Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-06-12


The High school class of 1902 will
hold a reunion at Spofford lake next
Monday.
The Woman's Relief corps will meet
at their hall Saturday at 3 o'clock for
a memorial service.
The funeral of Charles r. Briggs
will be held at the Baptist church to-
morrow afternoon at o'clock. instead
of at the house as at first announced.
The W. c. 7. L. met Monday after
noon to arrange flowers for Flower
Mission day. which was Tuesday. On
that day large number of bouquets
were distributed among the sick.
1t was two weeks ago last Tuesday
that the Halifax girl who had small
poX came to Brattleboro. The period
of incubation in small poX exposures is
IA days but thus far no one in Brattle.
boro has shown signs of the disease.
The battle effects in the play At
the Picket Line" which will be given
under the auspices of the Grange ORA
matte club next Thursday and Friday.
will be the same as were seen in The
Friendly Enemy" in the Auditorium
recently.
The IS club of Canal street went to
Bernardston Tuesday night on a tai
ly-ho ride, the party numbering IA.
Landlord Baxter Reed served a fine
turkey supper of eight courses. The
club returned at l o'clock in the
morning.
The electric railroad was without
power 40 minutes this morning. One
of the laps of the main drive belt
peeled up for about three feet, and the
loose end tore up things generally,
smashing wood work, breaking off an
iron water pipe, etc.
MI. and Mrs. S. NJ. Yeaw have is
sued invitations to the marriage of
their daughter. Miss Rena Ellian
Yeaw. to Harry Jerome Kimball, We'd
nesday. June Il. Mr.. Kimball has
bought a house in Clyde, Ohio where
they will live.
The 30th annual convention of the
Congregational Sunday schools of
Windham county will be held in
Townshend next Tuesday. Rev. H. R.
Miles of Brattleboro will give an ad-
dress in the afternoon on: Prepa-
ration of the Lesson, and Lesson
Helps
Hal c. March. who went to Haverhll
last week to play on the Haverhill
team in the New England league, has
returned. Being left handed player
the team would not give him a fair
trial as an in-fielder. He will resume
playing with the y. NJ. C. a. boys,
much to their qualification.
The hearing on the application for
the appointment of a receiver to take
charge of the affairs of the Brattleboro
& Whitehall railroad has been post
poned from tomorrow to next Thurs
day to accommodate counsel for the
Central Vermont railroad. 1t will be
held before Judge Watson in Mont
pelier.
The annual inspection of company
Vermont National Guard, was held in
Festival hall this morning, Capt
Hovey being the inspecting officer
There will be drill and rife practice
at the range in Centreville this after.
noon. The new krags, belts, bayonets
and other equipment arrived from the
adjutant generals office Monday.
Mrs. Laura A. Peake. II. mother of
Emerson W. Peake of Brattleboro, died
at her home in South Royalton last
Friday morning. The. funeral was
held Sunday. Mrs. Peake was born
in Royalton Aug. 6, 1925. She leaves
three sons. Charles D., with whom she
lived, Benjamin w. and Emerson W..
and a brother, Alden Hatch of Bethel
The first and second floors of the
r.f-e- hA vi i,,ft af . he
elevator, were drenched with water
last evening. The cable rope broke
and the elevator went TO the top of the
building, removing the packing at the
bottom of the shaft. A stream of
water spurted up to the second floor
until it was turned off in the base
ment.
The Congregational Sunday school
will hold a picnic in John Wright's
grove in Vernon next Wednesday.
each person carrying lunch. Tickets
will be good going on any train and
returning at $50. A variety of games
are being arranged, The First Reg-
ment band will be in attendance dur
ing the afternoon. The fare for the
round trip will be % cents. 1t is
hoped that every member of the school
will go.
Charles Henry Vaughan, 63. who
died recently in POmfret. was the hus
band of Mrs. Elmira II. Allen, former
~ Of BrattlebOfo, They were married
Feb. q. 1899. Mrs. Vaughan survives
with one step-daughter. Mr.. Vaughan
was one of Pomfret's leading citizens.
and had held various town Offices He
reDreSented the town at the last cos.
sion of the legislature, being elected
by the largest majority ever given
representative from Pomfret. He was
town clerk and treasurer 81 years and
postmaster 80 years. The funeral
was held in the town house, but the
building was not large enough to hold
all who gathered there.