Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-12-15

dance in the series in odd Fellows hail
Dec. %. Leitsingers orchestra will fur
nish music.
The masquerade ball which the local |
members of the Modern Woodmen of |
America announced would take place |
Dec. 49, has been postponed indefinitely.
Alcide Marion and Irah d. Spaulding
will hold another dancing party, their
second of the season, in Grange han
Jan. g. Letsinger's orchestra will fur
nish the music.
Miss Elizabeth S. Cotton of Easthamp-
ton, Mass, sailed Saturday for India to
we'd Dr. David Brainerd Spooner, nephew
of Mrs. +. w. Weeks and discoverer OF the
bones of Buddha. She was presented many
parting gifts.
The Meeting House Hill cemetery as
ISOLATION has received $500 from the es-
tate of the late G. D. Wallace of New
York, to be used in maintaining the
Meeting House Hill cemetery, where both
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace are buried.
The marriage of Miss Edith NJ. Moody
of Worcester, Mass. to Frederick e.
Hobson of that city will take place
Wednesday, Dec. 20, in Worcester. Miss
Moody formerly lived here and gradu-
ated from the Brattleboro high school in
the class of 1907.
John w. Vogels Big City Ministries of
more than so people will be seen in the
Auditorium Saturday, Jan. 8. glance
at the roster of this organization, to-
gether with Vogels reputation for handl-
ing nothing but the best precludes any
possibility of an inferior performance.
A petition for legislative authority to
acquire the Vermont Valley railroad was
filed with the secretary of state in Boston
Saturday by Lucius futile as president
of the Connecticut River railroad. The
Vermont Valley is now under lease to the
Connecticut River road, which is one of
the Boston & Maine properties.
The originality and strength displayed
by Charles Klein in the construction of
his great play The Gamblers, and the
excellence of the cast by which 1t Is
presented make it one of the most de-
sirabe dramatic offerings of recent
years. The Gamblers will be the at
traction at the Auditorium tonight.
Through the Vermont state federation
of Woman's clubs the Bratteboro club
is fortunate in being able to secure for
| Jan. 1 DR.. Evangeine Young of Bos-
ton who will give an address on Social
| hygiene" DR.. Young is well known in
medical circles, both as a physician and
as a speaker on this subject She is eX-
aiming physician of Mortified semi
nary as well as president of the alum
nae association of that school.
Bratteboro chapter, Daughters of the
American Revolution, held their Decem-
| Der meeting in the home of Mrs. c, b.
| Lamson Tuesday afternoon, Mrs. Lam
son and Mrs Emogene White, hostesses.
! This was a Christmas sewing party and
/ a large number of the members were
| present Opening exercises, roll call and
other business being over, pleasing re-
| freShments were served, while Mrs. y.
! L. Carpenter favored the company with
delightful piano selections. The meet
ing was informal, but very pleasant.
Two sisters of the late Edwin C. Will
der, living in New York state, came to
! Brattleboro recently and with the assist
ance of Undertaken Moran had Mr.
| Wilder's body taken from the cemetery
on Meeting House hill and conveyed to
Cornish n H., the boyhood home of the
deceased, and placed in the family lot
| Appropriate services were conducted al
the grave by Rev. T.. w. Sharp
| Another sister, who was unable to be
present, shared in the desire to have hei
brothers body placed beside his kindred
and near the home of his youth.
Fred II. Harris, the Vermont state ten
mis- champion, who holds IA champion
ships this year. is given handsome recog
milton by the ranking committee of the
United States National Tennis associa
ton in its annual report. In former year!
over Zoe players have been rated in nu
merical order, but this year the commit
tee names the first 10 players and 20 are
"cassed" Mr. Harris is in the list, be
ing classed with f. II. Whitney, the ma
tional intercollegiate champion; r. II
Palmer of New Jersey; r. c. Seaver, sew
eral years Massachusetts state champion
j. o. Ames Rhode Island champion, AM
other players who are known to follower
of the sport all over the country.
Mrs. Sophronla p. Houghton, 81, VIII
lived in Brattleboro during last white
with her daughter, Mrs. O. II. Stickney
died Monday in the home of her son i
Lyford, Texas. Mrs. Stickney left Tues
day night for Montour, Iowa, to atten
the funeral. The burial will be at To
ledo. a few miles from Montour. Mrs
Stickney will probably remain in tn
West during the winter. Mrs. lloughto
had been in Lyford only two or tire
weeks, having gone there from low
, to remain during the winter with he
, son. Mrs Houghtons maiden name wa
Putnam and she was born in Sutton
Mass, but lived many years in Whit
ingham going from that town to low
with her husband, David Houghton, 80 t
, 40 years ago. Mr.. Houghton died abou
, eight years ago. Besides her daughter
, Mrs. Stickney, Mrs. Houghton leave
three sons, A. l.. Houghton of Kansa
, and L. L. Houghton of Lyford, Texas
| A meeting of the Brattleboro Minis
teral union was held in the Congrega
) tional church Monday at $50 and was al
l tended by all the members but one. VIII
} was out of town. Rev. f. a. Wells {
; the Methodist church gave paper o
l The value of ideals" which cause
l much discussion. An interesting sermo
2 | by Rev. ii. A. Goodhue dealt with God
2 methods of revelation. The men and rel
gion forward movement was discusse
| and resolutions on the departure of Rev
, r. j. Lewis of West Brattleboro
, Chicago were adopted. The resolution
expressed hope for Rev. Mr.. Lewis
/ success in his larger and more eXactin
: field of service and put on record tn
unions appreciation of Mr.. Lewis as
, preacher of the Word, as an eXpoundt
of the truth as 1t is revealed to him
the light of reason, and as one who
, all his pastoral labors and in his intel
: course with his brother ministers an
p the community at large has endeavore
word and deed
About $50 odd Fellows from Greenfiel
; and Turner's Falls, Mass, came to Bra
n tleboro by special train Monday nlgl
e and the first degree was conferred upo
K two candidates by the degree team
9 Pocumptuck lodge, No, 81, of Greenfield
= F. n. Lyman degree master. They Wei
met at the station by $50 local member