Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-01-28

The women of the Congregational
church will serve a supper next Thursday
night.
Bingham chapter, order Of the Eastern
| Star. will hold initiation Tuesday even
| ing. Refreshments will be served.
Connecticut Valley council. Royal aud
| Select Masters conferred degrees upon
seven candidates in a special assembly
| Tuesday evening.
A meeting of the woman's auxiliary OF
the Y. NJ. G. y. will be held Tuesday
afternoon at $50 in the rest room. A
musical program i'm charge Of Miss Izetta
| Stewart will be rendered. The executive
| board will meet at 3 o'clock.
The deposition lin perpetual remem-
| hrancc" of Daniel Sherwin of Jamaica
was completed Wednesday before Justice
| =. ID. E. stowe. The deposition was
| taken I'm preparation for suit which
w. Il. Griffin of Worcester threatens to
bring against Mr.. Sherwin.
The usual series of Masonic socals have
not been held this season. but arrange
ments have been made for special social
next Wednesday evening Feb. p under
| the auspices of the Eastern star. Cards
and dancing will be the main attractions
| The proceeds will be added TO the Masonic
building fund. SO all members of the fra
ternity will naturally join in making the
AFFAIR a success. The invitation to attend
is general.
An Interested audience gathered in the
Cniversaist church Sunday evening when
lecture on Greece was given with many
| fine stereoptcon views as Illustrations
| The lecture dealt with the great men of
Greece and the stirring scenes i'm it's
ancient and modern history Next sun
day evening the lecture will be on Sicily,
ana the Illustrations will include some
views of the recent earthquake devasta-
ton. special musical program has been
arranged.
People who were on elevated ground
shortly after o'clock Sunday night had
good view in the western sky of the
comet discovered last week by Prof
lines at Johannesburg. The comet APP
! peared in the form of "A round ball from
which a long tail extended perpendcu-
larry The light thrown out by the tail
was particularly noticeable being white
in character, something rarely seen in
| comets The tail did not spread out but
extended from the bali like long shaft
Charles y. Elmer 90 died at .. o'clock
last evening at his home 66l3 Clinton
avenue. Heart disease was the cause Of
death. He had been a resident of this
city % years and was associated with
his brother Fred c. Elmer, in the bakery
! business. Mr.. Elmer was taken IN Is
confined to his bed ever since. lie was
born i'm Bratteboro. VT. At one time he
was president Of the National Union and
was member OF the a .. W. Surviving
are wife, two sons. Leon of this city
and Fred Elmer Of Kewatin, wis. a
brother Fred G. Elmer. former state sem
ator and sister. Mrs. Henry Campbell
| of Washington. -. C.-GCleveland Plain
Dealer. Jan. Is.
In the annual meeting Of the Centre
Congregational Sunday school. held sun
| day at the hour of the regular session.
these officers were elected. President
+. G. Crosby; superintendent. George l..
Durham; assistant superintendent. Fred
G. Brown and Miss Florence Hemenway:
secretary treasurer. Ernest r. Bcmis
librarians Fred G. Adams, Alfred Jordan
and Hugh Agnew superintendent of in
termediate department, Rev Roy NJ.
lloughtun; superintendent of Junior de-
partment, Mrs f. W. KueGh: superin-
tendent of the primary department. Mrs
f. f. Perry. super intendeut of the be-
ginners department, Mrs William r
Iiaigh chairman OF book committee Miss
Mary Cabot, auditor, /. \ Whitney.
The reports showed that the school was
in excellent condition.
The Methodist church will hold a spe-
cial week of prayer next week with ser
vices every evening but Saturday and "A
special mass meeting sunday evening.
The regular week of prayer i'm January
was not as productive as the church
people desired. owing to the unsettled
weather conditions and the various at
fractions. \ plan has been adopted which
assures that the coming meetings win be
of unusual interest. Each evening one
or more of the church organizations will
be in charge Of the program. ON Monday
evening the home and foreign missionary
societies will be in charge, Tuesday even
ing the class meeting the Official board
and the ladies' aid society. "Wednesday
the Epworth league and it's officers
Thursday the sunday school and its
teachers and officers. and Friday evening
a union OF AN the societies. Great in
terest has been manifested i'm the urn-