Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-09-08
BRATTLEBORO.


street Wednesday evening.
The regular city company of "a people
will come to Brattleboro Thursday even
ing, Sept IA in the greatest success,
1.-The Newlyweds and Their Baby Only
three engagements win be played in Yer
mont in Brattleboro, Barre and Mont
pelier. The company, which is the one
that plays in Boston, is in Albany TINS
week.
''The Girl who Dared" appeared at the
Auditorium Saturday evening before a
fair-sized audience. A matinee had been
booked, but because of the baseball game
IL was not given. The attraction was a
musical comedy with merit and the song
numbers were catchy and well received.
Sgnor Myckoff, the Russian dancer
pleased the audience with his specially
and had to answer to three encores.
Members of the Episcopal parish and
many Brattleboro friends of Bishop
A. c. A. Hall of Burlington. who has
been confined to his residence at Rock
Point several months, will be Interested
to know that Bishop Hall is gaining in
strength, but slowly. He left Tuesday
for Boston, thence going to Newcastle,
Maine, for a period of recuperaton
Bishop Hall has been i'll of heart weak
ness following a severe case of grip last
spring, which greatly impaired his health
and necessitated dropping almost wholly
his work.
a petition for divorce has been filed
in County Clerk f. d. Il. Stoves Of
flee by Josephine Howard Cross of Bel
lows Falls against Wesley G. Cross.
They were married in Massachusetts
three years ago last winter. Cross
had been working in a market in
Bellows Falls, and the acquaintance
mad been long time in progress.
The bridegroom did not, it is said,
begin to keep house or to provide
for his wife He went to Massachusetts,
for few months, when he left for Bur-
Iington, where he has been employed
nearly three years. Three years ago
this summer child was born. This the
father supported for time without 60
ing to see it. 1t is claimed that he
finally discontinued sending any money
for its maintenance, although continu-
ally promising to establish a home for
the family in the near future. Mrs.
Cross alleges desertion and refusal to
support. Pending the formal trial the
judge has awarded her SO a week ali
mOny.
George II. Sherwin of Keene, formerly
of this town, and Miss Stella FalS
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Falk
of Columbia road, Dorchester, Mass,
were married in the home of the bride S
parents Monday afternoon at o'clock.
DR.. Fleischer of Boston was the oficat-
ing clergyman and a single ring service
was used. The bride wore a travelling
suit with hat to match. Following the
ceremony a luncheon was served and
Mr. and Mrs Sherwin went on the even
ing boat to Portland Me, where they
will remain two weeks. On their return
to Keene they will room on Court street
until a new house which will be built
by the bridegroom's father is completed
The couple were well remembered with
gifts which included money silver, cut
glass and furniture. Mr., Sherwin is &
native Of Bra ttleboro and the son of II
y. Sherwin of the firm of Rockwell &
Sherwin, carriage manufacturers. He
graduated from the Brattleboro high
school with the class of 1904. Following
mis- graduation he attended the Pough-
keepse n. Y, business college and then
went to Keene where he has since been
employed in the Keene National bank as
clerk. The bride was a kindergarten
teacher in Keene about three years.
dn the international lawn tennis tour
nament at Niagara on-the-Lake last
week Fred II. Harris of Brattleboro won
two more handsome cups to add to his
collection of so trophies. Harris and
Miss Hazel Hotchkiss of San Francisco
won the championship in mixed doubles
defeating in the final round Baird, the
champion of Canada, and Miss Florence
sutton of Los Angeles. In the mems
singles Harris won all his matches ir
the preliminary rounds and went into
the finals against Whitney of Boston
In a hard-fought match for the cham
pionship Whitney won from Harris, al
though the Brattleboro boy took two ou
of the five sets. Harris is playing this
week in the Western New York tennis
tournament in Buffalo. Up to yesterday
he had won all of his matches. The Buff.
falo Express of Tuesday stated tina
Harris and Charles Benton, the cham
pion of the city of Cleveland and the
state of Michigan, were likely to bt
1inalists, although Kirkover of Buffalo
was expected to give a good account o.
himself. Since then Harris has defeat
ed Kirkover. The winner of the tour
nament will play Nat w. Niles of Bos
ton for the championship. At Buffalo
Monday Harris and Miss Florence SUIT
ton played an exhibition match agains
Bundy the noted Californian, and Mis-
May Sutton, formerly champion of tn,
United States and England. Bund!
and May Sutton won 6-3, GA.
The high school opened Tuesday
morning with the largest number of pu
pills enrolled in its history, PCS. Las
year there We're 2lO pupils at the open
ing of the school, SO of whom were il
fhe entering class. This year there ar,
10 in the freshman class. Because o
me large number OF pupils the member!
Of the commercial class are seated il
Miss Henshaw's room, No. 6, and tn,
freshmen are in the main room. Tn,
corps of teachers in the high school /!
The same as last year except that Their,
il an assistant in the commercial de
partment Miss Bessie Wood of Grafton
Mass, having been engaged to assis
Miss Clara L. Carruth of Spencer, Mass
Miss Carruth's father died Sunday nigh
and she was not present at the opennl
Of the term, but came Wednesday night
Miss Harriet Il. Rallion of Norwich
Conn, French and German teacher, vii
be at her post sometime next week. II
is expected. She has been in Germany
for study during the school vacation
Mrs. j. =. Elmer is again in school, tn,
school board having declined to accept
her resignation. The teachers in the
grades are the same as before but fol
the present term Mrs. w. T. Bruce 1,
substituting for Mrs A. NJ, Harlow, who
has a leave of absence for one term
The enrolment in the grades is $40
which is a few less than last years en-
rDlment A new law went into effect
this year increasing from 10 to 10 years
the age within which attendance is COM
pulsory and several have stayed out
not knowing of the change. When they
have been gathered in the enrolment
will be practically the same as last year