Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1920-04-02
NEWFANE

Mrs. Margaret Wilcox has gone to
Athol, Mass, to care for Robert Lincoln,
who is i'll with influenza
w. B. Park has returned home after Il
few weeks stay at the home of his son,
Richard Park, in Dummerston.
Mrs. Gustena Goodenough will spend
the weekend with her son, George X.
Goodenough and family in Atho.
George A. Downs reports the coming of
robihs in great numbers, covering the
meadows and procaming that spring is
here.
F. G. Fraser of Barton came the latter
part of last week to assume the man
agemcnt of the Windham County cream
cry for month.
The advent of warmer weather makes
it advisable to hereafter hold the rcgu,
lar Thursday evening meetings in the
church vestry, beginning this week.
Rev. F. NJ. Wiswal supplied the Con-
gregational pulpit Sunday morning taking
the place of the expected candidate, Rev.
Mr.. Hyde, who failed to reach Newfane
on account of floods along the railroad
lines
Mrs. Henrietta Ryder and children of
Bellows Falls are visiting her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. II. A. Carpenter. Ernest
Redfeld of Athol also is visiting in the
home of his grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Carpenter.
Mrs. Augusta +. Whitcomb, who spent
the winter in Florida, is expected to re-
turn to Newfane April 5. Newfane Inn,
which has been closed through the winter,
will be opened in season for the spring
term of county court.
Charles b. Underwood, who has been
spending several weeks in Utica, New
York and in visiting relatives before re-
turning to Newfane last week, has gone
to Springfield, Mass, where he will be
engaged time in carpentry work.
Miss Anna Ambrose, assistant operator
the past year in the central telephone OF
flee here, closed her duties there April
after having rendered faithful and efficient
service. She will spend a week at hei
home before accepting another position.
Walter and Roland Nourse have beer
engaged by L. NJ. Randall to chop wood
by the cord and are busiy at work en-
toying the out of door exercise. Arthur
Nourse is employed by Dorr Allen and
is enthusiastic over the farm scenes and
occupations.
Seth Arthur Pratt of North Weymouth
Mass, who, since the death of his only
son, Ernest, has been spending few
weeks in Newfane, has improved the op
portunity to call on friends in Brookline
Townshend and Wiliamsville and April
], returned to his home.
James Richie, who was former sec
ton foreman and was transferred to Brat
tleboro, returned Monday to Newfane. lie
will again have charge of the railroad
section here. Mr.. Richie is boarding at
William Rand's until he can find a vacant
house for his family to move to-
Theodore Selkin, who bought River
View farm last fall of Postmaster o. X
Wright, and with his family came from
Dakota by automobile to their new 3ome,
is making the sugar season profitable hav-
ing taken over 40 gallons of maple syrup
to one of the grocery stores in Brattle-
boro Monday.
Mrs. Winifred Nomse and six children,
ranging in. age from Is years to eight
months, came from Auburn, Mass, more
than a week ago, planning to buy or rent
a small farm in-'order that her boys may
be trained in farm work. She will re
main at Davidson Naples short time
as she has not made definite decision.
Mrs Davidson has received news from
her grandson, Fred Davidson Osgood, {
chemist in the United States Bureau o
Mines at Pittsburgh, Pa, that he is t.
come to Vermont in April for the pun
pose of inspecting the granite industry. il
its relation to occupational diseases, max
ing dust sampling' trip through tn
granite shops in the state.
News has been received from the fam
lily of C. A. Nichols, former buttermake
at the Windham county creamery, tina
since they reached Irasburgh he and Mrs
Nichols have been very i'll with influenza
also one of the children. Mr.. Nichol
had the disease the second time, followe
by pneumonia He is recovering and wa
able to assume the charge in the creamer
there March 90.