Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1922-09-29
The PUTNEY COLUMN
Inspection Of Relief Corps.


The annual inspection of the Woman's
Relief corps was held September 21,
when Mrs. Ruth England Smith of Ben
nington, department president. and Mrs.
Emogene White of Bratteboro, depart
ment inspector, were present. There was
II large number Of corps members present,
also one guest. Mrs G. +. Ruee of Dan
vile, n. III. The corps was happy to
welcome its new department president
here, also Mrs White, who inspected the
work last year.
Following the inspection the execu-
tive committee served an appctizing lunch
of rolls salads, coffee and cake.
Mrs. Smith and Mrs. White returned
TO Brattleboro after the meeting as Mrs.
Smith was to leave for Des Moines, Ia,
to attend the National Woman's Relief
Corps convention.
Ray Austin began driving team for ID.
III. Smith last week.
Walter Kelley is working at b. NJ.
Reeds sawmill in East Putney.
Richard Aplin has returned to his
studies at the University of Vermont.
Frank Whitman has bought new
Buick-six roadster of Raymond Stowell.
John Adams and daughter. Marjorie,
spent Sunday with friends in Nelson.
n. II.
Mrs. Lydia Blood of Bellows Falls is
staying a few days with Miss Jennie
Abbott.
Harold II. Bugbee has bought a new
Jewett car of the Roberts Auto Co., of
Brattleboro
The d. ]. Smith corporation Is ship
ping 100 cords of four-foot hard wood to
Boston and vicinity.
Mr.. and Mrs. ID. w. Holt spent the
weekend with Mr.. and Mrs. Ronald
Clark of Brattleboro.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Richardson of
Saxtons River called on Mrs. Norman
Whitney Sunday Mt Twin farms.
The Grange will meet Tuesday eve.
ming, as there was no regular meeting
last night on account of the fair
Lowell Patch came Saturday from
Rutland to spend the week end at the
aome of his uncle, DR.. ]. w. Patch
Mrs. Thomas Prozzo has returned
from the Melrose hospital, where she
was operated upon for appendicitis.
Wayland Aver and J. Il. Derry re-
turned home Friday from jury duty ut
Newfane and will not have to report
again until Oct. 3.
Mrs Sarah Lindeman of Philadelphia
has returned to her home after spending
several weeks with her daughter Mrs.
Walter Il. Parker.
Miss Elizabeth Bralcy came Friday
and remained until Sunday at her home.
when she returned to her duties as
teacher at East Mortified, Mass.
The first corn husking of the season
was held mt Nathan Mann's Friday
night Pcrry's orchestra furnished music
for dancing, after the corn was husked.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Mundell and five
I'LL "a t1,l,, ;,,t,
e. f.. Bloods tenement adjoining his
house. Mr.. Mundell will help Mr.. Blood
with the farm work.
Prof. Miles Pond of Cornell univer-
sity, with his wife and son, Chester.
made trip through New England and
stepped for the past week with his
brother, i. II. Pond.
The Christian Endeavor topic for
Sunday evening will be Better Work.
Romans ~ oil. (Consccration meeting.
p Rally day suggested.) Leaders, Roy
Carpenter and Francis Goodrich.
The Ladies' Aid society will meet
afternoon tea will be served at ; o'clock
by committee of three, Mrs. ii. ..
Cobb, Mrs. Flora =. Cole and Mrs.
Fred Robertson.
Mrs. +. f. Phillips stayed Thursday
and Friday at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Fran; Leonard of Dummerston,
while Mr.. Phillips and Mrs. Leonard AT
tended the Eastern States Exposition at
Springfield two days.
Miss Edith Adams and niece Eleanor
Adams, went Friday to Saxtons River
to stay with her mother, Mrs. Wayland
Adams, II few days. Mrs Adams has re-
turned from Boston, where she under
went successful operation for the re-
moyal of cataract from one eye.
Considerable excitement was caused
Saturday afternoon by an automobile
registered under tho name of Walter j.
Field of Springfield (Nt.) running over
and killing the Scotch collie dog belong
ing to ID. c. Vass The accident hap
pcncd in front of the Service garage
when the dog ran out from behind II
team, giving the driver of the car, which
was coming down the hill, no chance to
avoid hitting the dog.
Fourteen members of the executive
its president, Donald Apin, Saturday
evening at his home in East Putney
Among the several matters of business
transacted We're the appointment of a
publicity committee consisting of Roy
Carpenter, George Mann and Howard
Aplin, to help advertise the various so
cial activities of the society; the recon
mendation Of assessing each member 3,
. cents to help pay the running expenses
OF the county organization and of pur
chasing an efficiency chart to be hung il
the Christian Endeavor room. At
business meeting of the society Sunda!
night these recommendations were passeC
upon.