The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-01-18
THE BRATTLEBORO REFORMER FRIDAY, JANUARY IS, 1907

urdny evening was largely httchueu'
There will be another tomorrow night.
The Waiting parties which have
been held every Saturday evening IN
Odd Fellow s hall, will be discontinued
Tor the present.
The Ladies ID. G. club meets this
afternoon with Mrs, +. T.. Willard. sup
per will be served after the meeting
/ The club meets next Friday with Mrs.
lC. e. Winchester,
The senior class Of the Brattleboro
high school will hold fair in grange
| hall Tuesday evening, Feb. IL 10 raise
money for the Washington fund. The
fair will open in the afternoon and
there will be dancing from . TO II in
the evening.
The installation of the officers of
Pocahontas council, No. 4, took place
Wednesday night In Red Men s hall. At
/ the close of the meeting chicken PIE
supper was served with cake and ice
cream after which social time of mu,
sic and dancing was enjoyed by all,
The officers OF Leo Council, Knights
of Columbus, were installed in Red
/ Men : hall Wednesday evening by Dis.
trict Deputy +. II. o'Connor of this
town. John !, Austin was chosen treas
urer of the council in place Of I. J,
/ Ileaphy. resigned. State Deputy Thorn
/ as Wagner of Burlington, attended the
/ installation.
Robert Lincoln, the brakeman who
sustained broken leg when the ear
on which he was riding rolled OIL the
track and down the bank near Scott s
bridge in Townshend, is resting com.
fortably at the hospital. A splinter of
bone nearly three inches in length was
taken out Of his leg and if all goes well
the leg will grow as strong ms the other.
People often wonder what to do
/ with periodicals which they do not
care TO keep and which are yet too
GOOD 10 throw away. Many Of them are
as readable few weeks after pubica-
4 ton AS when issued There is use for
considerable such literature in the hos.
initial and for quantities of il at the
Retreat. Those who wish to pass ON
magazines or weeklies for reading by
the patients at the hospital may leave
I them at DR.. Miller s office.
A roll.call of the Methodist church
will be held in the vcstry Wednesday,
Jan. %, and all members are urged to
/ be present il possible. Supper will be
served at $3.50 and this will be followed
4 by the calling of the church roll and
each member is requested to be prepar.
ed to respond 20 his or her name with
/ a passage of scripture or some appro-
pirate quotation. II any find 1t impos,
| sible to attend, they are asked to send
/ their response to be read at the meet
ing.
Bingham chapter, order Of the
I Eastern Star. held meeting Tuesday
evening when visitors from several
other chapters in Massachusetts and Yer
mont were present. A supper was serv-
ed bv the chapter at $50 o clock after
which came the initiation of two candi-
dates. Among those present from out
of town were: Grand Lecturer, Mrs.
Ruby c. Hawley Of Richford; Dis
| trict Deputy Grand Matron, Mrs. Mary
+, Leland Of Chester; District Deputy
I Grand Patron, A. G. Spaulding of Lud-
low; Grand Electra, Mrs. Kittie g..
Everleth of Bellows Falls and Mrs.
Eta NJ. Howard, past master of Alpha
chapter of Bellows Falls.
Ladies Night was observed by the
/ Congregational club Tuesday evening
when a large number of members
gathered in the Brooks House dining
room to hear concert by the Harvard
quartet Of Boston assisted by Miss
/ Edith NJ Herrick, reader. II was the
eighth appearance Of the quartet IN
Brattlcboro and its work demonstrated
more forcibly than ever that it is one
of the best musical organizations of
the kind to be found anywhere. Its Sc
lections covered a wide range but each
was splendidly rendered as were also
the solo numbers. Miss Herrick s work
stamped her as an elocutionist of much
promise. After the entertainment
buffet lunch was served.
DR.. Edward j. Banks of Chicago
university, who lectures in the Congre'
gational church this evening at 7.30
upon The Rediscovered Civilization of
Babylonia and Assyria, was field di-
rector of the recent exploration party
sent out by the university. The lee
ture will be popular, describing the
Journey across the Arabian desert,
the modern inhabitants of Babyl0nia,
the ruins of Babylon and Ur and
finally the methods of excavation and
the objects discovered. 1t will be illus
trated by 80 stereopticon views taken
by DR.. Banks. Montpelier and Barre
papers speak of the lecture as altogeth-
err exceptional in interest and worth
/ Z, a,l IN ho
There will be silver offering.
The Seth annual meeting of the
corporators of the Brattleboro Savings
bank was held yesterday morning when
the following officers were elected:
President, F. X. Barrows; vice presi-
dent, L. +. Adams; treasurer, Charles
| A. Harris; assistant treasurer, John G.
! Dewitt; trustees, +. X. Barrows, l.. f.
Adams, S. E. Lawton, E. W. Melendy,
f. L. Waterman, j. L. Martin, H. P.
| Wellman, G. A. Harris, J. H. Estey, G.
G.. Fits, G. w. Durham and +. l.. Hill
dreth; board of investment, f. X. Bar
rows, l.. F. Adams, j. II. Estey, II. +.
Wellman and c. A. Harris. The follow
ing new corporators were chosen: w.
II. Corser, V. 0. Jones, F. G. Adams,
G.. w. Pierce. Mr.. Barrows was chosen
president in place of E. L. Waterman
who was obliged to resign on account of
holding the Office of judge of the supe-
rior court of Vermont. The annual
statement of the bank shows deposits
of 81, 799,277,4S with reserve and sur
plus of $162,296.91. The annual cor
poration dinner was served in the
Brooks house Wednesday afternoon.