The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-01-03
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

/. holders Of the Peoples and Vermont
National banks will be held Tuesday
Jan. IL.
"A. W. J. wilkins was appointed
} trustee of the estate OF Samuel a.
Brown, bankrupt, Monday by Referee
/ 4. ID. Cudworth.
The next in the series Of Vermont
Wheel club ladies' nights will he held
next week Friday evening and will
take the form of leap year party.
The farm of X. Il. Hawkins in
West Brattleboro was leased Monday
10 George Newstead of Hinsdale, N.
H.. through the agency of W. G. Hor'
ton.
The Estey Organ company has
closed the factory this week. Work
will be resumed Monday, Jan. 6. Dur
ing this week the annual inventory is
being taken.
Henry Z. Guellow Of this town
was found guilty of drunkenness in the
Greenfield district court Monday aud
sentenced TO the house of correction
for a month. Guellow was recently
committed TO the Brattleboro Retreat
as a state patient.
Referee A. T. Cudworth has fixed
January IL as the date when he will
hear the petition of Guy o. Howe and
Oscar F.. Howe of Wilmington, who
ask for discharge from bankruptcy.
The hearing will be held in the county
clerk g office in Br' leboro.
The report that George Mentavlos
of New York who recently attached
property belonging to Alexander & Co.
was a former partner in the concern is
denied by the members of the firm,
who say that Mentavlos has never had
any connection with the business.
Over 200 visitors attended the an.
nual mid.winter reception given by +.
Wales 20 the junior class of his dane.
ing school Saturday afternoon in
Grange hall. The reception was held
from until 5 o'clock. Exhibition
dances were executed and the members
of the class received many compli-
ments as did also the dancing master,
Mr.. Wales. Ice cream and cake were
served
AT the annual meeting of the Els.
tey Organ Benefit association Friday
afternoon in the factory the suggestion
of the committee that no claims for
disability of less than three days
should be paid was not accepted. 1t
was decided to pay claims as hitherto.
The following executive committee
was reelected: George A. Hines, Will
lis d. Gibson, H. F. C. Toedt and
Jerome Knight Mr.. Hines will act as
the chairman of this committee.
The following officers were elected
at the annual meeting of the n f. 0.
p. Monday night: Warden, Edwin c.
Davis; vice-warden, Harry Holland;
secretary. M. N. Stafford; financial sec
rotary, Maud O Neil; treasurer, W. II.
Haywood; chaplain, Mrs. Edwin C. Da-
Wis; guide, Harry Dowley; guardian,
Carrie Stone sentinel, Austin Nichols;
past warden, c. r. Simonds; trustees,
Mrs. C. R. Simonds, Mrs. Harry Hol-
land and DR.. H. l.. Waterman. These
will be installed Jan. s, After the in /,
stallation there will be banquet for
which all members are requested to
bring food without further solicitation. {
The new degree team will work large c
class Jan. %. Q
An innovation will be offered to
Brattleboro theatregoers upon the oc- \
,asion of the Forthcoming engagement :
If the Gage Stock company at the au- I
commencing Monday, JAM 6, !,
when the company will present play a
# Vermont Life by Sumner Nichols :,
untitled In Old Vermont. The play :
leals with Vermont life previous to y
he Civil war and concerns to some ex- !,
ent the slavery question which was 7,
nomentous one. But the real success :;
f the play lies in its wonderful and n
atural characters created by the au- n
hor. Nathan Steadman, the principal =,
1ale character, is a whole souled Yer y
1ont farmer with a sunny and lovable
azure that endears him to all. The IL
lay is one that should be seen by all. W
ladies' tickets limited to 200 will be ii
'sued for Monday night. pl
The Home Sunshine society held a. a.
IS annual meeting at the Home for w ~
he Aged and Disabled at 3 clock =.
[onday afternoon, Dec 30. A bust e. 9.
ess session was held and officers were ~
ected as follows: Mrs. George Ry- o os
er, president; Mrs. J. D. Barrows, ~ ~
,cretary and treasurer; Mrs. s. 0. r,
liner and Miss Emma Gregg, commit We We
'e on tree; Mrs. George Clapp, chair w ",
an committee on refreshments; Mrs. ~
D. Barrows, chairman committee on no no
At the close of the "a ~
lsiness meeting an entertainment IT,
as given, consisting Of recitations by d.
ISIS Mary Cox, reading by Mrs Wig Loo Loo
H. piano solos by Miss Leila Knapp, az az
ano duets by Mrs. Barrows and Miss w on
olden; refreshments were served. A on
ee, beautifully decorated by Mrs. "
liner and Miss Gregg gave great en-
yment. The gifts were distributed rec
Rev. E. Q. s. Osgood, in the alb pc
nee of. DR.. II. d. Holton of the trus- Br
es. da
Mrs. Ellen F. Wildes, widow of wa
lsel F. Wildes, announced yesterday ~
at she had sold the hotel, bearing po'
r name at the Falls to L. D. Du- oyy
cite, formerly proprietor of the Rus WIN
/ House at Russell. The sale was ooi
mpleted the day before, but the IL 1or
nse has not yet been transferred. co.
:. Duquette has already moved into pet
, hotel with his family, where he is cla
der the care of physician, having mo-
mild attack of the grip. The hotel out
one of the best known in the city, clal
l price paid for it is $4,000. The the
eel received wide name through of
fact that the late Mr.. Wildes was to
n known as a horseman. He built fort