Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1922-01-27
T0WNSHEND
Death Of Mrs. Frank Blood.

Mrs. Flora (Harris) Blood, 30, wife
of Frank A. Blood, died Mt her home in
Townshend at II o'clock Monday fore
noon after many months of suffering.
She was born in Wilmington April s,
1866, daughter of Loren and Julia Har-
ris. She married Mr.. Blood June 2T,
1908. and they have since lived in Town
shend.
Mrs. Blood was woman of quiet.
home-loving disposition and bore her long
suffering patiently.
Besides her husband she leaves two
sons by a former marriage, Ray l.. Howe
of Northampton, Mass, and Guy G..
Howe of Brattleboro, also one half
brother in Providence, X. l., and nephews
The funeral was held at the house
Thursday afternoon at = o'clock
Mrs. w. VI. Sparks is recovering from
an illness.
I. S. Sayre left last week for a trip to
Alabama and other sections of the south.
Willis Braley of Westminster West
spent the weekend at the home of A. w.
Barry.
Mrs. Selfors of Wardsboro is caring for
John A. GrOut, who is still confined TO
his bed
Raymond Barry and friend, Mr.. Cavan-
augh, of Brattleboro,. spent Friday with
his parents.
Mrs. Holden of Westminster has been
a guest at the home of her daughter, Mrs
ii. n. Sparks.
Miss Lydia Everson returned Tuesday
to her work in Boston after spending the
weekend with her mother.
Master Harold Marsh is the proud
| owner of a handsome black shetland
pony which his father, A. r. Marsh
bought recently near Brattleboro.
Mrs. Miner Benedict was called to New
York last week by the illness of her old
est son, Theodore, with scarlet fever.
Mrs. w. L. Tenney was called Thurs
day to South Londonderry by the news
of the serious illness of her mother.
The basketball game at seminary hall
Friday evening between the BrattlcborC
Business institute and the local town
team resulted in a victory for the locals
by n score of 40 to 16.
The girls of the w. W. guild served a
hot supper in the Baptist vestry Friday
evening to the Brattleboro basketball team
from the business institute and others
About $40 was cleared for the treasury
! The Hadassah league remembered sew.
eral of the shut-ins this week with a sun.
shine box to Mrs. Lauren Pike. a flower
ing plant to Mrs. Alton Holden and q
good sized doll with full supply of clothes
to Vena Perkins.
Mrs. Edith Cook, nurse from the
Brattleboro Mutual Aid association, cam,
Tuesday from West Townshend to care
| for Mrs. Lauren Pike. who is still con
fined to her bed. Mrs. Pike. who was
there a week, returned to Brattleboro tn,
same day.
The casket containing the body OF
home of his daughter, Mrs. Fred S
liimball, at Ontario, Cal, Jan. l3
reached here Saturday night and was
placed in the Baptist church at 'clocl
Wednesday afternoon.
One of the most pleasing features of the
new electric lights is the lighting of tn,
triple faced clock in the tower Of tn,
town hail. All three faces are illuminated
| brilliantly so that the hour can be seer
for long distance and big town
touch is furnished our little village.
BY; ny the omission ef line an rpsrer
of the Community club last week. TIL
item should have read: "The total clul
receipts of the year We're 81 ,63G.61 an,
total expenditures $1.507.02. leaving ;
balance of $129.59. There remains un
paid bill of $2J4 and there may be ais,
some smaller bills to add to this
| The saying of our forefathers. "Whel
the days begin to lengthen the cold begin
to strengthen" seems proving true thi
winter. The high gale Sunday night blev
out panes of glass and even a whole win
dow sash in various houses in the villag
and did other damage. The win,
brought much-lowered change in TEN
perature and Tuesday morning the mer