The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-05-26

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the Oak Grove avenue grounds tomor'
row morning.
The First Regiment band VIII ave
Its next concert on the common lneslhy
evening, May 80 Memorial day, WIN
special program.
The Brotherhood class Of the zen,
tire church SUNDAY school VIII consider
the subject The Family AT the ,regnlai
hour Sunday afternoon, John HoWhtu
of Boston will speak.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. G. Turner will nave
charge of the Lakeside House IN Shee'
terrified the coming season. The house
will omen June Is. Many improvements
are being made and the interior VIII pe
renovated,
AS many of the members OF me
| Central Labor union were present NJ the
labor meeting held IN the andltorlu,h
| Wednesday evening the regular meet,
ing of the union was postp9hed untii
The Brattleboro drum corps will 20
! TO Dummerston and Putney TO take par
/ in the Memorial day exercises TUESDAY
The corps Is composed of George stone
land Harry Wales, iifers; j, l.. stewart
and G. :. Daniels, snare drums; - L.
Young, bass drum.
-General Secretary Fayette Ihomp'
son of the Methodist brotherhood, VINO
| had planned to visit Brattleboro ,Satul'
dav and Sunday and TO deliver the ser
mon al the morning service IN the Meth'
odist church Sunday. was unable 10 he
present on account of illness
"A moving picture exhibition Is TO
he given in the auditorium Thursday
evening, June |, under the auspices OF
the Central Labor union, In aldlllon on
| to the pictures there will be speaker
of national reputation m labor clif,eies
and a selected program OF music VIII ne
given.
-Chauncey /. Knapp has been ap'
pointed receiver in the bankruptcy pro-
lceedipns against George \. Gibbs. rs
soon as the referee in bankruptcy can
lappoint appraisers the receiver VIII DIS
pose of the stock of small wares groee'
! ries and china in the store IN the Amerl'
can building
Work on the removal of the ledge
opposite the Central Vermont passen'
/ Ger station has been almost ~ stahd'
! still several times this week. Only a
handful of men are at work. The grad
ing of the new road from the trelght
ward to the top of the Vernon street
/ hill has been completed TO q point where
the ledge appears above the ground
All members of the Woman Relief
corps will meet AT the town hall NJ ~
n. m Sunday TO attend the Centre Con
pregational church in body with Seae-
wick post, G. 4. r. The relief corps
will also meet at the town hall Monday
morning at $50 clock to attend the
exercises in the Main street school
building. The corps will meet again IN
/ Festival hall Tuesday afternoon AZ +
o clock TO attend the Memorial eNer.
cises in the auditorium
For few moments Friday after
noon the proletariat that decorates the
rurbstones guessed all kinds of things
while a dog INDUCED in fiji on Nam
street opposite the American building.
Some said the animal was mad, some
that he had bitten several persons IN
/ UinsdaIe, y. H., and while other con
lectures were being framed up Joseph
! Whalen of the Valley Grain company
/ killed the animal. An investigation
showed that the dog had been hit by
swiftly moving motor ear on Bridge
street.
State Commissioner of Agriculture
1 Orlando l.. Martin of Plainfield was IN
BrattIeboro Friday and Saturday on
business connected with the purchase OF
The New England Farmer, 10y the, New
| England Farmer Co, of winch ne Is
president and treasurer. In discussing
the San Jose scale Mr. Martin SAID
that he was satisfied that the nest had
been entirely eradicated locally and
that he appreciated the efforts of Brat
tlebOro property owners who had CO.
operated with the state IN taking
prompt measures to rid the state oil
this menace TO orchards.
The silver cup offered by the officers
of Company | to the winner OF the
handicap shooting tournament goes 20
Sergeant Clarence w. Trendall. me
finals were shot off last night al the
armorv The winners in the several
classes were. Sergeant Trendall in the
~ class: Private Busby in the 40 class /;
Sergeant Wilson in the 81 class and
Private Harrington in the "a class. In
the finals Private Busbv tied with Ser.
peant Trendall, and in the shoot-off the
honors went to Trendall. who won by
four points. The shoot, which has been
i'm progress for about two months has
developed Workmanship and an interest
in this part of military tactics. The
cup. which has been on exhibition IN
Vaughan & Burnett s window, will be
suitably inscribed and presented TO Ser
geant Trendall.
Fred H. Harris of this town, for
two wears New England intercollegiate
tennis champion, was defeated IN the
first round of the championship tonrna'
ment at Boston Monday by G. l.. John
ston of Amherst 6-s, 6-2, o. Harris
was suffering with cramps throughout
the match and consequently could not
play his best game, but even If he had
been in form the result would have been
in doubt as Johnston has been playing
wonderful tennis this spring and de
feated Harris at Amherst two weeks
ago. Johnston won the finals in the
championship tournament Yesterday by
defeating Oakley of Williams. In the
doubles finals started Yesterday after
noon between Miller and Johnston OF
Amherst and Nelson and Harris OF
Dartmouth the score stood 90, 81. los,
in favor of the former pair when the
match was postponed.
Miss C. Ruby Oakley, &C. assistant
stenoerapher at the Brattleboro Re,
treat, died early Sunday morning of
cerebral hemorrhage, after an illness OF
scarcely more than "a hours. She was
born in Winnipeg, Canada, In early
childhood she moved with her parents
to ST. Cloud, Mimi, and later to Lake
CRYSTAL, Mimi, where she was educated
in the public and private schools; sub
seouently making her hon home IN Ella,
beth, New Jersey. IN l9o' she oeSalile
interested in Christian work and en-
tered the Bible training school, at East
Mortified. Mass, to qualify for sery-
ice in this field. She was also ambi-
tious to become medical missionary.
Owing to i'll health, Miss Oakley came
to Brattleboro in the spring of 1908,
for rest and recreation at Linden
Lodge. Not deeming it prudent to CON
tinue her studies at Mortified. she ac-
cepted position at the Brattleboro Re-
treat as electro therapeutist. for which
work she exhibited special aptitude
and became exceptionally well versed