Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-08-28

81. Ml'nacl pdrOCIlal ScuOOl VIII
open Sept. s.
Mr.. Croll has nearly completed re-
moving soil for a cellar at lot No. s,
Oak Grove avenue. He plans to lay
a wall next week and to complete the
house before cold weather.
The y NJ. C.. A. base bah team is
scheduled TO play the liiusdale team
IN HAT town tomorrow afternoon. The
battery for the y NJ. c. \. team will
be Stafford and Brooks,
The society Of seamstrcsses. needle
women and shop girls of BrattlebOro
| VIII hold their annual meeting in the
selectmen's room tomorrow evening
. promptly at 100 o'clock.
The lawn tea given by the Baptist
ladies last evening at the home of Mrs.
l.. II. Dearborn was success in every
way and was largely attended. The
net receipts were about $25.
Brattleboro camp. Modern Wood
men Of America. will hold their first
annual field day and basket picnic on
/ the Fair ground Monday. Field sports
/ and a ball game will be the attrac-
tions. Everybody is invited.
/ 4 pleasing feature of the band con
| cert on the common Wednesday even
| ing was the selection. Hiawatha,"
with bone variations by John Barker
| of Our New Minister company 1t
was heard by large crowd, who gave
an enthusiastic encore.
Sunday will be the closing day of
/ the meetings at Sunset lake. Mr.
/ Hubbard Of Princeton. y. j.. will
] -ttnf oil y Nlaf .sp f,f
/ Nortbneld at 230 and a service of gns-
/ pei singing will be held in the even
/ ing. There will be special singing at
each service by Mr.. and Mrs. Hubbard
and Mr.. and Mrs. Chafer who ave well
! known ut the N0,thield conference.
w. J. Reed, formerly Of Westmore-
/ land, now chief electrician in the navy
yard at Washington and an engineer
! Of experience. has been looking over
/ the ground here this week and dis
cussing with business men plans for
/ the proposed Connecticut river dam.
! lie is enthusiastic about the project
and thinks that without doubt the
money necessary for the construction
of the dam can be raised.
Edward y. l.add. who was born and
reared in Brattleboro, died in Hayer-
/ hill. Mass. recently. The funeral the
l5th was very largely attended The
coffin was draped with the American
flag and there were profusion Of
floral tributes. Many members OF the
Grand Army were present Mr. Ladd
worked as young man for Asa Miller.
thc carriage maker. He served in
/ Company /, 18th Vermont regiment
in the civil war. He is survived by q
wife and two married daughters.
Twelve members of Wantastiquct
Golf club went by tally-hO to Kcone
Wednesday, where they were delight
fully entertained at the Keone Country
club house. dinner and supper being
served there and everything being
done to make the visit enjoyable. ia
the golf tournament Clarence VI. Mil
Ter was the only Brattlebofo player to
win IN his match. but the others made
a good showing. The scoring was un-
der the Now intercollegiate rules
which gives one point 10 the winner
OF the first nine holes. a point TO the
/ winner of the second nine holes and
third point for the match. Mr. Miller
/ Whitney and Bigelow each Won
point. the score 10y teams standing
Keenc IA. Brattleboro {. BY matches
the scores werl a follows: Kings
bury 3 Bingham o. Blake 3. Tasker o;
Walworth B. Harris o; Faulkner L.
/ Miller ,; Colony >, Bigelow /; Faux
ncr > Whitney /. Tasker struck
hard proposition in his match with
Blake, the latter lowering the record
for is holes from IS 70 10 Tasker
played in So. a remarkably good score.
Miller had a medal score of Sc. and
+ the ether plaVers were down to marks
considered good ordinarily. The ten
/ mis- team from Wantastiquet club, in
Guiding Hooker. Pettee. II. Greene and
/ H. Bingham met defeats in both
double and single sets The Keene
players will come to Brattleboro for
a return match Sept. IL,