The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-04
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL

| The Luther league of the Swedish
Lutheran church will meet IN the church
vestry tonight at O'Clock.
The Brattleboro male chorus will meet
| in the Baptist chapel tomorrow evening
at S o'clock. Every member Is urged TO
| be present.
| The annual meeting of the Freme circle
| branch of the Womans Alliance Will be
/ held in the Unitarian parish house Thurs
dav afternoon at , o'clock. Every MEM
Der is urged to be present
Mr.. and Mrs \. II. Erickson of MARI
boro avenue were given a surprise party
| Monday evening by 80 of their friends, IN
honor Of their 10Th wedding anniversary.
They were presented $40 in silver. Re
| freshmentS of cake and coffee were served.
| Music and Il social time were enjoyed
during the evening.
! Howard Lane. Robert Simonds, Harold
| Wagner, Francis Haywood, Byron Leach
and Howard Cooper entertained 30 young
| friends last evening in the Unitarian
parish house. Shows orchestra furnished
music for dancing from 7.30 to 1880. Re
| freshments of punch and waters were
served.
All boys of the Centre Congregational
parish who desire to go on a hike with
| the pastor, Rev. DR.. II. L. Wo0din, to-
morrow should DE at the parsonage at
| $50 o'clock with their lunch. The hike
| probably will take the party in the direc-
| ton of GuilfOrd. Thirteen boys went
with DIR. Woodin Monday and visited the
West Dummerston granite quarry.
Fifteen members of Mrs. ii. Z. Wood
| ms Sunday school class of the Centre
| Congregational church had a covered dish
| supper in the chapel last evening to raise
money for the famine fund, Following
| supper Miss Ruth FrederickSOn rendered
vocal selections, Mrs. Woodin gave a
reading and Rev. DR.. Woodin gave u talk
on ferns.
Mount Holyoke college women had a
luncheon at the Brooks House yesterday
to inaugurate month of intensive work
by which they mean to complete the three
milliOhdOllar endowment and building
fund for their Alma Mater. The local
gathering was one of more than 100 held
throughout the county. the occasion
marking one of the greatest gct-tOgether
anniversaries of this noted New England
college.
There will be a concert and song recital
in the Swedish Lutheran church Thurs
day evening at $ O'Clock by Ruth Lindberg-
Forslund of Greenfield. Mass. She will
render Swedish and English folk songs
and classics and operate selections in
Italian. The price of admission Is very
low and members and friends of the
church are invited to come and hear this
pleasing soprano.
Mrs Elizabeth Brockington celebrated
her S9th birthday anniversary quietly
yesterday at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. John Buttcrtield. She received
numerous gifts. including flowers. fruit,
money and confectionery. the First Bap'
fist church remembering her with a dainty
May basket filled with fruit and candy.
Mrs. BrockingtonS health has failed some
what during the past year.
The funeral of Mrs q. f. Bailey, who
died Saturday. was held in the home at
los Canal street at 80 o'clock yestcr-
day afternoon. Rev. Delmar Il. Trout Of
ticiated and the burial took place in the
family lot in Prospect Hill cemetery. The
bearers were Arthur L. Simouds. Alcide
Marion. Albert w. Rockwell and Viii
ham J. Pentland. Those here from out
.of town to attend the funeral were An
son Williams of Northampton, Mass.
Mrs. NJ. L. Smith of Greenfield. Mass.
Foster Il. Locke of Saxtons River and
Miss Dorothy l.. Hubbard of New Lon
don, Conn.
\ pleasant party of about - friends
and neighborS of Mr.. and Mrs. +. T. Hop
kinSOn met last evening in their home
on Cherry street, the occasion being the
S4th birthday anniversary of Mrs Hop
kinSOn, to whom the affair was a surprise
A program of instrumental and vocal
music and readings was given and refresh
mentS of ice-Cream and cake were served.
pleasant feature of the evening was a
long distance call from a daughter Mrs
Elizabeth Dudley Of Bennington. Mrs.
IIOpkinSon received gifts of flowers fruit
candy, fancy articles, money and post
cards.