Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-06-13

Miss Agnes Calvin entertained
number of her friends at a birthday
party Tuesday at her home on Walnut
street.
C.P. Gibson was notified today of the
death of DR.. Marshall Perkins of Mar
low, n. H., who was surgeon of the
14th New Hampshire regiment. The
funeral will be held Sunday.
The women of the organization com
mittee of the Franklin county hospital
in Greenfield are negotiating with f..
Wales in regard to giving his enter
tainment. King Jollity, in October.
The Rt. Rev. A. C. A. Hall, of Bur
lington, will attend the services of
benediction of the new altar in st.
Michael's Episcopal church the morn
ing of Friday, June 20. He will
preach a sermon in the evening.
The Young Peoples Christian I'm
ion of the Universalist church will be
represented at the national conven-
ton in Portland, Maine, the second
week in July, by Miss Annie Lamb,
Miss Alta Eames and Miss Florence
Eames.
Sedgwick Woman's Relief corps will
hold memorial services Saturday af-
ternoon. June 81. Members are re-
quested to meet at Grand Army hall
at 3 o'clock to arrange flowers. They
will take the o'clock car for the
cemetery.
The Springfield Union of Saturday
contained a half-tone cut of George
Rugg, principal of the Chicopee High
| school. with the announcement that he
would hand in his resignation on Mon
! day. Mr.. Rugg formerly was sub
master of the Brattleboro High school,
! He is now chairman of the Headmast-
ers' club of Western Massachusetts,,
vice president of the Hampden Coun-
| ty Teachers association and a mem
! Der of the executive committee of the
| Economic league.
A musicale and reading was given in
the Congregational chapel last even
| ing under the auspices of the Chris
! tian Endeavor society. The attend
ance was not large but the program
/ was one of unusual excellence. the
! II numbers being rendered with ar
tistic taste. The readings were by
Mrs c. II. Thompson. The musical
numbers were given by the mandolin
| and banjo clubs and these soloists:
| Violin, Miss Grace Eels, Hiss Helen
Weatherhead, Floyd Johnson; flute II.
F. Jordan; mandolin. Ernest j. Water
man; piano. Miss Florence Hildreth:
vocal, George f. Adams and Alfred S.
| Thompson.
Fire seems to follow Morris & Gregg
| Their stock OF goods in their Green
| field store was damaged by a fire
about four O'Clock this morning.
| although not seriously. Their
loss will come from smoke which filled
the store, damaging the wall papers.
The fire started in a wooden ell in
| Franklin's bakery almost adjoining
their store. The wooden ell was
burned but the brick block in which
five stores are located was little dam
| aged. Mrs. Kendrick Slate and others
living in the third story had CLOSE
call" Mrs. Slate was overcome with
smoke and had to be carried from the
building by her husband and son.
Sir Dan p. Webster of Brattleboro
was elected eminent grand commander
of the grand commandry, Knights Ten
plar, at Burlington Tuesday. The re-
port prepared by Congressman Kit
tredge Haskins giving a roster of the
/
of the grand commandery of Vermont
shows II Communicates, with mem
| bership OF 1866, net gain of 90 for
the year. Marshall Perkins of Wind
sor is eX-ofiicio' commander-in-chie of
the council of deliberation. which con
vened Monday. Col. Haskins is grand
pryor. NJ. o. Perkins of Windsor was
chosen venerable chief of the Masonic
Veteran association on Wednesday.
Elihu p. Taft Of Burlington was chos-
en- grand sovereign of the grand i'm
perial council. Knights of the Red
| Cross of Constantine. At the meet
ing OF the grand lodge yesterday. c.
l.. Montague of Woodstock was elect
ed grand master, and II. II. Ross of
Rutland grand secretary. George b.
Wheeler was again selected as dis
trict deputy grand master of the
eighth Masonic district.