The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-12-27


IL in town today on his semi.annual
trip settling bills against the state
with the county clerk, justices and
sheriffs.
The ladies aid society of the
Methodist Episcopal church Will meet
with Mrs. c. d. Smith next Wednes.
day afternoon, Jan. !, to sew. AT 4
clock there will be a special bust
ness meeting.
Christmas was observed by the
Sunday school of the Unitarian church
Tuesday evening. A supper was
served in Wells hall at $50 after
which Rev. f. Q. 5. osgood, the pas
tor made an address of welcome.
Gifts were then distributed to each
member of the school.
The Dial, the Brattleboro high
school paper, announced in its issue OF
this month that the prize for the best
Christmas story had been awarded to
Holton Davenport, 1909, whose story
was entitled Christmas at Ellis. Hon
orable mention was made of Ermina
Dunton, 1909, and Eleanor Noyes,
1911.
John J. Reed, who is employed in
the store of Emerson & Son, and Miss
Eva ID. Clark were married Christmas
dav at the Congregational parsonage
by Rev. II. R. Miles. Mr.. and Mrs.
Reed came to Brattleboro a short time
ago from Mortified, Mass, where
they are well known. After short
wedding trip they will begin house
keeping in town.
Christmas services were observed
Sunday in all the churches except the
Episcopal and the Roman Catholic
churches. Music appropriate for the
occasion was rendered and the pastor
of each church delivered a sermon on
theme commemorative of the day.
| Nearly all the churches were decorated
and the services were well attended,
particularly those in the morning.
The Methodist Sunday school en-
loved supper in the church vestry
Tuesday at $50 p. IN. A musical and
literary program followed. Miss Ger
trude Matthews rendered Christmas
solo effectively and the reading, Will
lie s. and Annie s Prayer, by Miss
Field was worthy of special mention.
A fireplace scene was greatly enjoyed
bv the younger element. When the
attention of the children was drawn
toward the chimney, down came Santa
Claus, laden with many gifts. A pres
emit was given to each person.
There was steamy time in III
lery block Tuesday afternoon due to
a misunderstanding on the part Oh
some plumbers who were setting new
radiator 1t seems that the plumbers
turned off the steam pipe which con-
meets the Ullery building with the
boilers of the American building but
did not notify the engineer. linen
thew disconnected one of the smaller
pipes previous to making the radiator
connection and went up street on an
errand Meanwhile the engineer no
ticed that his steam gauges were
mounting with undue rapidity and dis
covered the main pipe to the ullery
building closed. Knowing nothing OF
the repairs he at once turned 1t on
again with the result that the entire
basement of Ullery block was filed
with escaping steam. Before the mis-
take could be rectified the finish on
quantity of furniture belonging to
Moran & company was damaged
A special Christmas service was
held in st. Michael's Episcopal church
Wednesday morning at 1870 with a
large number in attendance. A musl'
cal program was rendered by the new
" organized vested choir. a Christ
mas sermon was delivered by the rec
tor. Rev. W. j. Hamilton. The chan
eel of the church was decorated with
laurel and pine and an Illuminated
star was suspended from the center OF
the chancel to signify the visit of the
wise men. The musical program will
be repeated at the regular service
Sunday. The names of those who Will
be permanent members of the choli
are: Fred Gipson, Merrill Haskell
George Gibbs, Arthur Cain, Ralph
Bartlett. NJ. ?. Davis, A. s. Thompson
Charles Nichols, Edward Hill, Mrs. A
H. Brasor, Mrs. Ralph Pettee, Niolette
REYNOLDS, Ethel Bartlett, Charlena
j Hall and Lillian Johnston William
Haskell has been made cross bearer
J The Sunday school will hold its OBJ
servance of Christmas this Afternoon
! and evening. There will be a chora
service in the church this afternoon al
o clock. An entertainment will fol
low in Grange hall. Refreshments
, will be served. There will be Christ
! mas tree laden with gifts for members
of the school. The presents will be
: distributed by Santa Claus. At the
l service next Sunday evening the choir
and congregation will sing a number
, | Of old time carols