Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-11-17

Plans are under way for a short bill
Hard tournament and for an auction
pitch contest in the Vermont Wheel club.
sides will be chosen in both games and
the losers will furnish a supper for the
%victors.
The entertainment committee of the
Vermont Wheel club has arranged for a
hall to members Wednesday evening,
Nov. %, at 9 o'clock. Steamed clans and
other edibles will be on the bill of fare.
st. Michael's court, Catholic order of
Foresters, will hold its annual requiem
mass for deceased members Tuesday
morning in st. Michael's Roman Catho-
lie church, after which the graves will
be decorated.
The Salvation Army will hold a rum
mage sale Nov. 90, "a and % in the En-
erson building on Elliot street. Clothing,
carpets, books, etc, will be thankfully
received and will be called for on re-
ceipt of a card or telephone to 9 Elm
street.
The annual Thanksgiving food sale by
the women of the Congregational society
will be held in the chapel Tuesday, Nov.
~. The doors will be open from IL a.
m, to s p. m. Special orders sent to
Mrs. George l.. Durham before the sale
will be filled as far as possible.
Miss Emma j. Gregg, Mrs, Robert G.
Bacon, Frederic C. Adams, Howard G.
Gilbert and Walter A. Gilbert, with Fred
G. Leitsinger accompanist, went to the
Home for the Aged Monday evening and
entertained the members of the house,
hold with an hour or more or music.
Each was heard in solo numbers ana
several duets and quartets were sung,
and the pleasure of the listeners was
manifested i'm applause and other express
sions of appreciation.
The supplies of the Brattleboro garage,
in Milestone building were bought Mon
day morning by Manley Brothers and a
stock company is being organized to take
over the rest of the property. The new
company will be headed by John Manley
and the business will be carried on along
the present lines. Ray l.. Greene will
have charge of the sales department OF
the new concern, but will not manage
the garage. As a result of this deal
competition in CARA ges will stop in Brat
tleboro for the present, but 1t is probable
that next spring a large structure will
be built and a new garage opened by
local men.
Laugh and the world laughs with
YOU" etc. That is Just what happens in
"Over Night" the brilliant comedy sue
cess that is coming to the Auditorium
Monday evening, Nov. %. But in this
particular case it happens to be all
laughter. 1t was written for that pur-
pose; there is a laugh in every line, a
roar in every situation. 1t is one of
those comedies that grip you by the
heartstrings. The plot is not much to
speak of-just two couples of youngsters
get married and start off on their honey
moon on the same boat; one young bride
groom gets left ashore with the bride OF
his chum, who in his turn starts up the
river Hudson with the bride of his friend
That is all there is to it, yet in the I'M
folding there is such a miXup Of condi-
tions and situations that the audience
wonder how it is all to be properly ad
justed. But it is all righted so natur-
ally, so pleasantly, that the audience
really feels itself to be part of the family
and draws a long and pleasant sigh wher
the young people come to the end of thell
tribulationS
With the largest. attendance of any
meeting in the Masonic temple since Thu
dedication last May, Brattleboro lodg'
No. 1902, f. & y. NJ, observed last even
ing its Goth anniversary. Not only wer'
many of the local members of the Ma
sonic bodies present, but several othe
lodges in this state were represented an
a large delegation came from Amherst
The lodge was opened by William ii
Vinton, first master, and after the regu
lar work was exemplitied he spoke in
/ 1 ~ - "'s 90 ~
Ferris r. Vaughan, who read a pape
written by him five year ago for tn
25th anniversary, to which were adde'
the events in connection with the lodg
that had occurred since then. Attention
was called to the fact that five years ag'
a new temple has been prophesied an
that the prophecy had been fulfilled
Following this meeting a buffet luncheo
was served in the banquet hall and a
hour was enjoyed in social intercours
and in the pool and billiard room and o
the bowling alleys.
The committee for tuberculosis wor
in the town met Wednesday night a
7.30. All member were present. c. G
Staples was elected treasurer and Rev
ID. Il. Trout secretary. 1t was the sens
of the meeting that the care of tuber
cular patients must be continued; tn
past j~ustifies such action and especial
the interest and health of the com
munity. The committee hopes to see, /
the near future, local patients house
and cared for on the hospital grounds b
the building of pavilions. The citizens c
the town ought to be vitality intereste
and willing to share the responsibilit
of the work toward this end, becaus
tubercular people without care and su
pervision, many times are a grea
menace to the health of "A community
L lt W al cut
catlonal campaign in regard to tn
white plague" Definite plans will b
considered at the next meeting. TT
members of the committee solicit III
sympathy, interest and help of the town
whose servants they are, and for who's
welfare they are working,
While a workman was cleaning sno'
off the roof of the Houghton buildin
Wednesday morning he did not hear I'll
warning shout of the man standing
front of Crosby block, whose duty
was to notify him of the approach {
pedestrians and teams. and just as j. I
Kelly, a travelling salesman of Can
bridge, Mass, reached a point in fror
of F.. w. Kuech & Co.'S store a larg
lump of soft, sticky snow hit him o
the head. His hat was knocked off an
the force of the blow sent him to h
knees. Employees in neighboring store
helped brush off the snow and restor
2 MN to a presentable appearance. III
t nat was smashed and Mr.. Kelly bega
TO look for someone to pay for a ne
! derby. The workmen disclaimed an
2 liability and the travelling man Gale
upon states Attorney f. f. Barber. NJ
| Barber told him that it was a civil MAJ
ter and did not come under his juri.
diction and advised him to see the agel
: for the building, Judge J.. NJ. Tyle
2 He did so and Judge Tyler gave him
IS bill, and said that hereafter when III
f roof of the building was cleared of sno
a rope would be put up, J.,