Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-10-21
BRATTLEBOR0 LOCAL
GRANGE cHANrIcLEER PARTY.
Annual Fair and Supper Wednesday
Niaht-Novel Features In Decorations
Amusing Play Followed by Dance.

Annual Fair and Supper Wednesday
Niaht-Novel Features In Decorations
Amusing Play Followed by Dance.
The Chanticleer party given by Pro-
tective Grange in their hall Wednesday
evening was a success in every way. The
decorations were of the chanticleer pat
tern, each booth being decorated with
chanticleer paper, and the women wore
headdresses made of heavy paper pat
termed after ROSTERS head. a supper,
consisting of chicken pie, mashed pota-
toes, cabbage salad, pies, cakes cram
berry sauce, celery, tea and coffee, was
served in the banquet han at $50 o'clock
and was well patronized. Upstairs in
Grange han the tastefully decorated
booths were the centres of attraction.
An opportunity was offered to buy al
most everything that would delight the
housewife, and a steady patronage at the
tables showed that advantage was being
taken of this opportunity The decora-
lions were pretty in design and followed
in detail the spirit Of the party, consist
ing in the main of white paper and
ChantiCleer figures.
During the evening comedy How
the club was formed" was presented by
members of the Grange. The funny situ-
ations appealed to the audience and all
the parts were well taken The comedy
was given under the direction of Mrs.
May Edwards, ana those who took part
were Mrs. Lucy Sargent Mrs. Alice
Spaulding Mrs May Wilson, Mrs. Zetta
M Winchester, Mrs Ellen b. Phelps. Mrs.
Bessie Is. Knowlton, Mrs. Cola G. Morse,
Mrs. II. b. Miller, Mrs. Maverette A.
Fisher, Miss Clara e. Eames, Miss AL
vena NJ Walker. Mrs. Ada f.. @. Niles,
Miss Helen Lockwood, Mrs. Clara b.
Miller, Miss Nellie 4. Eddy and Miss Cloie
NJ. Franklin. The singing of Put on
and Miss Walker was an amusing fea-
ture. There was also singing by the en-
tire company. accompanied by Mrs Bert
Miller a melodeon, one of the first
made by the Estey Organ company.
The booths were seven in number. The
fancy work table stood at the right of
the hall, and here articles innumerable
were on sale. The decorations were plain
white. and those in charge were Mrs G.
S. Daniels, Mrs. c. NJ. Wilder, Mrs V.
H. Winchester and Miss Cloe NJ. Frank
lin. The booth for useful articles wa
decorated with white paper and chant-
cleer design and was in charge Of Mrs.
f. NJ. Goodenough. Mrs. NJ. A. Fisher and
Miss Lillian Higey In one corner stood
the lemonade table, The drink might
have been made in the shade. but not
"by an old maid" This booth was In
charge of Miss Ruth Hubbard and Miss
Elsie l.. Smith. The vegetable booth was
laden with the products Of the farms
There Is not state i'm the Union that
can outdo Vermont If the good things or
this table were any criterion. The deco
TatiOns were of white paper and tn,
booth was in charge of Mr.. and Mrs
Frank a. Phelps and Joseph MCNeigh
Two angora kittens owned by Mr.. anJ
Mrs. Phelps attracted much attention
Hens nests contained the grabs" Thi
feature was intended for the young folks
but the older ones seemed to enjoy {
fully as much as the Youngsters. Be
tween the nests was huge chantcileer
and he actually talked. Talking roos
terS are a novelty in Bratteboro. Thos
In charge were Mrs Z. l.. Knowlton an,
Mrs. Waldo Wells. The flower boot
was decorated in white and chanticlee
design. In front of the booth a typica
chantiCleer picture hung. 1t wa
an oil painting Of Mrs Chandelier do
ing her best to frighten away a dog fror
her little brood of chicks who wer,
scratching the dust in their hurry to re
turn to mothers protecting wing TIL
dog seemed to be undecided as to jus
what course of action to pursue. TIL
booth was in charge of Mrs Alvin H
Combs and Mrs Warner L. Thomas
In the centre of the hall stood tn
candy table. decorated in white paper
The young women in charge did a thriv
ing business. They were Miss Helen I
Hopkins, Miss Carlotta Hopkins and Mis-
Viola Williams
The decorations were under the charg
of Mrs A j. Currier and the suppe
was under the direction of Mrs H. S
Dearborn. A quilt was won by Hug
Dunklee, who guessed nearest to TN
number of candies in a jar, and RobeI
Goodhue won a bushel of potatoes
guessing nearest to the number in tn
basket. Harry c. Wales furnished mu
sic for dancing, which lasted until a LAT
hour