Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-11-24

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| Ing in the church.
Alclde Marion and Irah d. Spaulding
will hold Waiting party in Grange hall
next Wednesday evening Leitsingers
orchestra will furnish music.
Memorial requiem mass for members
| of st. Mlchael's court Catholic Order OF
| Foresters was observed in st. Michaefs
Roman Catholic church Tuesday morn
ing Rev. Father NJ. J. Carmody cele- |
brating the mass
The first installment of steel for the
towers to be erected between the cleo |
trio power plant at Vernon and the |
plant at Sheburne Falls for carrying |
transmission lines arrived in Colrain Sat |
urday being transferred from Shelburne
Falls by street railroad.
In meeting of the Young Peoples
union of the Baptist church Tuesday
evening Raymond Bancroft, who was
treasurer, was elected president and Ev-
erett Wentworth was elected treasurer.
Miss Ruby Thurber was chosen chair
man of the music committee.
The first basketball game of the season
will be played in Festival hall Tuesday,
Dec IL, when the Brattleboro Athletics
will meet the Crescents of Keene. Other
games will follow as soon as schedule
can be arranged The scheme of Alex
G. Gon of Newport to have a league
composed of Keene, Bratteboro, Bellows
. | Fails and Newport mas not Deen received
with much enthusiasm In town.
The members of class No. 10 of the
BAPTIST Bible school had very pleasant
occasion Thursday of last week, when
large number met at Mrs. George Perce's
to sew for the sale the women will hold
Dec. IA in Grange hall. Mrs. Gale, the
teacher, was present and led in the de-
votlonal service, after which came the
business meeting. Then a delicious sup
. per was served, several invited guests
being present. Mrs Pierce made the
meeting very enjoyable, and it will be
remembered by all present.
+ The funeral of Mrs. Edwin d. Whit
ney was held in her home on Green
D street Friday afternoon, Rev r. NJ.
e Houghton officiating A profusion
$ of flowers testified to the love in
e which she was held by her many
friends. The burial took place in
d Mornngside cemetery, the bearers be-
: ing c. A. Harris, c. L. Stckney, f.
d b. Barrows and f. X. Barrows, Among
h those from out of town who attended
= the funeral were Mr.. and Mrs. George
v Barrett of Auburn, n. Y. Mrs. f. o.
: Whitney of Boston, Miss Sophia Brooks.
s Mrs. F. A. Hubbard, and Mrs. Myron
q Chaplin of Springfield, Mass. Mr. and
), and Mrs. Herbert Whitney of Fitchburg
IS and Mrs. Alice L. Whitney of Bernard
n ston.
e A delightful program was given by the
IS Colonial club in the First Baptist church
i. Tuesday evening, which was the first of
81 the course of entertainments under the
II auspices of the young women's societies
- of the Baptist and Congregational
20 churches The club consisted of four
n young women in colonial costume, Miss
70 Anna Eichhorn, violin; Miss Katharine
20 Halliday, cello; Miss May Parker, flute;
fe and Miss Natalie Kinsman, piano and
l. contralto soloist. The selections were
fe very pleasing and the club responded tc
J., encores after the first two numbers. The
10 young women played with fine musica
- sense and discriminating judgment. Each
- appeared in solo numbers except the
IN nutist and she had opportunity in some
q of the quartet pieces to display a So
al prano voice of rare sweetness and purity
n, The club left excellent impression
30 Road Commissioner d. T. Perry ha
been pushing ahead the work of grading
n South Main street from Pine street to thu
VS. junction of the Guilford and Vernon
al roads and expects to finish his part o
st the job within a few days. Work on tn
nd proposed extension of the street railwa!
e. along Pine street and along South Mail
r street may not be started until spring a
hit the fall Is so far advanced and becaus
" with snow on the ground it would no
lis be an easy matter to lay the rails. TIL
KS Brattleboro Water Works company
he pipes extend along South Main street an
ut by reducing the grade the surface of tn
H. for safety. On account of the danger o
nd their freezing they will be lowere
he probably two feet or more. This wi
he further delay the beginning of work o
,r- the street railway extension.
lat Starting from st. Adams Monda
CT. morning to inspect the Grand Trun
e- railroad system in Vermont, the publ
service commission and party of raj
le- road officials arrived in town Tuesda
in morning in a special train hauled by tn
It engine ST. Lawrence. A trip was mad
wo up the West River branch Tuesday an
ed that evening the party went as ia
,us north as Montpelier. They inspected tn
wo system to the New York state line Wee
he nesday. Those making the trip wei
is the members of the public service con
he mission, j. w. Redmond of Newpor
he chairman, S. H. Jackson of Barre. w. l
er. Warner of Vergennes, r. w. Spear
ON Newport clerk, also G. c. Jones, ger
ae, eral manager of the Central Vernon
IA railroad, ]. NJ Morrison superintendent
ing of buildings and bridges, and w. f. Co
err tello, superintendent of the New Loi
act don division.
roe "Ontario, beautiful lake region
n Canada" will be the subject of the ster'
inc opticon lecture in the Universalist churC
ne Sunday at p m. There are over II
slides, beautiful in coloring and descril
go tive of this interesting portion of Canad
~. The views will constitute trip fro
eek showing West Point. Catskill mountain
aeu Albany, Mohawk valley to Kingston, vii
.eu it's many places of interest them
TN through the Ridean lake region to Otti
10 wa the ca ital of the Dominion of Canad
rict with its points of interest. among the
ore the buildings of Parliament. The lectu
use and slides will describe the building
up the famous canal from Kingston to o
ere tawa in 1869 Glimpses of the love
nat lakes and rivers Of ontario will be seen
Ing the journey. All the slides are color'
Off and issued by the same house as Il
nry ones on Niagara" used last Sunda
j. Everyone welcome.
", The Merry Makers, two young WON
who will give the next entertainment
- the course by the Baptist and Congreg
e" tonal young women in the Congreg
q, a tional church next Thursday evenin
'a r have made an enviable reputation. MI
'ne Gertrude DeVine is the Cissy Lotus
e ni the lyceum platform as her limitations
a.. .sn both public people as well as music
eies instruments, children, etc, are lit
''Ne short of marvellous. She not only has
per fine voice, but the thorough knowled
u"- of its use. Anna Vernon Baker, ell
modeller. shadowgraphist and magica
to comes by her exceptional talent in t