Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-04-29

James E. Byrne has been chosen grand
chief ranger for Vermont of the Forest
ers of America.
The local baseball team will cross bats
with the Springfield high school team in
Barber park tomorrow afternoon at 3
o'clock.
Clyde L. Cowles, 20, died of scarlet
fever Friday evening in his home on
Atkinson street, leaving wife and
young daughter.
Mrs. A. p. Pratt will return to her
home here tomorrow after a three weeks
stay in Boston and at her old home in
Winchester, Mass.
The Bellows Falls high school nine
went to Ludlow Saturday and were de-
feated by the Black River academy nine
the score standing to l.
The annual parish meeting of Emmanuel
church will be held Monday evening, and
the first meeting of st. Agnes guild will
be held Tuesday evening.
Morris Zundel, who has run a junk
business many years on Canal street,
has sold his stock and good will to Jacob
Tatleman, who comes here from Keene.
The listers have been busy the last
four weeks, and they have their annual
task nearly completed They will begin
making the quadrennial appraisal of real
estate in June.
The local organizations of Odd Fellows
attended services in a body in the Meth
odist church Sunday and Rev. Mr..
Hendee preached his last sermon as
pastor here at that time.
Mrs. Henry c. Capron and son of
Lowell, Mass, are spending several
weeks in Bellows Falls as guests of her
father, Charles e Capron of Oak street
Mrs. Capron will move soon to Pittsfield,
Mass.
These officers were elected last week
by King Solomons Temple lodge, No.
45, F. and A. M: Geo. S. Buxton, w. NJ
John f. Paddock, S. w; Ellsworth ].
Piper, ]. w; Frank Adams, treasurer;
George l. Whitney, secretary.
The trustees of the Warner Memorial
Home have chosen Mr. and Mrs. Jacob
L. Graybill of. West Chester, Pa, as
superintendent and matron of the home
at Saxtons River in place of Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur who resigned some weeks ago.
w. H. Griswold has made arrange
ments for setting out 1000 young forest
trees on his land near the village of
Rockingham, and the Bellows Falls viii
lage trustees have arranged for setting
out 5000 pine seedlings on the watershed
at Minard's pond, the reservoir of the
water supply.
The ladies' auxiliary of the A. o. H.
will hold a May festival Monday. At 2
drills will be given by the children, and
there will be a sale of fancy and useful
articles. At o'clock in the evening a
short entertainment will be given, and
dancing will follow.
The electric railway company has n
new scheme for advertising the advan-
tages of living along it's line A prize
of $40 for the best poem upon the sub
ject of such advantages is offered. and
the poems will be published at different
times. The contest will be decided May
Fl. 1t is open to all.
Bellows Falls council, No. II, r. and
S. NJ, has elected these officers: Henry
d. Sparrow, T. l.; Carroll w. Black.
d. M; Frederick II. Babbtt, p. c. w;
Albert II. Chandler treasurer; George
s. Buxton, recorder; William w. Sawyer,
c. G.; Eugene s. Leonard, C. c.. Romeo
d. Loclin, marshal; Dayton II. Switzer,
steward.
Mrs. Catherine Cleary, 80, died of old
age in her home, 35 Baker street, at 750
O'Clock, yesterday morning. Funeral SER
vices Will be held in st. Charless church
tomorrow morning and the body will be
taken to Maynard, Mas9., for burial
beside her husband. She leaves a son.
William ]. Cleary, with whom she had
lived many years.
The estate of the late James II. Will
liams has sold the small piece of meadow
land in the basin back of the Williams
homestead to John w. Flint. This is
the piece of land which had been con-
sidered by some of our citizens as a
proper location for the new village play
ground. Its sale leaves only the Williams
orchard tract available for the purpose
The annual meeting OF the Bellows
Falls Woman's club will take place Tues
day afternoon, and a club tea will be
served. There is no opposition to the
reelection Of Mrs. A. f. futile as presi-
dent for the coming year. and probably
most Of the other principal officers win
serve again. A vacancy has been made
by the death OF Mrs. W. w. Sawyer,
who held the office OF second vice presi-
dent
The annual meeting of the Connecticut
River Valley Medical association will be
held in Hotel Rockingham Tuesday after
noon at / o'clock. Among those who
will give addresses are DR.. j. d. Proctor
of Keene, DR.. ID. c. Hawley of Burlington,
DR.. ]. M. Gle of Hanover and DR.. H. c.
Tinkham of Burlington. The association
has about 100 members, and a larger at