The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-11
TOWNSHEND.
Both Local Teams Victors.

The basketball games played in semi
nary hall Friday evening resulted in
victory for both teams of Leland and
GRAY seminary. Their opponents We're
teams from Chester high school. The
lineup for the local teams was as fol-
lows: Boys team-+Wilder, IT, Carlton,
rf. Taft. c. Straitiff, lg, Dauchy, rg
score 2S-3S Girls team-MariOn Put
nam. If. Eloise Cummings, IF, Helen
Williams, c. Doris Morse, lg, Bessie
Buckley. rg score 1917 for the semi
nary girls Both games We're played
snappily and fair play and good sports
manship were shown by both teams.
The Chester teams are especially to
be commended for their effort TO keep the
engagement on the date named, as the
condition of the roads between the two
towns made their obtaining a convey
ance exceedingly difficult and it was
only through the cooperative spirit of
friends of their school that the trip was
possible.
The seminary teams and teachers ex-
press thanks to the townspeople for
hearty support and especially to the
members of the Hadassah league.
This ends a successful season for the
school the boys having won every game
scheduled.
Mrs. Sadie Sparks has charge of the
Christian Endeavor service for next
Sunday evening when the subject will
be What Is Real Religion? James 1:19,
John II 3.
Earl Thompson has finished work for
p. p. Allbee and returned Monday to II,
S. Kidder's.
Allan Heath returned Tuesday to his
studies in Amherst Agricultural college
after recovering at home from the mumps.
Herbert Benson has finished his log
job at Londonderry and is at home. Joe
Palmer and Guy Barry who worked for
him. also have returned to their homes.
The heavy and continuous fog this
week has melted the snow rapidly and
add to the impression that spring is
surely on the way.
A. r. Marsh was called Tuesday to
Athol, Mass, by the critical illness of his
mother, Mrs. Roscoe Marsh, who was a
former resident here. She has been Sc
riously i'll some time.
Framed portraits of Col. II. f. Dutton
and son, III. t. button, jr., recently were
placed in the entrance hall of the new
town hall building. They are hung to the
right and left of the bronze tablet which
Mrs. X. c. Dutton had placed in the hall
to their memory.
Supper was served by the Hadassah
| league to members of the Chester and Lee
| land and Gray seminary boys and girls
| Friday evening and about so was cleared
| for the treasury. The menu served in
cluded tomato soup, shepherd pies cakes,
: pies and coffee.
The II folding tables for the dining
hall, which We're made by William Cush-
man at BrattleborO, were brought here
and placed in the town hall Wednesday
Each will seat 10 persons. About $50
| tickets for the opening entertainment
| had been sold up to Tuesday night.
At the regular meeting of West River
| Grange Tuesday evening six candidates
were initiated into the third and fourth
| degrees About 30 members enjoyed a
| b0untiful harvest supper. the menu in
| Guiding escalloped potatoes, cold meat
macaroni and cheese, bread, cakes, pies
coffee and apples. At the business SEES
| sion a vote was taken TO hold Grange
| fair again this fall. Since the burning oil
| the old town hall these fairs, which proved
very popular in the village, have neces,
sarily been omitted. The next meeting OF
the Grange will be held Tuesday, April
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