Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-01-11
RRATTLERoRo PERSONAL.

Jan. IS to Greenfield.
Mrs. Harriet Wetherbee of Wendell.
Mass, is visiting in town.
John Brosnahan returned Sunday to
Albany business college.
Miss Worthington Of Boston is the
guest Of Mrs Mary Warder
Miss Mae Burke returned Monday after
weeks visit in 81. Adams.
John G. Baker has returned after a stay
of several weeks in Boston
Miss Annie Ford returned to Boston last
Friday after two weeks in town
Mrs Pearl Clapp who underwent a
surgical operation last week, is slowly i'm
proving.
Homer Higley returned to Troy n Y,
Monday morning after a short visit in his
home here.
Misses Nellie and Nettie Butterheld
have returned from Westminster West
and resumed their school work.
Miss Anna Sullivan, who spent the holi-
days at her home here returned Saturday
to Springfield, Mass.
Harry L. Woods of Brattleboro en-
listed in the coast artillery Wednesday
in the recruiting station here.
Clifford Chamberlain returned Friday
after visit Of several weeks with his
grandfather in Rochester, this state.
William Linnehan was called Friday to
to Haydenville Mass, by the death Of
his mother. He returned Wednesday,
George w. Pierce. master of the YER
mont State Grange, conducted a school
for deputies in Burlington Wednesday.
Miss Mary Stakeholder OF the Free IL
brary returned Wednesday after ten
days visit with her brother in Benning-
| ton.
Miss Brie Bowler went Saturday to
! Dorchester, Mass, after a visit Of sew
eral weeks with her sister, Mrs. ]. T.
| Denning.
Miss Alice and Alta Eames entertained
their Sunday school classes Jan. 3 at the
| Universalist church, when the regular
supper was served.
Mrs. c. F. r. Jenne and Mrs. H e.
| Bond went 10 New York city Monday to
attend n meeting OF the National society
Of Daughters of 1912.
| Boston, where she had been to attend a
college banquet and the wedding OF a
classmate.
Robert Field Of Bellows Falls, who has
been i'll with fever at the home OF his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank C. Field Of
! Western avenue, is rapidly recovering.
Mrs. C. B. Tilton returned to her home
in South Deerfield, Mass. Wednesday
| after spending several weeks with her
sisters, Mrs. o. c. Brown and Mrs. P A.
| Eames
William r. Dresser, president Of the
Puritan Trust company OF Boston, who
| died Tuesday, was well-known in Brat
tleboro through visits here with A. C.
Aldrich.
| Miss Hortense Hall left last week for
Washington to be absent several weeks.
She will visit in that city, Philadelphia,
New York and Springfield before return
! ing home.
Lucy Brooks Of Northhed Mass, re-
! turned to their homes early this week
| after spending the holidays with Mrs r.
E. Gordon.
Martin p. Fisher, a native Of Brattle-
| boro who was educated in Rutland, now
| has responsible position in the Office
! of the New York Telephone company Of
| New York city.
Mrs. Roger Donoghue returned Sunday
TO her home in Holyoke. She was here
| two weeks caring for her father, Patrick
Guiheen, who was seriously i'll with pneu-
monia but is improving.
Letters received from Mrs. A. w
Childs in Manchester say that her son
| will probably not lose the sight of his eye,
which was injured with a pair of scissors,
| as the wound was not infected from the
| scissors
John L. Knowlton came from Lowell
| Mass, Tuesday night to attend to busi-
ness connected with Judge Wheeler's es-
| tate. He was accompanied by Miss Mac
| lay, who spent the holidays with Mr. and
Mrs. Knowlton.
Dennison Cowles and daughter, Adele,
went to Springfield, Mass, Saturday to
| visit Adele's grandmother Mrs P NJ
| Hastings, who is in n serious condition,
owing to a bad fracture OF the hip sus-
| tanned by falling in her room.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. f. Beeman have
| changed their residence from Northboro
Mass, to Taunton, so that Mr.. Beeman
| may more easily attend TO the duties of
| rho pOCitiOD IN xuh ba hos
NOTED on the New York. New Haven &
| Hartford railroad
Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert Smith were in
! Mortified Farms Wednesday to attend
| the funeral Of Mr.. Smiths grandfather,
| C. G. Hiliard, whose death at the age of
95 is recorded in our correspondence from
| Mortified. Mr.. Hiliard was well known
| in Brattleboro and was a frequent Wis
itor here when his daughter, Mrs For
| dyce Smith, was resident of this viii
lage.
Harry c. Miller former well-known
| Brattleboro boy, has sent this week to
old friends here a statement OF the South
| Omaha, Neb., National bank, of which he
Is assistant cashier and one of the di-
rectors. This bank, which was started
only 20 years ago now has total resources
Of S4,325 1888, and its item of capital,
surplus and profits is $615, ,99935. Mr. Mil
ler's parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Miller,
are spending the winter in Biloxi, Missis-
sippi.
The Brattleboro friends OF Ernest A.
Reed Of New York will be glad to extend
to him congratulations and good wishes
upon his marriage to Miss Maybelle Fos-
ter Welsh also of New York, at noon
New Years day by Rev. George Clarke
Houghton. Mr.. Reed is son of Nj. 1.
Reed OF Vernon, and graduated from
Brattleboro high school in 1898 and from
Albany business college in 1899. He was
employed by the Bankers Life Insurance
Co. of New York and Columbian Life In
surance company Of Boston, but for the
past few years has held a responsible po-
sition with the Pacific National bank on
Broadway. Miss Welsh is a granddaugh-
ter Of stephen Foster, well known as The
author of "Swanee River and other
songs. The young couple have received
number of valuable gifts.
Hugh Betterley Of Dummerston Hill,
who graduated from Norwich university
last June, will sail from San Francisco
Jan. "a for the Philippines, where he will
be engaged as surveyor in the civil SER
vice of the government. Mr. Betterley is
a member Of BrattlebOro lodge, A. f. &
A. NJ, and was formerly a member of
Company /. He was distinguished for
scholarship and general standing while in
Norwich. He was captian OF one OF the
two companies OF cadets, the other cap
tain being Dana Gilman OF Brattleboro,
who is now engaged in railroad work in
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