The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-06-26

. be held Saturday evening, Jaiy II,
The Rpwonh League will hold I
, lawn social Wednesday evening a, W
", fiimP,on =, 80 Canal street,
The nes, regular meeting Of ih'
Girls club will b. held Wednesday ey
! ening At the rooms al : o'clock. III.
executive board will meet Al 7,i5,
-sedgwick woman's Relief corp,
observed Memorial Day yesterday and
decorated the graves Of past members
Of the ceTps ia Prospect iiill cemetery,
Twenty members 81 the organization
met nj Il, A. u, hall az o'clock and
arranged the flowers, after which the
corps went 10 the ecmeiefy In body
aud placed flowers ON various graves,
According "a the custom services were
held al the grave Of the most recently
departed member. This year the serV,
ice was held NJ the grave Of Mrs Cam
den NJ. Smith The Esd Psalm was
read aud two hymns were sung, after
which all joined Ia the Lord . prayer
The paroehial school closed yes
ierday with graduating exercises In
the evening followed by party ON the
school lawn. The grounds were lastly
| decorated BY the children Of the school
assisted by the teachers A line OF
electric lights surrounded the grounds
aud at various points japanese lanterns
we're hung. A stage was erected IN
/ front Of the school house from which
the program was presented. The deco
raiions on the stage were purple and
old gold, the class eolors. Around the
sides of the stage were drapcries and
on the corners Of the stage were
lunches of mountain laurel. over the
middle Of the stage was the class mot
90, We Build the Ladder as We Climb.
This was enciTclcd with the class col
ors. The program was the same as
announced last week. Special mention
might be made Of the defamation Of
Francis Dunlcavy, entitled, The Life
Boat. Father Carmody congratulated
the class on the successful completion |
of the prescribed course. After the
exercises ice cream and cake was
served. The attendance was the larg' |
est in the history Of the school.
Albert Henry Stanley and Miss
Mabel Ada Amidon, daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. Larkin A. Amidon, of 90 Ca
nal street, were married Wednesday nj
100 at the home of the bride, Rev. ID.
f. Trout officiating. The couple were
ice was used. The bride wore white
silk and carried bridal roses. The cere-
mony was performed in front of bank
of mountain laurel and the house was
lastly decorated with ferns and lau-
rel. A lunch was served after the cere-
mony. After n three.weeks trip in
Boston, Providence. X. l., and other
cities. the couple will make their home
with the parents of the bride. Many
beautiful gifts were presented to Mr..
and Mrs. Stanley, including linen, china
and silverware. Both young people
are employed at the Estey organ fac.
tory. Among those from out of town
were: Robert Amidon of Nashua, y.
H., brother of the bride; Mr.. and Mrs. /:
W. G. Stanley of Keene, n. H., parents
Of the groom, Miss Bertha Davis of
Keene. n. H., Mr.. and Mrs. olin Ran
lall, Miss Elizabeth Davis and Mrs. !
Bertha johnson of Chesterfield, n. II.
About so people from Brattleboro
attended the Universalist picnic at
Barber park in Bellows Falls Tuesday.
The weather conditions were ideal, and
I was estimated that over 1000 people
we're present. They came from all the
nearby towns by train and by team.
had great time and all
we're glad that they were Universalists
md so eligible to be present. There
we're two games of baseball. The Brat
leboro boys were defeated by the Bel
ows Falls boys Is to l and the games
etween the clergymen and the laymen
esulted in tie 81 to 81. 1t was a
rreat game and there was mutual sat
sfaction that neither team was able
o defeat the other. The younger ele
1ent also pulled off a meet. Bel
,ws Falls was the whole thing and
asily won the cup. There were dashes,
jumps, vaulting, hammer throwing,
tc. Bowen and Underhill of Bel.
Dws Falls were the stars, scoring
l and 13 points respectively. To a
ortion of the crowd addresses were
lade in the theatre in the afternoon
Y Revs. Reardon of Springfield, Booth
Chester, Thompson of Charlestown
nd Leavitt of Bellows Falls.
A large delegation from the Brat
eboro and Columbian lodges, F. g. A.
l., attended the evening service Sun
ny in st. Michael s Episcopal church.
ev. w. j. Hamilton delivered SER
on on Operative and Speculative Ma
nry. A masonic quartet composed of
H. Brasor, A. S. Thompson, A. L.
aynard and M. 2. Davis sang Gre
ember Now Thy Creator" A. S.
thompson also sang "Peace Be With
ou,o accompanied by the choir. Mr..
amilton traced the history of masonry
ON its beginning at the building of
e temple of King Solomon, 1000, B. or
to the completion of st. Paul s w,
urch in London, in the seventh cen. u,
ry. This last work marked the pass Cls
2 of operative masonry and the be- Sa
lning of speculative masonry. The to
eaker then took up the mission of CHI
masonry and the work II
itch it is destined to perform in the WI
lure. As the foundation of the or We
: is based on the Bible and the bust fee
,s>of the institution is the discov-
; of divine truth through signs and Ba
nbols, the future work of masonry
st be along spiritual lines. The OBJ
tive expression of masonry in art
| architecture passed out in the sew
h century, hence the upbuilding of
spiritual temple must embody the
nciples of the order. The structure
IN which this temple is constructed
he fatherhood of God and the broth
ood of man, Masonry has it's mis-