Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1921-06-17
WESTMINSTER WEST.
Herbert sanborn Wins Two Prizes.

"A large and interested audience gain
cred Friday afternoon at the town hall
contest for the Wilcox fund prizes.
The judges this year were George G:
Wright and Miss Almira Burwell of
| Westminster and Miss Elida Frost of
| Westminster West.
| The prizes, which were $15.47 for the
| firsts and S7.73 for the seconds, were
awarded as follows: Reading-first, Her
bert Sanborn, age IL years, grade five I;
second, Elizabeth Goodell, age 10 years.
grade four. Spelling-frst, Aliene Tay-
lor, age II years, grade eight; second,
Herbert Sanborn, age II years, grade FIVE
! This il the first time that any one pupil
has taken two prizes the same day, but
Herbert Sanborn certainly did carry off
the honors of the day.
After the contest the Ladies' Aid So
ciety sold ice-cream and cake, and there
was general good time socially.
Schools closed here Friday, June 10, for
| the summer vacation.
Mr. DeCamp of Springfield (Vt.) WIS.,
| tied last week among relatives here.
Mrs. Albert Howard took little Mary
Pebbles to Pittsford Wednesday to the
sanatorium.
Rev. Walter r. Curtis attended the
meeting OIL W lHuuuln county nlHlsltIS III
| Londonderry last week.
Next Sunday evening there will be a
union meeting of the senior and junior
| Christian Endeavor societies.
Mrs. Butler, niece of Mrs. Curtis, and
her husband of Raceville, n. Y, were re-
cent guests at the parsonage.
| Mr. and Mrs. George w. Wellman of
| Philadelphia, Pa, are visiting Mr.. Well
mans mother, Mrs. II. L. Wellman.'
The wind Monday blew down two tele-
phone poles so they lay across the hill
road leading to William Dunham's place.
| Mr. and Mrs. Damon Stevens of Lex
ington, Mass, We're weekend guests of
Mrs. Stevens's mother Mrs. H. f. Well
man.
! Mr. and Mrs. Francis Johnson and son
and Mrs. Ward motored here from Keene
Sunday and spent the day with Miss
Nellie Houghton.
Mrs. Colvin and daughter, Edith of
Danny, who have been visiting her aunt,
Mrs. Walter Curtis went to Stoneham,
Mass to visit last week.
Wesley d. Shepard and son-in-law,
Herbert Fletcher, have rented the Cor
ham Braley place and moved their fam
lilies here from Gageville.
Rev. Walter r. Curtis will supply the
pulpit at Westminster Congregational
church next Sunday and Prof. Guy M.
Powers of Saxtons River will preach here
Sunday morning.
Judge A. f. Schwenk and family mo-
tored here from Brattleboro Friday in
his new Hudson roadster to visit Mr.. and
Mrs. Harlan Goodhue. They were accom-
panied by DIR. Ned Goodhue, Mrs.
Schwenks brother, who visited his par
ents until Wednesday, when he returned
to his home in Dayton, Ohio.
Children's day was observed Sunday
morning in place of the regular services.
An unusually good program of singing
and speaking by the children was enjoyed
by the parents and others. 1t showed
much work by Mrs. Roland Chapman,
who had charge of the exercises. There
was also special music by the choir
Mrs. Fred Campbell of Boston, for
merly of this place, came June and Mr..
Campbell, who went to Amherst, Mass,
to attend his class reunion at the agricul.
tural college, came Sunday. They are
visiting at the home of Mrs. Campbell's
brother, Arthur Harlow. All old neigh
bors and friends are glad to welcome
them back.
f. O. Martin and family and Seymour
Minard and daughter Elizabeth, went to
Saxtons River Sunday to attend Odd
Fellows Memorial day exercises. Ser
vices were held in the morning at the
Congregational church and were attended
by the Odd Fellows and Rebekahs in a
body. In the afternoon services were
held in the cemetery and graves We're
decorated.
Jerome Holden, 81, sustained a shock
about 6 o'clock Thursday morning June
8, his left side being paralyzed. AT this
writing he remains about the same. All
his children have been with him. Vic
tor Holden of Springfield (Vt.), Mrs.
Harry Sparks and Bernice Holden of
Townshend, Mrs. Ernest Halliday and
Gilbert Holden of Brattleboro and Sharon
Holden of Windsor all came home last
week
Westminster West again feels proud
of one of her sons. Everett Watson Good
hue has just been elected professor of
economics at Dartmouth college for the
coming year He has been professor of
the same subject at Cornell university the
past year and previous to that since
1908, at Colgate He is a son of the late
Rev Henry A. Goodhue, a native of this
place and many years pastor here. Prof.
GOodhue and his father both are gradu-
ates of Dartmouth.
The South Valley school closed sue
cessful year June 8 with a picnic on the
school grounds, which was largely at
tended by children and mothers of the
school and neighborhood. Albert Ranney
has not been absent or tardy during the
school year and Arthur Ranney has not
been tardy or absent only one day Miss
Ethel Wing of Putney, the teacher, will
return next year and there will be a
good class of grade one pupils to enter the
school next fall.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. S. Taylor gave their
daughter, Aliene, surprise party June
-, 1t being her 18th birthday anniversary.
1t was surprise also to her schoolmates,
who knew nothing about it until that
afternoon. Mr.. Taylor went to the school
and took his two daughters for a short
automobile ride. Then Roland Chapman
came with his automobile and carried her
schoolmates and teacher in his automobile
to Mr.. Taylors home so they were there
to surprise her when she returned home.
1t was very pretty party, the dining
room decorations being yellow and white
and large birthday cake held ii lighted
candles. Supper was served and games
We're played and the children had a very
happy time
L STRATTON. :, I,
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