The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-07-16

Stratiff.
Prof and Mrs. S. o. Salmon returned
Monday from a vacation with relatives
in Long. Island.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Cole and daughter,
Thelma, of Saxtons River visited relatives
in the village this week.
Sam Cobb has been spending a few
days with his sister in Bondville at DIR.
Estabrook's summer home.
Mrs. f. f. Page returned Saturday from
| Brattleboro, where she had been helping
| in the home of William Cushman.
Mrs. J.. C. MaeGibbon and sons, Ken
meth and Donald, are guests at the home
| Of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. C. Gould.
| Prof. and Mrs. F. T. Landman and
sons of Wolfboro, n. H., are visiting her
mother, Mrs. Hattie Blood, and other rel
atives in town.
Mrs Flora Howard and daughter, Miss
Stella Howard, of Chicopee Falls, Mass,
were guests at the home of c.. c. Robin
son this week.
Mrs. I. Z. Chase, Merton and Miss
Kate Chase went Sunday to North Straf
ford to visit at the home of her daughter,
Mrs Merle Willis.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. J. Heath are enter
tanning his sister, Mrs Marietta Nichols.
and niece, Mrs. George H. Nichols, both
of Endicott, n. Y. 4
Mr. and Mrs Dudley Crosier of Gull
ford and Mrs. II. w Brooks of New York
! have been guests at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Alton Holden.
A meeting of the Hadassah league win
be held Friday afternoon in the home
of Mrs d. G.. Smythe. Mrs Smythe and
Mrs. w. L. Tenney viii be hostesses.
Lyman Gale, who has been suffering sew
eral months with a large abscess on his
back, had it operated upon recently. He
is unable to do his usual farm work.
Miss Mabel Nelson of Iowa, who came
east to attend the Congregational Council
at Boston, has been a guest in the home
| of Miss Catherine Plant the past week.
Mrs. w. w. Barry of Saxtons River
and Mrs. Addie Livermore of Bellows
Falls spent the weekend at A. w Barry s,
also visiting at the home of f. i. Knapp.
! Mrs. Abbie Martin and son, Clarence
4 Martin, Of Winhall were guests of Mrs.
Daisy Williams Saturday and she accom-
panied them on an automobile trip to
/ Brattleboro.
DR.. and Mrs John Burnham of Middle
town, Conn, called on friends in the
village Sunday. DR. Burnham was a res
! ident of the town about 25 years ago,
/ living near Scott bridge.
Mrs. w. O. Davis returned Saturday
\ from Brattleboro, where she has been a
month recovering from an operation in the
II Memorial hospital. She spent the past
two weeks at the home of her sister.
AT the Baptist church Sunday morning
Il Rev c. w Bishop gave an interesting
| account of his. trip to Newport and the
state Baptist convention. The account
4 will be continued at the morning service
next Sunday
John Evans, who has been spending
several weeks at the Dale summer home,
returned to his home in Springfield,
Mass, with his father, c. H. Evans, last
week Master Maynard Taft accompa-
MED him for few days visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Holt and Mrs.
Mabel Alderman of Hartford, Conn,
spent the week end at the Smythe sum
mer home. Prof. ID. G. Smythe has
closed his school at Hartford and came
with them to remain for the summer.
Mrs. Lottie Holden and Mrs. Inez
Moore are making the trip every other
day to East Jamaica to assist DR.. G. I.
Gale in caring for George Battles, who has
been moved to b. Sages home from the
Memorial hospital. Mr.. Battles has lain
for three years with a broken back as
the result of an injury when teaming on
West hill.
An enjoyable meeting of the Home
club was held at the home of Mrs. Charles
Mills Wednesday afternoon. About lG
members were present and responded to
the roll call. The president. Mrs. r. Fl.
Bosworth, took charge of the program
and gave a reading and recitation. Mrs.
Ellen Plumb also gave an interesting
reading. Several piano solos were given
/. by Miss Margaret Mills. Refreshments
were served and a social time was en-
joyed
The young people of the Baptist church
are being urged to. bring pencil and paper
, to the service Sunday mornings and take
notes. A Bible is promised at the end
Of the month to the child having the
best written report of the services, the
matter to be decided by a committee OF
three adults At the morning service
July 4, after the singing of a patriotic
anthem bv The choir, the Young people OF
the church arose and with the pastor
gave the flag salute.
Beatrice Casey, l3, who was burned ser
iousy July ), is recovering and is able to
be up for short time Beatrice, with
other playmates, was celebrating with
crackers and fireworks when in some un-
known way her Undertaking caught fire,
burning her back from the end of the
spine to the shoulders, the burns being
quite deep over one kidney. An older
| sister, Miss Agnes Casey, succeeded in
, rolling the girl in blanket and smoth-
ering the flames, which in a short time
would have overcome her.