Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-01-08
BELLOWS FALLS NEWS


met at the parish house yesterday after
noon. Tea was served by Mrs. Butterfeld
and Mrs Boutel.
new directory of Bellows Falls will be
Issued by Raymond e. Company of Green
field Mass, successors to w. e. Shaw,
who issued the 1902 directory.
Mrs. Nelson II. Pierce is very i'll at ner
home on School street with catarrh of
the stomach. She is cared for by train
ed nurse, and her sister, Mrs. S. b.
Houghton, is with her.
A bad break i'm the water pipe in the
ante-room of the hall in opera house
block. used by various orders, burst Tues
day, wetting down the offices of e. S.
Leonard on the floor below
The Boston G. Maine railroad company
has decided to put lights in the under
passes in North Walpole, and will pay
half the expense of running them,
the other half to be paid by the town.
The High school basket ball team was
defeated by a team representing Rich
ards High school of Newport, n. H., at
that place last Friday evening. 1t was a
very close game throughout and ended
16 to II.
The Womans Missionary society of the
Methodist church met at the home of
Mrs. Bodine this afternoon. The Foreign
Missionary society of the Congregational
church met at the home of Mrs. C. w.
The senior class of the High school
will join the senior classes of the Clare
mont, Springfield. Newport and Windsor
High schools in a banquet at Hotel Clare
mont, Friday evening, Jan. 10. a recep-
ton and dance will follow.
The ladies union of the Congregational
church will give their monthly supper at
the church vestry Wednesday evening at
$50, served by Mrs. ]. b. Morse, Mrs. c. L.
- - Nj, II L -
lard Mrs. A H. Leighton and Mrs. L.
A. Fassett.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. II. Brown celebrated the
55th anniversary of their marriage last
Sunday at their home on Henry street.
f. II. Brown of Wellesley, Mass, a son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Brown, and his daugh-
tiers were here and helped the couple cell
citrate the anniversary.
Mrs. C. E. Webb left this week for Bos-
ton, where she will make her home for
the present Mrs. Kendall, who still re-
mains at the homestead on Rockingham
road expects to get away within a few
days when the place will pass into the
hands of the new owner, Dr. o. NJ.
George.
The following officers of the Westmn-
ster club were elected at the annual meet
ing held Tuesday evening: President F.
H. Rabbit; vice president. c. L. Robert
son, secretary, w. F. Perley; treasurer
E. S. Leonard; executive board, f. H.
Rabbit, w. f. Perey T. ]. Garvey p. H.
Hadley and w. B. Barker
The bailifs have called a caucus at
Banquet hall this evening to place in
nomination a citizens ticket for village
officers, to be voted on at the annual cor
poration meeting, which occurs Jan. 25
1t is hoped that party lines will be en-
tirely left ont of consideration this year
as much as in former years.
Morton G. Wiley, B. F. II. S, 90, at
present employed in the superintendent
Office of the Boston Elevated Railway
company, is with his family at their
home on the Upper Meadows, he having
sustained a disocated arm as the re-
suit of sleighng accident last week.
His father, w. p. Wiley, expects to
move his family to Wellesley Farms,
Mass next week.
Mrs. Ralph Reynolds, living on the Sax
tons River road died yesterday morn
ing about Ills, from pneumonia She
had been sick only a few days. Mrs
Reynolds's maiden name was Brace. In
! addition to her husband, who is a pop
'ular employee in Wheeler's laundry, she
leaves a daughter, Matte l., student
in University of Vermont, and a son.
Ernest, living at home Mrs. Reynolds
was sister of Mrs. f. E. Rand.
In common with every other village in
cold weather the first of the week. Their
mometers in Bellows Falls registered as
low So degrees below Zero while three
miles south of the village, at the farm of
III. H. Wood, n record of A below was
registered. 1t is certainly hoped that the
record will be allowed to stand for few
years. The village mail carrier made only
one delivery except in the square, and
the rural mail delivery was discontinued
Tuesday.
Orders were received this week by
Health officer Ridden from the state
board of health to thoroughly inspect all
'hotels, halls, places of amusement fac
tories, mills workshops other build
ings' coming under the provisions of the
Vermont statutes, that the fire escapes
are in place and in good working order
and that all doors opening to them open
from the inside. DR.. Ridden will attend
to these duties at once, and it is hoped
that he will make a thorough job of his
inspection and orders for changes, es-
pecially in regard to our opera house and
hotels.
The ladies' union of the Congregational
church held their annual meeting in the
church parlors Thursday afternoon, Dec
81, and chose the. following officers for
the present year: President, Mrs. Edward
Arms; vice presidents, Mrs Everett Chap
man, Miss Williams Miss Osgood, and
Mrs. j. B. MacLennan; secretary. Mrs. G
H. Gorham treasurer, Mrs. Ned Pierce :
chairman of the board of directors, four
members, Mrs. H. E. Blossom chairman
of the supper committee. seven members,
Mrs. F. B. Pingree; chairman of cleaning
committee, three members Mrs. G.. f.
WEIGH.
The Young Mems club of the Congre-
gational church held a very successful de-
bate in the church parlors Tuesday even
ing, on the question, Resolved, That
he Of tod fafa IL, Il AL
ing with Panama should be approved"
J. A. Pearson and A. R. Smith upheld the
affirmative, while d. F. Pollard and F. S.
Adams argued on the negative. The de-
cision was rendered in favor of the af-
f1rmative. These weekly social gather
ings of the club will be continued every
Monday evening. Next week will be
ladies' night, and a Pit" party will be
followed by chafing dish supper.
Bellows Falls lodge No. %, /. O. o. F.,
held its regular and annual meetings
in Odd Fellows hall on Thursday of last
week. This meeting was one of the nota-
BILE ones in the history of the lodge. The
second and third degrees were conferred
on class of IA. Following the comforting
of degrees a banquet was served which
was followed by most interesting post
prandial exercises. j. H. Blakley acting
as POSTMASTER. The lodge reports that
during the past year it has made the larg-
est gain in membership since its organza-
ton. The following officers were elected
c., ]. H. Blumer; r. s., Gerry Walker;
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