The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-05-12

The first degree was conferred on Il
class of seven candidates ut the regular
meeting of Wantastiquet lodge of Odd
Fellows Monday evening.
IS. w. Edgett & Co., report the sal,
of II farm in Newfane belonging to +
V. Doolittle of Mortified, Mass, tC
Raymond Longfellow of New York.
The Brotherhood class of the Cen
tire Congregational church which meets
every Sunday. morning ut ll,l5 will dis
cuss the subject; Marriage and Divorce
next Sunday. All men interested ar,
cordially invited.
Miss Helen Arnold Nettleton. con
tralto solOist of Derby, Conn, will give
n song recital under the auspices of the
Brotherhood in the Centre Congrega
tional church next Tuesday evening NJ
S o clock. The public is cordially in
vited. Admission free.
The regular meeting of the Brattle
bor0 Mutual Aid association was held
| in the association S rooms at | Canal
street Monday afternoon. The report
of the district nurse showed that she
made lS2 calls during the month and
cared for % patients,
j. H. Berry. who has been travel
ing freight agent of the Central Yer
mont railway with headquarters in BOs'
ton. has been promoted TO the position
of New England agent of the National
Despatch.Great Eastern line and +, II.
Taylor has been appointed travelling
freight agent of the Central Vermont,
to succeed Mr.. Berry.
The reorganized municipal govern
ment qualified in "MaYor ii. G. Bar.
Der 5 Office Friday evening before jus
tice Harold +. Whitney. The first Off
cial action taken was the reappolnt-
ment of George Wilson as chief of
police The remainder of the force Will
be named within few days. Joseph
r. Brockington was reappointed super
intendent of the fire alarm system.
Many Brattleboro aspirants for
honors in the Loyal Order of Moose
are wondering when the head of the
flock for this part of the jurisdiction
will return and institute the herd. ID;
w. Finn, deputy organizer, arranged
to put the charter members in posses
sion of the secrets of the order last sun
day, but up to date has failed to appear
He went to Walpole. y. H., a week ago
last Monday and later in the week
made another trip north
Phil OFT and his company of musi-
L
at the auditorium Monday evening to a
good house OFT and his entertainers
ALWAYS meet with warm reception in
BrattlebOro as his company rs one OF
the best popular-price ones on the road,
Like all of the OFT offerings The EN.
plorer is designed for laughing purposes
only and ut the prices of admission
every patron of the house was entitled
to over % laughs for each cent invested
in a ticket.
II. l.. March has bought the bakery
of w. II. st. Germainc on Elliot street,
taking possession Tuesday. The new
proprietor has engaged the services OF
Charles Boetsch of New York city, an
experienced baker and caterer, who VIII
come here Monday to begin work. MT.
Boetsch was for many wears caterer
in Greenfield and is familiar with every
branch of the business. The bakery
has been carried on for II years by Mr..
ST Germaine whose poor health is the
reason for his closing out the business.
Prof. NJ. b. Cummings of Burling-
ton, state nursery inspector, came TO
Brattleboro SATURDAY. and renamed
until Monday night inspecting the va
rious parts of the village where the
San Jose scale was found by the state
lessor Cummings early in the spring,
With but two exceptions the inspector
found that all infested trees and shrubs
reported from his office to the owners
had been SPRAYED. The exceptions We're
due to a misunderstanding upon the
part of the property owners.
MANY persons stopped this morn
inc and watched with interest the two
,,,arIy hi oh mn in the LARGE pimS
ON School street, near the Congregation
al church The men are employed by
George f. Bishop of Brattleboro, who
is conducting a demonstration OF pfuh,
ing. The many perilous positions ana
seeming disregard of caution, especially
when one of the men who was seated
ON none too large limb would reach
ont and cut dead branch from another
limb. caused many of the spectators to
stare Elm trees are especially sus,,
ceptible to the injurious insects ana
diseases and by careful pruning, IN the
spring, many of the trees can be pre-
served. Banner.
Dorothy Catherine Malcolm. -
died at the tuberculosis hospital Tues
dav after an illness of several months
The child was taken to the hospital me
last DAYS of April and had failed
steadily since. She was horn IN hoe <
land, Me-, in September. 1917. ana was
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. u. !. MAJ,
colin of Westboro. Mass, who lived IN
Rrattleboro few years ago. The child
had been attending school in Brattle
boro and boarding with friends. She
gave up her studies several months ago;
She leaves besides her parents several
brothers and sisters. Funeral services
were held at Bonds funeral parlors
Yesterday morning. Rev. A. j. Harper
r. officiated and burial was, in Pros,
meet Hill cemetery. A profusion OF
flowers from classmates and triena.s
testified to the love borne by the emil
dren for this little girl.
-T,eroy Milton Willis, SO, died at the
Rrattleboro Retreat Tuesday morning
after an illness of many years dura
tion. He was born in Brattleboro, June
| 6, 1857. and was son of Mr.. and MIS-
John Milton Willis. He attended the
schools of this village and Tor seVera
wears after leaving school was employ
ed as clerk by o. ); Pratt. As
clerk he won for himself large circle
Of friends and was known as a popular
yonno man during his early life. nc
married Susan Eddy and to them three
nh;idren were born. Mrs. Willis lives
in Within CHAM For several years ht
was EMPLOYED upon the street rail
roads in Boston. He went to the
Brattleboro Retreat about 10 wears age ,.
FOR treatment. He is survived by M
wife and two brothers, Arthur NJ WI
lis of Boston and L. X. Willis of Pitts
field. Mass. Funeral services, were mel.
of ,t' Moran & Co. s funeral parlOrs yester
dav morning. Rev. D. E. Trout oiiieiat
ed and burial was in Meeting Hous'
Hill cemetery.
The annual meeting of the Won
ans Christian Temperance union wa
held Monday afternoon in the res
room. Mrs. Henry Tucker, the pres
dent. presided and was reelected to Tn.