The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-06-05
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

The last grange social for the SET
son will be this evening.
Parents day will be observed Sur
day morning, in the Congregations
church.
The annual meeting Of the Grang
sewing society will be held Friday
June IL, at ; O'Clock in the afternoon
The annual meeting of the Unite,
States Daughters Of Isle will be he'll
at the home of Mrs. Angelica Shea
Oak street, June 81.
The cup which the high schoo
track team won in the dual meet will
Bellows Falls week ago Saturday hai
been on exhibition in II. II. Thomp
son IS store window this week.
Mrs. C. II. Thompson was elected
treasurer and Miss Ellen Ware assist
ant treasurer of the Congregational
Woman s Missionary union at its an
nual meeting in Barre last week.
The strawberry supper given by
the woman S auxiliary of the Y. NJ. G.
A. Wednesday evening, in the Grange
banquet hall, was well attended. The
auxiliary will realize good profit from
its endeavor.
-Pocahontas Council, No. 4, will
celebrate its fifth anniversary on the
night of June %. The committee in
charge has a very interesting program
for the occasion. The degree work will
also be put on. Springfield, Chester,
Bellows Falls councils will be present.
All members are invited.
According to figures compiled by
the Insurance Press $2,000,s73 was dis
tributed in Vermont during the year
1907 by insurance companies to in
sured persons or their beneficiaries, in
the form of death claims, matured
endowments or other benefits. OF this
amount $72,055 was paid out in Brat
tleboro.
The music pupils of st. Michael s
parochal school gave the last recital of
the season at the home of John Gui-
heen Friday evening. The numbers on
the programme, as announced last
week. were well received and many
expressions of commentator were of
fered to the pupils on the progress
made during the year.
The annual supper and festival of
the women of the Congregational
church will be held in Grange hall next
Supper will be served as
usual, from $50 to 730, and there will
be a sale of various fancy and useful
articles. At o clock there will be an
including stereopticon
views of famous paintings. Music will
pc furnished by Wales orchestra.
Sixteen new members were ad-
nitted to the p. V. M. sodality of st.
Michael s Roman Catholic church Sun
lay evening with appropriate cere-
nony. The members of the sodality
With many young children, about 200
n all, marched from the parochial
chool to the church. The ceremony IN,
luded the browning of the statues and
he formal reception of new members
" Rev. Father M. J. Carmody.
Miss Ola Mahar, for the past four
ears head nurse in the operating de.
artment of the Wesson Memorial
ospital in Springfield, Mass, came
Topdav TO succeed Miss Rachel Ham
,ond as night superintendent OF the
,rattleboro Memorial hospital. MISS
hammond, who was graduated from
he hospital Tuesday evening, resigned
he position to go to Boston, where
he will pursue her profession.
John H. Senter of Montpelier, A. {
Olmstead of South Newbury, l.. T. '
tack of st. Johnsbury, 0. M. Barber
c Bennington, =. Hitchcock OF Iltts-
,rd and G. W. Pierce of Brattleboro; t
embers of the commission appointed !
v Governor Proctor to investigate the
after of double taxation and report {
r. the benefit of the next legislature, n
Of in Hotel Windham last Thursday \
ID Friday and completed majority \
ID minority report. If the govern G
hoped for unanimity of opinion on v
is perplexing problem even in com S
ittee of six, he has been grlevously a
if reports are true.-bei- il
VS. Falls Times. St
The listers have completed tnell IL
,rk on the grand list and 1T was nieo a
sterday in the town clerk 8 ONCE u
,e following figures are taken from
0OcuIueHJ' III
rst class real estate go. .$5,0oa ,doo tt
cond class real estate ooo,Noo Fl
$3,643,710 m
rsonal property ........'. l''oA'l0o W
$5,345,s96 di
- .,,,s - sooo 357 400 Sc
$5,7O3,296 pi
H.. ,oos .$57, O32.96 ey
anu anu i Es 1o07 ...... 56,764.SS to
addition to the 1877 paying pciis w
re are 81 fremen exempt, 157 citl- ma
g over 70 wears of age, 90 soldiers eA
,mpt and IA sick and poor l Tp;s or
ON no tax can be collecteu. ors mn 70
ngs the total number OF voters ny e az