The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-07-12

Frank A. Dewitt of Newfane admins.
traitor of the Charlotte T., Dewitt es.
tate,
After tho business meeting of the
grange Wednesday there will be so
cial entertainment with refreshments
of ice.cream and cake. Members are
requested to bring cake.
The second annual "baby meet "
will he held on the common next week
Saturday afternoon, July 20, at 4
o clock, All mothers and others inter
ested are asked TO come and bring
babies.
The annual log drive of the Con
necticut River Lumber company has
left Bellows Falls, it is said, and will
be in Brattleboro within day or two.
The logs are unusually late this sea
son, the rear generally passing here
early in July
Francis Fitzgibbons received u
broken arm while playing about Tu,
dor S merry go.round on the island
Tuesday evening The boy, who is
about II years old, was jumping the
guy wires which hold the tent roof
when he caught his toe and fell, break
ing his left arm above the elbow. Ply
sicans were called and the broken
limb was set.
Rev. Enoch NJ. Thompson, late Of
the Pro Cathedral, Washington, ID. c.,
has arranged the following services at
st. Michael's Episcopal church; sun
days, 7.30, Holy Communion; 1870,
morning prayer and sermon; 7.3O p. m.
evensong and sermon. Weekdays
Wednesdays and Fridays, $50, morning
prayer; Fridays, 730, evensong and ad'
dress.
Capt. George II. Thompson of
Company f., V. n. g., has resigned his
commission and has been appointed
regimental quartermaster, assuming his
duties at once. He succeeds former
Captain c. F. Burnham. An order has
been issued from the adiutant's of
fee for an election to be held at tho
almory next Monday evening, July 10,
when successor to the captaincy OF
Company + will be filed and such 9th
er vacancies as may occur.
AT a meeting of the board of gov
ernors of the Wantastiquet golf club
last evening it was decided to deter
mine by means of a circular letter just
how many of the present members IN
tend to retain their membership this
year and to make a strenuous effort to
arouse and maintain interest in the
club. Comparatively few people are
visiting the club grounds this season
and unless heroic measures are taken
il is feared that the organization
will become moribund. The governors,
however, hope to arouse sufficient en-
thusiasm to keep the club alive and
make it a center of social activity as
il has been in the past.
William D. Lenihan has rented the
store in the Ullery building formerly
occupied by Fenton & company and
will move his barber shop there next
week The new shop will be when
completed the largest and one of the
best equipped of any in town. Six
new Koch s hydraulic chairs with SAM
tarv head rests will be installed. The
walls will be reprinted and decorated
and along the north wall which the
chairs will face there will be a long
mirror. Henry Belanger will move his
bootbacking stand into the shop. y
steam towel sterilizer will be put in
place and it is also expected that
large center sink will be added.
james Burnap Frost, 70, died
Wednesday evening after an illness of
only three days. He had always been
hard working farmer but had grad
uallv resigned active work on account
of failing strength. He was the fourth
generation which had owned the Frost
farm in the north part of the town and
was the eighth generation in descent
from Edmund Frost, who came from
England and settled in Cambridge.
Mass. in 1855. He married Miss Lucy
Candace Burnap in 1857. She died
about five years ago. He leaves two
sons. Jerry A, Frost, who manages the
farm. and Gaius B. Frost, who is en-.
Gagged in educational work in George
town. Mass. There are eight grand
children. The funeral will be held at
the house Saturday afternoon at ?
clock.
A simple home wedding ceremony
was performed Monday evening at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Gil
man at 60 Ventura street, Springfield.
Mass, when their daughter, lnez May
Gilman, became the wife of Robert Al
len Stickney Of Boston, son of Mrs.
Luther H. Barber of this town. Rev.
Of
Congregational church, otiiciated. The
double ring service was used and the
home was prettily decorated with
palms. wild flowers and potted plants.
The couple was attended by Miss Alice
Sturtevant of Springfield as brides,
maid and George Sargent of Springfield
as best man. The bride was becom-
ingly gowned in white French muslin
trimmed with val lace, and wore veil.
Only immediate relatives and close
friends were present at the ceremony
Mr.. and Mrs. Stickney left Tuesday
morning on a brief wedding journey
after which they will make their home
in Boston where the groom is employed
as city freight and ticket agent by the
Wabash railroad. They will be at
home after Oct. l. Mr.. Stickney was
graduated from the Brattleboro high
School in the class Of 1901 and is well
known here.
Thomas Henry Brown, so, died at
his home at 26 South Main street
Monday morning at 1890 after a three
months illness with Bright's disease.
He was born in Brattleboro Dec. 20,
1854. the son of Morris and Honora
(Spllivan) Brown and the second of a
family of four children. He lived with