Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-06-10

1OunE Men.
Mr.. and Mrs. Julius Lane of Chicopee,
Mass celebrated their golden wedding
anniversary i'm the parlors of the Uni
tartan church in Chicopce Monday even
ing. Mrs. Lane was Jane Strcctcr and
was born i'm Brattleboro in 1884. She
went to Chicopee when she was - years
old.
DR.. c. S. Pratt is one of the Vermont
delegates designated by Gov. Mccullough
to attend tile national conference of
charities and corrections at its 3lst an
nual meeting. to be held at Portland, Me,
June 18th to 22d. Rev j. Edward Wright
of Montpelier is the governors fitting Sc
lection to head the list
The junior department of the Congre-
gational Sunday school held picnic i'm
Highland park Wednesday afternoon.
which was attended by about 80 Al
though the sky was cloudy no rain fell
and nothing happened to mar the enjoy
mcnt of the occasion. \ pleasant feature
was car ride to West Brattlahoro and
return.
These officers were elected at the am
uuul meeting of the Western AUueduct
association i'm the office of G. +. Thomp-
son Tuesday evening" President, c. =.
ThOmTSCu: secretary ana treasurer.
George c. Avcrill; directors, G. f. Thomp-
SON. f.. G. Crosby and H. u. Holton. 1t
was voted to levy an assessment of So
share. No assessment was levied in 1903.
\ project is on foot to build Il road two
miles long i'm Lcydcu to shorten the dis
lance between Greenfield ana Brattlehoro
| Is miles and to avoid sharp hills i'm Ley
den village. The Greenfield Recorder says
of the project; "It would put Guiford
and Teyden farmers I'm easy reach of
/ Greenfield. whore they tlul their hest mar
kct and would induce them to come here
instead of going the other way to Brat
tleboro for trade
Frank \. Ees, who has been propri-
ctor of the Dcvens hotel i'm Greenfield
/ two and a half years. has TRANSFERRED
his lease to w J. Reed of Springfield.
/ formerly at Coolcy's hotel ana the Haynes
House. Mr.. Fcls is brother of George
\. Ecls of Brattleboro and has had 80
years experience as a hotel man in Brat
tleboro North Adams, Holyoke. and
other places. His plans for the future
are not known
Mr. and Mrs Frank Weeks of Clark
street gave a reception to about 30 init
mate friends. including the choir of the
| Roman Catholic church from to II
o'clock Tuesday evening at the home of
Mrs. Weeks's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
J. O'Connor. The house was trimmed
| with laurel and cut flowers. Refresh
ments of ice cream and cake were served
and each guest was given piece of we'd
/ ding cake. Mr.. and Mrs. Weeks returned
| Monday evening from their wedding trip.
! one of the latest improved devices for
! barber shops has been installed by James
| Allen in the Brooks House shop this
week II is n compressed air spraying
and drying apparatus and massage vi
| orator and is the only one in the state.
! The spraying apparatus obviates the use
of the hand in applying the lotions to
| the face. and the air, compressed 10y
hydarlic power, dries the face, also the
! hair after shampooing. The vibrator
gives a mechanical vibration to the
| fingers
Brattleboro chapter Daughters of the
! American Revolution. will be entertained
| by all of the members who live on Pros
| pCr hill on the lawn at the home of Mrs
/ r l.. Smith Tuesday afternoon. June H.
! from to 6 o'clock. The day is Flag day
and a sketch of the origin of the flag will
| be given by the historian. Mrs. Joel Flagg
Music will be furnished by quartet and
a very enjoyable program is anticipated
! The ladies hope for a fun attendance
Should the weather be unfavorabe they
/ hope none of the Daughters will be de-
TERED from going as the gathering will
be held in the house, which will afford
ample room for ALL
Frederick l.. Houghton was reelected
secretary of the Holstein- Freisian Assoc
citation Of America at the annual meeting
/ of the association in Syracuse. y
newspaper despatch stated that he had
been reelected on condition that he move
his office to Syracuse. Mr.. Houghton says
! the report was entirely false as the mat
| ter was not mentioned in the meeting
Mr.. Houghton says that eventually he
probably will move the office to Syracuse.
that being the most central and desirable
point, but not this year. There is de-
sire on the part of some Of the mem
bers of the association to have the Of
flee of the secretary in Syracuse, and il
is admitted that there are more reasons
why it should be there than there are that
it should be in Brattlehoro.
Arthur Sawyer, who has played several
times in Brattleboro with the Criterion
club and has personal friends here, has
| been engaged by Nance WELLS mana
ger to play leading parts with her the
next three years. He is the fifteenth
member of the club to go on the stage
| in the last 10 years. Miss Gertrude Bin
ley, formerly of the club, also well known
here, has been engaged for the same com
pany. She has been on the stage the
past two years with Clara Bloodgood. The
Criterion club brought out last week in
Marblehead. Mass. THE Solicitor" a
farcical comedy in three acts by J. H.
Darnley. This play will he presented in
BrattiebOro by the club next season. In
it Samuel oliver takes the part of Cap
tain Midhurst and Arthur Sawyer that of
Lieut. Arlington.
The 51st annual meeting of the Wind
ham County Baptist Sunday School con-
| Vention was held Wednesday of this week
at the Baptist church in Wilmington
The weather was all that could be desired
and the increased attendance at the meet
ing abundantly testified to the interest of
the Windham county Baptists i'm this an
nual gathering. The addresses by the diff
ferent speakers were of a high order of
. excellence and much credit is due the
committee for the work done in making
the meeting success Among the speak
| ers were Rev. George b. Lawson of Brat
/ teboro, Rev S. j, Brown of Manchester
and Rev. w. 4. Dawson of Burlington
Officers for the ensuing year are as fol-
lows; President, r., b. Thomas of Hale;
vice president. Mr. Ware of Wilmington :
secretary and treasurer, Miss Kate
/ Wheeler of West BrattleborO. The con-
vention voted to meet the second We'd
nesday in June, 1905 at Nottingham.
Miss Ada Elvira Houghton, &C. died of
pneumonia about $50 O'Clock Saturday
| evening at her home at A. Green street
She was taken i'll April 90, but was maxi
ing good recovery when. on the night of
/ May 20, she was seized with a second at
tack, from which she was unable to rally
| Miss HOughtOn was born in Dummerston
Jan. 30, 1913. and was one of seven chill
dren of Don A. and Emily r. Miller
lfoughton. She attended school at Glen
wood seminary, West Brattleboro. and
in Saratoga, n. Y. and at the age of
Is years she came to Brattleboro and be-
gan work as a compostor in The Phoenix
| office where pra pt ipo al Of h.