Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-05-13

Rev. e. Q. s. Osgood, pastor Of the Uni
tartan church, will preach the baccalau-
reate sermon before the graduating class
of the high school Sunday evening, June
10.
The case Of Frank o. Carpenter against
the town of Brattleboro was postponed
again until May II. 1t was to have been
heard before Justice Lewis Lynde of
Dummerston in the municipal court room
Tuesday.
The men of Brattleboro lodge, n. E. o.
p, will meet in the home of Austin Mich
OILS of 1 Willow street Wednesday even
ing to make plans for the supper which
will be served at the next regular meet
ing, May 25
The New England Telephone and Tele-
graph company has distributed among the
Brattleboro subscribers this week copies
of the directory containing the names Of
the patrons in Greenfield, Northa mpton,
Springfield and nearby Massachusetts
towns. Those towns were omitted from
the new Brattleboro directory, and when
the company learned that the omission
was an Inconvenience to some of the
Bratteboro subscribers the other drec-
tories were promptly distributed
The steering gear Of L. c. Crcsby's
Rambler car failed to work on Western
avenue Friday and the machine crashed
into a telephone pole close to the road
side. Mr. Crosby, who was at the wheel.
remained in the car but his daughter,
Mrs. John f. Brasor who was sitting in
the other front seat with her baby in her
arms, was thrown out, but fortunately
neither she nor the child was injured.
The radiator of the machine was jammed,
but the car as a whole was not seriously
damaged.
Special services will be conducted by
the Salvation army in their hail on Ell
hot street Saturday evening Elder Per
kns and Mr.. Leet of Springfield will speak
at the open air and the indoor service.
The Salvation army will join in the SER
vice at the Advent church Sunday morn
ing Mr. Perkins and Mr.. Leet will speak
Capt h. Hoke will be assisted in services
Sunday evening by members of the Ad-
vent church and Mr.. Perkins and Mr.
| Leet will take a prominent part. \ praise
meeting will be held at 8 p. m, and a
salvation service at p. m. All are in
vited to attend. There will be special
music.
The cooking class of the Girls club will
| show what it can do by serving a public
supper in the rest room tomorrow from 5
! to O'Clock The supper will be served
on the European plan and the expert
cooks will be prepared to meet the de-
mands Of ALL whether it be for a sub
| stantial supper for a hungry farmer or a
! dainty dish to tempt the most fastdlous
| appetite The management of the rest
| room has given the club free use Of the
room for the social gatherings and bust
ness meetings through the season. and the
members of the club will give the supper
as benefit to the rest room in order to
show their appreciation
The Brattleboro odd Fellows will be
well represented in the annual meeting
of the grand bodies of the order in Bur
ington next week. The sessions will
| open Tuesday with the annual meeting
! of the Patriarchs Militant in armory
| hall under the leadership of Col w. T.
| Haigh, department commander of Brat
tleboro. There will be a school of in
struction under the leadership of Major
! c. II. Metcalf of Bratreboro and a street
| parade followed by a competitive drill
| in the afternoon. There will be a concert
! and comforting of the decoration of Chiv-
| airy in the evening. followed by a mill
tary ball. The annual session of the
| grand encampment Will be held Wednes-
day and the annual meeting and banquet
of the past grand officers association
will be held Wednesday evening. The
annual session of the grand lodge will
be held Thursday. Grand Master Frank
f. Perry of Brattleboro presiding. The
annual meeting of the Rebekah assembly
will be held Friday.
The good work which Brattleborc
schools are doing in art under the su.
pervision of Miss Florence l. Gooderfougl
is indicated in the May issue Of the
School Arts Book a monthly publication
devoted to art interests in schools Two
Brattleboro pupils are included in the
list of winners of prizes in the March
contest. Ethel Sexton of grade T. higl
school building, was one Of the pupil,
fV4aFT oil tlo.a
second prize a copy of blackboard
Drawing and Helen L. Way of grade
| 8, Canal street building, was one of II
pupils to receive a third prize. boN
of water colors There were hundred,
of contestants for the prizes, many OF
them being from large cities. The mag
aZine also contains a reproduction of a
photograph of the manual art work done
by the freshman class of the high school
The work was burnt wood, brass work
and fooled leather work. The magazine.
comment on the picture was:"The plate
shows work done by the freshman elias.
of the high school at Bratteboro, VT.
under the direction of Miss Florence
Goodenough. 1t offers suggestion fol-
conventional insect and plant form such
as are called for in the monthly outline
This is certainly good work for begin.
ners."
The board of baillffs elected in the
annual meeting of the village last week
met Friday night for organization. Ern.
est j. Waterman was decided upon fol-
mayor and he was reappointed village
attorney. George Wilson was reappolnt-
ed chief of police and Joseph e. Brock
lngton was reapponted superintendent
of the fire alarm telegraph. The question
OF selecting the special committee to re-
wise the village charter was discussed
and a few of the members were picked
that night. The full committee has been
selected since. They are E. w. Gibson
chairman, Kittredge Haskins, c. c. Fits
George l.. Durham and Dennison Cowles
In accordance with the vote in the viii
lage meeting this committee will invest
igate the needs and prepare a revised
charter which will meet the conditions
of today. The proposed charter will be
presented at a special meeting of the
village in time to be accepted by the
voters and acted upon in the legislature
next fall. The committee has a larger
task ON its hands than most people real
lie. The session law since the village
was Incorporated will have to be looked
through in order to see what amend
ments have been made to the old char
ter. Some of these amendments are dead
letters and some still have merit and
probably will be retained.
The funeral of Henry G. Fifield was held
IN the home on Western avenue Sunday
afternoon at 1890. Many friends of the
FAMILY were present and Wantastiuuet
lodge of Odd Fellows was represented by
several members. The casket was sur
rounded by a profuslon of beautiful flow
ers. Rev. Roy NJ. Houghton OBLIGATED
| Miss Katharine Martin md AEise Csortu,,.1