Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-06-09
Reorqanized Board of Trade.

Important changes have been made
during the last few weeks in the official
roster of the Bellows Falls board of
trade. At meeting held May II a nom
mating committee was elected to inter-
view and report upon a board of Off
GERS who would accept the positions and
take up the work in an aggressive way
This committee reported at a special
meeting Friday evening in Banquet hall,
and the following officers were elected:
Pres, DR.. Edward Kirkland; vice pres,
James II. Williams; sec, l.. S. Hayes;
treas, William p. Abbott; eX. com, DR..
George II. Gorham, Edward L. Walker,
James f. Keefe, John p. Lawrence, Har-
ny H. Abbott auditors, Eugene S. Leon
ard. Zna II. Allbee and John II.
Byrnes. The executive committee and
officers above named met in the office
of the town clerk Monday evening. All
the officers and members were present,
and thorough discussion of the meth
DDS of future work was had and plans
were laid for the coming year Each
person present expressed a live interest
and a determination to do his part to
make the board active and successful.
The following list of committees were
elected at this meeting, and each has
begun work, particularly the member
ship committee, a large number of new
members having already been secured:
New industries committee, George r.
Wales, F. G.. Pierce, w. II. Bodne, d.
f. Pollard and E. S. Leonard railroad
and transportation committee, F. II.
Rabbit, w. C. Smith. ]. C. Day, j. j.
Fenton and j. c. Dennison; membership
committee, ]. e. Keefe, H. H. Abbott,
w. A. Graham, e. C. Barnard, II. A.
Hatch; village improvement committee,
C. w. Osgood, DR.. A. l.. Miner, George
H. Rabbit, C. C. Collins and A. l..
Bolles. The village of Bellows Falls
looks to it's board of trade to make Bel
lows Falls bigger, buster and better than
heretofore, and the citizens generally
will take a hand in unfolding its work.
Mr. and Mrs. George R. Wales left
Tuesday for a trip of two or three
weeks in the West.
Captain Preston II. Hadley returned
Tuesday evening from his months duty
with the regular army in Texas,
The local baseball nine of the Knights
of Columbus defeated the Windsor town
team at that place last Saturday. 6-5.
Paul EXner of this village and Doro-
thea l.. Veyo of Rockingham were mar
ried in Lowell, Mass, Tuesday morn
ing.
Miss Frances r. Osgood returned to
her home Thursday afternoon after a
visit of several weeks in Boston and
Nashua, n. II.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles S. Howard are
in Burlington attending the grand chap
ter of the Order of the Eastern Star
Mr.. Howard has nearly recovered from
his recent serious Illness.
The officers of Company E, in attend
ance this week from the school of in.
struction being held at Plattsburg, n
Y, are Lieutenants Arthur IL. Fuller
and Frank II. Mark.
Edgar Sanford SON Of tho fornnar rap.
tor of Emmanuel church, has been visit
ing in town during the past week. HI
will enter st. Stevens college at Amman
dale, N. Y, in the fall to study for thu
Episcopal ministry.
George G.. Bowen took FIVE of tn
young ladies employed by the telephone
company on an automobile ride t
Springfield and adjoining towns on Sun
day. He expects to take five each Sun
day, until he has taken them all, Is il
number.
John N. Collins Bellows Falls higl
school, 1908, graduated last week from
the Baltimore Dental college, making tn
third Bellows Falls boy to graduate re
Gently from that institution, viz, DI
John f. Kiniry in 1909 and DIR. b. L
Riley in 1910.
William w. Slate of Atkinson street
a lifelong resident of Bellows Falls
has arranged to remove his family t
Waltham, Mass. He has been in Wal
than during the last week and ha
bought an extensive stationery store /
that place. Mrs. Slate will go there a
once.
The Keene high school baseball min
defeated the Bellows Falls high school /
a closely contested game in Barber par
Saturday afternoon, 20 Our boys ar
putting up a good game this summer an
are in excellent form, but they did nc
seem to be able to match Keene at thi
trial.
During the past week a new and sub
stantial railing has been placed on tn
east side of Westminster street for som
distance south Of Gates garage buidin
between the street and the embankmer
from the railroad. For some months tn
sidewalk has been unguarded at thi
point.
During the past three or four weeks tn
lack of rain in this locality has cause
a water famine in the suburb of Mort
Westminster. A number of famliC
there have been entirely without waite
a large part of the time, a thing whic
never occurred before, Last week
families there were without water.
A new office has been created amor
the high school students, that of "Chee
leader" To this office Edward c. Kirl
land. '12 WAX elected at q recent NEE