The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-27
TOwNsHEND.
Program for ChautauQua.


The program forecast for the local
village for the second time this year, the
dates. being July 13 to July II, Sunday
excluded, contains many high grade and
pleasing features The program is well
balanced and includes worthwhile enter
tainment, music of many yarlties, m
formation. clean, wideawake fun, and
coed times for all. Among the special
features will be the wonder-working
Floyds with their demonstrations of
mind reading. magical tricks and lllu-
sons the Cartwright quartet, who offer
a novel musical program, lectures by DIR.
Roland H. Nichols and DIR. Joseph l..
Thompson, both inspirational and enter
tanning; The Lady of the Decoration,
musical play-reading given by Miss
Hetty Jane Dunaway will be sure to be
one of the most popular numbers; al
noted group of Negro singers, the Har-
rod Jubilee quartet, on the last day.
There will be fun for the little folks
of the junior Chautauqua from start to
finish There will be special features
each day for their benefit. On the third
day the Arion entertainers VIII cram the
children's fun-festival full of mysterious
surprises and delight, and on the last
day an absolutely new junior hippo
drome will be presented full of fun. All
children who joined the juniors were
loyal supporters of the Chautauqua last
wear and will be delighted to know that
The games. storytelling and folk songs
will be continued this season under the
supervision of a trained play leader.
Guy Franklin is staying out of school
on account of i'll health.
William Perry has been i'll the past
week with intestinal grip.
| F.. y. futile has had a telephone in
stalled at his residence. The number IS
! I'LL.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Gilfeather of
Brattlcboro were guests at w. O. Daviss
| Sunday.
Many farmers have turned their cows
to pasture at an unusually early date,
owing to the general scarcity of hay in
| this section.
| A. r. Marsh and Mr.. and Mrs. II. f.
| Howard attended the anniversary sun
day service of West River Odd Fellows
and Rebekah lodges at Newfane April %
q. w. FOllett. who does a steady bus
mess in buying calves, which he trucks
to WalpOle each fortnight, took over an
unusually large load Monday, including
| 53 head.
Mrs. f. b. Batchelder spent last week
at the home of her daughter, Mrs. f. l..
Lowe, in Brattleboro. Mr.. Batchelder
also was there for the weekend and re
turned with her.
Rev. II. II. Bosworth is taking a two
weeks vacation. which he will spend at
the home of his daughter in Burlington
and in attendance at the state Congre-
gational conference in Springfield.
\ meeting of the Dorcas guild will be
held in the Congregational vestry
Wednesday. May 3. in the afternoon.
Supper will be served at > o'clock by the
hOSteSses. Mrs. o. W. Follett. Mrs. G.
c. Robinson and Mrs ]. H. Wright
Mrs l. f. Chase has bought a house
on Myrtle street in Brattleboro of
| George Dompier. formerly of Townshend,
and viii move there about May l. Her
son. Merton Chase, has position dem
onstrating several makes of automobiles.
The casket containing the body of
Mrs. Kate c. DuttOn was taken from the
! tomb and buried in the family lot Mon
day. The date. April "a. was exactly six
wears from the date of the burial of Col.
| placed in the tomb the past winter have
| all received burial within the past two
weeks, Mrs. buttons being the last.
NJ. p. Grout took his youngest son,
Stanley to Springfield, Mass. Monday
for surgical treatment to the leg with
which he has had serious trouble for
some time. 1t was found necessary to
| graft a section of bone from the sound
! leg to the injured one. Mrs. Grout was
called to Springfield Wednesday as the
child's condition appeared critical. but
as he showed much improvement she re
turned Friday.
The fragrant blossoms of arbutus are
noticeably scarce this season. especially
i'm the section near Miss Ellen Wares
place. which has been Il favorite locality
in which To gather the flowers. 1t is
probable that careleSsness in pulling up
the roots of the plant is the cause of
their growing scarcity. No one can be
blamed for desiring to gather a modest
bunch of these early blossoms, but tear
ing up all ones hands can hold only TO