Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-12-30

!. BrattleDorO TINS morning ana VIII X
to Jacksonville tonight to attend
grange hall dedication.
4 The elected and appointed officer
. Of the Daughters of Pocahontas vii
be raised up at a meeting to be hell
January ~ In Red Mems hall.
An effort Is being made to form
: an eyrie of Eagles In town. Thirty
five men have showed their willing
!. ness to join and IL more are needed
/ The officers Of Bingham chapter
, o. Il. S., will be installed Tuesda!
: evening. No invitation cards will b,
sent but Masons and their families
are cordially invited to be present a
O'Clock.
There was n large attendance a
the high school dance In grange hal
Monday evening, and the occasion
was furnished by Leitsinger's or
chestra.
AT the regular meeting of the
Woman's auxiliary of the Y. NJ. C
A. Tuesday afternoon Mrs. C. III
Thompson will read her paper upon
What one Woman Has Done for the
Y. NJ. C. A.
Frank l.. futile and Miss Mary
/
ersfield, were married at the Metho-
dist parsonage Tuesday by Rev. f. w.
Lewis. They will make their home
at II Green street for the present
j Rev A. A. Smith of Belfast, Me,
will preach in the Universalist church
Sunday. Mr.. Smith is classmate Of
Rev. II. d. Maxwell, formerly pastor
of the Universalist church here, and
had been i'm Brattleboro on several
occasions
The New York Life Insurance
company paid to its living policy
| holders at Christmas time upward of
| one million, six hundred thousand
dollars in matured endowment pol
icies, several of which were on lives
of Vermonters.
All young men should remember
the reception given by the Woman's
auxiliary of the Y. M. C. A. in the
association rooms Monday evening
from until 10 o'clock. Miss Caroline
Belle Howe of Hinsdale, n. H., will
recite and everybody is welcome.
The children of the Unitarian
Sunday school were given their
Christmas supper and entertainment
in Wells hall Wednesday evening.
Each received a present from the
evening was spent in playing holiday
games.
There will be watch night SER
vice in the Methodist church Satur
day evening beginning at $3.50 and
closing shortly after IL with an in
Permission about 10 o'clock. Arthur
Monroe of Wesleyan university will
give an address during the early part
of the service.
AT the semi-annual meeting of
Quonektacat tribe of Red Men Fri
day evening the following officers
were chosen: Sachem, Charles
Brockington; prophet, II. E. Harris,
senior sycamore, f. b. Davis; junior
sycamore. Fred Miner chief Of rec
ords. C. P. Spencer; clerk of wam-
pun. H. n. Baker: keeper of wam-
pun, ]. !. Mellen trustee for three |
years, K L. Marley.
-,.Ae following officers were
chosen at the annual meeting Of the |
Epworth league of the Methodist !
church last Friday evening: Presi- |
dent, Miss Elizabeth Lewis; first vice |
president, Mrs. Delma Frazer; second |
vice president Miss Eta Miner; third |
vice president, Miss Elizabeth Bran
mer; fourth vice president, Miss Ma
treasurer, Charles Hawkins.
Dennis Rebekah lodge held its
annual meeting in odd Fellows hall |
Tuesday evening and elected the fol-
lowing officers for the year ensuing:
Noble grand, Mrs. Sadie Sturgis;
vice grand, Mrs. Della Haigh re-
cording secretary, Mrs. Mary Ami
don: financial secretary, Miss Minnie
Brown; treasurer. Mrs Ida Gibson.
These and the appointive officers will
be installed at a meeting to be held
Jan. "a.
The proposed deal for an inn
mense timber tract in Bennington
and Windham counties, which was
given much publicity several months
ago and finally declared to be off, is
said to be taking on new life through
the renewal of expiring options in
the vicinity of Bennington by FIRE.
mont Wright of Auburndale, Mass,
agent for the Standard Oil syndicate
which was claimed to be engineering
the deal last year.
The annual meeting of Protec-
tive grange was held Wednesday ,
evening and the following officers
elected: Master H. w. Sargent:
overseer, Philip f. Franklin; lee
turer, Mrs. May Edwards; steward.
Harry w Spaulding; assistant
steward, Fred w. Spaulding, jr.;
Mrs. Mary J. Currier;
treasurer. Fred d. Weld; secretary,
Mrs. Maverette A. Fisher gate
Keeper. Guy A. Thayer; Ceres, Mrs.
Mary Hopkins; Pomona, Mrs. Alice S
r. Spaulding; Flora, Miss Helen
Miss Gertrude Barker: pianist. Miss !
CLONE franklin agent, Carl S. Hop
,ins These officers will be installed =,
evening when the next !
ocular meeting takes place.
The Missourians, comparatively :
lew play written by two newspaper y,
men, was played in the auditorium
asst evening by a capable company
leaded by Theodore Hamilton. The f.
cene is laid in central Missouri and I
he plot is cut out on the County
Fair pattern, having to do with the t
and sale of a horse which a
5 the pet of the heroine. But this
S only subordinate portion of the g
tory which is mainly about a young +
who stands trial for muir t
Ter rather than tell on the brother
f the girl whom he loves but by ,
appeared in the role of =
stormy Jordan, a righteous saloon
eeper and made the most of it.
lay Girardeau, the hero, was we'll I
outraged by Clement R. Kirby while '
,ecil De Mile was excellent as q
the horse trainer Con-
lance Adams played the part of T
agnes Benton satisfactorily, while v
'lora Finch, as an angular old maid, h
furnished nearly all the fun of the
iece. The play was well staged
nd seemed to give general satisfac- "