Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-06-21
BRATTLEBoRO.

park at o'clock. The women are re-
quested to bring cake.
The annual convention of the Vermont
camps OF the League of Spanish Amer
lean War Veterans Is being held here
today. Delegates from the six camps in
the state have arrived. The members of
ID. F. Curtin camp are the hosts during
the convention.
The spring term of the free kinder
garten in the Emerson building was fin-
ished today. Sessions at the playground
during the summer will begin on July
s. H. L. Emerson has given all the
children great pleasure by taking them
by automobile to Dummerston. Mr.. EN-
erson also furnished ice cream for the
last session today.
The marriage of Houghton Seaverns,
office manager of the Holstein- Friesian
Association of America, and Mrs. FLOR
ence Waite Blood took place shortly af-
ter 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon in the
home of Mr.. Seaverns's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs f. A. Seaverns, in Jamaica Plain
Mass. Rev. j. NJ. Sherman, an Epis-
copal rector, performed the ceremony.
Deputy Sheriff C. E. Mann of this
town feels confident that he will be
nominated for sheriff in the county
convention. He claims 81 instructed del
egates and enough others pledged so
that he will have n majority. There Is
no opposition to II. G. Barber of Brat
teboro for Senator from the southern
district or to A. V. d. Piper of Jamai
ca for states attorney
reception was given by Sedgwick
Woman's Relief corps Friday evening in
Grand Army hall in honor of Mrs. Ida
Il. Goodenough, department president of
Vermont; Mrs. Calista II. Bangs, past
department president; Miss Helen New
man, department secretary; Mrs. Emily
Allen, department treasurer; Mrs. Ada
NJ. Pierce of Putney. department inspec-
tor and Mrs. Helen Miller of the exec
utive board
The trial of the case of the state
against Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Alexander
of West Brattleboro will take place
before Judge w. r. Daley in the NUM-
cipal court Monday The respondents are
charged with assaulting Mrs. Mary c.
Clisbee, who lives with them and is so
years old. On being arrested and being
arraigned in court they were placed I'M
der bonds of $50 and were released on
| their own recognizance.
The annual basket picnic of the Meth
| odist Sunday school will be held on the
| Valley fair grounds tomorrow, Saturday.
| All members and friends of the church
and Sunday school are given a cordial
| invitation to attend. AS many as find
| it convenient are requested to assemble
| at the church to join those taking the
regular car that leaves West Bratte-
boro at 8 a. M, and to bring luncheon
| for two Those having baseball requ-
| sites and any portable games are asked
| to bring them also. If the weather is
| stormy the picnic will be postponed to
Saturday, June 29, under the same ar
| rangements.
Aviator Irah Spaulding met with two
| accidents in Bloomington, Illinois, June
Z. In the morning when two miles out.
side of the city the wind forced MIN t.
descend quickly and he landed in a small
| enclosed field. The front of his machin,
was slightly damaged by striking
fence. In the evening he made a goot
fight of several minutes, but his motor
was not working right and when h,
landed in a rough field a front whee
struck knoll and the front of the ma
chine was smashed. Spaulding wen
from Bloomington to st. Louis. 1t Il
understood that he will give flights II
the future under the auspices of tn,
Glen Curtiss company of Hammandsport
N. Y
Surveyors are locating the western
boundary of the Boston & Maine rail
road land leased and occupied by TIN
West River railroad between the rail
road arch and the West river bridge /
has been found that the railroad own
land thought heretofore to belong to pri
vate parties. AS staked out it take
about two feet off the Durham Brother
| company store, takes a generous slic
Off the rear of the premises occupied b.
George c. Averill and runs through tn
Balestier house on Walnut street. A pill
driver has been put in operation nea
the canning factory this week, driving
piles for the foundation for the ives
abutment of the proposed bridge acros
| the river.
Laurence James Macdonald of Mon
treal and Miss Ellen Florence Sullivan
of Prince Edward Island We're marrie
in st. Michael's Roman Catholic churc
Tuesday morning at 7.30 o'clock by Rev
Father M. j. Carmody. They were un
attended. The bride carried a Shove
| bouquet of white carnations and maid
enhair and wore gown of peacock blu
bengaline and a black picture hat witt
ostrich plumes. Following the ceremon
they were rendered wedding break
fast in the home of Mr. and Mrs. DAME
j. Stolte on Forest street. Mrs. Stolt
is cousin of Mrs Macdonald. Tn
rooms in which the breakfast was serve
were decorated with mountain laure
and ferns and until the couple left TO
the lilo o'clock train they were ten
dered an informal reception by few
intimate friends. After a wedding tri
to points on Lake Champlan and II
Canada they will live in Montreal Mrs
Macdonald was night superintendent o
the Memorial hospital several month
three years ago, and during her resi-
dence in town made many friends. MI
Macdonald is a resident of Montreal an,
Is commercial traveller. His brother
Walter Macdonald attended the wed
ding.
The summer schedule for trains ma
been arranged and although the loca
board or trade asked for train tina
would leave here to connect with tn
1925 o'clock train out of Keene at Soutl
Vernon the new schedule does not sboy
that the board has been successful. Per
sons going to New York will have t
leave at 5,3S or at 9.13. Following /
the schedule which will go into effec
Monday morning: Trains bound sout
arrive In Brattleboro at 22O a, M. fror
the White mountains, going to New Yor
city; $40 a. m. for New London So
a. m. for Springfield and New York
$50 a. M, for New London; 9.13 a. n
for Springfield and New York; 10 D. n
(parlor cars) from the White mountain
to New York; i.55 p. m. (parlor car
and coaches) from White mountains t
New York; $50 p. m. for New London
4.15 p. m. for Springfield; 8.32 p. n
(week days. for Springfield; 1925 p. II
(Sundays) for Springfield. Trains goin
north arrive here at 2.27 a. m froI