Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1919-02-07
THE PUTNEY COLUMN
Enjoyable Time at Community Social.

The community social at the Congre-
gational church Wednesday evening was
attended by about l25 people and very
interesting program was given under the
auspices of Miss Florence Ethel Follett
primary teacher in the public school. 1t
opened with the community songs under
the leadership of Mrs. Cornell, with Mrs.
II. y. Cobb at the organ. After the few
moments of song there were two recita-
tons by Irene Bingham and Elizabeth
jenkins, both unusually good. Miss Bes-
sic f. Braley gave an original poem on
The Community Church; Glimpses of the
Past; two tableaux, Village Schoomarm
and the Solemn Parson, with reading by
Miss Toilette and the church choir was
prominent part of this number. Dressed
in the styles of long ago they were heart
ily greeted and sang old hymns and songs.
The pantomimc The Courtier by James
Russell Lowell was read and enacted by
Miss Winnifred Bugbec and Carroll
NIurch. A. reading by Miss Mildred
Brooks; solo, Just Song at Twilight,
Mrs. W. L. Parker; farce, Train to
Mauro, Mrs Buttermilk, Miss Follette
her son, Johnny, Tracy Howard; depot
master, F. A. Burditt. Song by choir.
Refreshments of sandwiches, cake and cof-
fee were served.
Mrs. Cless D. Britton of Concord, n.
H., is visiting with her mother, Mrs. Jen-
ME Sleeper, and sister, Mrs. A. NJ. Cor
ser.
Mrs. F. b. Howard and three children,
Mildred, Leonard and Gertrude, left Tues
day morning for Kingston, r. l.. to visit
with her parents.
Miss Jessie O'Connor, Miss Ethel Wing
and Mrs. Eleanor O'Connor Reed of Dunn
nerston were guests at Robert O'Connor' S
in Bellows Falls during the teachers con-
vention there.
Mrs. Frank f. Page and two children,
Helen and Tracy, who are spending two
weeks at the Page farm on West hill,
spent Monday in Brattleboro as guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. B. c. Baldwin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irving Ketcham have
finished work at the Houghton farm and
returned to their home in the village. A.
NJ Durham of Windsor succeeds Mr.. Ket-
cham and moved his family to the farm
Saturday.
AT the community church Sunday
evening, Mrs. Cornwell, the pastors
WIG, pTedCneu IOTceIul oeIHholl VII He
Second Coming of Christ, taking for
her text Titus 2:13. Sunday morning
the attendance was almost "over the
top" lacking only one of what the
pastor asked for.
An elaborate program has been pre-
pared for the community social We'd
nesday evening, consisting of recita-
lions, songs, an illustrated poem and
farce The singing of the choir will
please, as well as their costumes. The
social is free and everyone in the town
is invited. Refreshments will be
served.
Waldo Howard returned Saturday from
Bellows Falls where he has been employed
at the Vermont Farm Machine Co.'S shop.
On Feb there were 300 of the employees
who had been working on munitions dis
char Jed Fred j. Martin has also re-
turned home. Vernon Williams was also
one of those who finished work there and
as he had moved his family to Bellows
Falls he is undecided yet what he will do.
Mr.. and Mrs. Williams are guests at NJ.
g. Williams's.
Charles Ray in, The Old Home Town,
will be the movie attraction tonight at
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