The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-12-30
LOCAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

The free kindergarten will oren
Tuesday. Jan ,. for the winter term.
Rev. Andrew Harper. IT,. will have
charge 81 the services NJ the Home for
the Aged during the month Of January.
The approval and payment Of bills
constituted the work Of the selectmcn
at their weekly meeting last evening.
The selcctmen last night appointed
VI. j. Moran a member Of the local rail.
road committee IN place Of {, x. Crosby
resigned.
Bingham chapter. o. =. =. will hold
an informal social Tuesday evening.
Al members and their friends are cor.
daily invited
Amon Robinson and Miss Eyallne
H. Smith. both Of Brattleboro. were
married Tuesday in the town clerk : of.
flee hv Assistant Town Clerk Carl ;.
Hopkins, in his capacity of justice of
the peace.
Fred \. Mallory. %. died at the
Memorial hospital Monday Of BRIGHT 5
disease. following an acute attack OF
the disease several weeks ago at his
boarding place on Canal street. lie was
born in Chicopee Falls, Mass, March
o. S67 and was the son of ]. i. and
Emily lGarvl Mallory of Mortified,
Mass. lie was lumberman by occupa.
ton. The body was taken 10 Vernon
for burial Wednesday
Earl TAYLOR of Marlboro and Miss
Mabel Needham. who has lived at Yves.
lev Roskwell's on Dummerston hill
during the last eight wears, were mar
ried Wednesday evening Mt Mr.. ray
Tor 5 home in Marlboro. Rev. II. II,
Shaw performed the ceremony, using
the single ring service. The couple
was unattended. Mr.. TAYLOR is mail
carrier on rural route No. in Mari.
boro. They will live in Marlboro.
The Cloverdale company of Boston,
importers of tea and coffee and distrlh,
utors of butter. cheese and eggs, will
omen branch store in Brattleboro
about Jan. 10. having leased the quar-.
tiers in Morse block on Elliot street for.
merly occupied by Boyce's market.
The store has been thoroughly renovat.
cd and equipped. The Cloverdale com,
pany is Massachusetts, corporation OF
many years standing, and the Brattle-
boro establishment will be its 4Stn
branch in New England. Its business
will be conducted on a strictly cash
basis.
Seeking to recover a large portion
of the estate left by their sister Mrs.
Mary Il. Phelps, formerly corsetiere
at I Temple place, Boston, who died
Feb. II, 1910, leaving an estate valued
at 100000, Judge Braley in the Massa-
chusetts supreme court Tuesday grant
ed a hearing to Mrs. Annie j.. Wallace
of Springfield, Mrs. Edith l.. Miner OF
Brattleboro, and Mrs. Margaret l..
Graves of Texas, on an appeal from the
decree of the probate court. To the
three contestants the testatrix left 50
each. The bulk of her estate is put IN
trust for the benefit of a sister, Mrs,
Ellen Mabel Adams. of Greenfield, and
her five children. The testatrix was a
daughter of John Hartley of Greenfield.
a soldier in the Civil war, who became
from work by his services
in the army. The wife of the veteran
died the four daughters became PUBLIC
charges, and were put in the Greenfield
almshouse Homes were found for
each of of them as they grew up, and
Mary, the testatrix, at the age or II
wears, started to earn her own hvell-
hood. The girl started work in Con-
necticut, later going to Boston 30 years
ago. By constant attention to business
she built up one OF the most pTOHtdDle
corset establishments in Boston.
A pleasant event was observed in
Grange hall last evening in the form OF
a surprise party to Mr.. and Mrs. A. J.
Currier on the occasion of their 40th
wedding anniversary. Their friends in
the several secret societies to which
thew belong gathered in Grange hall,
and word was sent to Mr.. and Mrs.
Currier asking that they meet the mem
bers of the grange dramatic club, to
talk over some business matters. When
Mr.. and Mrs. Currier arrived shortly. be-
fore 8 O clock they discovered that they
were the victims of cleverly ARRANGED
surprise. Wales & Holden's orchestra
rendered selection, and an original
poem read by the author, Mrs. Mary
Wilson. told the significance of the
gathering. Miss Gertrude Plummer
sang a song, and Miss johnson gave,
niano selection. A duet was sung by
Mrs. f. L. Knowlton and Mrs. Cola
Morse, and Frank Brasor sang selee-
tion. Clinton Gowdv of Springfield.
Mass, in behalf of those present; pre-
sented Mr.. and Mrs. Currier with a
cnt.glass bowl containing $40 in gold
Mr.. Currier thanked his friends for the
Gift. At 9 o'clock a buffet luncheon
was served in the banquet hall, and
dancing was INDUCED in after the re-
freshments.