The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-12-02
TOWNSHEND.

Mrs Irving Bills is seriously i'll with
typhoid fever. s8 t
Miss Olive Marsh spent last week with
friends in Bellows Falls.
Mrs. Raymond Phillips was in New
York on business last week.
Professor Smythe of Hartford was at
his home here for the holiday.
HAYDEN Marsh has gone to Brattleboro,
where he has work for K. l.. Fitch.
! Mrs r. w. Snyder is i'll this week.
Miss Bernice Holden is caring for her
| Rev. r. H. Bosworth visited last week
at the home of his daughter in Burlington.
! Mr.. and Mrs Robert Greenwood and
family spent Thanksgiving day at Ches-
| ter.
Mrs Ellen Plumb and daughter, Miss
Mary Plumb, visited at Newfane last
week.
! p. p. Allbee is recovering from tom
silitis and is now suffering from acute
rheumatism.
Miss Bernice Holden, who has been
spending several weeks in town, returned
home for Thanksgiving.
Miss Lucy Booth returned Tuesday
after spending several weeks with rela-
tives at Elmhurst, l.. l.
DIR. and Mrs. l.. J. Parker and Miss
Ruby Stebbins spent the holiday with
relatives in Brattleboro.
Mrs. Fred Holland of East Dover came
Saturday for a stay at the home OF her
niece, Mrs. Lauren Pike.
Mrs. II. II. Franklin spent Friday and
Saturday with her daughter, Miss Leone
Franklin, in Ashuelot, n. II.
Mr. and Mrs Guy Austin and family of
Saxtons River visited their parents. Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Austin, last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Il. Batchelder spent.
Thanksgiving at the home of their daugh-i
ter, Mrs. F. L. Lowe, in Brattleboro.
Rev. s. l.. Vincent will have charge
! of the services at the West Townshend
! Congregational church during the winter
The third in a series of dances at the
town hall, managed by Maynard Taft.
> was held Friday evening and was well
> attended.
: Mr.. and Mrs. George Cushman and
daughter of BrattlebOro were guests last
, week of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Haynes
Saunders.
II The regular meeting Of West River
: Grange was omitted Friday evening. The
, next meeting will be held Tuesday evening,
! Dee. Il.
> Robert FoIlett, who came Wednesday to
spend Thanksgiving vacation at home,
returned Monday to the Agricultural col
= lege at Storrs, Conn.
Mr.. and Mrs Charles Nichols are NOV
p ing to Merton Adamss house in the north
end of the town. Mr.. Nichols will work
for Robert Greenwood.
q W. w. Whitney is housed with three
! broken ribs as a result of stepping through
an open scuttle in the barn and falling
. Friday. He was much bruised and
shaken.
Mrs Alton Holden is reported as gain
ing steadily at Memorial hospital. Mr..
Holden, who has remained at BrattleSOro
during her serious illness, was at home
s several days last week.
Mrs. Leroy Potter returned Wednes-
l. day after recovering from an operation at
It Memorial hospital Mr.. POtter's mother,
Mrs. Herbert Potter of East Jamaica, is
l. staying with the family.
lie Miss Eleanor Willard was at home the
evening of Thanksgiving day and went
N Friday to Springfield, Mass, for a week S
e visit with her uncle before returning to
/ her school in Marlboro.
i a union service was held at the COngre-
% gatiOnal church Sunday as DIR. Roger,
1t who was expected to supply at the Bap-
T. fist church, was detained at Manchester
on account of the storm.
ii Mr.. and Mrs. p p. Holland. Mrs Flor
!. ence Holland Mr.. and Mrs. T. NJ. AlIbee
eral days last week at the home of Mrs
! 1T. NJ. Allbee in West BrattleboYo.
n w. NJ. Sparks was badly bruised and
s. shaken Thursday evening by falling half
i way down the outside stairs which lead
to his barber shop. The sleet and rain
d had made the steps extremely slippery.
l. Snow, rain and hail in alternate layers
n has covered the ground with about 10
d inches of hard-packed snow and put a
stop to nearly all automobile travel for the
II present. Sleds and sleighs have been
Ie brought out of'storage in haste.
n The advance French class at the semi
, nary is combining some seasonable char
$ ity work with their studies by canvassing
D the village for candles" (dimes) TO light
t miniature Christmas trees which viii be
i sent to French children made destitute by
z the war.
u Mr.. and Mrs. II. T. Waite entertained
II guests Thanksgiving day. They in
y cluded, besides relatives in town, Mr.. and
= Mrs. T.. e.. Pike, Miss Wilma Pike and
:. Lewis Pike of Brattleboro, Miss Annabel
l. Barber, who has been housed several
y weeks with a dislocated knee, was able to
be out for the first time as one of the
}, guests.
/ The village schools began the winter
~ term Tuesday after a 10 days vacation.
= Miss Carlotta Lawrence spent the time at
u her home in Grafton. Miss Angelina Smp-
son at Rutland and Miss Lillian Deans
! at Northampton, Mass All have returned
e for the opening of school. Mrs. O. w.
l. Follett will continue substituting for the
! Latin teacher, Mrs L. S. Boyden, who
l. has not yet fully recovered from her i'll
= ness.
The Hadassah League fair will be held
! TUESDAY evening, Dec. g. A lively pro-
gram will be presented beginning at s
> O'Clock. Those toking part in the two-act
J farce, The Arrival of Billy, are: Mrs.
! J. III. Wright. Mrs. /. s. Sayre, Mrs II.
! ). Kidder. Mrs. II. Il. Waite, Mrs. ID. G.
: Smythe. Il. r. Phillips and Billy. The
plot of the farce is lively, with surpris-
ing climax. Vocal and instrumental music
will complete the entertainment. A small
admission fee will be charged
n Rehearsals for the Womans Relief