Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-05-12

! A Peary souvenir will be given I
all who attend the matinee Wednes
4 day,
E Bingham chapter q, Il, s.. wi
hold stated convocatlon Tuesda
) evening,
{ Frank Il. Barber will deliver tn
Memorial day address In Mort
, Hinsdale, y. H.
| A regular meeting of Fort Dunn
mer chapter, II. A. NJ, was held Il
Masonic hall last evening.
, The women OF the Episcopa
church are planning for a lawn part.
on Mrs. Cobb's lawn June II.
--windham county Pomona grang'
will meet with Protective grange Wed
nesday. The meeting viii begin a
1880 "A. IN. and the fifth degree VII
be conferred In the afternoon,
The Murray club will tender re-
ception to Rev. and Mrs. i. l.. Mas
seek I'm the Universalist church par.
Tors Thursday evening from until II
o'clock. AN members and friends OF
the parish are invited.
The last meeting of the Brattle'
boro Woman's club will be held at the
Brooks house, Wednesday afternoon
at the usual hour. Tea will be served
and a musical program, with readings
by Miss Caroline Il. Howe of Hinsdale
has been arranged.
Protective grange conferred the
first and second degrees on IA candi-
dates at the regular meeting Wednes
day evening. The sale class will re-
ceive the third and fourth degrees next
Wednesday evening. At that time will
be served the harvest supper TO which
all members are expected to contribute
without solicitation.
AT the annual meeting of the
Murray club held In the church yes
try last evening the following officers
were elected: President, Mrs. G.. +.
Warner; vice president, Frank +.
Barber: secretary. Miss Elizabeth
Tuthil: treasurer John Tasker; ex-
ecutive committee. Mrs. II. +. Brooks.
H. NJ. Wood, Mrs. Walter Sturgis;
auditor. C. l.. Stickney.
i Hunts agency has received notice
of the following pensions: Originals.
| Fannie l.. Reed of Guilford. George w.
Perkins of Newfane, Thomas S. Crane
of Townshend Supplemental $24 a
month";: increases, George Bowen of
I Putney, Bradley Houghton of Brattle-
boro Harlan Dennison of Westmin-
ster. James p. Whitney of Putney,
/ Henry C. Bell of Grove and A. Rugg
of Westminster.
The jury in the case of Annie NJ
Hopkins against Il. l. kilburn. suit
to recover 81 900 for the death of the
plaintiffs husband disagreed at coun-
~ court last week after being out IL
hours and the case will come up for
trial at the September term. c. c.
Fits and A. f. Schwenk appeared for
the plaintiff and J. +. Hooker and Z.
ha
adjourned at IL o'clock Friday morn
ing
Rev. and Mrs. A. H. Webb were
given a public reception in the Meth
odist church Wednesday evening,
there being a large attendance. The
new pastor and his wife renewed ac-
quaintance with many former parish
toner's and were introduced to many
others who have become connected
with the church since Mr. Webb's for
mer pastorate here. Refreshments
were served and a social time en-
joyed.
AT the annual meeting of the Bap-
fist Ladies' society yesterday after
noon the following officers We're elect
ed: President, Mrs. j. G.. Estey: vice
president. Mrs. w. B. Smith secre-
tary, Miss Nettie Cheney: treasurer.
Miss Esther NJ Thomas; chairman
of foreign missions committee Mrs
F. S. Knight; of home missions. Mrs
l.. w. Hawley. of parish work. Mrs
s. Wilcox: of hospitality. Mrs. III. p
Wellman.
Nathaniel W. Niles won the in
terscholastic tennis championship OF
Boston and vicinity for the third time
Monday and will represent Harvard
at the national interscholastic cham
pionship matches in Newport next
August. Niles won the national inter-
scholastic championship last summer
and afterward was defeated in the
wantastiquet golf clubs tournament
by L. c. Wallis the Dartmouth college
champion Niles will probably play in
Brattleboro again this summer.
George Simonds Willis. so, died
Wednesday at his home on Flat street
after an illness of two days resulting
from a paralytic shock. He was born
in Newfane April is. 1855. son of Sam
uel and Amelia Worden Willis and had
lived in that town and in Putney most
of his life. About two years ago he
came to Brattleboro. taking possession
of the wood working shop formerly
owned by A. NJ Wilder. He is sur
vived by one brother. Charles III. Will
lis of Worcester Mass. The body was
taken to Athens yesterday, funeral
services and burial taking place in
that town.
AT special meeting of d. F. Cur
tin camp, United Spanish war
veterans, last evening, 1t was voted to
accent the invitation of Sedgwick post
to attend the services at the Roman
Catholic church Sunday morning. May
2S. and also to unite with them in the
observance of Memorial day The first
three officers Of the camp were con-
stituted a committee to arrange FOR
the decoration of the graves of de-
parted comrades. A large framed
photograph of Company l. taken the
day of muster-out in 1898. was pre-
sented to the camp by Comrade T.. w.
Haskell.
Congressman Kittredge Haskins
spoke before the Bellows Falls board
of trade Tuesday evening. He told OF
what a board of trade might accom-
plish and spoke of the good work done
in Brattleboro. He said good word
for the public schools, told of the great
advantages to be derived from sooa
library. and thought it the duty of
every good citizen to contribute all he
could to the support of the church OF
his choice. He then told in an inter-
esting way of some of his experiences
in congress. At the conclusion OF the
address a hearty vote of thanks was
extended to the speaker
Commander Peary who lectures at
the auditorium Wednesday afternoon
and evening is to start this summer on
a three years trip to the north pole
in the good ship Roosevelt now be-
ing builded in a Maine shipyard. His
ship will be equipped with wireless
telegraph apparatus and he expects to
be able to communicate with the Uni
ted States during his travels. His
lecture not only describes and pictures
the marvellous scenes and experiences
of his exploring tours. but also tells
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