The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-04-30

into Haskins & Schwenk s office tn
IS week.
re There will be drill in Odd Fe
lows hall Saturday night of Canto
/ Palestine.
e The Woman s Relief Corps wi
hold sewing meeting Thursday al
T. ternoon and business meeting in tn
h evening.
i "A. d. Wyatt has had a new sig
[. hung over his studio to replace the on
which was recently blown down by tn
l. high wind.
b 1t is expected that several iron
4 here will go to- Bellows Falls to atten,
/ the minstrel show given by Wheeler
band of that town this evening.
n -,SedgWick post, G.. A. r., will at
: tomorrow afternoon in body. TIL,
! post members will meet at headquarter
at 2 o clock.
Fred Minis has bought an 1sfoo
. launch equipped with a Palmer engin,
of l.. ID. Taylor and will put it on the
Connecticut river. The boat is now al
Spofford lake.
There will be reception at the
Methodist church next Wednesday eve
ming, May at $50 o'clock to the new
pastor, Rev. M. H. Sharples and his
wife and family. The public is invited
IS. w. Edgett & Co., have this week
sold for Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Pow
ers of Bernardston, Mass. their farm
stock and tools to Mr. and Mrs. Henry
w. Adams of Wilmington. Possession
will be given May 20.
-Pocahontas council adopted several
candidates at its last meeting. After
the degree work refreshments were
al hxy
all Two more pale faces were adopted
members of the council last night
A. F. Roberts will make extensive
Improvements in his store in the space
which has recently been occupied by
H. F. Jordan who has moved to Market
block on Elliot street. Mr.. Roberts will
enlarge the show window and install
large cabinets for his display of cut
glass and china
The women of the Universalst
church will hold their regular monthly
business meeting Thursday afternoon,
May 6, in the church parors. There
will be work. Business meeting prompt
at 4 o clock; supper will be served at
6.15 and an entertainment will follow
the supper.
ming the selectmen signed the licenses
granted to the local druggists and
| closed the contract with R. H. Briggs
for the use of his gravel bank in Cen
| terville. John Calvin, chairman of the
board. will deliver the licenses to the
druggists today.
Ensign Lucien Kimball. U. S. N,
son of Mr.. and Mrs Frank w. Kim
ball of this town, and Miss Eva N.
Bowker of Syracuse, n. Y, were mar.
ried yesterday in philadelphia. The
bride is niece of Mrs. George B..
White of this town and has been fire.
quent visitor in Brattleboro. Ensign
and Mrs. Kimball will make their home
in Philadelphia for the present
The annual election of Brattleboro
lodge, F. & A. NJ. took place last eve
ming with the following result: Wor-
shipful master, A. E. Hobart; senior
warden, Charles H. Niles; junior ward
en-. Charles r. Dunklee; treasurer, V. O.
Jones; secretary, Jesse f. Haynes;
trustee of the fund, E. B. Barrows
These and the appointive officers will |
be installed at meeting to be an
nounced later.
Merton c. Robbins has recently
resigned as western manager of, the
SHETLAND Publishing company, and ac
cepted the position of advertising man
ager of the Glass Journal company,
New York, publishers of The Automo
bile of New York and Motor Age of /
Chicago. These are the two largest l
weekly papers published in this coun.
try. Mr. Robbins is located at the
New York office, having moved with
his family from Chicago.
During the week several accidents
have been narrowly avoided at the cor
ner of Main and Elliot streets. Two
boys were thrown from their wheels
oy a collision due to not giving any
signal as they were about to turn the
corner. On anther occasion an elderly
nan who was crossing the street was
almost hit by an automobile which
was being driven by local man who
'ailed to give any signal of his APP
roach. Many other similar occurrences
AVE been noted by on-lookers.
Miss Flora M Wilson, for two
years chief operator in the local tele
'hone office, and Miss Lila Pierce, who
las served as night operator for over
year. have resigned their positions
nd will go at an early date to Wards
oro where they have rented the Cham
,erlain farm for one year. Both young
women have rendered courteous and
ficient services in their positions and
will be much missed by the patrons of
he office. They are energetic and that
hey will be successful in their new
eHluIt 10 NOT pucollOncu. Ihloo w II
on S home is in Hadley, Mass, and
Iiss Pierce s in Walpole, n. H.
Miss Margaret Fallon of Rutland
nd Samuel Hubbard of Northampton
lass, both employees at the Brooks
louise, were married at s o clock We'd
esday morning by Rev. NJ. J. Carmody
st. Michael s Roman Catholic church.
hey were attended by Miss Nellie Fal
N of Rutland. the bride s sister and
harles Farr of Northampton, a cousin
the bridegroom. The bride wore a
ark blue cloth suit and the bride
aid s suit was of grey cloth. A wed
ing breakfast was served at the Mel
'se and the couple left on the 1918
ain for wedding trip. On their re-
i'm they will resume their positions
the Brooks House.
-Brattleboro chapter. Daughters of
e American Revolution met at the
me of Mrs. H. r. Brown on Green
rect Yesterday afternoon and was
tertained by Mrs Brown and Mrs. c.
Stickney. At meeting of the eX
utive board Miss Susan Clark, Mrs
L. Stock well and Mrs. H. w. Spauld-
g were elected a program committee
r the coming year. An informal musi.
program was given consisting of
ano solos by Miss Evelyn Staples,
ISIS Alice Jones and Miss Miriam
,ward, piano duet by Miss Jones
d Miss Howard, vocal solos by Miss
arlena Hall and Miss Ruth Brown
d a vocal duet by Miss Hall and
SIS Brown Afternoon tea was served,
, five young women mentioned ass
ting Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Stickney