The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-03-10

. Friendship circle will meet in Ode
Fellows hall Tuesday afternoon. Sup
; per will be served nj 6.l5 y. m.
There will be no matinee perform
ance Of Seven Days ut the auditorium
Wednesday, although some of the post
ers contain such an announcement.
The selectmen propose TO set Out, I
number of ornamental trees on tn,
common to replace those which have died
and been removed. Just what kind OF
trees will be set out has not been de
cided. A fast growing species Will bt
selected.
The Daughters of Pocahontas will
give dance tomorrow, Saturday. even,
ing in Red Mems hall. Hines and
Dugan will furnish music, and the pub
last Saturday evening had the largest
attendance of the season.
The annual invitation track meet
held under the auspices of the Brattle'
boro high school will take place this
year Saturday May 81. The inter
scholastic meet mt Burlington, ut which
Bratteboro will doubtless be represent,
ed. is scheduled for June 3. The local
high school basketball team will book
no games for these dates.
"A rummage sale for the benefit OF
the rest room will be held March %,
"a and 25. The place will be announced
as soon as secured. A stormy tag day
last June resulted in a smaller collec'
ton than usual. and il is hoped to raise
enough money by this means to carry
the expenses of the room until tag day
this year. All friends of the rooms
are requested to contribute articles for
the sale.
Sergeant John G.. Cody, u. S. A.,
who was in Brattleboro last week hold
ing a school of instruction and drill for
! the men and non.eommissioned officers
of Company |, left this week TO hold
similar schools in other parts of the
state. Sergeant Cody spoke highly of
| the work of both the nOn-commissioned
officers and men of the local company
and commented freely upon the spirit
of cooperation existing between the
officers and men.
AT the regular meeting of the Sc.
ectmen last evening the board organ,
! lied with John Calvin as chairman and
A. +. Merrill, clerk. Mr.. Calvin was
chosen overseer of the poor. Road mat
tiers were discussed by Road Commits
sioner ID. r. Perry and the selectmen,
and Mr.. Perry announced that he would
construct fill on Chestnut street and
build n stone wing wall and do con-
siderable work in the shape of a fill on
the west side of the iron bridge near
the Estey factory.
The order of services Sunday in
Salvation army hall will be Sunday
school at IL a. M; Christian praise ser.
vice at 3 O'Clock in the afternoon; re-
vival service at o'clock y. m. Ser
vices will be held in the hall every
evening during the coming week except
Tuesday evening. Arrangements are
being made for special services March
% and 90. Robert j. Traynor and the
Mount Hermon Y. NJ. G. A. male quar-.
tet will have charge of the meetings on
the two dates mentioned.
Miss Ada Stafford, for a number
of years engaged in district nursing
under the direction of the Lincoln
Neighborhood House, has accepted the
position of nurse in charge of the tu-
berculosis camp in this town. She en-
tered upon her duties Monday. Miss
Stafford is a graduate of the nurses
training school of the New Haven,
Conn. general hospital and of the Wal.
lingfoTd, Conn, sanitarium for tuber-
culosis. She also took course in dis
trict nursing in Boston and was active
" identified with milk and baby ny
giene work in that city.
1t is expected the decorators will
begin to put the color on the ceilings
and side walls OF the Masonic temple
next week as the sizing has already
been laid. The stock for the bowling
alleys arrived Tuesday and n repre-
sentative of the Balk- Calender com
pany will come to Brattleboro in few
days to put the alleys in position. II
is expected that the billiard tables will
arrive within few DAYS. The hard
wood floor is being laid in the room 10
be used by the Eastern Star. The
steel ceilings in the upper part of the
club house have been put on this week.
The brotherhood class of the Cen
tro church. which is devoting its atten-
ton to social problems, at its regular
session Sunday afternoon discussed the
public utilities of this country, espe-
cially the railroads. A history of rail
road building in this country was given
briefly by j. G. Stafford, and the devol-
opment of the railroads of the country
was outlined in detail. Arthur i.
Clapp spoke of the railroad systems of
European countries, contrasting them
with those of America. +. j. Guthrie,
agent for the Central Vermont railroad
at Brattleboro, and Il. G. Crosby will
speak upon railroads at the meeting Of
the class Sunday afternoon.
The annual entertainment by the
pupils of ST. Michael Parochial school
will be given Friday evening. March
II, at Festival hall. The program is
as follows: Piano solo, La Chase In
female (Kolling). Miss Mary Yauvey;
recitation, Fontenoy (F.. Dayis), Mas
ter Louis Kaine; operetta, Grandma s
Birthday &c. A. White); recitation,
nard Dunlevy;wreath drill, senior girls;
vocal selection. Riding e. Spaulding),
Junior boys; recitation. The st. Pat
rick IS Cross wv. A. Suttonl, Miss Ger:
trude Austin; selection (violin and
piano), Misses Agnes and Mary Gal
vim; accompanist. Miss Agnes Blake.
The annual meeting and dinner of
the West River Lumbermen 8 associa-
ton took place in the Brooks House
Wednesday when the following officers
were elected. President, j. III. lib
bets of West Wardsboro; vice presi-
dent, L. f. Holden of Brattleb0ro; sec,
rotary and treasurer, Willis TAFT OF
Townshend: directors, III. l.. Gould OF
Windham, G. H. H0llenbeck Of Jamaica,
A. B. Stark of Jamaica and M. j. Hap
good of Peru. Several matters pertain.
ing to freight rates were discussed and
it was voted to make test case of the
law in regard to demurrage rules. This
law allows shippers four days to load
and four to unload, but the federal
law allows but three days and the lat
ter is the one to which the rules of the
railroads conform.
Archie Beebe. Boston & Maine
passenger brakeman. was injured at
Bellows Falls early Monday morning by
falling from a car. He was brought to
Brattieboro on the owl train, of which |
he was a member Of the train crew,
and taken to the Brattleboro Memo
rial hospital where it was found that
he had several broken ribs and num-
her of cuts about his face and head.
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