Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-05-10


Jonas Leonard Sargent and Miss Fam
| ME May Brooks were married Tuesday
evening by Rev. d. E. Trout. They
were unattended. Mr.. Sargent is EN-
ployed by the White River Chair COM
| pany.
| The annual meeting of the w. c. T.
| U. will be held in the rest room next
| Monday afternoon at 8 O'Clock. officers
will be elected and reports will be
| given, after which the topic for dis
cussion VIII be "Woman's suffrage"
! The annual meeting of the stockhod-
| ers OF the Brattleboro & Whitehall Rail-
road company will be held in the Brooks
| House Saturday, May 25, at 1890 a. M
The business Is to hear the reports of
officers, elect a clerk and elect a board
| of directors.
The town is being we'll advertised by
means of the proposed pageant. with
| In the past week more than 5000
pageant folders have been circulated and
1t Is expected that several thousand
more will be sent through the mails in
the next few days.
A special meeting for sewing of the
N. 10. o. p. ladies' auxiliary will be
| held this evening in the home of Mrs
Ida Stafford on Elliot street. The next
| regular meeting will be held next Fri
day evening at 7.30 o'clock in the home
of Mrs. Ida Butler on Canal street.
Miss Rosabel Miller, whose name is
| given on page in the cast of char
acters for the band play, "A Night off. -
finds it necessary to be away on the
dates when the play will be given The
management has engaged Mrs. Alice
| Croll Coolidge to take the part Mrs.
| Coolidge has appeared in several enter
talnments with pleasing effect
| ha
meet will be held on the fair grounds
Saturday afternoon, May 25. The track
team has been out for practice every
day for several weeks under the direc-
ton OF Athletic Instructor Diedrich
Stolte and although several track men
also are members of the baseball team
good team is looked for.
Next Wednesday is the last day for
licensing dogs. After that date owners
VIII De flned $l5 and the animals kill
ed II they are not licensed. To date
Town Clerk c. S. Hopkins has issued
certificates for 364 CANNES, while last
year. at this time 1893 had been given
out. Under no consideration Is the town
clerk allowed to issue a license after
May 10, and a fine for himself and
death for the dog are inevitable.
Bailiff Scion A. Richmond Chief En-
glneer Harvey w. Sanders and Arthur
| lioi eoH' uilVer, went by automobile
| Sunday to Shelburne Falls to look I
horses which might be bought for the
use of the fire department. No avail
able animals were seen on the big pow
er projects there. The pair that was
sold last week has not been replaced
and pair owned by f. NJ. Whitney has
been kept in the fire station nights to
answer alarms.
Warrants have been posted calling a
special town meeting Monday evening,
| May 20, at o'clock D. M. to see if the
| voters Will vote to- exempt from taxa
ton for 10 years the Vermont Last
| Block company, which concern expects
| to begin at once the erection of a shoe
| last factory on the fiat north of Broad
brook, west of the highway on the Hunt
farm. No exemption is asked on any of
| the present property but such new
| property as shall be brought in or built
in connection with the establishment of
| the business
Ellen Frances Holton, wife of How
ard c. Rogers, died in Troy, N. Y, May
2. She was the daughter of Maj. Will
| liam Fl. Fl. and Harriet Bemis Holton
and was born in Jamaica July 4, 1874,
and went to New York when Major
Holton was appointed inspector in the
United States customs service She had
many friends here. She was held
in the highest esteem in the community,
as well as in the home of her later
years. In her own family she leaves
her husband and five children. Her
mother and two brothers, Charles w.
and Herbert NJ and one sister, Grace
L., wife of Edwin w. Washburn. all of
| New York, also survive. Mrs May
Webster and Mrs. C. A. Boyden attend
ed the funeral, which was held Sun
day in Troy.
| Of
will go to Woodstock next Tuesday
morning on the S54 train to attend
Tuesdays meetings of the annual ses-
sion of the grand bodies of Odd Eel
lows, which begins Monday night and
continues through Friday forenoon
Monday evening will be given up to de-
gree work. The annual session of the
department council, Patriarchs Militant
VIII be held at Tuesday, the school OF
instruction under direction of Major G.
A. Metcalf Of Brattleboro at II, a pa
rade at 2, dress parade and competitive
drills at and grand ball at $50. The
grand encampment annual session will
come Wednesday at 8, the annual bust
ness meeting of the Past Grand officers
association at p m, and the annua
reception and banquet of the association
at g. The grand lodge annual session
Is scheduled for Thursday at g. a re-
ception to the grand officers at p. m.
| anu ekefnpllncatlOn or the ReDekah de-
gree by Fidelity lodge of White River
Junction at 8. The Rebekah assembly
annual session will take place Friday
morning at g.
A large attendance is expected at the
3Oth annual convention of the Windham
county w. c. T. u, which will be held
In the First Baptist church of Brattle-
boro next Thursday and Friday. On
Thursday evening an address will be
given by Miss Elizabeth P. Gordon and
on Friday evening Mrs e. ]. Parmeee
state superintendent of the franchise
department will speak The conven-
ton Will open at 1890 a. M Thursday
and roll call will take place. At 2
p. M, following prayer and song SER
vice, Mrs A. j. Currier will extend
| greetings from the local union and Rev
| Dr. John r. Cow will extend a welcome
In behalf of the churches. Mrs. Mary
3. Morgan, president, will speak, fol-
lowed by department reports and a pa
per by Mrs. Belle Butterfield. More de-
partment reports will be given Friday
morning, also reports of county officers
and the election of officers. Following
the conservation service Friday at 100
memorial hour will occur and at 230
superintendents' round table will be
conducted. the subject being How my
department promotes prohibition" At 4
o'clock Mrs. L. w. Hawley will con-
duct childrens hour.
| union service will be held Sunday