The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-12-20


Sixty couples, the largest crowd of
the season, attended the dance given
by Company in the armory Wednes'
day evening. The next dance will be
held New Year 5 eve.
The senior class of the Brattle'
boro high school will hold u dance in
Grange hall Friday evening Dec. %,
TO which all members Of the school
and alumni are cordially invited.
The Centerville roller rink will be
open next week both Wednesday and
Saturday afternoons and evenings and
after next week open Wednesday even
ings and Saturday afternoons and
evenings.
Company ! will give the next of
its series of dances in Armory hall
New Years eve, Tuesday, Dee. 81.
They will watch the old year out and
the new year in and will dance until
l o o'clock.
Mrs. Ruth L. S. Alexander has
bought the Leroy Knapp place on Orch
ard street in Centerville and will take
possession in April, She will remain
at Alexandria in Guilford until May or
June when she will remove TO Brattle'
boro.
Fort hummer colony Of Pilgrim
Fathers met Tuesday night and elect
ed Ex-Governor George Stone repre-
sentative of the colony to the annual
meeting of the supreme colony in Bos'
ton in April. Three new members were
voted in.
The Vermont society of U. ).
Daughters of 1872, celebrated Fore
fathers day at the residence of Mrs.
Charles Richardson Tuesday afternoon.
Miss Theodore Peek of Burlington sent
an interesting paper on Ancestry to be
read at the meeting. 1t was voted to
have an annual sale, but no date was
fixed. This will be determined later
Refreshments were served.
Christmas shippers should not de-
lay sending their packages immediate
ly. 1t is impossible for the express
companies in the cities to deliver all
the parcels that are received Christ
mas day or the day before. The local
express office will be open every even
ing from now until Christmas and ON
Sunday from II until 2 ?. m. Thus
far there has been no falling off IN the
quantity of packages handled by the
local force.
The Ladies Aid society of the
First Baptist church held a social at
the home of DR.. and Mrs. ii. d. Hol-
ton Wednesday evening. There were
over 80 present. A small admission
fee was collected and the proceeds will
be used for carrying on the work Of
the society. During the evening Mrs.
Arthur Maynard rendered solo, Miss
Helen Hopkins gave recitation and
l.. H. Barber rendered several choice
selections from his Victor Victrola,
Some of these were records of grand
opera singers. After the entertain
ment refreshments were served.
AT the annual meeting of Protec-
tive grange Wednesday evening the
following officers were elected: Worthy
master, Harry W. Spaulding; overseer,
Philip f. franklin; lecturer, Mrs. May
Edwards; steward, Charles Il. Lock
wood assistant steward, Alvin IL.
Combs; chaplain, Mrs. E. NJ. Buck;
treasurer, Fred d. Weld; secretary,
Mrs. Maverette A. Fisher; gate keep
err, Pliny w. Chase; Ceres, Mrs. Bessie
Franklin; Pomona, Miss Amy Daven-
port; Flora, Miss Grace Clark; lady
assistant steward, Mrs. Marion Combs;
pianist, Miss Eloine Franklin; agent,
Carl S. Hopkins. These officers Will
be installed Wednesday evening,
Jan. /.
Joseph Nadeau, who has been EN-
ployed by j. l.. Grover, milkman, and
&. w. Grover, j. j.. Grover S younger
brother, engaged in a verbal contro-
versy at the farm Wednesday morning
and Nadeau hit the young man over
the ewes A warrant for Nadeau s ar
rest was issued and Deputy Sheriff My
ron p. Davis started out to serve 1t,
but Nadeau did the hot-foot act and
escaped into New Hampshire before
the officer found him. Mr.. Davis en-
gagged a livery team and overlook Ma
dcau on the Hinsdale road but Nadeau
declined the officers request to ride
with him, whereupon Mr.. DAVIS pro
ceeded to Hinsdale and got New
Hampshire officer to return with hlm
toward Brattleboro, but they saw moth
ing of the fugitive and concluded that
he had HE'D himself over Wantastiquet
mountain.
The case of W. II. Welcome
against the local candy dealers, +.
Alexander & Co., came up in municipal
court Monday when judgment was rem
dered in favor of the plaintiff to re-
cover the full amount of the specifica-
ton and costs. The case was appealed,
When the suit was brought all the
goods and fixtures of the company
were placed under attachment subject
to the disposition of the court. The
amount of the specification is 500 for
rent of the store in Richardson block
for the months of October and NO
vember. A. F. Schwenk appeared for
the plaintiff and r. c. Bacon for Alex
ander & Co. An agreement was reach
ed between George Mentavlos of New
York city and Alexander & Co. Mon
day when the attachment proceedings
that were brought by Mentavlos Dec.
7 were dropped on the promise of the
company to pay him $500 and costs in
cured at the rate of $l5 week. Men
tavlos was a former partner of +.
Alexander & Co., but left here in the
early fall. These suits in no way at
feet the foreclosure proceedings OF
Thalie Orphanos.
Failure on the part of Sullivan D.
Bishop of Marlboro to provide
surety on the bond given to Deputy
Sheriff M. P. Davis caused halt Sat
urday morning to the sale of the steers
.L;oh ,unrn 70 he anctinnel off in front