Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-12-15
BRATTLEB0R0 LOCAL

The January meeting of the w. c. T.
L. will be held with Mrs. A. j. Currier
on Frost street the second Monday in
the month.
Lyman Smith was at home from Wor-
cester Polytechnic institute Friday night
on his way to Hanover, n. H., to at
tend as delegate fraternity convention
The womans foreign missionary So
ciety of the Methodist church will meet
with Mrs c. d. Smith, Cedar street.
Thursday afternoon at $3.50.
The annual election of officers of
Friendship circle will take place in Odd
Fellows hall Tuesday afternoon. The
business meeting will be held at
o'clock. Supper will not be served.
William F. Saxton was arrested this
morning by Deputy Sheriff c. !. Knapp
and appeared before Judge w, r. Daley
charged with breach of the peace. The
case was continued and SaXton was put
under bonds.
Electric transformers have been put in
position in the cotton mill this week and
within a few days some of the machin-
cry will be ready to start. Manager e.
G. Chace expects that material Will ar
rive so that a part of the mill may be
in operation within three weeks
The Brattleboro Athletics went to
Greenfield last evening and lost to the
Young Mems club % to 10. They were
completely outclassed the first period,
which ended with the score 20 to 0. In
the second period they played me
game and scored 10 points to Greenflelds
six
President f. II. Fitzhugh and General
Manager G. c. Jones of the Central YER
mont railroad were in Bratteboro Sat-
ready to
make a statement regarding the railroad
DEVELOPMENTS, but it is known that ne
ROTATIONS point to an early adjustment
of the differences in a way that will be
decidedly favorable to Brattleboro.
The honor appointments at Harvard
were announced this week and the fac
ulty of medicine awarded the Joseph
Pearson Oliver scholarship to E. d.
Leonard of Brattleboro, son of Mrs. Cora
Leonard Mr.. Leonard is a graduate of
the local high school and Amherst college
and is now a third-Year student in the
Harvard medical department
Maude Moon of Dummerston was ar
rested yesterday afternoon in Dummers-
ton by Chief Of Police George Wilson and
appeared before Judge w. r. Daley
charged with lewd and lascivious con-
duct. AS she was wanted in Windsor on
statutory charge, she was placed in
the lookup until the arrival of Sheriff
Kniry, who took her to Windsor on the
% train.
Charles H. Stolte, who has represented
the Washburn- Crosby company in YER
mont, will leave this territory after Jan
! and will have charge of the company ;
New Bedford office which is the concern $
largest branch in New England out
side of Boston. He will have three tray
cling statesmen and an office force under
his direction. Mr. and Mrs. Stolte eX-
Ia their home in FalrlaNel.
a suburb of New Bedford
Miss Mary f. Sason 6S, formerly
principal of the Brattleboro grammar
school, died in the Brattleboro Retreat
Dec 5 For some time Miss Sason had
lived in the Warner Home i'm SaNtons
River to which she gave building Tor
basketry. now nearly completed, but on
account of failing health she came to the
Retreat two weeks before her DEATH The
body was takn to Rutland for burial.
Miss Sason left Brattleboro in 1881 and
afterward taught in Rutland and Wash
ington, ID. c. She was guest of honor
at the last high school alumni reunion
here.
This is Santas day. f. j. Fenton &
Co. received last evening wireless mes
sage from Santa Claus, who then was
in the vicinity of Rutland and driving
hard to reach South Londonderry II
time to take the train which arrives IL
BrattlebOrO TINS Afternoon at 1.4O o CLOCK
All the Riddles are invited and eX
pected to be at the station to welcome
him when he arrives. He Will give
every boy and girl an autograph pic
ture of himself and then will jump into
a hack or automobile and preceded by
a drum corps will go to +. j. Fenton &
Co.'S store. There he will begin the
manufacture of toys for Christmas, latel
opening his postofice in the store, where
there will be a letter for every boy anC
girly in this locality. He would like t
have all the children write him lette
and drop it in the postoffice in the store
Santa expects a big crowd to meet hin
at the station.
Aside from the routine of business
action was taken in two important mat
tiers in the annual meeting of the Brat
tleboro East society Wednesday evening
This is the ecclesiastical society of tn
Congregational church. The meetin!
followed the Brotherhood supper and 81
the attendance was much larger thar
usual 1t voted to engage Mis-
Florence NJ. Hemenway as assistant pas
tor another year She has rendered
valuable service the past year and he
work was spoken of in highly commenda
tory terms. three months leave o
absence was granted the pastor, Rev
Roy NJ. Houghton, to begin directly afte
Easter. AS a part of his preparation 70
the gospel ministry it has long been hi
desire to visit the Holy Land, and tn
leave of absence was voted for that pur
pose, Under the first article Walter a
Gilbert was reelected clerk Treasure
George c, Averill's report balanced a
s4035.7S, The receipts included pev
rentals of $2401 and there is on hand
balance of about s4S. These officer
were reelected: Trustees, F. w. Kuech
G. II, Clapp j. G. Stafford, II, E. Bon,
and F. c. Adams; treasurer, George c
Averill; auditor, Louis a. Whitney.
finance committee was elected, to rails
whatever money is needed above the or
binary income. The committee consist
Of George L. Durham, Clarke c. Fits
George NJ. Clay Fred c. Adams, Mis-
Florence NJ Hemenway, Mrs. Fremon
Hamilton and Mrs. Howard c. Rice. Tn
church property is in excellent condition