Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-03-30

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Friday afternoon with Mrs i. Il. vii
lard.
About $500 was made nj the 81
Patrick's day celebration in Festiva
hall March 10.
Dennis Rebekah lodge will hold I
masquerade Wednesday evening. Al
members Of the Odd Fellows and Re
bekahs are invited.
The next rehearsal of the Chora
union will be held in the Congregn
tional chapel Tuesday evening. Il. II
Miller will sing solo.
"A special conclave Of Beausean'
commandery, X. T., will be held IN
Masonic hall this evening for the pur
pose of working the Temple degree.
Arthur V. Kerr and Emeline Beld
ing Bradley, both of Brattleboro, were
married Wednesday at the Congrega'
tional parsonage by Rev. II. X, Miles
There was an unusually large at
tendance at the annual sugar supper
which the men of the Universalist
church served in the vestry last even
ing.
The woman s auxiliary of the Y
NJ. G. A. has recently secured and
placed in the association rooms a plat
mum print of Sir George Williams
founder of the Y. NJ. G. a.
The Sunday school classes of Mrs
A. Il. Roberts and Miss Alvena Walker
held social in the vestry of the Uni
versalist church Monday evening. lee
cream and cake were served.
Hunt s agency has received notice
of the following increases of pensions;
Paul s. Willis, Brattleboro, S24 to $50;
James NJ. Barrett, Wilmington, sig to
$2i; Cornelius Putnam, Jamaica, 81 TO
s24; George w. Parsons, Newfane, $l2
to $l7; George w. Perkins, Newfane,
So to IS.
In the voting contest at the Cen
tervile rink Miss Ingeborg Larsen
still leads the women and Louis Pre-
| fontaine the men. The contest con
cludes tomorrow evening and the
skates will be awarded Tuesday even
ing. The third skating and dancing
assembly occurs tonight.
The annual meeting of the wo-
take place in the association rooms
Tuesday afternoon at 3 O'Clock. The
annual reports of the committees will
be given, and officers will be elected
for the ensuing year. Payment of dues
will also be in order at this time.
There will be hearing in the
Brooks House next Wednesday before
Judge II. II. Wheeler on a petition of
| w. ID. Smith. trustee of the Brattle-
boro Manufacturing company, to have
| G.. II. Thompson. treasurer of the cor
poration, appear and show cause why
he should not produce the books of the
corporation.
The next meeting of the Woman s
club will be held Wednesday evening,
at clock, at the Brooks House. 1t
will be in charge of the music com
mittee and open to the public. Mrs.
Alice Bates Rice, a well-known So
prano of Boston, will be the soloist,
and Miss Sybil Cox, pianist, will give
two numbers. The entire program will
be from American composers. The re-
cita will be preceded by board
meeting at 7.l5.
The First Regiment band has
closed contract with +. j. Fenton &
company TO costume its big minstrel
production, which takes place next
month. These costumes, although new
err seen in Brattleboro, are said TO be
one of the most attractive sets in New
England, having been one of the feat
ures in the performances in the cities
where they have been used. f. j..
Fenton & Co. will also furnish the ban
ners. costumes, etc, for the parade,
which promises to be the SWEETEST ever
seen locally.
John Larsen, 70, died at the Brat
tleboro Memorial hospital Tuesday af-
ternoon of exhaustion. He was born
in Sweden where his wife and some of
his children still live. Two daughters
are in this country, one in Boston and
1 he other, Mrs. John Sanderlin, on the
Dummerston hill road. Funeral services
were held yesterday afternoon at the
home of William Erickson on Chestnut
street, Rev. o. f. Koch, pastor of the
Swedish Lutheran church, officiating
The body was placed in the vault in
Prospect Hill cemetery.
Walter l.. Simonds. 40, died Mon
day night at the Brattleboro Memorial
hospital after brief Illness with pneu
monia. He was a native Of Windsor
but had worked as teamster in Brat
ltleboro for number of years. He is
survived by three sons, Roy, Ray, and
Clarence Simonds, and one daughter,
Miss Sadie Simonds. Funeral services
were held Wednesday afternoon at l.30
from Bonds undertaking rooms, Rev.
George B. Lawson officiating. The
body was taken to Dummerston for
burial
The Crystal Springs Zee company
wishes that people who are inclined to
I find fault because they have to deal
with company that has no competi-
ton would remember that it was this
company which reduced the price of
flee to IS cents per hundred pounds
When the Crystal Springs company
acquired the plant of the Brattleboro
Ice company it increased the storage
capacity, and by this method averted
"A serious shortage for this season
Nearly one.tfird Of the eompany's
present supply was on hand when the
past winters harvesting was begun.
j. Warren Andrews, oreanist and
choirmaster of the Church of the Di-
vine Paternity, New York, delighted
an audience, which made up in enthusi-
assn what 1t lacked in numbers, by his
recital upon the Estey memorial organ
Wednesday evening. His program
ranged from Bach s Toocata and Fugue
in r. to the Thomas Gavotte from
NLigncn, and gave ample opportunity to
demonstrate his versatility. Mr.. An
anews interpreted his numbers with
that sober dignity and regard no the