Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-12-20

Beauseant cOmmandery, Knights |
Templar, conferred the Red Cross de-
gree on two candidates Wednesday
evening.
Wednesday Friday and Saturday of
this week are the winter ember days
observed by the Roman Catholic
church.
About As couples attended the dance
in Melrose hall Wednesday night.
Leitsinger and Dugan furnished music
and Kinds prompted.
Friendship Circle elected these Off
GERS Friday night: President, Mrs. w.
c. Stone; first vice president, Mrs.
Cora Robinson; second vice president,
Mrs. f. L. Young; secretary. Mrs.
Mary Amidon; treasurer. Mrs. Ida Gil
son; directors, Mrs. w. A. Reyes, Mrs.
A. J. Currier, Mrs. Frank Dye. Mrs.
Eric Landry and Mrs. Ora Butterfield.
The strictly American romantic
drama, IAN American Gentleman"
will be seen at the Auditorium on Sat
urday evening, 2Sth inst. The play
comes with the assurance that it has
a strong and interesting plot, with
thrilling and sensational incidents,
beautiful scenery and stage effects. all
Of which are the proper setting for
well.told love story William Bonelli
and Rose Stahl are in the leading
parts. supported by a good company.
The Grand Rapids Herald Of last
Sunday contained the following: Ret
ting & Sweet. furniture manufactur-
ers. have Just closed a contract
amounting to s37 900 to furnish the
state capital building at Helena,
Mont. Mr.. Retting has just returned
from the state where he closed up the
deal The furniture will be mostly
mahogany and the order will amount
to several carloads" Mr.. Retting is
Charles F. Retting. son of John Ret
ting, sr., of Brattleboro.
A well-known local travelling man
! who upon occasion, has the courage
to say what he thinks. gave one of the
| Central Vermont railway officials a
! call down in the Vernon station one
day this week in words more eloquent
than elegant Several times since the
beginning of cold weather the 1918
train. southbound. has started out with
| scarcely any heat in the cars, and 1t
was on such an occasion that the col
! loquy took place. II is perhaps need
! less to state that those present gave
the travelling man their moral if not
their verbal support.
! Rev. L. NJ. Keneston OF West Brat
! tleboro will give a talk on THE Life of
! Christ" illustrated with stereopticon
views in the Congregational church
next Sunday afternoon at o'clock.
| The services will take the place of the
| regular Christmas concert by the Sun
day school. All are invited. On
Tuesday evening the Sunday school
will hold its Christmas entertainment,
and it is hoped that every member Of
the school will be present. Supper
I will be served to the little ones at 6.15
/ o'clock in the vestry. The entertain
ment will be held in the church at Z
o'clock. after which refreshments will
be served 10 adults in the vestry.
There are many personal friends in
Brattleboro and Wilmington who will
be glad to know that John II. Flagg
of New York is now recovering from
the severe illness which has complete
ly disabled him for two years past.
Mr.. Flagg's trouble is a very rare one,
that OF inflammation of the arteries
/ anu It's COuIst anu lidl OuNNbillt nav
been watched by leading New York
physicians with professional and sci
entific interest Mr.. Flagg says in a
recent letter: Il am now gaining rap
idly. and, although practically help
less. can see the light of clearing
ahead beyond the wilderness l have
been doomed to grope in for the past
two years" The Phoenix prints this
week with great pleasure a tribute to
President McKinley's memory written
by Mr.. Flagg, which seems TO us to be
as complete and appreciative in per
ceptlon and sentiment as it is finished
and felicitous in expression.
w. II. Brayton, formerly Of Clifton
Springs, n. Y, has opened a furniture
repair shop over Judges store.
The Brattleboro High school class OF
1901 will hold a reunion some evening
next week with Miss Ethel knight.
II. A. Rogers. of the firm of Rogers
Newman & Tolman, died in Boston
Tuesday. Henry Newman was one o.
his partners.
The first and second BrattleborC
basket ball teams will play first ant
second Millers Falls teams in Miller'
Falls tomorrow evening.
The o'clock meeting Sunday after
; noon at the Y. NJ. c. A. will be led b!
w. d. Stockwell. His subject will be
Are you doing your best?'
Leon White, Of the Vaughan & Sar
gent Electric company, has this weel
wired the Masonic hall and the resi-
dence of w. O. Amidon in Hinsdal'
for electric lights.
Clark j. Skinner, 81, of Newfane
, well known through the central par
, of the county as a plasterer and bricl
. mason, suffered a stroke of appopleXy
, at his home yesterday forenoon anC
died about 8 o'clock last night.
|, Oasis Encampment, l. o. o. F.. elect
ed these officers last evening: Chic
patriarch, F. Z. Perry; high priest, H
= j. JOY; senior warden. A. w. Roel
scribe, c. G. Endlich; financial scribe
! d. w. Tenney; treasurer, d. McGin
ivray; junior warden, E. r. Thayer
trustee for three years, A. F. Rohde
trustee for one year W. E. Banks.
: About $50 people attended the recep
ton in the Y. NJ. c. A. rooms last even
ing. 1t was given by the young mel
! and the Woman's Auxiliary and tool
the place of the regular New Year.
reception. The rooms were taste
: fully trimmed with wreaths and rope
of evergreen. A program was given
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