The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-08-25

Crosby Adams, formerly Of this
town, tied with z. Z. Greene for low
score IN the special golf handicap Mt the
Springfield, Mass, Country club Satur.
day' He had gross score 81, his handi
cap of 10 making net score of "a.
Miss Florence NJ. Wellman, super
visor Of the grades, will give examna-
tlons 10 pupils who desire to enter the
grades and to pupils who have been
tutored through the summer nj the
supervisor s Office Friday and Saturday,
Sept, ! and 9. All new pupils should be
enrolled at this time.
Fred ii. Harris Of this town was
defeated in the third round of the
national tennis tournament at New.
port, r. J., Wednesday by Raymond d.
Little o., 6.l, 90. Oscar Marshall of
santa Monica, Cal, former resident
of this town, was a participant also, be.
ing defeated in the first round.
The husking sheds at the Snowflake
canning company's factory have been
oyerhauled during the summer and ad-
ditions have been built. The corn has
begun to arrive and the plant will be
started within a few days. The com
pany's factory at Westminster was
started this week.
During the months of July and
August IL states were represented by
visitors at the Masonic temple The
states from which the guests registered
were Vermont, Pennsylvania, Massa.
chusetts, New jersey, New York. Rhode
Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire,
Kansas, Iowa, South Carolina and
Georgia.
! Foreman George F. Norbert, who
is IN charge of removing the ledge op-
posite the Central Vermont passenger
station says he will practically com
plete the work this week. With an ad-
ditional force of men he will complete
the building of the highway from the
| freight station to the top of Vernon
street hill. The men will arrive this
week and next week will find the work
| being rushed.
| Town Clerk Carl S. Hopkins has
| started work this week on compiling
| the vital statistics of the town of Brat
tleboro previous to 1857 and for the
| year 1868. The task of examining every
church record of the town beside all of
| the town records will require many
months and il is likely that the 1000
cards ordered for indexing the data will
not be returned TO the office of the Sc
eretarv of state until sometime next
spring or summer
A party of II boys composed
principally of members of +. Y. Morse 8
class in the Baptist Sunday school left
Monday for week s camping trip at
Silver lake in Keene, n, II. A, R. Cow
was in charge of the party and Mr..
Morse joined them later in the week.
The party consisted of Roy Adams,
Verne Adams, Charles Herrick, Ernest
Herriek, Elmer Gray, Verne Thayer,
Robert Thayer, Enroll Richardson,
Joseph Eckles, Hubert r. Hall and
William Curtis.
The Spofford Lake Fish and Game
league is TO hold its annual meeting
and dinner at Pine Grove Springs Fri
day, Sept. s. 1t is expected that the
attendance win be a large one. The
following ticket committee has been
appointed E. G. Robertson, Hinsdale;
F. T. Pearson, Keene: Harry l.. Elmer
son. Brattleboro; C. II. Slade, Walpole;
w. X. Ware, b. C. Thatcher. Chester
field: A. A. Whitman, W. j. Reed, West
moreland: G. f. Whitcomb, ir., Swan
zey; John II. Dickinson, Ashuelot; j. II.
Stearns. ]. w. York. Spofford; George
F. Amidon, West Chesterfield.
-Quartermaster L. d. Taylor has
this week enlarged the band room for
the First Regiment band and built
large room adjoining the band room for
storing uniforms, and state and govern
ment equipment. making fine quarters.
The band goes to camp Sept. II with 20
PLAYERS, one cook and drum major 81
men) and will return home on the early
train Sept. 26, the first dav of the far.
Special permission has been granted to
break camp a dav before the regiment
in order to play the three days of the
-, laf fnr ell 10 M
ever before and rare treat is expected
at the Valley fair
The annual reunion of the Wind,
ham County Veterans association VIII
be held at Barber park, Bellows falls;
Thursday, September Z. AS to ralIroa1
rates the executive committee deed.
cd II could not guarantee the number OF
fares required by the company, for
special train and consequently all those
attending will have to pay regular rates
unless thew secure mileage books, Com,
rades and friends at Bellows Falls Will
nroyide beans, brown and white. bread
and coffee. No more delightful place
can be found than Barber park 1or such
a gathering. Good music, good speeches.,
recitations and all that goes TO MAKE
up a rousing camp fire VIII DE Cd the
program.
-Digpine operations begun by the
First Baptist society to locate leak IN
a small pipe extending from the chnfch
TO a distributing house of the western
Aqueduct company on hag rn sste1 reo NEST
Of Charles R. Crosby Saturday alter
MON Mr.. Crosby found that the eexca.,
vation would extend across his AVN
and intimated to the men In charge
that he would prefer to have them
enase onerations. The church trustees
showed Mr.. Crosby documents to the
effect that the church society could uls
m his lawn, but they did not convince
him. The matter was adjusted eenipof
rar;iv when Mr. Crosby put gang OF
non Of work filing up the trench ana
tbe church people agreed to, wait nntli
ono If the trustees who is absent from
town should return.
Employees of the Connecticut hlte5
Power company on SATURDAY % Ion5
Of 7 O. Frost in Vernon parallel to tne
onmnany q transmission line and cen-
norarv Injunction was secured from
T,age r T.. Waterman restraints thelh.
~ Frost ordered the workmen TO stop
cntt;nc the trees and as they did not az 40
so he Communicated with ATTORNEYS "
p Davis and Fl. G. Barber OF brau.re
horo The two attorneys IN colhpan nt
TO M,' Vernon and compelled, choppingg oe or
eerations to cease. The deputy sner nn
was left in charge of Mr.. Fros s pra ptH,p
erty and the attorneys came 4rain " order.
M p1ro F %ne claims that 100 pine trees
MI MI. r nut and that he has been damaged
TO the amount of $4,000.
Accepting the r inX psatT who III said said
Gomm ll1set That he was open to sugges-
lasI WET in The matter of an approach TO