Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-10-14

meeting of the Woman's Exchange
| will be held in the rest room on Elliot
! street Monday at $50. The board of gov
ernors will meet at 8 o'clock.
The pocket folders, containing the
| winter schedules of trains and other local
| information, are ready for free distrbu-
| ton from The Phoenix office.
The members of the Brattleboro Wo-
mans club who are interested in forming
! a current events class will meet in the
+ kindergarten room this afternoon at $3.50.
A sewing meeting will be held in the
parlors Of the Centre church Thursday at
/ 3 o'clock large amount of work will
| be prepared for the missionary box. a
| fun attendance of the church women Is
| requested.
Leo council. No. 917, knights of Column
| bus. celebrated Columbus day by holding
| a ladies' night in their rooms Wednesday
| evening Cards and music took up the
! greater part of the evening and refresh
| ments were served.
Biographical sketches of the mem
| bers of the legislature which are being
| prepared in the secretary of states Of
| flee in Montpelier show that the young
| est member is Representative Cameron
| of Norton, who is % years old. Mr. Ryan
of Fairfax and Ray +. Lyman of STRAIT
! ton are close seconds, both having been
born in the same year with Mr.. Cameron,
| but a few months earlier.
The following is from the Wilmington
| Times: Another wedding took place on
Thursday, Sept %. when Ralph Smith
| and Miss Charlotte Hall We're united in
marriage al the residence Of Rev. Flint
| NJ. Bissell in Marlboro. Mr.. Smith is the
| second son Of +. G.. Smith and Miss Hail
| the only daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. w. A.
| Hall, all of this village. The young
| couple left Immediately for Brattleboro,
where they will make their home"
1t has been decided by the Mutual Aid
| association and the Associated Charities
that as the Mutual Aid is not a charitable
| organization all families who have cloth
| ing to give away should be requested to
send it to Mrs. Frank Wells. a member OF
| the Associated Charities committee, and
| it will be distributed to those who need
| ii from her house on High street
Protective Grange will hold its 18th
| annual fair Wednesday evening in Grange
| hall. 1t will be called a "chantlcleer"
fair, and the name will appeal to all as
being appropriate when It is considered
| that one of the main features scheduled
| is a chicken pie supper. The supper will
| be served at $50 The usual sale of fan
| cy and useful articles vegetables, home
| made candy. grabs etc. will take place
| and al 9 o'clock the curtain viii rise on
! the farce, How the club was formed -
| with a cast of 20 characters.
! Wantastiquot lodge. No. 3. J. O. O. =.
! initiated lo members Monday evening
| Next Monday evening they VIII receive
! the second degree on the evening Of
| Monday. oct. 81 tine lodge will hold It's
| second annual roll call. The first roll
| call was held last year 10 celebrate the
! fact OF haviur reached the $40 mark in
| membership TNi~ year 70 new members
| have joined. on Nov. l. "a meeting Of
! the 10th district VIII hr held In Ncwfane
| and the degree team from Wanta~tiquct
| lodge Will work the first degree upon
several candidates.
The pictures of college buildings which
| have adorned the walls of room No. 3
IN the high school building ana the pic
| lures of the athletic teams which have
| been hanging in room 30. ( have been
| removed to the walls OF the corridor Of
| the third floor. where they will hang in
| the future Principal Smith is anxious
| to secure a complete set of pictures Of
| athletic teams that have represented the
| school in years past and any person who
| has pictures in his possession Is invited
| to send them to the school, where they
| will be hung on the walls OF the cor
rdor
An effort is being made by w. 4. Ellis
| historian of Norwich university, to trace
| all the students OF the university in early
| years. II. y. Chamberlain OF this vii
| lage has been assisting him in trying to
| trace two men who were students from
| Brattleboro. Charles Wells. 1S2O-lS23, and
| Lemuel b. Whitney, 1S29-1S3l. No def
| mite information concerning either has
| been found, but II Is thought that Mr..
Whitney was a relative OF Lemuel b.
Whitney Of Ticonderoga, y. Y, who often
| visits here, although the latter is unable
| to verify the suppostIon. Any person
| having any knowledge Of either Mr.. Wells
or Mr.. whitney would confer a favor by
notifying Mr.. Ellis or Mr.. Chamberlain.
Clyde Fitch's famous farce, THE Blue
Mouse which is one OF the biggest hits
of the New York season, will come to
the Auditorium next Monday evening
Oct II, under the management OF +. ].
Carpenter. The foundation for the play
has been obtained from the German. In
the land Of the Kaiser THE Blue Mouse"
ran for over two years. 1t is also run
ming in France and is amusing in Den
mark, Sweden and Austria. The Clyde
Fitch version is local in every respect
There are three extremely novel scenes
and a cast of . persons Is required to
interpret the story. among whom is
Wanda Ludlow, who viii be seen as
THE Blue Mouse" Salome dancer
The w, c. T. L., met in the rest room
Monday afternoon. Mrs c. l.. Wyman
was appointed a delegate to the state
convention which will be held in Bristol
Oct. 70, - ana ". y new committee was
appointed which will be known as the
plan of work committee the members
being Mrs Harriet Tucker Mrs Robert
Baker and Mrs. 4. j. Currier. Mrs
Wyman was also appointed superintend-
ent of scientific temperance instruction.
which is new department of the local
union. The members voted to give the
members of the girls club the free use
Of the rest room for sociables and also
to give them its use for the class in
gymnastics If they desire It, The next
meeting will be held oct 81
Mrs. Hetty Elizabeth Hart Eastman
Walker, 65. widow Of Charles Walker.
died in burlington Saturday after a long
period of failing health. She was born
In Connecticut in 1915 and was the only
child of the late Rev. G. c. V. Eastman.
d. D.. LID. and Minerva MartindaIe
Hitchcock, both Of colonial ancestry. Her
father. Rev. q. c. V. Eastman, became
rector Of Christ Episcopal church in Gull
ford in May, 1851, and began to hold ser
vices in Bratteboro. 1t was owing to his
efforts that a permanent organization was
formed, which is now St Michaels Epis-
copal church, Mrs Walker was a pupil
OF two famous women educators, Mrs AL
mira Lincoln Phelps Of Maryland and
Mrs, Willard i'm the Troy Female semi
nary ana became teacher of music and
French. She contributed to various lit
erary publications and in 1866 she married
Charles Walker. Her home had been I'm |
Burlington 80 years. She was well known
as woman constantly engaged in kindly
deeds. Four children survive, all of Bur |
llngton. The funeral was held Tuesday |