The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-05-31
TowNsHEND.


Mr.. and Mrs. John Senft of New York
are spending a vacation in town.
Mrs. Annie Clark went recently to
Nashua, N H-to attend the funeral OF
relative.
Miss Eleanor Willard, teacher at
Marlboro. spent the weekend and holi-
dav at home.
Mrs. Clark Aldrich was called last
week to Fort Edwards, n. Y, by the
death of a relative.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lauren Pike and chill
dren spent the weekend with relatives
in Brattleboro and Wilmington.
Miss Olive Minis of Westmoreland
who is introducing an educational vol
ume in this section, is STAYING with her
former schoolmate, Mrs A. l.. Marsh
A pre- Memorial day observance WIS
held at the graded schools in the village
Friday afternoon with a short program.
The rooms were decorated with flags.
Mrs. w II. Miles and Mr.. and Mrs
f. &. Cutler entertained six guests from
Hartford, Conn, for the weekend, all
coming by automobile. They included
| Mr.. and Mrs. j. Il. Ravens, Miss Geral-
| dine Havens, Mr. and Mrs. A. L.
| Thomas and Paul Barber. Mrs. Miles
returned with them Sunday afternoon
| for a visit in Hartford
A gift of 200 books. nearly all of
| which are fiction, has been made to the
| town library by the library at Spring
| field, Mass, Though many of the books
are somewhat worn, they will be a wei
| come addition to the library shelves.
A gift of 10 books of fiction recently
was made the library through the gen
| erosity of Mrs. w NJ. Sparks.
The united ages of the six veterans
| who attended the Memorial Sunday
service at the Baptist church totaled
~ years. The veterans were A. l.:
| Bush of BrookGne, Henry Carpenter and
| Theodore Osborn of Newfane, II. f.
| Franklin, William Perry and H. II.
| Chamberlain III health prevented John
A. Grout from joining his comrades.
! Premium lists for West River Grange
| ialr are being printed and will soon be
issued to the students in all schools in
town. Many have signified their desire
| 10 enter the garden contests and the
! names of all contestants viii be secured
| before vacation. The date of the fair
| has been set for Oct 6, Snow s orches-
| ira has been secured for the evening.
The 10 delegates, who attended the
older girls conference at st. Johnsbury
| were invited by the lecturers of West
| River Grange to attend the meeting
| Friday evening the business session of
which was closed early and entertain
| the members with reports of the con-
| ference. The reports were compre-
hensive and exceedingly interesting. The
girls also sang the conference song, Fol
low the Clean A unanimous vote OF
thanks was extended the girls by the
Grange for the reports. Refreshments OF
ice-cTeam and cake were served by the
Grange May birthday members.
An interesting meeting was held at
the town library Saturday to which
though more especially for the benefit
of librarians, the public were invited
Those present from out of town were
Miss Julia Carter of the state library
commission, of Montpelier; Miss Me
Carthy, librarian at Springfield (Vt.)
Miss Florence Pratt, librarian at Brat
tleb0ro public library; and Miss
Ruth Monroe, librarian at Newfane
As the day proved cold the plan for al
outdoor picnic lunch was abandoned anC
| lunch was served in the home economics
room by "A class of students. Reviews
and discussions of various books recon
mended for the library were given by
| Miss Carter and Miss Mccarthy. In thu
afternoon Miss Mccarthy exemplifieC
the mending of books, shellacing covers
etc. Catalogs. book lists, etc, were OF
hand for examination.
Memorial Sunday was observed il
this village with a union service at tn,
Baptist church. the house being filed
The church was suitably decorated witt
flags and bunting and lilacs were masset
on the platform and in front of the pull
| PIT. Members or the Iranu Army ant
! allied organizations entered in body
: They included six veterans of the Civi
! war, seven veterans of the World war
Sons of Veterans and about 20 mem
: bcrs of the Woman S Relief corps
, Special music. including two patriot
{ anthems. was sung by a union choir
/ Rev. r. H. Bosworth assisted tn
: pastor. Rev w. H. hobbs. in the serv
ice with scripture reading and invoca
ton. Rev. Mr. hobbs took this tex
from Joshua 4:2l, What Mean Thes
, Stones. His address was patriotic
! touching upon the causes of the Civi
war and the debt owed by the natI 10
4 present time All joined in America, a
: the closing ode. Flags were placed o
> the soldiers graves in the cemeterie
4 by members of the Sons of Veteran
r during the afternoon and the grave
a were decorated by them.