The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-11-17
THE BRATTIEBORO REFORMER FRIDAY, NOVEMBER H. 1911

w "Ihhge hall thanksgiving eve.
Brattlcboro lodge, y. T., O. f., will
hold its regular meeting next Wedncs
day evening IN Red Men 5 hall NJ 80
o clock,
Bingham chapter, No. 80, q, T., s.,
will give social TO MasOns and their
ladies in Masonic temple Wednesday
evening, There will he dancing from :
TO T. o clock
II. II, Strccter purchased Weducs
day of II. q. Barber the barber shop on
Main street which has been operated
for several months by John lnrrow. Mr..
Strceter took possession yesterday.
Tho New England auxiliary will
meet this evening with Mrs. d. \.
Wilder in the Ullery building. Every
member is urged TO be present rs il will
be the last meeting before the annual
fair
The women of the rnivcrsaist So
ciety will hold reception for the
babies and their mothers IN the church
| parlors Thursday afternoon from to !.
All the mothers of the parish who have
small children are requested 70 come
aud make this day success.
The assignment Of superior Judges
| for the coming year sends Judge A. \.
| Hall TO Windham county for the term
beginning April 9, 1912, and Judge F..
| NJ. Butler here for the term beginning
/ sept. .. The supreme court will hold q
I special session in lirnttlehoro begin.
ming Feb. %,
The transformer house at the Fort
( hummer Mills will be ready TO receive
the roof tomorrow night The roof has
2 81
and the biz hot water boiler for heating
| the plant has been put into commission.
| About H. machiuistS are assembling the
machines in the main factory,
The G5-foot wooden stack support,
/ ing AN elevator upon which building
| materials were hOisted from the ground
| to the third story of the Austne build-
! inc blew down some time Sunday after
noon and was demolished No damage
was done but work was retarded Mon
| day as il was necessary TO rebuild the
| structure.
The installation of the officers of
| the Knights of King Arthur was held
/ in the ycstry of the CnivcrsaliSt church
! last week Thursday evening After the
/ installation exercises "A luncheon was
/ served and the remainder of the evening
/ spent ia games. The committee in
! charge of the supper and exercises was
! Hayden Randall, Hugh Stowell and
George Thompson.
The S2.foot chimney of the boiler
/ house of the Fort Dummer Mills was
1 completed Saturday afternoon and all
! of the bricklayerS employed on the job
and MANY other mechanics climbed 10
! the top 10 view the country round
about. According to a custom followed
| bv hricklaycTS when completing 4
! chimney an American flag was waved
! from the top of the structure.
The cold wave which originated in
| the west reached BrattleDoro Sunday
! night. bringing Il temperature drop OF
over 20 degrees The strong south wind
which blew all Sunday afternoon veered
| into the northwest about ~ =. m, turn
| inc rain into hail. and by morning the
mud in the highways was frozen solld
! SUNDAY was the toughest day of the sea
son on the river. the heavy wind kick
! ing NJ waves that were almost too
much for small motor craft.
Thermometers at West Brattleborc
registered % degrees above zero Mon
| day morning. At ) o clock Sunday after
moon the temperature in this village
was - degrees. This sudden fall in
Temperature tied NJ operations Monday
morning on the grading of South Man
street, the building of the cement wal
in the freight ward and at the Austlnc
institution. Everything was fIoleI
hard and it was impossible to lay bneR
for several hours during the forenoon
-Clvde. the l4-vear-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. G. Horton, received
fracture of the left forearm SATURDAY
afternoon at Island park while playing
with several companions who were
kicking football. The boys were moi
engaged in regular game but eaci
one rot q kick AT the ball whenever
he could As young Horton feli upol
the bah several of the boys rushed a,
him and one of them must have stepped
mon his arm breaking the small bone
Dir. II. u. Greene took the boy to tn'
Memorial hospital in his automobil'
and the fracture was reduced.
Those attending the stereopticol
lecture in the Congregational churcl
Friday evening were well repaid. Ih'
| subject was The Mountain People o.
Kentucky and the lecturer was Parke1
". Fisher, Knox county kentueklan
who has spent much of ms IRE afllohi
the people of that state and Is en-
deayorinp to educate them. The story
fold Inv this earnest worker among TN
mountaineers was not only interesting
Int very dramatic at times and ms rel
erences to moOnShincrs and their hablts
callino them by name, Indicated ina
he was entitled to their confidence m
far greater degree than many OF III
neighbors.
General Manager George G. Jones
cbiaf Enoinoer J. ". Morrison, Assist
ant Engineer J. NJ. Denison and Road
master w. p. Elrod of the Central Yer
mont railroad were in Brattlebor'
/ Monday on their annual tour of inspec
tion of the road. The party traVele'
on the engine st. Lawrence, as the gen
oral managers private car IS beng re
hniit in the shops at Port Huron, Men
| Absence of sleeping accommodation
made If necessary for the party to re
main in Brattleboro Sunday evening
I Tho officials went south Monday fofe
noon after looking over the new foa'
from the height of land on Sern9l
street to the freight station ana max
inc tour of the local freight yard.
The Brattleboro garage IN tn
Armory building, which has been CLOSED
for a few weeks during winch an lnpeh
i torv has been taken and the bushes
reoroanized, is to he continued nnde
tbe same name for the present. IT IS eX
nected that corporation will be forme'
70 operate the establishment some nm
during the coming month. Il. L. Greene
manager of the garage under the forhe
ownership, is to remain as tne sale
manager and those interested III io. II,
inc the new corporation INTEND lnat an
concern shall handle several stanuaI'
makes of automobiles besides a conlpl ea
/ line of supplies. The garage openeu ~
business this week and whlle tne 4 ton
p ,ooropiIv II is expected that another, sea
son viii find the usual working fore
| nmnlnNed.