The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-27
NORTHFIELD, MASS.

were guests of Dr. and Mrs N. P. Wood
recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. w. Kellogg visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Hitchcock in Ware
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Hoxie are en-
PERTAINING their mother, Mrs. Hoxie, of
| Sunderland.
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Kliedschmidt
of New York are guests of Mr. and Mrs.
| Henry c. Holton.
| John Standerwick will give organ recit-
ais at Sage chapel "Wednesday and Friday
evenings of this week.
! Mr.. and Mrs F. B. Estabrook have
| gone on an automobile trip to New Bed
| ford to visit their daughter, Mrs. Sweet.
Services will be held in the Auditorium
| next Sunday Dr. Williams of Nankin
| university of China will be the speaker.
Winslow S. Black, who has been in the
| shoe repairing business here 20 years, has
retired and gone to live with niece in
Leominster
| Mr.. and Mrs j. T. Cummings announce
| the engagement of their daughter, Bertha
| NJ Holton, to Dwight Harrison James of
New Britain, Conn.
Rev. j. East Harrison is giving Bible
! addresses each morning this week at the
Mortified hotel parlors. Everyone is in
| vited
The annual picnic of the Congregational
! church will be held at Spofford lake Thurs
| day of this week. Persons are asked to
| notify w c. Roberts if in need of con-
veyanee to the lake.
William NJ Sweetson of Alton. ILL.,,
has been visiting his cousin, W. A. Priest,
and Mrs Priest He is visiting in Monta-
| que. He is native of Wendell and
retired lumber dealer.
| The employees of the Mortified hotel
| gave an entertainment for the guests at
the hotel on the south lawn Wednesday
evening, Aug. 90 A series of tableaux
Old Sweethearts of Mine, was a pleasing
feature of the program.
Rev. j. East Harrison was the speaker
in the auditorium Sunday morning and
| evening The Lotus quartet of Boston
sang. They also gave a concert at the
| Auditorium last evening the proceeds OF
which will go for relief work in America
and Syria.
Roy Woodland, who enlisted early in
\ eht WI III Wdl ldHuSu III new L OIk mug.
10. He was assigned first to Fort Ethan
Allen and then to the Syracuse. \. Y.
unit. Since the signing of the armistice
he has been with the army of occupation
in Germany.
The programs Of the Fortnightly club
have been issued to members the past
week. The first meeting is Oct. 6. which
is the reception OF the president, Mrs.
+. #. Howard, and the executive commit
tee. The general subject for the years
study is Social Problems in America To
day
DR.. and Mrs. Arthur J. Brown, who are
at their summer home here, will sail for
Europe the middle of September. DR.
/, Brown, who is secretary of the Presby-
terrain Board of Foreign Missions, has
been appointed by the World Alliance for
international Friendship to head dele
cation of eight which will attend the con
ference at The Hague Sept 80 to Oct so
While away he also will attend other
councils in France and England
D A meeting was held at the town hall
| Friday evening in the interests of organic
ing an American Legion. Mr. Wilson oil
Boston, representative of the state or
ganization, outlined the need of an Amer.
lean Legion of service men in this town
Fifteen men already have signed the ap
pllcation for a charter and at this meet
} ing DIR. Il. G. Holton was chosen the TEN
/ porary secretary. When the charter has
: been secured the post will be organized
i The marriage of Miss Harriet Buckley
!, Cutler, daughter of DIR. and Mrs. Henry
!, f. Cutler of Mount Hermon, to George
w. Heiser of New York will take place
next Tuesday at Ford cottage, Mount
Hermon Miss Cutler is the youngest
; daughter of DIR. Cutler and graduated from
! Columbia college in New York last June
Mr.. Heiser is graduate of Mount Her
mon and of Lunenburg college, Allen
town, Pa He was in service in the navy
He has position with the American Elk
: press company of New York.
Ransom C. Kenney, 70 years old. died
at his home on Warwick avenue Wednes
day, Aug. 20, and the funeral was hello
t Friday, Rev, f. W. Patterson officiating
$ He was veteran of the Civil war, Com
pany G, 34th Massachusetts regiment. en-
A listing when IL years af age with hi:
t father. His son, Frank Kenney. was {
service man in France in the recent war
He also leaves three other sons. William
Herbert and Ernest, and two daughters
| Elizabeth and Kate. He formerly lived il
: Conway and Ashfeld, coming here Il
years ago.
, The board of trade has sent out Il
invitations to service men for the ban
| quet to be held at Hotel Mortified the
| evening of Labor day which is also the
| evening of Mortified day. Rev G. l.
r Thompson will be POSTMASTER The
Mount Hermon stringed quartet vii
furnish music, and other attractions are
planned. 1t is hoped large number vii
make the event memorable one for the
= service men. Other events on the days
program are athletic meet at $50 a. M
including bicycle race, potato race, sack
l race, three-legged race, 50-yard dash foI
boys and one for girls, l00-yard dash
standing broad jump, tug-of-war. Al
noon lemonade and coffee will be served