The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-04-22

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Melieni AL On hrsi pase.-ads,
The Moman's Relief eoTps will hoi
sewing mesiias Thursday aiieFnee
J IN q, \, II, hall,
The Sunshine soeisiy, branch !, vii
! moot with MFs. q. l., silekney ffida
st,.taaon April -,
The annual meeting Of hraitl-bot
ladge, y. a A, N, will be held IN Masont
hall neat Thursday evening,
Canton Palestine will give = walt
festival in obi Fellows hall Friday
evening, April 20. L-llsinger's orch =
ira, with Alsan nngan will furnish III
dreamy waltses, AL friends OF the OF
der az. cordially invited
Reh.arsels for the band opera, ~
rates ~ rensance, to be given May u
aud 10, have been progressing hnely
q. T.. Maeomber, 81 New York, viii ~
rive Ia town Tuesday and will begin hii
work with the chorus and cast Tnesda,
evening,
Charles Miner has conveyed thu
lanes n. IIooker property on Tyler an,
Nofth streets 10 W, N. Proctor. Mr.
Proctor has not decided what he will u,
with the residence lately occupied p,
Mr.. llooker. The other house VIII b'
occupied hy the present tenants.
The body Of Anne Bloodgood, wild
ON Of Edwin n. Atwood. will be brought
here from Worcester, Mass. Monda,
morning for burial in Prospect Hill Gem
rierv. Mr.. Atwood died Feb, ~ "
Worcester, Mass, where she had liVcl
for the past II years For 10 wears pre-
Vions 10 that time she was resident, OF
Braiileboro.
Hunters in this section will be IN
,.,es,ed 10 know that the game and fish
cries committee of the Massachusetts
! legislature has recommended six days Of
deer hunting ia the five western eoun,
ties of that state. beginning on the third
Monday Of next November. The bill
provides that no person may shoot more
than one deer.
a, IN. annual meeting Of Bingham
Chapter, q, T.. =, Tuesday evening the
following officers were elected; Worthy
Patron. 4. I. Swift: worthy mairon. Mrs.
Isabella :. Lawrence: associate matron'
Mr.. .Ianettc NJ. Hayward; secretary
Mrs. Eugene NJ. Pettee; treasurer, Mrs.
Mary 4. Randall: conductress, Mrs
| Marion Combs: associate conductress'
Mrs. Alice T. Spauldng, These officer,
together with the appointivc officers VIII
be installed Tuesday evening May D.
Aside from the approval of bills
and the granting of permit 10 T. =
Gallup 10 move the Waite house from
North Main street TO lot on Forest
street owned by James Ferriter no ae'
tion was taken at the meeting OF the
selectmen last evening. n discussion OF
the diphtheria eases was INDUCED IN
and the matter of observing quarantine
was brought M Chairman Calvin dur
ING the talk referred 10 the quarantine
for measles during the past winter. lie
said that IL had cost 5000
Superintendent c. u. Crowell, Of
the Brattleboro Water Works company,
warns all interested persons that the
water will be shut of for two hours to-
morrow morning This will probably be
the last interruption TO the service by
the reason of changes Tomorrow the
company will install a high pressure
gate on Union street and il will necessl'
tate shutting off the service a large part
of the forenoon. The company has com
plc,ed the work of laying ITS lO'lneh
main through Guilford street and dur
ing the week the work OF Installing
hydrants has begun. Two nave peeh
set on Elliot street,
Under the direction of Deidr:ch
Siolte the boys of the graded schools
began track and field training Tuesday
afternoon. From now on. Tuesday;
Thursday and Saturday afternoons VIII
find squads from the different grade
out for practice on the grounds OF me
Valley Fair association. Tuesday the
sixth and seventh grade boys of the
Canal street were ont. The eighth and
ninth grades in the Main street building
were given try-Out yesterday after
noon and the sixth and seventh grades
in this school will appear for practice
tomorrow afternoon. The outlook Is
promising for a track meet his summer
that will make as commendable show
inc AS did that of last season. The boys
are entering into the spirit of the work
and Mr.. Stolte can discern some promis'
ing material.
The warrant has been posted for the
annual village meeting which VIII take
place in Festival hall Tuesday evening,
Nav 3. at 7.30 o clock. There are only
seven articles and four of them deal
with matters of purely routine nature.
The fifth is to see whether the village
will make its annual appropriation OF
$500 for series of l6 band concerts, ana
the sixth is to see what the village Will
do relative to lighting conditions ana
the renewal of the present street llght
ing contract which expires IN August
The seventh is the customary TO trans,
act any other business etc. Article
is likely to open the way for consider
able discussion concerning the price
which the town and village is paying for
electric lighting and the feasibility OF
establishing a municipal plant to take
mower from the Vernon dam. 1t is pos
ssible that a committee may be appoint
ed to make a report on this subject at a
special meeting to be called later.
Edward C. Davis sold the Lyric
theatre Wednesday evening to Matteo
Gentle of Worcester, Mass, and Phlilp
Thomas of Brattleboro. The former is
by the Central Vermont rail
road and for number of months has
made his residence in Brattleboro. Ear
w in the week Mr. Davis was offered
position in the store of the Athol Cloth
ing company of Athol, Mass, as mana
ger of the clothing department. AS that
IS his business he decided to give up tine
moving picture game. When it became
known that he would sell his theatre
several prospective purchasers opened
negotiations. The present owners closed
the deal little after / clock yester-
lay morning. Possession will be gwen
Monday. Mr.. Davis will go to Athol
Early in May. He came to Brattleboro1
10 Years ago and after being employed
wo years on the street railway entered
he store of Goodnow, Pearson 4 Hunt
where he remained eight years. During
lis proprietorship of the Lyric he has
made many changes and alterations IN
he theatre and the new projectors take
possession of thoroughly up-to-date
moving picture house.
The second of the series OF COM
,etitive entertainments given by Protec,,
i've grange took place in Grange hall
Wednesday evening. The meeting was
n charge of H. W. Sargent, it being