Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-05-09
BELLOWS FALLS NEWS.

A ball will be held at BARRIERS park
Thursday, May %.
Mrs. Geo. X. Russell, who has been
very ILL. was able this week for the
first time to be out doors again for a
short time.
Y. II. Allbee, the Windham county
member, attended a meeting of the
State Republican committee in Bur
lington Tuesday.
The annual meeting of the Woman's
club will be held next Tuesday after
noon at 3 o'clock in the vestry OF the
Universalist church.
The Womans Relief corps will hold
their annual supper, to raise money to
purchase flowers for Memorial Day, in
banquet hall Wednesday evening of
next week.
Holy Cross commandery, X. T, will
attend services at the Congregational
church next Sunday morning. The
sermon will be preached by Rev. H.
L. L. Ballou of Chester.
George w. Wales has sold his house
on Atkinson street to Daniel Bresna-
han, possession to be given when Mr..
Wales moves into his handsome new
residence on Westminster terrace.
George Blakely will give his month
ly organ recital in the Congregational
church next Wednesday evening, as
sisted by Miss Mabel Goodhue, mezzo-
soprano; and Miss Ingenue Fassett,
violinist.
The Mount Kilburn junior auxiliary
and the Woman's Foreign Missionary
society of the Congregational church
will hold their annual meeting at the
home of Mrs. L. S. Hayes on Green
street this evening.
The annual meeting of the Vermont
Branch of the Woman's Board will
beheldin the Congregational church at
Bellows Falls Sept. 23 and "a. The
meeting of this organization was held
here IL years ago.
The boarding house on the corner
of School and Green streets run by
Mrs. F. l.. Randville for several years,
was closed last week and the tene-
ment is now occupied by Edwin L.
Baker and family.
A special conclave of Holy Cross
Commandery was held Tuesday even
ing at which Is or 20 members of Sui
Ivan commandery of Keene were pres
ent as guests. Temple degree was
worked on three candidates.
DR.. Edw. Kirkland is this week mov-
ing from the house on Henry street
owned by F. H. Babbitt, where he has
lived for three years into the house
which he bought last fall on the cor
ner of Henry and Hadley streets.
General Manager Jarvis and Chief
Engineer Parker of the Rutland road
were here with the observation engine,
Ne-ha-sa-nee, of that road yesterday
afternoon on matters connected with
the changes to be made in the depot
yards.
Friday afternoon the Womans' Aux
ilary of Emmanuel church held their
annual meeting in the parish house,
and the following officers were chosen:
President, Mrs. w. p. Wentworth; vice
president, Mrs. D. l.. Sanford; sec
rotary, Miss NJ. E. Swift; treasurer,
Mrs. s. F. Folsom.
Hon. Percival w. Clement, candi-
date for governor on the high license
platform, will give an address in the
opera house Monday evening on the
leading questions of the gubernatorial
contest as he looks at it. Arrange
ments are being made for special mu-
sic by coon" quartet.
Rev. c. r. B. Dodge and family left
the Baptist parsonage Tuesday and
stayed at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
q. G. Fairbank until yesterday, when
they left for Middleton, Nova Scotia,
where they will make their home for
the present, in the hope that the
change will be of benefit to Mr. Dodge.
The selectmen will lay out this
summer highway 40 feet wide from
the head of Burt place up the ravine
to the new terrace. A sewer will be
put in and the street completed this
summer. This will be one of the
pleasantest streets in town, and will
open quite territory adapted to build
ing purposes.
The street department have been at
work this week regarding the portion
of Church street north of School
street. Heretofore, this street has
been very steep, with an unsightly
grass plot in its centre. The grade is
now being made almost identical with
that of Cherry street, which was fixed
in that same manner about two years
ago.
The family of N G. Williams have
this week completed moving from the
house owned by Mrs. H. F. King on
School street, where they have lived
for about Is years, to the house re-
Gently erected by Mr.. Williams on At
k'nson street. The house on School
street will be occupied in the near
future by the family of H. A. Sum-
mers.
The annual meeting of Bellows Falls
Council No. II was held Monday
evening in the asylum. The degree
was worked on IL candidates and the
following officers elected and install
ed: T. l. M, Benjamin F. Walters;
D. M, George Muzzey; P. of W., Harry
Bottomley; treasurer, George Ball;
secretary, Henry Sparrow; c. of G.,
Carroll A. Moore; G. of c., Herbert
Fassett; steward, Louis Wilson.
The following officers of Abenaqiue
Chapter, Royal Arch Masons were in
stalled last week: H. P, R. D. Lock 4!
lin; king, George B. Allbee; scribe.
George |. Whitney; secretary, c. H. |
Gibson; treasurer, Geo. A. Weston;
P. s., Henry Sparrow; c. H., Geo. B. |
Wheeler; R. A. c., R. G. Thomas; M. |
LIST vail, Louis Mosley; End vail. Day
ton Switzer; 3rd vail, Gerald WEIGH;
tyler, Benjamin Walters.
The annual parish meeting of I'm