The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-12-15

BrattLebOrO Local
LOCAL, NOTES AND GOSSIP.

meet tonight with Mrs. Jane ocking'
ton ON Chestnut street Mt 1870 o'clock
/ The annual meeting and election of
| officers OF Protective grange VIII be
held in Grange hall Wednesday evening"
! Dee. "a.
! -Mosher 4 Cobb have bought of the
Dnnklee Brothers l00-acre timber lot
west of West Brattlehor0 and will cut
the timber this winter.
| The sixth in the series of dances
will he held in Odd Fellows hall Fri
dny night, Dee. %. Leitsingor : orehes'
! ira will furnish music,
The mission circle Of the Universal
list church win meet in the church par
Tors next Thursday, Dec. 81. business
meeting nj $50 o'clock
There will be meeting Of the
Methodist Brotherhood in the ehureh
next Thursday evening, Dec ~, LOT tue
annual election of officers
The subject of Rev. J.. A. Well s
morning sermon Sunday viii be Prepare
We the Way of the Lord. In the even
| ing he will speak on Christ s Relatives
Rev. +. Q. S. Osgood will give an
address on The Pilgrim Settlement at
Plymouth before the pupils of Vernon
Academy Sunday afternoon at clock
The next meeting of Protective
grange will be held "Wednesday even
ing, Dee. 90. Reports from the 9lhcels
will be given, followed by social hour.
The December meeting Of the Wo'
man : Exchange will be held IN tne resi-
rooms Monday afternoon a. 3.dO Q elo's;
The governing board VIII meet NJ
o clock,
Nominations for officers to be voted
L 1. 1, L.. "Wednesday
evening. Dee. 81, were made at the meet
inc of Brattleboro lodge, \. T.. o., -
/ Wednesday evening.
AT meeting of the members Of the
football team of the Brattlehoro high
school Tuesday Godfrey Crosby was
elected captain and Lawrence sherman
manager for the 1912 season.
| Coach Dicdrich Stolte had about ~
high school boys in Festival, hall Tor
athletic practice last evening. and
work on the parallel bars occupied
large part of the evening. There was
basketball practice between two pc
teams. and the smaller BOYS were en-
gagged in numerous stunts.
/ $. Thompson Blood Of Concord
Junction. Mass. a clever entertainer
4 furnished n novel and highly amusing
program of stunts with hats ana various
other articles in Odd Fellows hali Ncd.
'ncsdav evening. The entertainment
was given under the auspices OF the
I odd Fellows There was good attend
ancc.
/ Albert c. Buzhy and Miss Daisy i.
Clough. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ia
.yid f. Clough of South Main street,
were united in marriage nj the Unltn'
rian parsonage Saturday bv Rev. y. O..
s. Osg0od. Mr.. BHzby Is EMPLOYED bN
| the Estcv Organ company They VIII
make their home with Mrs, Buzby's par
cuts for the present
/ AT the meeting of the sclectmen
last evening the approval Of bills was
the only business transacted, lanes
I Helvar. Of the engineering firm OF Tn
man & Helyar. explained to SeleGimGh
/ Merrill and Stafford the progress of the
work on the relocation of the scout
end of South Main street. which IS beng
/ hurried by the contractors. Gilman y
Son.
The annual meeting of 81 Michael 5
/ Catholic Order of Foresters was held IN
Red Men 5 hall Tuesday evening and
the following officers were elected:
, Chief ranger. John W Blake; yice.chief
ranger. John r. Grady; recording secre
tary. T. A. Austin: financial secretary
D. S. Carey. treasurer. II. Il. Haus;
trustees. Z. b. Lavelle. James Grady
and w. o. Young.
Complaint has been made against
George Il. Tucker of this village charg'
ing that he shot two instead of one deer
/ in Townshend during the hunting sea
son. He will appear in municipal court
( for trial as soon MS n state witness, VINO
is now i'll, can appear 1t is claimed bN
friends of Mr. Tucker that he was one
of a party of hunters which got two
bucks, but he shot only one,
The annual Christmas party Of the
beginners and primary departments OF
the Centre Congregational Sunday
school will be held in the chapel next
| Wednesday afternoon at 0 clock.
/ The Christmas entertainment for the
other departments of the school Will be
! held in the chapel Thursday evening at
1870 CLOCK. Not only the members OF
/ the school but also their friends are cor
daily invited,
Among the books that have lived
and welded n mighty influence for
good Ben Hur. Tale of the Christ, by
| Lew Wallace. holds high place. This
thrilling and beautiful story, so ap,,
|propriate to the Christmas season, Will
| form the subject matter of the stereop-
| ticon lecture at the Centre Congrega-
tional church next Sunday evening at
! o clock. One hundred oXquisitely cot
ored slides illustrate the lecture, which
| has been prepared by Hon. j. Wider
Fairbank and which will be read by the
pastor
The annual meeting of the Woman 5
Relief corps was held Yesterday when
the following officers were chosen
| President, Mrs, Georgia stone; senior
vice president, Mrs. ,Georgiana Con
verse: junior vice-president, Mrs. LIMA
wilkins; treasurer, Mrs. Emily Allen;
chaplain. Mrs. Helen Miller; conductor;
Mrs. Adela Park; guard, Mrs. Mabel
Hall; delegates to department conven
ton, Mrs. Helen Newman, Mrs. Emily
Allen. Mrs. Nellie Benson, Mrs. Helen
Miller and Mrs. Nellie Brown; alter
mates. Mrs Nellie Morse. Mrs. Emma
Niles. Mrs. Laura Washburn, Mrs, Ada
Amidon and Miss Carrie Dutton.
Despite repeated announcements
that Christmas packages by mail to be
delivered before Christmas day should
be mailed early the majority seem to
delay their purchases until the last
week, and the bulk of them come in
rush during the last few days. The
postoflice clerks say that the reluctance
cause they might be opened before
Christmas is really unfounded, as 1t is
permitted to mark such mail with words
TO the effect: "Please do not open until
Christmas. Z" Yet, they say, the desire
to make the gifts surprise keeps many
from sending them until it taxes the pos
Ital service to the utmost capacity to
handle and distribute the tremendous
bulk of mail that pours in during the
last few days before Christmas. For
the next ten days the postofIice EN-.
ployes expect busy days for the whole