Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-01-04

regular meeting Of the knights
and Ladies of Honor will be held In Red
Mems hall Monday evening at 1.3O.
The vermont wheel club held a monthly
business meeting Tuesday evening IN
which only routine business was trans
acted
Tuesday. Jan /. was the feast Of the
circumcision Mass was celebrated az
. o'clock in St Mlchaels Roman Catholic
church.
THE ladies' Catholic Benevolent as
ISOLATION had an installation of officers
I'm Grand Army hall Tuesday evening.
Refreshments were served by Caterer
Hail.
The next meeting of the Junior Farther
Lights society will be held at the Baptist
chapel Wednesday afternoon, Jan. ?, at
315. These meetings will be held reg
ularlv the second Wednesday in each
month The purpose of the society Is
mission study. All young girls are cor
daily invited to attend.
The employees Of the Durham Brothers
shoe store took advantage Of the good
sleighing of last week and had their
annual sleigh ride Saturday evening.
About 20 were in the party and the ride
to BernardstOn was "a merry one. An
excellent dinner was served in the hotel
on their arrival and the evening was
spent pleasantly In dancing and playing
games
work on the new 7O-foot turntable for
the Central Vermont railroad will be com
pleted today and the station Will be
equipped to handle the new big freight
b engines when they are put into commits
sion The material for this turntable ar
rived some time ago and the workmen
/ have been putting it IT. place for more
/ than week 1t will greatly facilitate the
! work i'm the yards
West River Rebckah lodge. No. g. was
! Instituted in Newfanc last Friday evening
/ by Grand Master Frank Perry of Brat
tleboro assisted by Mabel Gleason OF Rut-
/ land. president of the Vermont Rebckah
/ association. 4 delegation Of about go
! from Dennis Rcbokah lodge of this town
| went up ON special train IN the after
! noon and stayed FOR the evening meet
| ing The new lodge starts of auspic-
! iously with 81 charter members.
The midwinter reception given by Mr.
/ Wales to his childrcu's dancing classes
T was held Saturday afternoon I'm Oud Fell
lows hall with about 100 children and
| many parents and friends i'm attendance.
} The children went through with their cN-
! nibitiou canoes in way To- bring foi tn
. enthusiastic applause from their audi
. cucc. Refreshments were served. This
A reception closes Tie first half OF the dare
ing lessons. The second Lalf will begin
Monday.
Mrs. Sophrouia Suplaud. widow Of John
! Suglaud, died saturday iu Athol y. Y.
7 Will" uu "a visit tuerc. She had lived m
the home of John Tittemore of Guilford
uud went to Athol for visit about 10
4 days ago. She he'd shock there and
death took place within short time
/ The body was brought To Vernon for
/ burial The despatch announcing her
/ death read "~hpok." which was repeated
verbally shot and this led To- the inn
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louce. but this was wholly Incorrect.
The officers and directors OF the Y. NJ.
. c. \. held special meeting last night In
/ the association rooms. after supper
4 served 10y the womau's auxiliary state
Secretary Louis Heb was present and
spoke briefly on the needs OF the local
. field. chief of which was the need Of an
/ adequate building for the association
work. owned by the association. In the
! business meeting the directors voted to
/ take steps toward raising money to can
! eel the floating Indebtedness before the
| annual meeting In March. l. W. Hawlcy
| and W. \. Gilbert were appointed a COM
/ mttec to secure a speaker FOR the ami
versary celebration In May.
! Frank Deforge Of Rockingham has filed
! In the United states district court pc
= tition in bankruptcy with liabilities OF
$22lS and assets OF Sl40r Of which 1912 is
claimed to be- exempt. The principal IL
: ability Is mortgage note for SlGJh on his
! farm and buildings I'm Rockingham held
! by the Bellows Fails trust company and
second mortgage note of 500 on the
property held 10y NJ. J. Mccarthy OF
| Rockingham. Various bills and unsettled
| accounts in Rockingham, Bellows Falls
and other places bring the liabilities total
/ to S2l>. In accordance with the home
, stead exemption act $50 Of the home
| property is claimed exempt. 1t is valued
/ AT $3.50. The SiOp estimated value OF the
/ household goods H. also claimed To bee
| exempt also 81 on tools Among the
! assets listed Is am insurance policy in
the Modern Woodmen OF America which
has no cash surrender value. The petit
ton Is from the office OF &. II. Williams
Of Bellows Falls. \ meeting OF the crrdi-
tors Will be- held there Jan. -
The rural free delivery letter carriers
/ of Wndham county met Tuesday after
| noon at the home OF Leon F. Mixer on
| Western avenue ana organized the Wind
| ham County Rural Letter Carriers asso-
citation \ preliminary organization was
effected some months ago and &. = Nash
was sent "a delegate To the state CON
Nention early in the fall. on the strength
OF the information as to local orgauiZa-
ton which he gained the association was
formed. Col II. +. Taylor postmaster OF
| the BratteborO Office. was preseht rs a
guest and spoke briefly. The officers OF
the new association elected were: Presi-
dent F. \. Johnson of Brattleboro: vice
president. Fred Waite of South London
derry: secretary A. T. Eddy of Brattle-
horo; treasurer. Leon r Mixer OF Brat
tlehoro; delegate TO the state convention
In Burlington, Leon +. Mixer. Dinner was
served To the carriers and the business
meeting was held afterward Those pres
ent We're Charles Harrington. Patrick
OConuor and William Wheeler of Put
ney; Fred Vale, Hugh Vale and \. W
Ransom