Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-12-21

| ct. j. Heaphy has resigned MS posi-
ton as manager of the Brooks House
| Heaphy plans to leave town to engage
in the hotel business on his own account.
Jacobs's bakery, AZ Main street, is re-
| splendent in a new coat of paint and
| paper for the Christmas season and pre-
sents a very attractive appearance with
its holiday window display and Christmas
decorations. Tables have recently been
installed in the rear of the main room for
, serving lunches.
Crosby & Parker finished yesterday the
| work of connecting the 10-inch water
| main on Union street with the Chestnut
| Hill water system and discharged the
| men who have been employed on the
work. Mr.. Crosby will remain in Brat
| tleboro this winter to look after various
matters which require his attention.
The following officers have been elected
for the Methodist Sunday school: Super
intendent, ]. W. Howe; first assistant
superintendent, +. A. Bagg; second as
sistant superintendent, c. d. Smith, SUI
perlntendent Of primary department, Eta
| J.. Miner; librarian, w. A. Moore; Sec
rotary, C. G. Wheeler; assistant secretary
| Frank Allen treasurer, w. w. Plimpton.
Walter H. Halgh. the tailor, is dis
tributing calendars in recognition Of the
| goth anniversary of the establishment of
| ms business IN BTdltleDOIO. lneTe are
| two designs, one showing the Roosevelt
| family group. the President and Mrs.
Roosevelt seated, surrounded by their
| children, while the other is in the form
| of a locomotive marked ~. S." with
| embellishments Of roses and other flowers.
Class 10 of the Baptist Sunday school
| held a sale of fancy and useful articles
home made candy and food and hot
chocolate Saturday afternoon in the Y.
~ A t. VNtfa fNf rts ann
| attendance due to the bad weather more
than $14 was made. What remained for
| sale in the early evening was auctioned
! of The proceeds of the sale will go
| toward furnishing several families with
| Christmas dinner. At least four families
| will be provided for.
The season of fishing through the ice
has opened well and some good catches
| are being reported The weather con-
ditions thus far this season have not
been ideal for ice fishing and most Of
| the local enthusiasts have not tried their
| luck. In the early part of the week
| George Cakes and two others brought
| home from Kilbun pond north of Hins-
| dale so pickerel Of fair size although none
OF them were record breakers. Sylvester
Miner and others pulled 40 fair-sized fish
| out of Baker pond early in the week
| The few others who have gone have not
| reported any catches.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert L. Harris cele-
brated their 25th wedding anniversary Dec
| 10 with the assistance of rs friends. They
! had planned a very quiet observance
] of the day but their friends paid them q
| surprise visit that evening at their home,
| Rettlng place. The surprise was COM
! plete, as neither Mr. nor Mrs Harris
! had any hint Of what was coming until
the friends began TO arrive. The visitors
| brought large number of beautiful and
fitting reminders Of the anniversary and
| spent the evening In a social way. Re-
| freshments were served in the later
| evening.
The second ladies' night OF the Yer
mont Wheel club last Friday was
a decided success though few were pres
| ent besides the players at the IL tables
| Whist was the order of the evening and
after about two hours of play 1t was
found that Fred Gale and j. E. Rogers
| were tied for the first mems prize with
| 16 plus. They played one hand to de-
/ eide who would carry home the hand
| some silver beer stein which was to go
| to the man making the biggest score and
Mr.. Gale won. Mr.. Rogers received the
second prize, a handsome umbrella. The
first prize for women was won by Mrs.
| III. f. Brooks. 1t was q silver candle
stick with an irridescent shade The
second prize, clock, was given to Mrs.
| Henry Brown.
The office Of the New England Tele-
| phone & Telegraph company in Crosby
| block is being considered by Assistant
Judges Frank Worden OF Halifax and F.
| B. Pier Of Jacksonville for an Office for
| the probate court after the telephone
company moves to the American building
| The assistant judges were in Brattleboro
| Monday to talk over the matter. The
| plan is to move the safe from the old
| probate Office in Bank building and to
| construct a vault in Crosby block for the
use OF Judge A. F. Schwenk and County
| Clerk ]. H. MeTifeld in storing old files
! and records. Judge Schwenk Intends to
| maintain his present office for his general
| law practice independently of the probate
office. The assistant judges have ordered
| steel filing cabinet for the county clerk s
| office.
At the annual meeting Of Mt Sinai
| Temple, Ancient and Arabic Order of the
| Mobiles Of the Mystic Shrine. held in Mont
| pelier Friday evening /. d. Bailey OF Brat
| tleboro was elected oriental guide and
| Frank B. Putnam was chosen one OF the
| four delegates to the imperial council
| to be held In Los Angeles, Calf, next
| summer. Among the novitiates who
crossed the hot sands and absorbed the
| mysteries OF the order were DR.. H. L.
Waterman, Dr. C. R. Aldrich. William H.
| Haywood, James A. Hoadley and Webster
| G. Mitchell OF Brattleboro; L. A. Brown
Martin A. Brown, ]. Albert Buell. and
| Floyd s. Crafts Of Wilmington. Among
| the mobiles in attendance at the meeting
| were l. d. Bailey, F. B. Putnam, E. T.
Mathison and c. R. Crosby of Brattle-
| boro; DR.. George s. Foster of Putney;
DR.. l.. T. Page and o. r. Buell. OF Will
| mington.
Active preparations are being made
| for the annual New Years reception OF
the Y. M. c. A. next Tuesday evening
| The reception will be in charge OF the
social committee of the woman's auxil-
| larry and a special committee from the
| association. In the early part OF the
| evening the two committees will receive
| Informally and afterward there will be a
| pleasing program of vocal and instru-
mental music including selections by the
| Brattleboro quartet. The auxiliary will
| serve refreshments in the later evening
| While the reception and entertainment
are In progress there will be a game of
| pool, also a match between the Estey
bowling team and the association seniors
| will be rolled off. The Estey team has
| defeated the seniors every time this seas
on thus far. The committees in charge
| OF the reception will be Miss Stolte Miss
| M j. Rawson, Mrs. L. e. Holden, Mrs
| A. w. Montgomery, Mrs F. d. z. Stowe
George S. Perry. ]. Z. Mann, George
w. Wilbur, A. L. Maynard and W. A.
| Gilbert
A series Of Sunday afternoon meetings
| for men and bova has haau arronaad ~,