Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-09-14

III,
The Women s auxiliary of the Y,
NJ. c. A. will hold its last food sale at
the Y. NJ. G. A. rooms Saturday after
noon at $50 clock.
Thomas Guihcen returned Wednes'
day from Fall River Mass, where he
has been captain and second baseman
of the Fall River New England league
baseball team the past season. Guihcen
expects to play with the Lynn team Of
the same league next season. lie VIII
spend the winter in Brattleboro.
A gang of men are at work in the
local freight yard moving the water
tank just below the station across the
tracks to point about 1875 feet south
of the station and ON the east side of
the main track. This will enable en-.
gines to take water without side track.
ing when going in either direction.
John Lynch of Leominster, Mass,
arrived AT the station Wednesday night
ON the 10. Is train in a comatose condi
ton caused by over,indulgence in alec
holic stimulant. Policeman j. II. Evans
procured an express wagon and trucked
his charge to the lookup, He was per
mitted to state his case yesterday
morning before Justice w. $. Newton.
The fine and costs amounted to Sll.20
which Lynch was unable TO pay so he
was allowed to become the guest of the
county for 10 days at Newfane.
THE Brattleboro high school began
it's sessions Tuesday morning, This
year the attendance numbers l4S, The
classes are divided as follows: Seniors,
II boys and - girls; juniors, 10 boys
and 10 girls; sophomores, % boys and
"a girls: freshmen. 81 boys and %
girls: total. 90 boys and 10 girls At
ter the opening there was the usual
hazing of freshmen by the sophomore
class. Several new students were al.
lowed the pleasure of riding about the
yard on rails obligingly carried by the
sophomores.
Captain Crosby Adams had the
high school football squad on the field
Yesterday afternoon for the initial prac'
tice. Eight veterans of last year S team
are numbered among this year S squad.
Although light the team promises to be
fast. The new set of rules will be of
advantage to lighter teams as speed and
not weight will count under the pres
ent ruling. On account of the heat
only light practice was INDUCED in.
Operations will be begun next week to.
ward developing the team. \ squad of
20 candidates in all will report on the
field next week. The team will have
the benefit of coaching this year by an
experienced player. The boys are ex-
pected to make good showing against
the teams of other schools of the state.
The first game will be next Saturday
against the Bellows Falls high school on
the island field.
-Lucien F. Kimball, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Kimbal of this town, was
graduated from the naval academy at
Annapolis Wednesday with 81 other
who qualified for gradua-
ton at this time by reaching the very
highest scholarship attachments which
were set as requirements for member
ship in the first section. Marks are as
signed at the naval academy on the
basis of for maximum, and $50 rep
resents a passing mark. Each of the
So mdshipmen who received diplomas
Wednesday made better than 3.12 as
an average in all studies in the whole
course and received a mark also within
the limit for the special course under.
gone this summer. The second and
third section of the class will graduate
in February and June respectively.
Kimball's picture was in
the Boston Globe Monday with those of
the other honor men from New England.
Isaac Newton Spencer, IS, died
yesterday morning at his home in
Keene, n. H., after brief illness with
heart disease. He had been in poor
health for several months but had been
confined to his bed only since Sunday.
Mr.. Spencer was born in Greenfield Aug.
81, 1888. When 10 years old he moved
with his parents TO Brattleboro and
lived in this town until he was 10. He
then went to Keene and began work in
the hardware store of Elliot & Ripley.
After learning the business he bought
out Mr.. Ripley interest and the firm
name was changed to Spencer g. com
pany. Later the firm was incoroporat
ed under the name of the Spencer
Hardware company with Mr.. Spencer
at its head Possessing much business
sagacity Mr.. Spencer had been very
and accumulated consider
able property. He is survived by one
brother, Porter G, Spencer, of this town.
Funeral services will be held in Keene
and the body brought to Brattleboro |
for burial in the family lot in Prospect
Hill cemetery.
--Brattleboro Ministerial association
held helpful meeting on Monday at
the rooms of the Y. NJ. C. A. Rev. L.
NJ. Keneston was the presiding officer.
Prayer was offered by the Rev. II. A.
Goodhue. 1t was decided to change the
name of the annual meeting and have |
the election of officers take place at
the September meeting. Under this
change Rev. Frank L. Masseck was
elected ecretary.treasurer. Rev. }. A.
Mitchell was elected to preside at the /!
next meeting. Rev. A. n. Blackboard /
IF Wilmington gave review of Bishop
Hall s recent work. The Christian Doc
trine of Prayer, which was thoroughly !
appreciated. Prof. L. b. Patton of the
Hartford Theological seminary gave a
very suggestive talk on The Present
Status of Old Testament Criticism,
which was exceedingly valuable. He
sketched the development of criticism
during the past 20 years, and showed
the results which were now generally |
Votes of thanks were extend
ed both speakers. The attendance was
l5 Lunch was enjoyed at Hall s res
taurant
Principal E. B. Smith announced in
the high school Tuesday that the in