Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-03-10

boro will conduct the chapel service at
the Retreat Sunday afternoon at 8
o'clock.
The monthly meeting of the Brattle-
boro Mutual Aid association will be held
at $3.50 Monday in the headquarters, 1
Canal street.
The annual meeting of the Brattleboro
Civic Improvement league will be held in
the home of DR.. H. ID. Hoton Wednesday
evening at $50.
The Grange Dramatic club will have a
dance in Grange hall Monday evening.
Leitsinger's orchestra will play and AL
son Dugan will sing.
The daughters of Pocahontas will hold
dance in Red Mems hall Saturday
evening. Hines and Dugan will furnish
music. The public Is invited
Tony Albaneso, a section man, fell
from a hand car which jumped the track
in Putney Saturday morning and one of
his ears was torn off. He was brought
to the Memorial hospital
Protective Grange will go tomorrow,
Saturday, evening to Guilford to observe
neighbor's night with Broad Brook
Grange, and will furnish the entertain
ment there. Teams will leave the hall
about 6 o'clock.
Sunday March 49, is the date decided
upon for putting in place the statute of
Meads Recording Angel in the Unitarian
church, the gift of H. X. Willard in
memory of his father and mother. There
will be no unveiing.
Il. Z. Squires hauled his steam boiler
and sawmll machinery to woodlot sew
eral miles north of Newfane this week
to saw out lumber for j. S. Smith of
Brattleboro Fourteen horses were used
in trnp N Ia
The board of civil authority met Satur-
day afternoon and added the names of
six voters to the check list, most of
whom were young men. Several young
men wished to have their names put on
the list but as they were not assessed
for taxes last year their names were not
added.
Archie Beebe, a passenger brakeman
on the Boston Il Maine railroad, was
injured in Bellows Falls Monday morn
ing by being caught between car and
high platform. He was brought to the
Memorial hospital, where, in spite of the
quarantine, it was deemed best to ad-
NIT him. Two ribs were broken and he
was injured about his head and inter-
nally. He is resting comfortably.
Prof. L. b. Patton of Hartford, Conn,
who expected to give stereoptcon lee
ture in the Congregational church to-
night, will be unable to be present, on
account of the death of his father y
stereopticon lecture will be given, how
ever, at rs in the church ON New life
in the near East 1t relates to Bulgaria
and was written by Miss Ellen stone, the
American Board missionary who was in
captivity in Bulgaria.
Education day viii be observed by the
BrattleDoro Woman's club Wednesday
II, FTl,N-
lor. assistant principal of Vermont acad-
envy, will speak on The Mountains of
Vermont as an Educational Resource"
This talk will be a study of the noun
talns of the state and their influence
upon the life of the people. Mr.. Taylor,
who is the president of the newly-or-
gained Green Mountain club, believes
that a notable asset has been overlooked
in the failure to realize the value of the
mountains in connection with education
al work
John l.. Snyder, SO, whose wife was
Miss Lula Corser of this town, daughter
of the late Bracket G.. Corser, died in
Stockbridge, Mass, March . after a long
illness with a lung trouble He had been
confined to his bed a few weeks. but his
death was not expected as he had been
improving several days He went to
Stockbridge from Essex Junction 10 years
bridge monumental works. His mother
died a year ago this month. He leaves
his wife and one daughter, Helen, 10
years old. He was a member of Occiden-
tai lodge of Masons of Stockbridge.
The annual spelling match between the
sixth grade of the Main street school,
taught by Mrs. Jennie T. Warren, and
the sixth grade of the Canal street
school, taught by Mrs. Hortense S. Bruce
was held Wednesday afternoon in the
high school building and resulted in a
victory for the Canal street class. Last
Friday afternoon there was a match be-
tween the second grade of the Washing
ton street school, taught by Miss Lillian
G. Newton, and the corresponding grade
of the Canal street school, taught by Miss
May II. Douglas, which resulted in a
victory for the little people of Miss New
tons class.
The annual entertainment by the pu-
pills of st. Mchaels Parochial school will
be given Friday evening of next week
in Festival hall. Following is the pro-
gram: Piano solo. "Ua Chase Infernale, "
Rolling, Miss Mary Yauvey; recitation
"Fontenoy," Davis, Master Louis Kane
operetta, Grandma Birthday" White;
recitation, The bald headed man., Mas
ter Bernard Dunlevy; wreath drill
senior girls; vocal selection, Riding,
Spaulding, junior boys; recitation, The
st. Patrick's cross Sutton, Miss Ger
trude Austin; selection, violin and piano
Miss Agnes Calvin and Miss Mary Gal
vim, accompanist, Miss Agnes Blake.
IAN Evening with Elijah" will be en-
joyed in song and illustrated lecture in
the Unversaist church Sunday at p. m.
The church choir will render the follow
in selections from the oratorio elijah"
Organ prelude He that shall endure
quartet, "If with all your heart; solo
by f.. II. Crane. 30 rest in the Lord"
quartet, He watching over Israeli; or
gan postlude. "1 hen shall the righteous. -
The stereopucon lecture will picture the
places in which the leading events of
Eliiahs life took place. The Sunday
school lessons for the past few weeks
have been upon this subject and the
lecture and service will be a fitting eli
max to the series.
II. Leslie Frost, formerly of Brattle-
boro, a student in the medical depart
ment of the University of Vermont. is
manager of the basketball team repre-
senting the medical corps. LIST Regiment,
Vermont National Guard. lie has writ
ten Manager Whitney of the Independ-
ents asking for a game as his team will
start soon on IA tour of Vermont and New
Hampshire for the championship of the
two states. Mr.. Frost states that his
team Is yet to meet defeat. The indie
pendents probably will arrange a game,
as will Bellows Falls. Springfield and
Keene. Mr., Frost is a graduate of Brat
tleboro high school, class OF 1907, and is
a member of Company /.
Preparations are completed for the
Childrens Flower Garden to be held in
Festival hall tomorrow from 3 to 6
o'clock The entertainment will begin at
ocOck and the dances will be some of