Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-12-29

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chapel service at the Retreat Sunday af-
ternoon at 3 O'Clock.
In Grange hall Tuesday evening, Jan.
3, e. Wales will start a special term of
six weeks for advanced classes in dane
ing.
a good sized crowd attended the auc-
ton sale advertised by Mosher & cobb
Saturday afternoon. An accumulation of
vehicles and harness and three horses
were disposed Of at fair prices.
Sunshine society, branch l, will holI
its annual Christmas entertainment at
the tow farm Friday afternoon, Jan 5,
going to West Brattleboro on the car
that leaves Prospect hill at las o'clock.
Although a mall matter in itself, a
change recently made in the slot for
letters at the post office is much appre-
ciated by the public. Formerly the let
tiers stuck in it, but now it is in a hori-
zontal position and the slide to the box
has been fixed so that letters and post
cards are mailed without trouble.
Jerry Curtin won the prize for the two
highest consecutive strings on the box
ball alleys at the Star bowling alley last
week and James Lyons took second
money. Curtin also broke the alley
record for a single string Saturday when
he rolled 245, and this week he has been
trying to win the $25 prize offered the
first person who rolls $50. Carl Ellis
won the first prize for pinball. A. w.
Curtis won the turkey for the largest
number of games won during the week.
Keen rivalry between the Blues and
the Reds has developed since the OPEN
ing of the railroad pitch tournament at
the Wheel club. The Blues are ahead
of the reds, % to 16. The Blues consist
of c. H.. Thompson, DR.. II. =. Greene,
f. w. Hall, w. +. Blanchard, II. E..
Harris, G. A. Wellman, Harrie Pratt, A.
Il. Wood, r. G. Allen and Timothy Sui
Ivan. The Reds consist of August Will
son, Fred Chamberlain, G.. o. Abbott, w.
c. Schorling, l.. X. Barber, Fred Harris,
Charles Voetsch, j. II. Evans, Glenham
Jones and Henry Wilson.
a quiet wedding took place Saturday
morning, Dec. %, at the brides home
on Western avenue, when Alice Louise
Allen and Ralph Edgar Perry were mar
ried by Rev, ID. +. Trout, pastor of the
Universalist church. Only the two fam
lilies were present. The bride and BRIDE
groom We're members of the class of
1905, Brattleboro high school, and the
bridegroom of the class of 1909, Worces-
ter Polytechnic Institute. Mr.. Perry is
Illuminating engineer for the Columbia
Incandescent Lamp company, of st.
Louis. Mo-, and is at present in charge
VI lut New IsuEldIlu ltIIllOIN. ne Is u
son of Mr.. and Mrs. James NJ. Perry of
Is Central street. The bride is a daugh-
ter of Mrs. Ella J. Allen. Mr.. and Mrs.
Perry are spending several weeks in
Maine. They will live in Springfield,
Mass.
The Brattleboro Woman's club is rem
dering a real service to the community
i'm securing DR.. Evangeline Young of
Boston for an address on Social hy-
giene' in the Congregational church
next Monday afternoon at $50 o'clock.
DR.. Young has been delivering lectures
to the women of Vermont under the
auspices of the state federation of Wo-
mans clubs. She also has spoken in
many New England cities, and imme-
diately following hers trip through Yer
mont she will begin a series of lectures
at the rooms of the New England Wo-
mans club in Boston. Last summer DIR.
Young addressed the women and girls of
Bar Harbor, Me, on THE care of the
body and was pronounced an exception
ally fine and interesting speaker, know
ing her subject thoroughly. Her lectures
are educational and as such will appeal
to those who nave not known how to ap-
proach the subject of social hygiene in
their conversations with the youth who
have every right to expect instruction on
this topic. No admission fee will be
charged for this lecture. The club ex-
tends an Urgent invitation to every wo-
man in town to hear DR.. Young.
With that ambition born of competi-
tive zeal, and with the American show
mans desire to outshine all others in
his line, Manager Vogel, the owner and
manager of Vogel's Big City Minstrels,
which will ppear in the Auditorium
Saturday night of next week, promises
the greatest first part setting ever seen
I'm a minstrel production. 1t will be
known as The Radium Palace" from
the fact that the entire stage will be
set of scintillating opalescent jets, OF
what might be termed imprisoned sun
shine The setting will be hung with
multi-colored beads. imported by Mr.
Nogel from the best and biggest factory
in Bucharest, Roumania. The beads are
strung on a double set of electric wires,
so made that an arc is formed in every
second bead, causing an alternating
prismatic spectrum that sends out
fla shes of color that is bewildering in
its magnificent, dazzling and fairy-like
beauty. The beads are %octagonal in
form and are colored on the inside and
the beveled edges of the beads cause a
refraction equal to three times the eight
sides. over G000 pounds of beads are
used, and if the alternating arc in each
succeeding bead is counted, it may be
said conservatively that over 1000 in
dependent jets of fire will shine oui
through the ~hangings with diamond-l like
~brilliancy.
Failing to dodge a skid which he
knew would be thrown into the air
Bosel Gregware of 10 Birge street wa!
struck on the head while unloading log!
in the s. A. Smith company's mill yarC
Saturday evening, and the outer bon'
in his skull was fractured. He was un,
conscious for a time and it was feared
that he might be fatally injured. but HI
Is recovering and 1t is expected that h,
will be able to return to work in a few
days. Mr.. Gregware Is employed by G
f. Gilman & Son, who have a contrac
to draw logs from the A. B. Clapp farm
to the Smith company mill yard. II,
and Charles d. Record, who lives a
the corner of Elm and Elliot streets
arrived at the yard about $40 o'clocl
Saturday night with a load of logs anC
started to unload them. In rolling
large log off the load 1t was necessar!
to use a skid in such a way that boil
men knew it would fly, but they plan
ned to dodge 1t. The skid flew as eX
pected and Mr.. Record, being younger
took himself safely out of harms way
Mr.. Gregware, who is over 60 years old
was unable to move as quickly as hi
companion and the skill came down upol
his head and bore hin to the ground un
conscious. Mr.. Gilman, who was at hi
home, was notified by telephone and h,
at once drove TO the mill yard and car
ried Mr.. Gregware home, where he wal
attended by DR.. r. II. O'Connor. Ii wa
lfOund that the inner LAYER of the skul