Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-01-27


town have made arrangements to attend
the motor boat show in Boston next
week.
A food sale will be held tomorrow,
Saturday, afternoon from to 5 o'clock
at II. II. Thompson's store under the aus
pieces of the women of the Episcopal
church.
Health officer Henry Tucker has re-
ceived reports of one case of whooping
cough on Linden street, one case of
humps on Central street and one case of
measles on Reed street this week
About go persons attended the basket
party and dance of st. Michaels court,
c. O. T., Wednesday evening in Red
Mems hall. Waless orchestra furnished
music. Those who did not care to dance
enjoyed cards during the evening.
The last meeting of the selectmen for
the fiscal year was scheduled for last
evening, but as Representative and Sc
ectman Stafford and Selectman Calvin
were in Montpelier the meeting was not
held. Several citizens tried the door of
the selectmen's room, having bills to
present, but it was locked.
Among the papers read in the meet
ing of the Vermont Bird club in Bur
lington Saturday were those entitled
Keep your eye on the cat" by w. II.
by w. C. Horton; "a study in changes
of bird life caused by environment" by
IL. l.. Piper all of this town.
Mrs. Hiram Hyde entertained a party
of friends in the vestry of the Metho-
dist church on the evening of Jan. 49,,
when a tin shower was given to Mar
jorie Amy Pratt and Ralph Chester
Moore. The engagement of Miss Pratt
and Mr. Moore was announced. The
xt-ft1 mi IL
sic. Refreshments were served and a
very pleasant evening was enjoyed.
The annual meeting of the Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
will be held Tuesday evening at 730
o'clock in the north room of the Brooks
library. At this meeting reports will
be received from the secretary, treas
urer and the agent of the society, and
officers will be elected for the coming
year All members are invited to be
present.
\ company of Wesleyan university
| BOYS stopped in town over Friday night
and Saturday morning while on their way
| to Hanover to play the Dartmouth college
basketball team Their headquarters
were at the Brooks House and Friday
| evening they kept things moving there, IN
| the pool room and at the moving picture
| shows. on Saturday morning they made
| music ~ IN tne pdIlblS VI tht Ip'Oi
| The team defeated Dartmouth 2S to is
The part of Canal street. near Elm
which caved in several weeks ago ha.
| been repaired, n cement retaining wal
having been built at the foot of the steer
embankment and part of the stone re-
tanning wall having been rebuilt. The
house which stands near the point where
the sidewalk collapsed has been made
more secure by cement, which has beer
| laid in such a way that it will keep tn
underpinning from dropping If the banl
| falls again. The walk to the house als'
| is now supported by cement.
Elizabeth de Barrie Gill, harpst, reade
and contralto soloist, will give the mex
entertainment in the course arranged b.
| the young people of the Baptist and Con
| gregational churches Feb. 6. John Wana
maker, former postmaster general, say
of her: elizabeth de Barrie Gill has bee
repeatedly recalled to Bethany church t
give her recitals in songs and interpre
tative readings, and she has Away
greatly delighted the large audience pres
ent. 1t gives me added pleasure to sa
she is very highly esteemed in Philadel
phia, to my personal knowledge
Nearly 1900 members of the Pennsyl
| vania society and their guests, one of tn
latter being Lyman Il. Holden of thl
town, dined in Hotel Aston in New Yor
Saturday night, heard President Tai
| urge the fertilization of the Panam
canal, saw the gold medal of the societ
presented to Andrew Carnegie and listen
ed to addresses by Joseph II. Choat
and James NJ. Beck, president OF the so
ciety and former assistant attorney gen
eral of the United States. 1t was tn
sociey's 18th dinner and was given /
honor of President Taft His name wa
spelled out i'm big electric letters on tn
souvenir programs contained photograph
of him, and the tops of the ice crear
boxes were papier mache reproduction
of bronze medal pOrtrayng his features
the original of which was presented t
him.
Protective Grange held a regular meet
ing Wednesday evening and the new lee
turer presented a very interesting pre-
| gram. The officers were requested to tie
what they expect of the members an
the members We're requested to tie
what they expect of the officers. I'll
speakers were II. W. Sargent, j. L. Law
renee, ID. T. Perry, c. s. Hopkins, Mr.
May Edwards, Mrs Maverette Fishe
G. +. Lockwood, II. W. Spaulding, r.
| Frost, Victor Grant. Mrs. Ida Grant, Mr.
Bessie Knowlton. Judge f. b. Pier an
o. r. Ware. Orrin b. Hughes gave a
address on the value of Grange work an
the Importance of attendance. Mr.. VIM
low of Woodstock spoke briefly. TT
program also included Rotations by
Il. Lawrence. The master II. W. Sa
gent, introduced State Master c.
Smith of Morrisville, who gave an int
esting address The first and second d.
grees will be conferred at the next NEE
ing, Feb. s.
The Lyric theatre was sold Jan, IS,
stated last week, to f. j. Mains and !
D ! H. Blood, and it has changed hanC
again, Messrs. Wheeler and Gibbs pre-
prietors of the Empire, being the la
! purchasers. This put both moving pie
, ture shows in town under one manag,
{ ment and means that the Lyric will !
= closed. On Monday afternoon and ever
5 ing that theatre was dark, but Tuesda
= the shows We're held there and the En-
4, pre was closed to allow the interior ar
, | exterior to be reprinted and to give OF
portunity to make repairs. This afte
noon the Lyric will be closed and f
D the present the Empire will be opene
It has not been decided definitely whi
will be done with the Lyric although
; IS well known that there are firms WI
would like to hire the place for stor
The Empire is good location an
2 the management has been asked to moN
: into the Lyric and make room for anoth,
store in their present quarters. Georf
? Ahearn, who has been singing In II
5 Lyric, went to his home near Troy. n. Y
2 last week and Miss Dickey. a singer ne
, to Brattleboro has taken his place.
The meeting of Royal Arch chapt,
Masons of district No. was attended
-, Masonic hall Monday afternoon and ever
ing by about 60 members of the fratel
: nifty. Bellows Falls and Springfield wei
| represented by good delegations but on