Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-03-18
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IL. Waless dancing school reception will
be held in Festival hall Friday, April S.
Yesterday. st. Patrick's day mass was
celebrated at s o'clock in st. Michaels
Roman Catholic church
The annual meeting of the Farther
Lights OF the Baptist church was post
pOned two weeks Tuesday evening ON ac-
count of the small number present
Maple sugar has been coming into town
fairly well this week considering the
weather. The days have not been warm
enough for a really good run of sap. The
quality Of the sugar is excellent
billy the Boy Artist" the youngster
with his pranldsh paint pail and brush is
coming to the Auditorium April to
create a whirlwind of fun in musical
comedy frankie Grace of the Two
Graces," of vaudeville fame, will appear
ia the role of Billy.
Petitions to the selectmen requesting
them not to grant fifth class licenses to the
druggists this year have been circulated
this week and they are being signed free
ly by both license and no-license men.
About 300 names have been signed to the
petitions already, and the town has been
canvassed only partially.
Judge A. A Hall has sent a formal noti-
hcatiOn to County Clerk f. ID. f. Stowe
that he has denied the petition that the
close Jail certificate under which Guy
Doolittle is confined in the county Jail at
Newfane be vacated. This means that
the town will be liable for the board bill
of Doolittle until some further move is
made in the case.
The Brattleboro Woman's club will OBJ
serve Reciprocity day at its meeting
Wednesday, at pm. Mrs Hazen, presi-
dent of the state federation of women's
clubs, will speak and guests from near
by clubs probably will give accounts of
the work of their organizations The
program will include music, and a buffet
lunch will be served to guests and mem
bers at the conclusion of the program
An effort will be made to even up with
Bellows Falls at the basketball game in
Festival hall tonight. The visitors took
the first game "a to SO. Bratteboro has
added the old favorite, Harry Boutwell,
to its lineup and he will play centre to-
night. If Brattleboro takes tonights
game third game will be arranged, prob
ably. Bellows Falls will have Dunlap,
Leene. Hayes, Kelly and Cakes on tne
floor and Brattleboro will send in Both
well, Riley Stafford, Everleth, Ellis ana
Johnson.
DR.. A l.. Pettee is still in the lead in
the handicap billiard tournament at the,
WhSSl CluDt having won all SIX
Oh the games he has played. r. 10
Bacon is second with four games won>and
none lost and h. ii. Crane is thir1 with
three games to his credit. The scores
for the weeA are as follows, TIE winner
being named first in each instance: III.
70 Whitney IS, John Tasker &c. j. G.
Uliery 80, John Tasner 70; Dr. Thomas
Rice 80. /. II. PrefouT tain 40; a. f.
Wood 105. L. II. Prefountain 46; E. II.
Crane 20, A. S. Thompson AZ; John Dugan
lis. DR.. Rice 90; DIR. C. r. Aldrich
lis. Houghton Seaverns "a; V. o. Jones
80. DIR. Aldrich IS; John Dugan 49, w. H.
Bracket rs.
Cats and dogs furnished the principal
theme for discussion in the meeting of
the selectmen last night. Hooker H.
Winchester's dog, Captain, was the cen
trail figure about which the discussion
reVolved, but no evidence was introduced
to show that the dog had done ANYTHING
but to kill two cats, Five men signed a
petition to the selectmen asking that a
license be refused for the dog this year.
Only two of these men appeared. al
though all were notified of the hearing
Arson Williams and August Anderson ap-
peared and testified that the dog had kill
ed their cats Mr.. Winchester admitted
that his dog killed Mr.. Williams's cat and
that he might have killed Mr. Anderson's
cat. but he claimed that the dog was not
a vicious or dangerous dog to persons
Hho minded their own business j. G.
stafford was very emphatic in his opln-
'0n that cats should be protected at all
costs. He believed that having the dog
lied up had saved the lives of many
precious cats during the past few months
The selectmen gave no decision as TO
what they would do.
John d. Whittier, principal of the North |
Weymouth. Mass, grammar school, was |
IN Brattleboro yesterday in conference |
with the directors of the town district |
IN regard to taking a position as super |
intendent of the union school district in |
place of F. M. Rich, who has resigned to |
iahe the superintendency of the union |
school district of Provincetown. Wellfeet |
and Truro No decision was arrived at |
and no definite arrangement can be made
until the school directors of the other |
towns In this union district have been
consulted. Mr.. Whittier was interviewed
ny members of the school boards in other
owns and 1t is probable that decision
~iii be reached in a few days. The school
dlrectors We're favorably impressed with
Mr. whittier, and it is probable that he
Nit De given an opportunity to show
"nat ne can do the remainder of the
school year. Mr. Whittier is a native of
rarmlngton, Me, and after attending the
scuoois Oh that town he took a course of
t"o years In the New England college
Di language in Boston two years of
Spcclal work in Colby college and a sum
mer course in the Pennington Normal
SchooL He taught in the Bridgewater
classical academy Monsoon academy in
Nohson' Me, and the Lee normal acad-
envy i'm Lee, Me- before taking his Dres-
ent position as principal of the Athens
grammar school of North Weymouth He
took this position on the resignation of
Mr.. Rich last May.