Source, The Poultney Journal--Fri. June 5, 1925. POULTNEY, VT. The graded school and district schools will close on Friday for the summer vacation. The band will give a concert from their stand, weather permitting, this Friday evening from 7 to 8:15. Mrs. H. R. Carlton has returned, after spending some time with her daughter, Mrs. Roger Gilligan of New York city. Mr. and Mrs. John Spaulding and children of Sudbury were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Seneca Spaulding over the week-end. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Lewis of this village announce the engagement of their daughter, Marion, to Francis Duffy of Rutland. Heber Allen Chapter, D. A. R., will meet Wednesday afternoon, June 10th, at three o'clock at the home of Mrs. H. H.Rawson. The Ladies' Aid Society of the M.E. church are planning to hold a lawn fete on the church grounds first week in August. This Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock the Parish Aid Society of Trinity church will meet with Mrs. Edwin Evans, Bentley avenue. A special sale of home-made brown bread and doughnuts and baked beans will be held at the Citizens bank on Saturday, June 6th, by the Parent-Teacher association of the Little Red Schoolhouse. Word has been received here of the birth of a daughter, Phoebe Esther, on May 22, to Mr. and Mrs. Samuel J. Lape of Lutheranville, N.Y. Mrs. Lape was formerly Miss Edith Ward of this village. Mrs. Clark Phillips and daughter, Ruth, have returned from Springfield, Mass., where they attended the graduation exercises of the McDuffie school, Miss Mary Phillips is a member of the graduating class. Norman Jones won in the weekly spelling contest in the first grade on Friday and Florence Briggs won in the second grade. Word has been received here of the birth of a son, Bernard Reginald, to Mr. and Mrs. Harold Belden of Putnam, N.Y. Mrs. Belden was formerly Miss Ruth Davis of this village. Miss Irene Davis of this village and Richard C. Holden of Rutland were united in marriage on Thursday evening of last week at the Methodist parsonage of Rutland, Rev. Dr. Geo. E. Price performing the ceremony. Miss Elsie Mae Williams, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Williams of Beaman street, and Charles M. Towne of Fair Haven were united in marriage at Granville, N.Y., on Tuesday. They will reside in this village. Joan H. Bixby Genealogy not just a hobby, but a labor of love.