Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-12-04
adjourned to Union hall and enjoyed a

The women of the Universalst church
will hold their annual fair and supper next
Thursday evening, Dec. 10, in Union hall.
The ladies of this church are notable for
their good suppers and it is expected this
will by no means fall below the average.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. II. Hadley ere in
Chester last week, in attendance upon the
Gibson Hadley wedding. Mr.. Hadley gave
away the bride, his niece, Miss Grace Had
ley. A. II. Chandler and John F. Pierce
of this place were also present as ushers.
A meeting of the state board of health
was held here yesterday, Drs. Sherwin of
Woodstock, Holton of Brattleboro and
Caverly of Rutland being present. An Or
ganization was effected with DR.. Caverly
as president and DR.. j. II. Hamilton of
Richford as secretary.
A very enjoyable affair was the recep-
ton given last week Saturday, by Mr.. and
Mrs. George Bacon, in honor of the 25th
anniversary of their marriage. About go
guests were present and Mr.. and Mrs. Ba-
con were assisted in receiving by Rev. and
Mrs. c. r. B. Dodge.
An intoxicated Hungarian fell asleep on
the track of the Boston 81 Maine railroad
yard in North Walpole last Sunday and
was seriously injured by north-bound
freight train. 1t was found upon exami
nation that no bones were broken. His
name has not been ascertained.
A notice has been posted, callinga town
meeting Dec. Is, at 10 o'clock ITO see
what action, if any, the town will take in
relation to the issue of its bonds for the
purpose of defraying the expense and cost
of the school building and school building
grounds, purchased and constructed pur-
suant to the vote of said town, ETC."
A meeting was held in Union hall last
Saturday to form a branch of the
New England Milk Producers union. At
this meeting w. W. Barry of Saxtons
River was elected president, and j. p.
Holmes of Walpole, general secretary. A
vice president and secretary were appoint
ed for each milk district represented, num-
bering II.
The basket ball team of the Y. M. G. A.
played its first game of the season Tuesday
evening, at Rutland, where it was defeated
by the Association team of that place,
with score of A to IA. This is a new or
ganization, and is composed of the follow
ing members Ed. Chandler, Burr, Thos
McCaffrey, Perley, Danforth, and Harry
| McKinnon.
In addition to the other classes adver-
tised by the Y. NJ. G. A. two classes in BIZ
BILE study will be conducted by Secretary II.
| w. Freer-one for beginners and the other
for more advanced pupils. S. W. Wilder will
| give the second of his course of lectures on
chemistry next Monday evening. To
this class alone are the ladies of the aux
Hilary admitted.
Lieut.. Foote of Vermont Academy gave
familiar talk in the Y. NJ. G. A. rooms
Monday evening on "Our coast defences,"
before an appreciative audience of about
40. They were prepared to enjoy to its
fullest extent this, the third in the ga
miliar talk" course, as Lieut. Foote'S talks
last year were highly interesting and in
structive, and they were in no wise disap-
pointed.
| What proved to be narrow escape from
a serious fire occurred in Hecker and Tyr
rell's restaurant Saturday evening. Mr..
! Tyrrell was filling gasoline stove behind
the counter, when the gasoline caught fire,
and the flames quickly spread to the wood
work about the doors, but were soon ex-
| tinguished. As result OF the catastrophe,
the front of the restaurant is this week
being repaired and receiving a fresh coat
of paint.
A reunion of the High school class of
'95 was held at the home of Miss Sue
Thompson last Friday evening, and ar
rangements were made to hold another in
March. 1t would not be bad idea If more
of the alumni would display their loyalty TO
their class and their alma mater in this
manner, and reunions of this kind would
certainly be enjoyable affairs to the men,
bers of the classes. By the way what has
become of the alumni association formed
so many years ago, and re6rganized in '94.
The matter of the names of our school
buildings was brought to our attention a
few days since by discussion of the new
building. They are now nondescriptly
dubbed Nos. /, 2, and 4. Why not, as
other schools, name them for the street on
which they are situated, or for the men
who have interested themselves in the ed
ucation of our village? Bellows Falls
does not lack of men to whom it would de-
light to do honor. Foremost among them,
who has taken deeper interest in our in
situations and shown broader, more pub
lic-spirited desire for the welfare of all
that tends to good citizenship than Hon.
A. N. Swain? To that school mo. y
which has benefited so much from his
kindly interest and which now bears the
flag which was his gift, why might we not
give the name, 1.-THE Swain school?"
Then, too, we could have an Atkinson
street school, Wells, and George street
schools.