The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-12-23

have election Of officers neAi Tuesday
evening, 4 large attendance 10 hopc'
for,
The sun.hiHe society will eH,er,ain
the Inmates ~ the Home for the Asrd
ThuFsiay With Christmas ure ahd
tue usual program,
-oat Of a elias, Of s. pupils IN The
Washington street primary school -
wefe under quarantine Tor ehlcAeh'poA
yesterday afternoon,
A well,attended dance Was given
bv Company | bows In urange hail ias,
evening This Is the art Of sctlrs ~
dances which will be held during INC
winteF.
Inquiry has been made regarding
covers for the hydFants, VIA ths
! frost now down 20 depth OF hsatN ~
inches some citizens are appishehsiNe
az freeze for unprotected hydrants.
AraBsemenis have been made 20
eop.alilate the BFatileb0ro hose team :
basketball team with the Bellows Fails
/ basketball squad. and u Is planned 70
| have a game in each town each week
during the season,
The arches OF ineandeseent hghts
T have added greatly 10 the appearance
I m Main street this week, and despite
T The miniature blizzard which pre-,
vailed Wednesday evening throng OF
I .bopnafs were 20 be found In the stores.
T The brightly lighted streets doubtless
/ lad something 20 DO With bringing giit
I purchasers out that evening
The beginners and primary classes
Of the CeuiFe sunday school attehee1
+ the annual Christmas tree exercises "a
I the chapel Yesterday AFTERNOON, AItcl
/ ,be little ones had sung iheir Ihrlsthaas
Z a
4 ,bev spent an hour IN games. Refresh
I ments were served during the after
noon. and santa Claus made his ap'
p.aranee with an orange LOT eAeh
+ youngster.
-Io.eph Nichols has sold the Pettee
tool farm on the Marlboro road 10 a.
+ ID Nilsson, who comes from Mexico 70
male III home in Vermont. The sale
M made through II. I. MeatheThead'
/ Mr.. Wilson. who has spent most OF ms
+ life in Mexico. has decided 10 return 70
+ the states, and will engage IN tafn.lhg'
i Possession will be gwen OF the 4a I
farming tools.
-Tbi. afternoon at $50 .. M, free
.pnter Will be served in the yestry 10
/ aIi members of the Uniyersalist sun
Jay school. An entertainment VIII iol'
law and an invitation j. extended 70
III ,nsmbars 10 attend There will be a
@br1s,mas tree and santa Claus will be
- hand 10 distribute candy and
orangss An illustrated lecture on the
life 81 Christ from His birth 10 aseen'
SION will be given By the pastor hc
lecture will cover the lessons OF we
SUNDAY school during the last wear.
II Chief Of Police George wilson
follows the recommendations whleh
Major sylvester, Superintendent o.
lice al the ritv OF Washington, ~ -"
: sanding ont To police departments
,brofgbout the country Brattleooro
viii adopt Bertillon system OF Welgh'
mo and measuring all offenders Wh9
may he brought before the munlclpal
so0rt chief Wilson has received
communication from Major sylvester
asEimg for considerable data regarding
/ ne police force of Brattleboro, ana IN
his letter be urges the adoption Oh
Man for preserving hnger-prlnt repro
auctions Of all criminals who may De
convicted in the local court
Residents OF Western avenue to
the number of 10 have petiuoned tht
public service commission Tor heartns
IN regard 10 better gas service on tnat
tborauqbfare from the Twin State Gas
i Electric company. The petitioners
aver that the gas main on Western ave
ma was laid at a time when the de'
mand for gas was far below that OF the
Uresapt time. and that il is inadequate
now They claim that the company Is
not furnishing the service required oy
the laws of Vermont as set forth IN the
statutes. The petitioners also aver
that they have repeatedly notified the
eHmnanv of the inadequate service, and
that the company has made promises
which it has failed to fulfill The petI'
toners are Henry Z. Wellman: ID. II.
Gilman. F. A. Thompson. d. 7. Dewitt,
n Wellman. F. ;. Knights. George b.
White. II. B. Chamberlain. f. l.. Rob
arts G :. Phillips, Robert c. Bacon,
Ernest ;. Hall, Mrs. Henry {. Weeden'
]. G. Taylor, f. G. Phillips ". b,
Goodale, j. R. RYDER, & hay HAYNES :
and Henry C. Streeter. NJ. 7. Davis Is
attorney for the petitioners.
-George W. Bruce, 81, died in the
Springfield, Mass. hospital saturday
morning at ll.40 o clock, after an II
ness of several months with Bright ;
disease Mr.. Bruce was born in Hague,
Warren county, n. Y. April 10. lsi9,
and lived for time in Rutland, ana
later in Brattleboro, where he was mar
RED to Miss Ellen f. Willard. He went
. Ia Springfield about q years ago, ana
, had been engaged in the carpentry
, trade ever since. He was the business
, agent of the carpenters union for
, many wears, and was the president OF
/, tha building trades council. AT tine
time of his death he was the president
of the Springfield carpenters UNION
No III. In September of this year he
was delegate to the convention Oh
the carpenters and loiners OF America
held in Des Moines. la. He was mem
Der of the First, Highland Baptist
church and of Equity council, hoyai
Arcanum, of which he. was past re.
gent He leaves his widow, Mrs. Ellen
4 F Rruce: one son. Ralph J. Bruce; two
t hrothers DR.. Martin L. Bruce of Bratt.
tIeboro and DR.. Charles w. Bruce, ana
one sister. Mrs. Rising, of Randolph.
The funeral was held at the home Mon
!: day evening at 7.30 o clock. The, body
was brought to Brattleboro for burial
. on Tuesday.
J The annual Christmas tree e1er-
eises of the primary and intermediate
a classes of the Baptist Sunday school
! were held in the chapel last evenlno:
: The attendance not only of pupils Oh
/. the school but parents and visitors tes-
( tilted to the interest manifested IN TINS
) annual festival. Supper was served ~
tables were filled with gifts from the
punils and members of the congrega'
5 lion for their less fortunate brothers
a and sisters in town. The assortment
: of appropriate gifts was larger this
! wear than in some, Other, years, ana IN
l cuded articles of food. wearing APP
t parel. TOYS. etc. After supper, Mrs; A
5 P. Simonds s class of boys. CARRIED as
brownies. brought a telegram from
e santa Claus, impersonated by A. L
y MAYNARD, to Superintendent L. W
$ HawIev. The brownies distributed the
e gifts that Santa took from, the Wen
o laden tree. which stood beside NINA
5 ture fireplace. The program included
5 a song by the school; .tableaux. entl!iee
I Ghrisfmas Eve. Hanging the Stoe KING