the village over Sunday. He is now
in the army and stationed at Camp
| Devens.
| Arthur Joslvn has moved into the
] house on the Charles Davis farm on the
Gulf road and is employed in his ia
| ther s mill on the Warner Butler farm,
which started up last Monday, Sept g..
The regular Red Cross meeting for
this week has been postponed until Fri
day Sept. 20, on account of the Valley
fair. Every woman who is able, is re-
quested TO be present as there is lot
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Eleven members of Spafford Grange
went by automobile to Alstead Wednes-
day, Sept. IL, and attended a meeting
of Cheshire County Pomona Grange
with Warren Pond Grange. All report
good Hoover dinner and good time
Edward L. Welcome and Hugh w
Guild are putting in winter wheat to
help win the war Mr.. Welcome is do.
ing the work for Mr.. Guild and this
is the first time so far as known that
winter wheat has been sown on these
farms.
A mass meeting is being planned tC
be held at the town hall at the Center
for the opening of the Fourth Liberty
loan drive. The date has not been full
~ decided upon but every man, woman
and child old enough should make thei
plans to be there. Prominent speaker
will be present.
This village was startled by the nois
from the crash of the two trains tina
came together on the Boston & Main
: railroad, last Tuesday afternoon, Sept
10, directly opposite the village; TIL
noise being plainly heard on the sur
u rounding hills. The engineer on tn
passenger train, Leo Forgette, is
brother of Mrs. Harold, f. Randall o
this place.
Miss Eva Hamm, who has been EN-
ployed for some time by Mrs. W 7
! Lord, was married Saturday Sept. t
, Earl Chickering of Westmoreland, ole
J est son of Albert A Chickering The
went by automobile to her home
Il Worcester, Mass. for a wedding triI
" and are now at the home of his parent
c where they will live. They are recei,
ing the congratulations of their friend
c and they also received grand screnad
o of tin horns and cowbells. Both al
II members of Spafford Grange, where 81
$ is chorister.
AT the last meeting of Spaffol
Is Grange last Saturday night, 40 membe
ID were present and the following progra
~ was presented: song, choir recitation
7 John B. Hutehins song, Bertha al
! Beatrice Brown; reading, Eva Davi
ic reading, Chester Brown; talk on can
life, William E. Clarke; question f
discussion, Is the Capitalization
schools, detrimental to the rural COZ
munities' speakers, Anna Stoddar
ng Alice Richardson, Sherman L. Rice al
Albert A. Chiekering, followed by
ke general discussion; song, Grange.
no the next meeting Sept. %, the first q
"a gree will be worked for practice al
to every office is requested to have his
of her part.