Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-05-17

The cast of the band show presented |
"a Night or at the Retreat Monday |
evening F. G. Leitsinger, Sewal |
Morse and c. NJ. Dugan furnished mu-
sic
The dancing season which is drawing
to a close holds the record for recent
years in this town F. c.. Leitsinger,
who furnishes music for large major
ity of the dances, says that never be-
fore in his experience have so many
gatherings of this kind taken place as
this year.
An exhibit from the Philadelphia
School of Design will be open to the
public In grade 9 room In the Main
street school building for one week be-
ginning May 90. 1t is an industrial art
exhibit and will include design and
manual training. The public is invited
to view this exhibit as 1t is considered
to be one of the best of its kind.
Since March /, the teachers of the
public schools in town have been rails
ing funds for the Vermont Teachers re-
tirement fund associa tion in common
with teachers throughout the state. 1t
was originally planned that the teachers
here would raise one-quarter of a mile
of pennies which would amount to about
5000. This week the teachers report
$780, This week the teachers report that
they have raised 1895 for the association.
Tramps are beginning to invade the
town, and indications are that many
of them will come here this summer.
The selectmen and bailiffs wish to pre-
vent the nuisance as far as possible and
they request that whenever a tramp
calls at a house whoever answers the
call notify the chief of police or some
member of the board of seectmen or
board of bailiffs by telephone. Both
boards desire the cooperation of the
public in this matter.
Mrs. Lawrence Thurston, a teacher in
the Yale Mission in China, will speak
in the Congregational chapel Wednes-
day evening at 7.30 o'clock. Her subject
will be THE new day in China" Mrs.
Thurston's work has brought her into
close touch with the conditions of that
country and that fact, together with her
ability as a speaker, will make her ad-
dress of unusual value. She comes un-
der the auspices of the foreign mis-
sionary committee of the ladies' asso-
citation of the church. All are invited.
In the regular communication of Co.
lumbar lodge, No. &c. F. & A. M,
Tuesday evening the elective and APP
pointive officers for the year were in
stalled as follows: Sanford A. Daniels,
w. NJ: Arthur L. Billings S. w;
Kendrick p. Darlington, ]. W.. Frank
B. Putnam, treas; James B. Randoll
Sec; Everett j. Taggart, S. D.; Robert
E. Dunklee, ]. D.. Kittredge Haskins,
chaplain Harrie B. Chase, marshal;
Hugh n. Viele, S. s.; Stuart ]. Chaplin,
]. s.; ]. Albert Taylor, tyler
Assistant Town Clerk Helen Hopkins
is making a permanent typewriter rec>
ord for the town clerks office of all the
surveys of streets that have ever been
made and registered there. There are
more than 500 closely written pages to
be copied and placed in a loose-leaf
system book. Two transcripts of each
survey will be made, one to remain in
the office and the other to be used by
surveyors or others who may have &C.
casion to take copies outside. The work
of copying and indexing the 800 pages
from the musty book must be done with
exactness and will be no easy task.
Harold p Jay night clerk at the
Brooks House, attempted last summer
to organize a cricket club, but was not
successful. During the past three weeks
he has received requests from persons
interested in the game to again try to
organize an eleven and already has Sc
cured five men who will play. He Is
anxious to hear from others and does
not make the stipulation that they be
Englishmen as he-says that Americans
surely will like the game If they once
participate in a contest. He has been
assured by the management of the
league teams in Springfield, Holyoke
Northampton and Hartford that a local
team will be given games If organized
A special town meeting will be held
in Festival hall next Monday evening
ats o'clock to see if the voters will
vote to exempt from taxation for 10
years the property of the Vermont Last
Block company, which will erect a fac
tory on the flats at the lower end of
the Hunt farm for the manufacture of
shoe last blocks. No exemption Is asked
on property already here, but on SUCH
property as shall be brought in or
built in connection with the business. 1t
is not likely that any opposition to the
request will be made. In due time it is
expected that an earth sidewalk will be
laid from the end of the street car line
on South Main street to the factory.
that street lights will be extended and
that water mains will be laid.
In accordance with a mandate of the
supreme court confirming the judgment
of the lower court in the case of the
National Metal Edge Box company
of Readsboro against Jean j. Wander
veer and wife, now Of this town. which
was for the plaintiff to recover the
amount due on the foreclosure of a
mortgage, Judge E. L. Waterman held
a hearing in the county clerks office
Monday to fix new time for redemp-
ton. He established the amount due as
s25Sl.57 in addition to costs to be taxed
by the clerk, which will amout to about
800. The defendants were ordered to
pay the orator on or before July l5, 1872
$500 and costs, the balance to be paid
within one year from May 10, 1872 ana
in default the defendants right of equity
in the property, which includes sawmill
property and several houses in Hart
MELVILLE, to be foreclosed. o. e. Butter
field of Wilmington and Fl. G. Barber
appeared Monday for the orator and c.
s. Chase for the defendants.
10 a largely attended meeting of the
Vermont Wheel club Friday night a re-
port on the country club project was
presented by a special committee, con-
sisting of w. A. Shumway, o. F. Ben
son and F. A. Thompson. The property
which the committee examined was the
so-called Clark farm at the old ferry
nearly four miles north of Brattleboro
now owned by L. E. Holden. Estimates
were given of the probable cost of buy
ing the farm and putting the buildings
into suitable condition for club purposes
The discussion which followed the pre-
sentation of the report showed that the
sentiment was almost wholly against
having the Wheel club extend its ac-
uvities to a country club annex, al
though the plan for an Independent
country club was favored by several
speakers The report of the committee
was accepted with thanks and the pro-
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