The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-12-15

Elliot street and the lower end of
Main street have been given n much
needed flushing this week by employees
of the highway department.
The next meeting of the Ladies
Enterprise society has been postponed
until Jan. 3, when they will meet with
Mrs. Charles Sargent on Cherry street.
George r. Tucker has received a
Metz % three-passengor roadster which
he has been demonstrating on the hills
about this village during the week. He
is agent for the ear.
AT the meeting of Pocahontas
council ID. of F., last evening officers
were nominated. The annual meeting
and election of officers VIII be held
Thursday evening, Dee. II.
Rev. V. V. Johnson, executive sec
rotary of the Springfield, Mass, Men
and Religion Forward Movement, will
speak to the men of Brattleboro Sunday
noon in the Centre Congregational
church
The farce, Sunbonnets, which was
presented Mt the Christmas sale ana en-
tertainment of the women s missionary
aid society of the Baptist church Wed
nesday evening, had its initial perform
boro Retreat Saturday evening.
AS yet the Christmas rush in postal
and express business has not begun
though carriers look for increased re.
CENTS the first of the coming week. EN-
press messengers say that "do your
shopping early" advice has made but
little difference with them. Christmas
trade with the local merchants increased
n bit this week and all of the shops are
in holiday attire with attractive window
displays.
The prophecy is made that Brattle'
boro will have a lodge of Elks within q
wear. There are nearly 20 members of
the organization living in Brattleboro
who are affiliated with the keene, \.
II. lodge. Ii is announced that consld.
erably more than that number have IN.
dictated desire to Join n local lodge If
one should be formed and ii is likely
that some move will be made in the
matter another spring,
Bellows Falls high school baseball
and track prospects received dlscon'
certing wallop last week when Francis
II. Provost. 10, president of the ath-
letic association, manager of the base
ball team, and star all.around athlete,
announced his decision to leave school.
Provost pitched great ball for. the high
school nine last spring, besides being
very effective with the cudgel. He
proved to be dark horse of the Brattle-
boro track meet, winning the pole vault
from Harris of Brattleboro with ease.
In 1910 Provost was star at half.back
for the football team, but did not play
this fall.
DR. and Mrs. Frederick Gwyer
while driving near the .jillson farm on
Dummerston hill Monday morning about
s clock. were thrown ont when the
horse, a nervous animal, bOlted. DR..
Gwyer sustained three fractured ribs
and was severely bruised. Mrs. GwYer
escaped with a sprained wrist in add
ton to numerous bruises. DR.. G. k.
attend them. Dr. and Mrs. Gwyer had
visited the Jillson farm and were leav-
ing when their horse suddenly SHE'D at
something in the road and went into
the ditch. The horse and vehicle were
not injured,
Speaking of real humor in a high
school paper there was bit OF the elu-
sive element in the last number of the
Brattleboro high school paper that IS
worthy of remark. The B. H. ). humor-
ISL NUHubIttl IL tut iptlluNN a hlls man
agement cancelled the football game
scheduled for Nov. Is. on account of the
weather condition, as it declared, or
rather because the B. F. H. S. manager
was afraid to "risk'' the newly.won
laures. 1t is absolutely necessary, how
ever, carefully to peruse and compare
the respective records of the two teams
for one to arrive at a full appreciation
of the humorous touch in the article
Bellows Falls Times.
Miss Rose C. Mead has resigned
her position as teacher in the book
keeping department of the Clawson-
Hamilton commercial college to take a
similar position in the commercial de-
partment of the Stroudsburg. Penn,
high school. Miss Mead received the
notice of her appointment early this
week. She began her work in the
Clawson- Hamilton college the first of
October and has given excellent salts
faction. She was graduated from the
Drexel Institute in Philadelphia last
year and her appointment comes
by recommendation of Miss. Guest, q
classmate whose position she is to take,
Miss Guest being obliged to give up the
work on account of illness. Miss Mead
will begin her work at Stroudsburg
Jan. 2. Her home is in Hinsdale, n. H.
Though it may not be known to the
people of Brattleboro\ this town can
boast of the largest lens grinding
equipment of any retail optical estab-
lishment in New England. Jordan \
Son have recently installed three auto
matte lens grinders and several other
pieces of machinery used in the conduct
of an up-to-date optical plant. These
automatic grinders are fascinating
piece of machinery to watch as they
will turn out a lens ground exactly the
shane desired without the touching of a
finger to the apparatus. III. F. Jordan
the head of the concern, has recently
been reappointed by Governor Mead as
a member of the state board of optom-
etrv. He is at present president of that
body. and it is almost entirely through
the efforts of Mr.. Jordan that fake opti-
clans have been driven out of Vermont
through drastic laws passed to restrain
irresponsible vendors of optical goods.
The Hoadlev apartments in the Ar.
mory building. under the proprietor
ship of J. A. Hoadlev, are ready for oc-
cupancy. having undergone a thorough
renovation. Each of the 90 rooms has
been painted and papered The wood.
work in the halls has been revarnished
and rubber carpets have been laid the
entire length of each hall The walls
of the halls on the third and fourth
floors have been hung with many pic
lures, and palms and potted plants have
been placed at various intervals through
the halls. The electric light fixtures
which were suspended from cords have
been replaced with two chandeliers in
each room. The electrical work was
done by Horton d. Walker. The office,
which was formerly at the rear of the
building on the third floor. has been
moved to the front of the building on
that floor and entirely reftted. Auto.
matte gas heaters have been installed
by the Twin State Gas & Electric COM
panv in the bath rooms. The entrance
to the apartments is indicated by gold
lettering on the door of the Main street
entrance.
A +anpin tournament is soon to he