Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-04-15

lows hall wednesday Inc DuSlucSS
meeting will open at 4 o'clock sharp ana
supper will be served at o'clock.
An adjourned meeting of the Bratte-
boro Boat club will be held in room H.
American building, tonight at 730 o'clock.
A fun attendance is desired as several
propositions for quarters for the coming
season will be presented
The high school commencement address
this year will be delivered In the Audi
forum the evening Of Tuesday, June q,
by Prof Herman IL. Horne of the school
of pedagogy New York university, for
merry Of Dartmouth college.
In the adjourned fourth quarterly con-
ference held in the Methodist church
Saturday evening various financial af-
fairs were settled and Or. G. G. Wheeler
was elected treasurer in place of c. d.
Smith, who resigned. Robert Mitchell
George Wilbur, Erwin Smith. and Lloyd
Robinson were chosen as ushers
Glass No 10 Of the Baptist Bible school
elected these officers Sunday: President,
Mrs. +. a. Woodbury.; vice president,
Mrs. A. w. ]. wilkins; secretary, Mrs.
Il. X. Thayer; treasurer, Mrs G. 5. VIII
SON. chairman of devotional committee,
Miss Cora Hatch chairman Of member
ship committee, Mrs. j. {. Stebbius;
chairman of executive committee. Mrs.
W. J. Spear.
Simon Mendelson died April in his
seth year in his home in New York city,
! after a short Illness with pneumonia. He
was summer visitor more than 30 years
| in Brattleboro at the home of Mrs.
Kirkland. lie was a man of varied in
| terests and was especially fond of the
! natural beauties of Brattleboro. lie took
| great interest in the Free library and
had made valuable gifts to 1t.
! Brattleboro chapter. Daughters Of the
| American Revolution held pleasant
gathering Tuesday afternoon in the home
| Of Mrs. G. F.. Bingham on Chaplin street
About % were present After the bust
ness meeting Mrs. Joel Flagg read a
very interesting paper on the history OF
| old Guilford and Mrs w. +. Root gave
a pleasant historical reading. After the
| regular meeting there was a pleasant
social hour and refreshments were
. served.
Bingham chapter, order of the Eastern
Star. held special meeting Friday
evening. when the grand officers made
the annual inspection. A banquet was
served at $50 o'clock, after which there
was an initiation. The grand officers
present were Grand Matron Christine
Borland Of Londonderry, District Deputy
Grand Patron George +. Leland OF
Springfield, ana District Deputy Grand
/ MatrOn Jennie Pierce of Ludlow Mrsr.
Baker ana Mrs French, grand matron
ana assistant grand conductor OF Massa-
chusetts, were guests OF the chapter
After the meeting there were brief ad-
dresses by the grand officers The an
nual meeting Of the chapter will be held
Tuesday evening.
Rev. Fred A. Wells OF Randolph Cen
ter is the choice of the Brattleboro Meth
odist church people for their pastor Ia
succeed Rev. Mark II Sharples It has
been known some time that Mr.. Shar-
pies would 90 elsewhere at the close OF
his present pastorate. Mr.. Wells has
signlhed his willingness TO accept the
Brattleboro charge and the district SUI
perintendent, Rev W. f. Smithers. IA,
been asked by the Brattleboro church to
recommend him at the annual confer
ence now in session in Island Pond The
report that the Brattleboro church had
extended call to Rev. \. j. Hough OF
Montpelier is not true No move has
been made by the Brattleboro church tc
induce him to come here.
The Magnet club will close lis indoor
season with public exhibition in Festi,
val hail Tuesday evening The boy,
have been doing excellent work all winter
and they wish to give their parents
teachers and friends a chance to see
what they can do in the way of system
attic exercises and drills. The program
will be made up OF the regular work OF
b b4lt CIuD Will Il lew special AclS DN way
Of variety. The entire club will &C
through with the dumb-bel drill anC
mat work and a few of the boys wht
have specialized on Indian club. swing
ing will give an exhibition. Some OF tn,
mat work will be more in the nature Of
circus than a dril The club member
have tickets for sale and there are few
people in Brattleboro who will escap,
having a chance to buy. \ few seat
Will be reserved and the regular ticket
! may be exchanged for reserved seats a
. the box office Tuesday afternoon.
! All the Brattleboro druggists, excep
; G. T.. GRAHAM. have made application 70
p ! fifth class liquor licences. The selectmel
have set a hearing for Saturday after
noon, April 80 al 22O o'clock in Festiva
, hall. The petitions not to grant the licen
/ SEES a. well as the applications for licen
| SEES Will be considered at that time. Mr.
/ GRAHAM informed the Selectmen that II
. | case the license fee WAS raised he shout,
- | not take out a license this year Tn
- ! selectmen have made known their inten
p | ton TO raise the license fee. but the
have not decided what the fee vii
be. II Mr. GRAHAM decides later to ap
| ply, another hearing can be held 1t vii
: not be possible now for him to get a Ii
I cense to take effect May !, as the appli
I | cation and notice of hearing must b
! published three weeks before the hear
/
! | taken at the various drug stores was re
ceived Wednesday, The selectmen hav
l not made public what the contents o
the report We're but they will do so wheI
5 the proper time comes.
2 Much pleasure was afforded fair-size
l audiences in the Auditorium Saturda,
2 afternoon and evening by the BILLY, tn
Boy Artist" company. The character
in Ed. Payne's familiar cartoons in tn
2 Boston Sunday Globe were present fl
5 the flesh ana their Identity was complete
The role of Billy was taken by Frank
| Grace and his many pranks were char
, acterized by the same originality tina
p has marked his career in the Sunda,
paper. While Billy took promnen
z part the play was not dependent upol
= him for its interest. 1t fact, more rea
| amusement was furnished by Theo V
Rennie and Jack Cleary in the charac
| tiers of Prof o. Howe Wise and Prof
l. b. Schmart and all the other char
acters were conspicuous and interesting
I The play was largely musical and tn,
leading actors were surrounded by
chorus of pretty girls, who sang will
freshness and Yiyaolty. A feature of thu
second act deserving Of particular men
ton was the calisthenic dance b,
Marion Allen, introducing some Difficult
movements which were executed witt
, exceptional gracefulness.
The Brattleboro Sunday School unior
held one of the pleasantest and most pro
fltable meetings of the year in the Baptis
chapel Wednesday evening. Supper wa,
served at $50 o'clock to about 60 of tn,
Sunday school teachers and officers o.
the various churches in the union. IL
the absence of the president, George l.