Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-12-29

III hipONCit 1OIStI |
factory, which closed Dec. 23, will reopen
Jan. 2.
All the officers of the Woman's Re-
lief corps are requested to meet in
Grand Army hail Friday evening. Jan.
s, for drill.
The ladies' circle of the Universalist
society will hold their regular business
meeting In the church parlor Thursday
afternoon at 4 o'clock. At els o'clock a
chicken-pie supper will be served.
An attendance contest between the At
tainers and the knights of Wesley of the
Methodist church during the past few
months was won by the latter and on
Jan. 10 they will be rendered a banquet
by the losers.
A meeting of the Mutual Aid a~ssocia-
ton was held yesterday afternoon to
consider the resignation of Miss Charlotte
Macleod, supervisor of nurses. Another
meeting will be held Tuesday afternoon
and the matter fully discussed before
action upon the resignation is taken.
The next regular meeting of the Wo-
mans club will be held Wednesday after
noon and will be in the nature of a social
meeting. A good program. including
readings by Miss Mary Cox, will be
given and tea will be served. 1t is es-
pecially designed for the getting together
of all members for acquaintance and
SONioDliiNys
Patients in the Memorial hospital were
not forgotten on Christmas. All were
presented gifts from a large Christmas
free Sunday afternoon and candy, fruit
and magazines were sent. On Monday
morning the members of st. Micha els
Episcopal church choir sang to the pa
tients and in the afternoon music by c..
l.. Stickney's Victrola was enjoyed.
A watch-night service will be held in
the Methodist church next Sunday even
ing, Dec. 81. General theme, open
Doors; So p. m, Epworth league, sub
ject, Reasoning from a blessed pres
ent to a glorious future" leader, How
ard Sharp and Corona Bell. Brief re-
marks by the president, f. n. Shaw;
$50, our Sunday school,, The
retrospect" Erwin Smith; ,, THE pros
pect." S. NJ. Yeaw; 9.30-1O, THE ladies'
aid" Mrs. Emma Bartlett; 1O-10.30, in
PERMISSION for fitting sociability or
needed refreshment 10.3O-11, address by
DIR. Cow Din exchange with the PASTOR:
IL, brief address by the pastor followed
by a conservation service. This pro-
gram will be interspersed with hearty
singing by the choir and congregation,
assisted by Miss Gertrude Matthews.
Light refreshments will be provided for
all who care for them. Everybody
welcome to the entire service or in part.
Uncle Sans weather f%orecasters
~prophesied a marked drop in the tenn
perature for Thursday morning and it
arrived promptl on schedule time. The
thermometers registered as high as 80
Wednesday afternoon, but last evening
were down to u and Is degrees above.
a wind accompanied the cold wave and
by noon yesterday had attained a We
locity of more than 30 miles an hour.
Barrels and boxes We're BOWED about and
clouds of dust blew about the streets.
Last evening a birch tree opposite the
house of c.. X. Jones on Washington
street was blown over and fell across
wires of the Twin State Gas and Elec-
trio company. The tree made the wires
sag but before any damage resulted Leon
c. White, superintendent of the light
department of the company. who lives
nearby, chopped the tree a few feet
above the ground and it fell, relieving
the strain on the wires. The gale
caused greater damage south of this
town and in Greenfield, the electric light
service was seriously interfered with.
In the meeting (" the board of select
men last evening the matter of the recent
widening of South Main street occupied
the greater part of the time. DR.. j. w.
Gregg had been chosen by other property
owners on South Main street to ask the
selectmen how the recent widening had
been planned as all the property from
I lllt Sllttl W lHt IullCllOI VI 1T bull-
ford and Vernon roads, on the east side
of the street, had had several feet taken
from it by the work. He was told that
Civil Engineer James Helyar had survey
ed the street and i'm company with Select
man John Calvin had thoroughly gone
over the books in the town clerks
office and found the boundary of the
street by ancient deeds, Property hold
ers in that part of the town, according to
DR.. Gregg, want the town to explain to
them how the lines for. the widening
were laid out and just where the deeds
may be found, as the present owners
bought the land from an association and
If an amicable agreement as to damages
cannot be made suits are liable to result.
The property owners are willing to have
a COMMITTEES of three men well versed In
the law go over the deeds. and abide by
it's decision with respect to land damages.
AS stated briefly in another column.
an option on the north watercure prop
erty on Elliot street has been secured
in the interest of the Incorporated school
district. The option was secured of Ed
gar H., Davenport, the owner. by James
b.. Randoll and includes the building,
lot and water rights. 1t will expire in
81 days. The price named is $l2,5O.
This building, which was a widely
known institution in former years, at
tracing many people of note who need
ed rest and ~recuperation. has been a
paying property. but in that particular
part of the village a fine new building
like a boys club and gymnasium such
as is needed by both the district and
the Better Brattleboro league would go
a long way toward increasing real es-
tate values. The lot has a frontage OF
about 100 feet and is about 40 feet deep
at the deepest point. Options also have
been secured on lands suitable for play
grounds. including the Leahy property
opposite Williams street, where there is
track and ball field, also on property
owned by c. F.. Allen, which includes the
pond this side of the Valley fair
grounds. Some definite recommenda :
lions regarding these properties will be
made to the district within a short
time.
Mrs. Mary McGrath Shea. 4S, wife (
Edward j. Shea died at $50 o'clock
Wednesday morning In the Farren hos
pital at Montague. Mass, following an
operation for appendicitis which she un-
derwent Sunday forenoon. She was
taken i'll Saturday morning and as her
condition rapidly became worse she went
to the hospital that afternoon. She was
a daughter of Thomas and Nancy
(Phillips) McGrath of st. Adams. and
was born in that city Oct. %. 1867, She
came to this town about Is years ago
and for a number of years was employ
ed in the Brooks House as a waitress.
on Jan. 3. 1896. she was married to EQ-