Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-10-21
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The hailiffs have decided to have a
sewer laid $50 feet along Oak Grove
avenue 1t will connect with the Canal
street sewer The work will be done by
contract.
The women of the Centre Congrega-
tional church are planning two days
flower and food sale for Thanksgiving
week, with an entertainment the evening
of the second day
Why Girls Leave Home. a play based
upon a celebrated tragedy which occurr-
ed about year ago and which is still
mystery, was given an excellent presen-
tation at the Auditorium Tuesday even
Ing.
festival hop the second in the series,
will be held in Festival hall next Wednes-
day evening. The same large orchestra
as at the first one, with a. II. Hines,
prompter. will furnish music, and a good
time is promised.
Dennis Rebekah lodge will hold a rum
mage sale in Rettng building next We'd
nesday, Thursday and Friday. Any ar
ticle, however old. is acceptable of it has
a particle of usefulness left. The lodge
will gladly send teams for things which
are too heavy to be carried by hand
The Liberal Review of Chicago, mag
ent thinkers of America" published in its
September number an article of great in
terest entitled THE Bible in the Light
of Modern Scholarship" from the pen of
d. B. Stedman of Springfield, Mass for
merry of The Phoenix.
Perley Eugene Holmes and Miss
Louise Wentworth of Boston were
married by Rev. George w. Prescott
at the Church of the Good Shepherd
in that city Thursday oct. 10. Mr.
Holmes is n son of Nh ana Mrs. Eugene
E. Holmes of Green street and is a pro-
fessional nurse in Boston.
The supper at the Universalist vestry
Wednesday evening was largely attended
and a neat sum was realized for the
Kurn Hattin home. Mrs. Bishop. wife of
the superintendent of the home, gave an
interesting talk and two of the kurn
Hattin boys gave songs and recitations
The evenings entertainment was plan
ned by the mission circle.
The goth annual Billings family reunion
will be held at the Hotel Westminster
Copley Square. Boston, Saturday, Oct
%, at 10 a. m, with business meeting at
II and dinner at l. All lineal descend
ants and those connected by marriage are
invited. Matters of importance concern
ing the Billings genealogy will be dis
cussed. G. y. Billings of Hatfield, Mass.
well known in Bratteboro, is president of
At the annual meeting of the mission
circle of the Universalist church, held
Wednesday, the following officers We're
elected: President, Mrs. W. G. Rockwell:
vice president Mrs. ], F. Stearns; sec
rotary, Mrs. n. \. Cheney; treasurer,
Mrs. Charles f. Reach. At els a sup
per was served to a large number of peO-
pie, the proceeds amounting to $25. which
was donated to the Kurn Hattin home.
Mrs. Bishop, matrOn of the home was
present with two of the boys, who sang
several selections. Mrs. Bishop gave a
short talk on the work of the home,
The Brattleboro Womans club met on
the afternoon of Wednesday, Oct ~, at
Pine Heights. Many guests We're present
beside club members. The ladies listened
to paper by the president, Miss Clark,
giving an account of the seventh bien-
NAL held in st. Louis last May and to re-
ports from the delegates to the Vermont
State Federation convention. At tne
close came a social hour with tea, over
which the members and friends had the
privilege of personally expressing to the
hostess, Mrs. Fuller, their pleasure of
meeting at this hospitabe home. The re-
freshment room was under the auspices
of the social committee. Mrs. Ernest
Gibson and Mrs. Ephraim H. Crane pre-
sided at the table Music was furnished
for the reception.
Mrs. Rosetta NJ Gillette, Ga, wife of
Austin F. Gillette, died Monday afternoon
at her home on Frost place after an ill
ness of eight months with cancer of the
liver She was born in New York state
Feb. II, 1910. her maiden name being
Rosetta Chamberlain. She was married
to Mr.. Gillette in Rochester, N Y.
March 26, 1865. They came to Brattle-
boro a year ago last May from Bethel,
where they lived Is years. Rev. F. w.
Lewis offered prayer at the house at
y. O'ClOpk ha u-ac
taken to Bethel, where funeral services
We're held Mrs. Gillette was a member
of the Congregational church in Bethel
She is survived by her husband and five
children, Mrs. E. A. Shaw of Mortified,
this state Mrs. II. w. Holden of Rutland
Frank n. Chamberlain of Hartford, Conn.
Scott i. Gillette of Bethel and Mrs Ber-
tina Dean of Brattleboro She leaves two
brothers, Charles Chamberlain of Rut-
land and Newton Chamberlain of White
River Junction, and one sister, Mrs S.
M. Ordway of Rutland.
The trustees under the will of Thomas
Thompson have taken proper action to-
prevent colonizing in Brattleboro by peo-
pie who hope to become beneficiaries of
the Thompson fund From the notice
which appears in another column II vrill
be seen that for the present no additions
will be made to the number of seam
stresses, needle-women and shop girls
VINO VIII be regarded as entitled to es-
pecial aid in case of need from sickness
want of employment or misfortune, and
that the money of the trust used in Brat
tleboro, and not required to meet cases
of temporary need among those already
established in these occupations, will be
be used in accordance with the terms of
the will for kindred charitable pur-
poses" 1t will be useless for people to
come to Brattleboro hoping to get benz
eft from the fund. This action of the
trustees is to be commended The fund
might easily become a curse instead of
blessing to the town, if it should at
tract here in numbers people who expect
to receive aid, while the use for kindred
charitable purposes" will apply to the
maintenance of the hospital, in which the
entire community will have an interest