Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-12-16
BRATTLEBORO.

There will be a Grange dance Wednes-
day evening. Dec 2l
The annual meeting of Protective
Grange will be held Wednesday evening,
Dec. 2S.
The village schools will close next
Thursday for the Christmas vacation
The winter term will begin Tuesday Jan
g.
Durham Brothers shipped 235 cases of
footwear by express Wednesday. Their
wholesale department is rushed with or
ders.
A special meeting of the knights of
Columbus will be held in Grand Army
hall sunday at p. m. Degree work will
be done.
The Knights and Ladies of Honor will
hold a regular meeting Monday evening
with Mr.. and Mrs c. p. Nash on West
ern avenue
The pulpit of St. Michaers Episcopal
church was occupied Sunday by Rev w
II. Robinson, formerly of Calias, Maine,
who will settle in Sheburne Falls for
missionary work in Western Massachu-
sets.
After one years experience with the
Blakeslee lessons the Congregational sun
day school teachers voted last. Sunday to
continue them another year. The series
for the coming year will be on the life of
Christ
Charles Ebbinhausen's house across the
river from Brattleboro was damaged to
the amount of about $25 by fire Sunday
night. \ chimney burned out and the
WOODWORK around the chimney caught
hre The loss was covered by insurance
in c. f. r. Jenne's agency.
Sunshine society, branch No 2, will hold
its annual meeting and Christmas en-
tertainment at the Home for the Aged
and Disabled next Friday from to 5
O'Clock p, m. All members are cordially
invited to be present
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Rockwell enter
tanned about 80 of their neighbors and
friends at their home on Frost street
Saturday evening. surprising their guests
by making it known that the occasion
was their silver wedding anniversary.
Cards were played, refreshments were
served and all had a thoroughly good
time.
Fort Drummer colony of Pilgrim Faith
ers Will hold its next regular meeting
with Mr. and Mrs. d. w. Tenney on Wal
nut street next Tuesday evening A full
attendance is desired as this will be the
last meeting for the year and a repre-
sentative will be elected to attend the
annual meeting of the supreme colony
which will be held in Boston the first
About 40 telephones have been installed
IN Brattleboro the past month by the
New England Telephone and Telegraph
company. There are now about 500 tele-
phones in Brattleboro, making the local
exchange one of the largest in New
England for a town the size of Brattle-
boro.
The young people of the various
churches in town will have the vacant
Eri1 a
Saturday, day and evening, of next week
and Monday, the Goth, for contribution OF
clothing. toys, food, etc, for distribu-
ton to needy ones at Christmas time
Those who will are asked to cooperate in
this work.
Dennis Rebekah lodge nominated off,
GERS Tuesday evening. They will be vote 4
for week from next Tuesday. large
audience was present. including several
from Putney. Mrs. F. ]. Farnsworth of
SaXtons River, district deputy president
also was present. The degree was con-
ferred on two candidates. Refreshments
were served.
Samuel Shattuck, a. farmer and car
penter who was well known in Westmin-
ster and Putney. died at his home in
Westminster Wednesday night. He had
been i'll nine weeks as the result of
shock of paralysis Mr. Shattuck was
born in Winhall. For long time he was
employed as sawyer in F. L. Pierce's mill
in East Putney, but in recent years he
has lived in Westminster. He was a
member of Greenwood post, G. A. r., of
Putney, and his wife, who survives, Is
a sister of the late G. H. Phillips of that
town. The funeral will be held at II
O'Clock tomorrow Rev. f, c. Fisher of
Westminster West officiating, and the
burial will be i'm Westminster West
Greenwood post will participate in the
funeral service