The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-03-03
THE BRATTIEBORO REFORMER, FRIDAY, MARCH 8. 1911

-Quoncktacut tribe OF Red Men VIII
work the adoption degree this Friday
slecp.
The D. A. Il. meeting for March 7
has been postponed. The date will be
announced later.
The board of civil authority will
meet In the selectmcn s room at .
clock tomorrow afternoon for the pur'
pose of revising the checklist,
The Outing club of Dartmouth col
lege has received n gift OF a silver cup
from 4. II. Harris of this town for the
ski championship. The trophy is to be
competed for annually.
-Lucier & Bissell Of North Adams
have rented the upper story OF the
Judge block on Main street and VIII
conduct n vulcanizing and tire repair
establishment. II is planned to do n
general repair business.
The final games in the Vermont
Wheel club pool tournament began TINS
week and eight have been played up TO
date, Harris Cray now standing ahead
with record of four victories and one
more contest scheduled The scores
are ms follows: Cray 10, lizard 20;
GRAY no, Greene SO; Cray ITO, Allen
So; Cray no. Fox 100: Allen 50, lard
81. Fox 10. Brasor ~; Allen 80, Bra
sor 20: Brasor 30, lizard 10.
Tonight g basketball game in Fes-
tival hall promises TO be one of the
best of the season. ST. Mary s squad
comes up from Turner's Falls and Man
ager Whitney of the Braitleboro indie
pendents will have the same team that
played Tuesday evening and promises
the visitors something right up TO the
minute in the shape of basketball.
The Turner's Falls aggregation, while
not an unbeaten one, is one of the
fastest in this section of New England,
The Songs That Mother Used to
Sing form the central theme of the pro-
gram which the Avlesworth Sisters Will
give nj their concert in the Centre Con-
gregational church Monday evening.
March 20. The quartet became very
well known last season through their
sony series in assisting in the Davis
and Mills eyangelistic campaign
through central New York state.
Auditoriums were too small to hold the
people who returned daily to hear the
same sweet songs.
Two of the annual spelling matches
were held nj the Canal street school
building Wednesday afternoon. In
the match between the third grade OF
the Main street school, taught by Miss
Inez Aklev. and the corresponding
grade of the Canal street school, taught
bv Miss Grace Pike, the result was
tie. The result of the contest between
the fifth grade of the Main street
school. taught bv Miss Gertrude Mars.
ton. and the fifth grade of Canal
street. taught by Mrs. Abbie NJ. Har.
low. was a victory for the Main street
class.
Carl S. Hopkins, assistant town
clerk found Tuesday evening that the
duties Of his office subjected him 10
calls al any time of day or night. lie
was called out of bed that evening
about 10 clock by telephone, and was
asked TO 90 to his Office in the village
10 issue "A marriage license for parties
from New HAMPSHIRE, who had pro
cured license in that state before
reaching Brattleboro TO secure the ser
vices of a clergyman. Uuon routing
ont clergyman. they found that II
would be necessary to procure license
in Brattleboro, and, being desperate to
have the knot tied before Lent, they
called Mr.. Hopkins. Mr.. Hopkins con
sented TO 90 to his office, while the
local clergyman waited patiently 10
perform the ceremony
Martha Jane iShellevl Eddy, Il,
widow of +. Webster Eddy, died at
the home of her sister. Mrs. Mary r..
KNAPP. As Chestnut street. Sunday
evening of neuritis after an illness or
six weeks. She was born in Cornish,
\. H., Dee. 9. 1910. and was the daugh-
ter of John Calvin and Helen Eliza
beth (Horton) Shelley, When a young
woman she went TO Stirling. Mass, to
live and there married +. Webster
Eddy, who died there 10 wears ago.
She came to Brattleboro eight years
ago to make her home with her sister:
Mrs. Knapp. Mrs. Eddy was quite deaf
and this infrmity prevented her from
attending MANY public events in when
she was Interested. She was a member
of a Unitarian church and also OF the
Rebekah lodge of Clinton, Mass. she
is survived by two sons Calvin W., OF
Brattleboro and Walter +. of Boston
and one daughter, Mrs. Thomas r.
FISH Of Leominster. Mass. Her sister,
with whom she made her home. is the
widow of Henry j. Knapp. Funeral
services were held at the home at
O clock Tuesday afternoon. Rev. ID; e.
front officiated and the body was taken
to Stirling, Mass, to be buried beside
her husband. Her son, Calvin. accom-
panied the body A nephew, Wilbur r.
Kuapp. and his wife of Leverett,
Mass, attended the funeral.