Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-08-30
BELLOWS FALLS NEWS


closed next Monday, Labor day.
The last band concert of the season will
be given in the square next week.
Mrs. Narramore is spending few days
with her mother, Mrs. F. Z. Ball
Everett Beaton returned last week from
a weeks visit sight seeing in Boston.
Ralph Stearns of Weathersheld visited
his cousin, Floyd Nichols, few days this
week,
The ladies of the Universalist church
will serve supper in their vestry Sept. 8
at 6.15
Dr. f. L. Day of Providence, r. l., was
the guest of his brother, j. c. Day, over
Sunday.
Albert o. Fisk of Lunenburg, Mass,
and OTvin e. Fisk of Charlestown uncles
of Mrs, Charles Bradfords, visited her
on Tuesday.
Misses Charlotte Ryder and Flora Frost
have gone to Randolph to enter the nor
NAL school there.
Principal and Mrs. A. e. futile return
this week from their summer vacation
spent at MELVIN Village, n. II.
]. C. Day gave his clerks and other
guests a very pleasant picnic at Barber
park last Thursday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. e. Conway and Mrs.
b. Cannon spent short vacation at Lake
The Edisonia moving picture attraction
which has been closed for some time
will reopen for business again Sept 2
Bernce Wilbur returned last Wednes-
day from a three weeks visit in Nova
Scotia and Boston. She resumed work
in her fathers office Thursday.
Rev. +. l.. Leavitt has returned from
his vacation and will occupy his pulpit
at the Universalist church next Sunday.
In the afternoon he will preach at AL
stead.
Mrs. b. f. Meacham and daughter,
Esther, spent a part of last week with
Mrs. f. p. Ball at her cottage on the
camp ground, DIR. Meacham joining them
over Sunday.
Mrs. Charles Wheeler and guests, her
three sisters, and granddaughter, are
spending the week at the Bellows Falls
cottage on the ClaremOnt Junction camp
grounds.
q. II. Bussor has returned to work in
the Vermont Farm Machine shops after
an enforced absence of about a week on
account of an injury to his knee, causing
a severe boil.
Heavy wooden posts have been erected
at the junction of all streets in town and
new signs bearing the street names will
be placed upon them in accordance with a
vote of the village
Miss Agnes Elmendorf, a former teacher
here, who has been spending the sum-
mer with relatives here, will go to Ben
nington this week to take up her duties as
teacher in that place.
E. r. Ball began work in the office of
the Fall Mountain Electric Light and
Power company Monday, having been
unable to work for nearly year, owing
to the breaking of his leg.
L. Lowell, Emmons Bradford of this
place, Arthur Wells of Cold River, and
Howard Stoughton of Charlestown, n.
H., are enjoying a week OF camping at
Blodgett's Landing at Lake Sunapee.
Miss Lillian Brown is expected home
this week from her summer vacation,
spent in the northern part of the state.
She will resume her duties as musical
director in the public schools of Ludlow.
Roscoe Beers spent last Sunday with
friends in town, returning to Springfield,
Mass, Monday. Mrs. Beers and daugh-
tiers, Hattie and Gladys, are spending
this week with her sister, Mrs. Ira Adams
and her brother, Mr. Pelky.
The ladies' aid society of the Methodist
church will resume monthly suppers in
the vestry of the church beginning next
week Wednesday, Sept. 4. A good at
tendance is desired as the directresses
wish to give out the work for the coming
season.
Mrs. Jessie Booth and her daughter,
Mildred, returned to Montpelier on Wed
nesday to resume their duties in the
public schools of that place on Tuesday
next, after spending the greater part of
their vacation at the home of George
Underwood.
The Saturday evening attraction at the
opera house is to be Edwin j. Hadley's
Roving pictures. This is his first APP
pearance here and his pictures are of a
high class. He comes here with a high
reputation, under the management of
]. E. Brosnahan.
At the annual state convention of the
Universalist Y. p. c. U. in Barre Tues
day Miss Lula B. Hart was elected two
cent-a-week superintendent Miss Eta
Labaree was appointed a member of the
nominating committee, and Rev. F. l..
Leavitt a member of the missionary COM
mittee.
Since the Island House fire the manage
ment of the overall factory have thought
best to move the branch of ii that To-
Gated here back to Boston. Thus our
village loses its latest industry. 1t en-
ployed from 30 to 40 girls and the monthly
payroll was about $4,000. 1t is sincerely
hoped it will return here in the spring
if suitable place can be found to locate
1t. While 1t was here II added to the
business life and we can i'll afford to lose
even a small manufacturing plant, as
every little helps.
The well known photographer here,
+. j. Blake, and Mrs Nellie p. Camp
bell of SaXtons River. were united in
marriage at 'Woodlawn Villa" at noon
Tuesday by Rev. D. L. Sanford of this
place. The wedding was a very quiet
affair, only the immediate families at
tending. Mr.. Blake was many years a
photographer in this place. but had been
absent some time returning a few months
ago from Rutland. Their many friends
here and at Saxtons River extend best
wishes for their future.
May Hillmans last plays of the weeks
engagement at Barber park theatre Satur-
day night were "Fanchon the Cricket" and
christopher, Jr.," and they gave great
satisfaction and drew large audiences as
crowds awaited themselves of the oppor-
tunity of seeing them in spite of the
rain Saturday. The company left for
Berlin, N. H., Monday morning, where
they have a weeks engagement, then the
troupe will play two weeks at Sherbrooke,
p. O., during the fair there. The COM
pany has arranged an engagement at
Claremont in November.
Miss Elizabeth Dickinson by mistake
swallowed a mouthful of washing fluid