The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-15
HINSDALE. n. III.
Illustrated Telephone Lecture Tuesday

Illustrated Telephone Lecture Tuesday.
Behind the Scenes in the Telephone
Industry, is the title of lecture to be
given by Frank Feather, commercial
manager of the New England Telephone
and Telegraph company, at the Congre
gati0nal church vestry April Is.
The lecture will be illustrated by both
stereopticon and motion pictures. 1t
includes interesting descriptions OF re-
cent inventions such as the multipleX
whereby five conversations are carried
on over one wire simultaneously; wire.
less telephony; the telephone repeater
making it possible to talk with a person
thousands of miles Distant the loud
speaking telephone which aInplifies the
human voice sufficiently to cover an
audience of over 100000 people. etc.
Everybody is interested in the opera
ton of the telephone because it is such
a vital factor in the business and social
life of the community.
J. w. Field has bought new 1922
bort touring car.
Hubbard Newton of Bellows Falls,
VT, was a recent guest of relatives.
Julius Martin of Windsor, Vt. was a
recent guest of relatives and friends.
H. S. Garfield is having a new piazza
added to his home on Cream Pot hill.
All the local schools opened Monday
after the Easter vacation of two weeks.
Miss Sybil Stearns returned home
Saturday after spending two weeks in
Washington, d. G.. New York, and Phil
adelphia.
Miss Pauline Mannis returned to her
home here Sunday after a two weeks
trip to Washington, ID. C., and Airing
tor, Mass.
Frank Hosford and daughter of Leb-
anon and Mrs. John Knowlton of Cam
bridge, Mass. were recent guests at the
home of F. w. Cotton.
f. A. Davis has moved his family
and household goods into his new home
on High street, which he bought a short
time ago of n. o. Maynard.
Wantastiquet Grange No. 1873, will
hold a food sale in the vestry of the
First Congregational church Saturday
afternoon, April 10, at o'clock.
Miss Ruth Langille, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. c. ii. II. Langille of this town,
has passed the state board examinations
at Boston as a registered nurse.
The selectmen will be in session at
the selectmens room April II and ID.
from a. m to p. m. each day for the
purpose of receiving inventories of per-
sons and estates liable to taxation.
Mrs. Russell W. Barbour Of Flint,
Mich. Mrs. +. G.. White of Albany, n
Y. and Miss Martha Gray of Arlington,
Mass, are at their home here, called by
the death of their father, DIR. c. \.
Gray.
The Busy Bee club met in the home of
Mrs. W. II. Snow Saturday afternoon.
The meeting was in observance of Mrs
Henry Barrett's and Mrs. Louis Dick
erman's birthdays. Six of the members
were present. Refreshments of cake,
coffee, etc. were served.
A Farm Bureau community meeting
was held in Fay's hall April 6. Prof.
interesting and instructive talk on The
Feeding of Cattle. Miss Winifred Tay-
,Or Of keene, home demonstration agent.
gave a millinery exhibition. y dinner
was served at noon.
Miss A. NJ. Barrows entertained the
Hinsdale Woman : club at the home of
Mrs. +. S. Leonard Tuesday afternoon.
\ carefully prepared paper on Forestry
was given by Mrs. Richards, and was
listened to with much interest. The
annual meeting will be held with Mrs.
4. +. Fisher Tuesday, April p.
Booster automobile plates bearing the
word - Hinsdale'' are being sold at the
local post Office by Robert b. Cotton.
These plates are the same color as this
year 5 number plates and are used to
attach to the number plates either over
OF DelOW the piate. w nile theY are
not as expensive they are very attrac-
tive.
J. Spoor Hurst and Earl W. Henion of
CUMBERLAND Center, \. Y, were arrested
by Officer Browning last Saturday for
operating a motor truck. the gross weight
of which was over 5000 pounds. They
were driving Mack trucks, one of which
weighed 5000 pounds and the other 1000
pounds. Before Judge Pierce they
pleaded guilty and paid fines of $40, aud
costs of $500 each. The trucks cannot
be moved until the ban is lifted.