The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-07-10
Turkey dinner at Halls restaurant

1 ss"'"r - staH tthAAhi AA
Sunday.
There will be business oI special ~
crest nj the next regular meeting o
Oasis eneampmeni, i. q. q, H., aud
full attendance il desired.
-. Y. Dickinson = new Berlie
touring ear has arrived this week. ]
Is 75'horse power machine and cos
$500, being the largest, most powerful
and most expensive automobile in town
"A large crowd attended the ban,
concert last night aud many people tool
advantage Of the Ice cream aud cak,
sale held by the women of the Epis
copal church. Tables were placed OF
the corner Of Park aud North Main
street aud electric lights were hung nj
frequent intervals, affording n brilliant
spectacle. Flowers were placed at each
table. Long before the concert was
over the supply Of Ice cream and cake
had run out. The women will realize
good sum as result Of their efforts.
Tho summer school which opened
in the high school building this week
under the auspices of the Brattleboro
woman 5 club, assisted by an appro'
priation by the incorporated school dis
irict, has an attendance of about ~,
about equally divided between the sew
ing and manual training classes. The
sewing classes are taught by Miss Olive
weatherhead OF West Brattleboro and
the manual training classes by Chester
NJ. Green of Worcester. For two years
the school district has made an appro.
priation 10 assist the work but the war.
rant for the annual school meeting this
month does not contain any article look
ing toward an appropriation for next
year
Practically every drop OF the
Connecticut river is now flowing
through the sluice gates of the dam AT
Vernon. The upper crib Of the new cof.
fer on the west side of the river is com
plcted and the rivermen are now work
ing ON the downstream crib, which is
as fast as possible, This
crib runs out from the Vermont shore
1t a point some distance below the site
If the power house and will connect
with the lower end Of the old Golfer,
me section of which is still in use. The
contractors hope to have the Golfer dam
completed in about two weeks and IL
'ught not 10 take more than two weeks
o pump out the water and get the |
liver bed ready for the foundation of |
he power house. The foot bridge from |
he end of the old Golfer to the Vermont
hore was taken down the first of this
week.
Instead of the regular service Sun
lay morning at the Baptist church the
of officers of the Sunday
chool took place. The pastor, Rev. Geo.
}. Lawson. delivered an eloquent ser
non and afterward gave some valuable
dvice to the officers. Superintendent
:. J. Hawley spoke to the teachers, con.
them on the success they
ad attained during the past year, and
ncouraging them in their tasks for the
oming year. The teachers were the
lme as last year. The following off
Frs were installed: Superintendent, l..
7. Ilawley, assistant superintendent,
Irs. +. |. Knight and Mrs. Nora l.. {
emmy; secretary, II. A. Coburn
easurer, Casper Moran; librarian, H.
c. Toedt; assistant librarians, Mrs .
mory j. Eddy, Mrs. A. l.. Maynard;
lpcrintendent of the home department,
RS. c. F. X. JENNIE. !
About 90 members of Brattleboro
lapter Daughters of the American (
evolution, with several guests, enjoyed t
basket picnic at the summer home of
RS. Blanche GOodnow Pratt at New i
ne, going by teams and automobiles. J
was the first outing of the year and
owed to be one of exceptional pleas. {
e. The party reached Newfane early
ough to attend the latter part of the
orning session of the Republican Q
unity convention in the county court
use, and by special invitation they
d seats on the floor for the afternoon 8
ssion. The dinner hour was made
lre than comfortable in the large, r
oil rooms in Mrs. Pratt S home, which
re decorated with flowers, and the Y
lches which were carried were sup
by bountifu supplies of cof- ct
>, salad, sandwiches, cakes and fruit h
nch furnished by the hostess After t!
lner the party repaired to the court W
use to listen to an address by Col.
ttredge Haskins, which was received al
tn enthusiastic applause. After adj "
of the convention a brief ~
siness program was carried out at
$. Pratt s. A letter from Mrs. j. J. Ol
tey was read acknowledging the IN
yers placed in her state-room and m
aking of her interesting trip FL
ough England and Wales. Mrs M
bert Adrich of the Prospect Hill
pter in Somerville, Mass, read an fr'
tructive and entertaining paper on 70 70
Deerfeld s arts and crafts. Miss -, -;
Ster of Philadelphia gave three de- fol
ltful readings, this work being her
fession, and those present showed by NJ,
If expressions of appreciation that ito
Y considered themselves especially NJ
ored. Mrs. w. I. Root read Sc Nj
ion treating of the sealing up of the III
laration of Independence, and she -
ibited facsimile of that document. n !
). Pratt sang three solos, "The fe u
gic Month of May "Sing Me to I'd I'd
,p," and "Apple Blossoms Blow in the
Vermont which added greatly ter
he pleasure of the afternoon. After ret
ocial hour and a stroll about the ant
ty village the Daughters left for =
e, voting it to have been a red-letter
The place of the August meeting =