Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-08-11

road bridge has been Favored by the fine
weather and the low water in the river
The water is rapidly being taken from
the basin between the dam and the
rapids by the use of large pump with
an eight-inch outlet. Men have been
at work on the large blocks for extend
ing the abutments, which will be finish
ed before the work on the two new piers
begins.
on account of a large number of
changes in the telephone lines in this
town, occasioned by many people chang
ing to private of two-party lines, the
telephone directory which has just been
published with the old numbers Is a great
inconvenience to the subscribers The
company expects, within a short time, to
publish a supplementary directory which
will contain the new numbers. There are
now about $50 subscribers connected with
the local exchange.
Miss Marion Gertrude Blake, eldest
daughter of Henry l.. Blake of Atkinson
street, will be married Saturday of this
week to Morton George Wiley of Chica-
go. Miss Blake graduated from the Bel
lows Falls high school in 1906 and until
recently has been employed by the Yer
mont Farm Machine company as stem
ographer. Mr. Wiley is salesman in
the employ of the Marshall Field COM
pany and spends six month of the year
in their store in Chicago, travelling the
remainder of the year. Mr.. and Mrs.
Wiley will live in Oak Park, Ill.
The restaurant and lunch room on the
School street stairs, which has been run
for several years by Murvell Y. Burnett,
has been sold the past week to John
Morris and Peter Photopoufos Mr.. Bur
nett has conducted a very satisfactory
restaurant and had large patronage
the past year, and retires from the bust
ness only because of scatic rheumatism
with which he has suffered many years
The new proprietors are Greeks and are
active and aggressive young men. The
restaurant is to be conducted somewhat
in connection with the Washington
Candy company's ice cream and candy
parlors in the first story of the same
building, the candy company being inter-
ested in the restaurant deal,
The town clerks office has received
this week from the secretary of state
the blanks for furnishing all available
records of births, marriages and deaths
which occurred in the town of Rocking
ham previous to 1857 These vital records
are to be searched for through the early
records of the town, and from all avail
able sources, church records and other
wise. Previous to the year 1857 the
state of Vermont had no system of keep
ing these records, but from that time
records of the town are substantially
complete, and reported some years ago
to the secretary of state. The hunt for
earlier records was authorized and re-
quired by a special act of the legislature
at the last session. 1t will entail upon
the town clerks office a large amount OF
labor if thoroughly done.
Owing to the recent reduction in price
for private and two-party telephones
many of the local subscribers have taken
advantage of the reduction and the tele
phone company has been obliged to in
crease it's plant. A large cable will be
strung on Westminster street, the poles
for which are to be owned jointly by the
Electric Light company and the Tele-
phone company, as is the case on Pine
street, School street extension and on
Bridge street to Island street. The West
minister street cable will be large enough
to accommodate all lines now in use in the
southern part of the town, with extra
sections for future development New
cables already have been run on several
of the streets, including Atkinson, Rock
ingham, School, Pine and Island streets.
The funeral of Mrs. Harriet A. Hill
| dreth, 81, whose death August was re-
corded in The Phoenix last week, was
| held Monday, Rev. Dr. A. p. Pratt Of
| ticiating Musical selections We're rem
| dered by quartet consisting of Miss
| Alice H. Jackson, Mrs. B. L. Haines
| w. e. Stockwell and Paul w. Thayer
| lnterment was in Oak Hill cemetery. The
| bearers were II. c. johnson, C. w. Os-
| good, N. G. Williams and l.. s. Hayes
! Those present from out of town were
| Mr.. and Mrs. o. II. Fay from Keene, j
| Y. Hildreth, Mrs, Ella Stearns, Mrs. A
| w. Rockwell, Mrs. L. e. Holden and
| Mrs. d. w Tenney of Brattleboro; Will
liam Kelley of Lowell Mass; Mrs. Lau-
IA Dutton and Miss Dutton from SaXtons
| River. Mrs. Hldreth was born in Dunn
merston July u, 1920, and was a grand
daughter of Thomas Clark, one of the
early settlers of that town. In 1SiS she
was married to Edward Whitney Hill
dreth of Chesterfield, n. H. Four chill
dren We're born to them, two of whom
| survive. Fred c. Hildreth, cashier o.
| the Vermont Farm Machine company
and Miss Hattie Hildreth. She hat
been resident of this place since 1856
and a member of the Congregations
church since 1870.