Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-06-05
BELLOWS FALLS NEWS.

Mrs c. II. Sawyer of Newton Centre,
Mass. is visiting at the home of c. w.
Osgood
Work was begun yesterday by the In
ternational Paper company pulling their
logs out of the river,
The families of Clark Chase and George
Page are expecting to spend the month
of July at York Beach, Maine.
The Ladies Afternoon Whist club was
entertained in Alstead, n. H. Wednesday
afternoon. at the home of Mrs. Prouty.
c W. Osgood will speak in Bristol
sunday in the interest of the Anti-Sa-
loon League. and in New Haven Mon
day.
Prin. W. D. Parsons and II. G. Tracy
of the High school will leave July , for
a two months stay in different parts of
Europe.
AT a meeting of the hospital directors
Friday evening it was decided to do
nothing further about the hospital at
present.
Telesphor Demers and family who have
lived on Hyde street several years, have
moved to Windsor Mills =. O. where
Mr.. Demers has work.
w. +. Ranger, state superintendent of
education. addressed the Rockingham
town teachers at the High school build
ing here this afternoon.
E. G. Osgood was in Townsnend We'd
nesday to attend the prize speaking at
Leland and Gray Seminary, where he
was one of the judges.
Miss Julia Morarity and John Barry
were married Tuesday morning by Rev.
FIR. Reynolds. They will make their
home at Prospect street.
The ladies union of the Congregations
al church served a special supper in the
church vestry Wednesday evening, to
a goodly number of people.
Mrs j. J. Hallenback and grandson.
Andrew Heermance, returned Monday
from a short stay with friends in Spring
field and Sunderland, Mass.
The Young Peoples Missionary Union
of the Methodist church will hold their
annual meeting at the church parson-
age this evening, followed by a reception.
Many people from here are planning
to attend the commencement concert to
be given at Vermont academy by the
New Temple Quartet of Boston, June
10th.
a call for 500 men to fight the fires in
Corbn park, near Newport. y. H., was
sent to Bellows Falls yesterday morning.
A number from here went up on the eN-
press train in the afternoon.
L. Gunderson. VINO has run the home
bakery on Westminster street several
months, left town rather suddenly with
his family Saturday, leaving bills to
the probable extent of 5000 unpaid
Carroll w. Black has left the office
of the Bellows Falls Machine company
where he has been employed as book
keeper, and is now in the office of the
John Robertson & Son Paper company
The rural schools will close June T.
and will hold public exercises in the "old
church" at Rockingham. The graded
schools, with the exception of the nintn
will close June 10, and the High schoo
and ninth grade June %.
The Independent Order of odd Fellows
will observe Memorial day June II, ant
will attend the Baptist church in a body
in the morning. At the close of the ser
vice they will go to the cemeteries tC
decorate the graves of odd Fellows who
have died.
During last week IS men were arreste,
in Bellows Falls on the two charges o.
intoXication and disturbance of tn,
peace, the primary cause of arrest il
each case being intoXcation. Thu!
the high license law works. The milen
ium certainly has comet
Misses Blake and Banning, of Yer
mont Academy played Misses Alice Das
comb and May Baker of the Olympial
Tennis club of this place. Monday after
noon, on the grounds of the Olympiai
Tennis club, resulting in a victory 70
the Vermont Academy girls.
Ground was broken Monday for tn
general store to be built by Fred L
Simonds, of SaXtons River, formerly o
the firm of Smonds & Fuller of tina
place, on the lot north of the Churc
place at Church's corners Gageville
Work will be pushed rapidly on the build
ing and it is expected Mr.. Simonds wi
have his store in running order with
a few months.
Charles w. Osgood has been electe
delegate to the annual convention O
Congregational churches of Vermont i
Burlington next week, from the Congre
gational church here. Mrs. Geo. Il
Gorham and Mrs. II. y. Blossom wi
represent the ladies' union at the con
vention of the Womans Home Mission
airy union to be held at the same tim
and place. Mr. and Mrs. Edw. G. Os
good will represent the Christian En-
daavor society of the Congregations
church at both conventions.
serious fire occurred Thursday even
ing of last week in the cheese factory q
the Boston Dairy company on the IsanC
1t caught from the boiler stack, in tn
attic, and when the firemen arrived o
the scene each man choosing his ow
method of fighting the fire, they succeed
ed in driving it the entire length of tn
building, and the upper story was dc
stroyed, together with a large numbe
of cheeses in boxes, ripening there Th
loss will probably be $1,000 to $780, COY
cred by insurance. The company wi
rebuild at once, making an Is foot ad
dition to the building at the same time.
At a recent meeting of the incorpora
tors of the SaXtons River Hotel con
pany the following We're chosen diret
tors Lewis Tenney, DR.. j. II. Blodget
G. p. Alexander, j. F. Alexander, J. i
Paddock, George NJ. Corey, ?. L. Osgoo,
c. F. Simonds, w. w. Cory, w. w Bal
ry and Fay S, Fuller. At a later meetin
f. L. OsgoOd was chosen president. d
Blodgett vice president George Z. Alley
ander secretary, and c. F. Simonds trea;
urer. An executive committee wa
chosen, and a committee composed of
e. Paddock, w. w. Barry w. w. Cor!
Lewis Tenney and G. NJ Cory was chose
10 submit plans for the proposed built
ing.
The almost entire lack of rain for III
past two months is beginning to caus
much inconvenience to people, both re!
ident in the village and farmers livin
about here, and if no relief comes will
in a week or ten days the suffering an
loss will be severe. The river is so 10
that practically all the pulp mills al
shut down and no Roadway is bein
made with the large log drive of the Con
necucut River Manufacturing Co., nun
barinor about OOO 0nO foot ..,bicb