Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-11-29

]. e. Hall will lead the 4 o'clock
Y. M. c. A. meeting next Sunday af-
ternoon.
The annual meeting of Sedgwick
post, G.. A. r., will be held in Grand
Army hall next Wednesday evening
at $50 o'clock.
A. V. Mays agency has sold for
H. G. Barber, administrator of the
l. B. Taft estate, a timber lot in Dunn
merston to Holden & Martin.
c. p. w. Mines. the drummer even
gelist, who is remembered as having
spoken here so acceptably last winter,
will visit the Y. NJ. c. A. again to
speak on Sunday, Dec. IS.
The Prospect Hill Cemetery asso-
citation has provided about so new lots
on the south side of the cemetery by
grading the land below the tomb. The
surveying was done by George A.
Hines.
~ T. Ryan was in Holyoke Satur-
day to accept the buildings of Arthur
Liberte on High street-three monitor
stores-he being the guardian of the
children of A. H. Ryan, whose estate
built the blocks.
The Prospect Hill book club held
it's annual meeting Saturday evening
at the home of the President, Miss
Lillian Newton Miss Newton was re-
elected president and d. e. Tasker
secretary and treasurer.
The academy East hall in West
Brattleboro was sold by auction Sat
urday to Gustaf Hertzberg for $50. 1t
will be torn down and removed. The
two building lots were bought by DR..
c. S. Clark for 5000 each. George p.
| Miller was the auctioneer.
A union session of the Woman
club will be held at the Brooks House
Monday evening, Dec. 9, by invitation
of Mrs. W. N. Thompson. The topic
| for the evening is Education" and
all interested in the subject are in
vited to attend the meeting. Mr..
Whitaker will be the principal
| speaker.
Mrs. Annie Boyle, Al, wife of Lewis
| O. Boyle of Dummerston, died Sun
! day of a pulmonary disease. The
| body was brought to Brattleborc
| Tuesday for burial in the Roman
Catholic cemetery. Mr.. Boyle lived in
! Brattleboro formerly, but is employed
at present by E. H. Miller of Dunn
merston.
The Congregational Christian En-
deavor society held a Thanksgiving
sociable in the vestry Monday evening
charging a vegetable as the admission
price. A large collection of vegetables
was received, and in addition money
! pni lob or oil Of nh iph
by Mrs. Wells in her Thanksgiving
charity work in the parish. Game:
were played and refreshments were
served.
The young people of st. Michael.
Episcopal church met at the rectorl
Friday evening and organized a Younl
Peoples society. These officers were
elected: President, Mrs. w. f. Has
kell; vice presidents, Carl Cain
Charles Frink, Miss Emily Tones
secretary, Miss Sarah McVeigh; treas
urer, Miss Harriet Tucker. The oh
ject of the organization is to extend
the work of the church.
John Buckley, proprietor of Edge
wood, the hotel in the Waite district
has left town and his hotel effect
have been seized by o. Peltier. owne
of the hotel, for rent. Chief-of- Polio,
Hall went to the hotel Friday with
warrant for Buckley's arrest, bu
Buckley was not there. Chief Hal
made the house another visit a day o
two later, but was told by a person
who was keeping the house under sur
veillance that Buckley had left.
A. Starkey and G. A. Boyden. com
missioners on the estate of the lat
Emery Knowlton, have rendered a de
cision allowing the claims upon whicl
a hearing was held before them las
week. One of the claims was pre-
scented by Mrs. Lizzie Rand of Town
shend. who held a note from Nj
Knowlton for $500 for care of his frs
wife, payable within 90 days afte
Mr.. Knowlton's death, and the othe
was by Charles Clark of Jamaica 70
IS month for care of Mr.. Knowlton'
sister The latter claim amounts t
about $40.
A change in the Central Vernon
railroad time table went into effec
Monday, and another will take plac
next Monday. The New London trail
which has left heretofore at $50 i
the morning now leaves at $40, an
beginning next Monday the train leaN
ing at 1915, which heretofore has ru
through to New London, will go onl
as far as Millers Falls. making cor
nections with the Fitchburg road an
returning at 1 o'clock. This make
the schedule practically the same a
last winter with two through train
to New London-7.40 a. m. and As
p. m.
At the union meeting held in tn
Baptist church Friday evening, Nov
Is, an executive committee was al
pointed to have entire charge of tn
meetings now in progress, as follows
f. r. Marble, H. r. Miles, r. F. Low,
j. J. Estey, S. B. Emerson, c. {
Wheeler l.. w. Hawley, w. A. CT
bert and S. M. Yeaw The executiv
committee has appointed sub-commi
tees as follows: Committee o
finance, S. B. Emerson, j. ]. Este,
! w. R. Geddis; committee on must,
/. w. Hawley, w. A. Gilbert, DR.. C. {
Wheeler; committee for usher
George c. Wilson, F, A. Bagg, Georg
T M. Clay, F. A. Holmes, H. c. Clisbe,
Arthur Monroe, l.. A. Whitney, j. |
= Haynes, S. NJ. Yeaw
Serious damage by fire was marrow
" averted in Grange block Saturda
. forenoon. Mr.. Bruce, the janito
placed some of his personal effect
in the ticket office of Grange ha
about o'clock, and then went to tn
lower floors to work About 9 ocloc
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