The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-14
WESTMINSTER WEST.
Wedding Anniversary Surprise.

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given q surprise at their home Saturday |
evening by about so friends and neigh !
bors ter remind them of their 10th we'd !
ding anniversary. The anniversary was
Monday. Dec II. hut as II was expected /
that Mr. and Mrs Minard would be gone
Monday to the state Grange meeting III
Burlington, the surprise party was gwen
Saturday evening Refreshments We're
served Mr.. and Mrs. Sharon Holden
m6rored here from Brattlebor0 for the oc-
casion.
Schools closed Friday Dec. u. to re
open Tuesday, Jan. ;.
Ladies' Aid society met at the parson-
age with Mrs. Walter Curtis for dinner
Dec. Z.
Mrs. C. S. Beeba and Miss celia Rugs
spent Friday IN Brattleboro doing Christ
mas shopping.
+. G. Weatherbaa and daughter. phyi
lis. and :. c. Wilcox of BrattIeboro spent
the Weekend with Mr.. and Mrs. &. >
Beebe.
The pupils of the Westminster West
.hool have gathered and sent box OF
Christmas green's TO the Newport Naval
hospital at Newport. X. l.
Mr.. and Mrs II. Z. Brown, Add:e and
Richard Brown attended the funeral OF
Mrs. Browns mother, Mrs. Gertrude
Grape. in NeWfane Saturday.
The schools have received Junior Red
Gross exhibit from Italy, one from fta-
wall, ard a dress made in Austria. These
are very interesting and educational
The Misses Nellie Houghton and Nora
Walker have closed theirs homes nero Tor
the winter and went Saturday to West
UPTON. Mass. where they viii work IN q
hat shop as trimmers.
Seymour AIinard, master Of Saxtons
River Valley Pomona Grange, Walter
Harlow, lecturer, and Carlton Holden,
delegate of Maple Grove Grange, Went
10 Burlington Monday to attend the an
rual session Of Vermont State Grange
Zee II to Il.
4 meeting was held at the homo of
Roliu Ranney Wednesday evening, Dec
&. Of the farmers who ship milk, 10 con
slider ways of getting the milk carried TO
the cooperative plant IN BrattIeboro dur
ing tho winter months. Hugh IOughton
is carrying it now ON his automobile
truck.
Mr.. and Mrs WalteE Harlow and Mr..
and Mrs. Walter Buxton went TO Putney
Friday afternoon to attend the burial
service of Mrs Eugene Z. HOughtOn. The
funeral was held at her late home III
Rrattleboro and the burial was in the
Houghton family lot In the North GENE
terry in Putney.
triple funeral of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde HUI
let's three children, who were burned I,
death Friday morning. The funeral
which was private was held at the HON,
Of Mr. Huletts uncle, benjamin Wood
in Putney village Mr.. Curtis married
Mr. and Mrs. Hulett.
There will be Community christina
tree and exercises by the children o
both schools at the town hall, Saturda.
evening. Dee rs. at s o'clock Every on
in the community is invited to be. presel'
and put gifts for anyone. on the tree
Let this be a real community ahalr VII
rauI Christmas SOlrlt.
The kitchen in the church vestry IN
inst been put in good shape by tn
Church society, who put IN new SillS,
new floor and sheathed it part way
from the floors The Christian Endeayo
society and the junior Christian HI
deavor have paid for painting the hoo
and vanishing the sheathin-. Seymou
Ninard has given q kitchen stove an
members of the Ladies Aid society nav
cleaned it up in first class shape.
At the regular meeting of the Map,
Grove Grange Thursday evening, Dec.
tbe third and fourth degrees We're c9l
farrpd On n class of five. There Also W,
the annual election OF othcerS Tor u
coming year as follows: Master, Illus
HoughtOn; oveFseer, Fred HaFloW,S ~ x
ureT. Walter Harlow steward. T. /
stacey assistant steward. Albert HoN
ard chaplain. Mrs. Roland Chaplaai
treasurer. s. H. Minard secretary. Nj
Walter Harlow: gatekeeDer. Chaft
Brooks. Flora. Alice Goodell: Pomon
Mrs Charles Brooks: Ceres MrS 30,
Davire lady assistant steward. Mrs. >
bert Howard.