Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-05-05

Congregational church the "Grownup
Kindergarten was an entertainment
which was replete with fun from first to
last and a large crowd fully enjoyed the
different situations The income was
large and went to the treasury of the
ladies' union.
Miss Marion H. Clarke, daughter of DR..
c. T. Clarke of Burt place, Is winning
many laurels at the Leland Powers
school of oratory in Boston. The Boston
Traveller of last week speaks in the
highest terms of a graduation recital
given in Steinert hall in which she took
a prominent and very creditable part
Candidates for the Bellows Falls high
school track team reported to Coach r.
S. Elmer after school yesterday The
boys will work out every day until the
Brattleboro meet, and the outlook Is
bright for a victory this year. The
baseball team will play Keene high at
Keene tomorrow. The team was given a
rest Monday after the victory over the
old rivals, Bratteboro high school.
The new owners of the jewelry store
formerly run by w. j. Eaton & Co. in
Hotel Windham building took possession
Wednesday. The new proprietors are c.
c. Collins and II. E. Floyd, who came
from Glens Falls, N. Y. and the firm
name is Collins G. Floyd. The store has
been owned by w. ]. Eaton many years
having been bought from the late Mar
shall D. Jackson. The trade is a well
established and lucrative one and the
new owners seem to be hustlers.
The annual meeting of the Bellows
Falls Woman's club was held Tuesday
afternoon with a large attendance, Re-
ports were given showing a very salts
factory years work. These officers were
elected: Pres, Mrs. NJ H. Ray; first
vice pres, Miss Olive Prentice; second
vice pres, Mrs. George Rabbit; rec.
Sec, Mrs. Jay L. Livermore; cor. sec.,
Mrs. John o. Spring; treas, Mrs. VIM.
Slate; directors, Mrs. Edward Kirkland,
Mrs. James Keefe and Mrs. Edward l..
the Y. NJ. c. A. there.
The Bellows Falls Boom company have
been stretching their booms between the
piers in the river above the dam the past
two weeks in anticipation of the coming
of the two log drives. Both the drive of
the International Paper company from the
valley of the wild Ammonoosuc in New
Hampshire and the Connecticut Valley
Lumber company from the head waters of
the Connecticut in both Vermont and New
Hampshire will be of about the same
size as in former years. Both have been
started on their journey.
Rev. A. c. Wilson of Emmanuel church
last Sunday morning spoke at length to
his audience in regard to local conditions
in the housing problem az having it's in
fluence upon the tuberculosis ravages.
The subject is an interesting one but the
speaker did not think that we averaged
as bad in conditions here as in many
other localities, and yet it was a question
that called for investigation and treat
ment. Only one death occurred here
last year from the disease. In a few
localities the sanitary conditions are not
of the best but the average seems fairly
satisfactory.
Archie w. Beebe, the Boston e Maine
trainman who was seriously injured eight
weeks ago by being caught between the
cars and a coal shed at the station, was
able to return to his regular run Monday
and was the recipient of many congratu-
lations upon his narrow escape from
death. When the train was stopped
after he was seen to fall, he was lying
front of the wheels of the baggage car
and had they gone two feet further his
life would have been crushed out He is
still very lame and sore from broken
ribs and other bruises but is standing his
work well this week.
The first of May brought with it the
establishment again of a large number
of liquor saloons across the river in North
Walpole, probably about the same number
as previous to two years ago, which was
II. Extra police protection is being given
that village, and on our own side the
local force is having to put particular
attention to the vicinity of the Vermont
ends of the Connecticut river bridges A
material increase in the arrests both
sides of the river has resulted from the
increase of sales. The local municipal
court has had a number of cases during
the week and others are hanging fire.
The outlook is rather gloomy for being
able to keep the i'll effects of the sale of
liquor from being very much in evidence
in our village, but the trustees and police
are planning to use the utmost endeavors
to reduce its effects to the minimum.