The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-05-31


West Brattleboro Congregational
church will serve its annual strawberry
supper in the church parlors next
Wednesday evening from @ until hSo
clock,
The meeting Of the grand chapter
of the Order of the Eastern Star VIII
be held at Burlington beginning next
Tuesday. The delegates from this
town are Mrs. Fred /, Swift, Mr., ana
Mrs. Fred G.. Pcttee and Mrs. Albert
Taylor,
Hall 5 restaurant has adopted the
New York cash sales telltale system
whereby every customer receives
check for the amount Of his purchase
and makes payment at the counter.
This system is in use extensively
throughout New England.
Rev. Thomas w. Illman of Taun'
ton, Mass, a former pastor of the Uni
versalist church, will occupy the pull
pit Sunday morning and in the even
| ing at 100 win deliver a lecture on
Othello A cordial invitation to both
these services is extended.
The Professional club will hold its
last meeting for the season at the
Brooks House Monday evening. Din
ner will be served at clock, after
which Rev. 4. II. Webb will give an
address on Some of Uncle Sam s Bur.
dens. Rev. l.. NJ. Keneston will lead
the discussion.
The saith annual meeting of the
Windham County Baptist Bible School
convention will be held in the Baptist
church in West Halifax Wednesday.
Among the speakers are Rev. W. a,
Dawson, d. D., of Burlington, Rev. n.
Thomas Hafer of Vergennes, state
evangelist, and Miss Caroline a. Hop
son. state Bible school worker.
-Brattleboro s appreciation of the
First Regiment band was shown by the
record breaking crowd that turned out
last evening to listen to the opening
concert on the common. The band
numbered % pieces and the program
il gave was an excellent one, especial
! " the solo number by Carl Leitsinger,
who is to remain with the band as SOLO
cornetist this season.
According to an act passed in the
last session of the New Hampshire
legislature it is lawful to take pike
/ from the waters of Spofford lake dur
/ ing the months of January, February
and March. This provision, Of course,
pertains to fishing through the ice and
! will not interfere with the special act
which prohibits other fishing until
July l.
A number Of Brattleboro people
attended the 10Th annual meeting of
the Woman's Home Missionary union
of Vermont in Bellows Falls Tuesday
Mrs. II. X. Miles led the devotional
exercises at the opening of the morn
ing session which included report
from the treasurer, Mrs. {. II. Ihomp-
son. who was reelected. Miss Ellen
Ware was chosen assistant treasurer
and Rev. II. r. Miles auditor.
The degree team of the local coun-
ell. Daughters of Pocahontas, went TO
Bellows Falls Monday night to install
a lodge there. The local team com
prises % persons and between Az ana
80 candidates were initiated to form
the charter membership of Mona
council. A supper was served as soon
as the team arrived and another at the
close of the work. Visitors were pres
ent from Springfield and Claremont as
well as several grand officers from the
Grand lodge of New Hampshire who
praised the work done by the visiting
degree team. The party returned on
the owl train Tuesday morning.
-Rev. Walter c. Clapp of the Epis'
copal missionary workers of the PM
ipbine Islands gave an interesting lee
tlre on Life in Philippine Islands at
the Congregational chapel "Wednesday
evening. Rev. Mr.. Clapp has been en-
gagged in missionary work there Tor
the past several years and has tray
eled extensively throughout the arehl,
pcIapo. His lecture was illustrated
with stereopticon slides which he took
ON his travels. He mentioned the
good that the American occupation
has done the islands and the encroach-
ments of the japanese. He also
touched upon the fact that the ms
sionarv work would be much easier
were it not for the superstitlons OF the
aged women who believe that the splr,
its of their departed ancestors VIII
haunt them if they accept the new re
ligious belief At the close of the lee.
ture collection was taken up to ana
Rev. Mr.. Clapp in his work in the IS
lands.
A meeting was held in the high
school building Wednesday evening
for the purpose of considering the ad,
visibility of organizing a high school
alumni association. Representatives
were present from the following
classes. rs. 80, SO, 'SS, 80, '91,
9S '96. '9S, 80. 1901, 1902, 1908
1905 and 1906. Principal E. b. smith
called the meeting to order and the
informal discussion that followed IN
} dicated a general sentiment in favor
of an association. 1t was finally decd
ed to appoint a committee to make ar
= ranpements for meeting in the hlgl
school room Friday evening, June Il
) for the purpose of organizing an asso
I ciation. The committee is as follows;
= G. L. Stickney, Mrs. J. ?. Elmer, w: II
Hubbard. Mrs. C. c. Fits and Alfred
t Jordan. 1t is hoped that every alum
) nus of the school will take pains tc
, notify as many of his classmates al
, nossible in regard to the meeting IL
5 order that the attendance may be
large and representative.
Fish and Game Warden Lewis
Lynde of Dummerston has been II
town on several occasions this week
trying to secure warrant for the ar al,
rest Of J. E. Harding on the charge OF
resisting an officer. Mr.. Harding was
t fishing on the Waite brook last Satur
: day when Warden Lynde came up t(
III, and attempted to examine MS