Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-03-15

orange Will De SeTVeu as soon as new
sugar can be obtained.
Andrew Jackson chapter, No. 1, United
Daughters of 1912, will meet In the home
of Mrs c. b Iamson Saturday after
noon at o'clock.
Bingham chapter, o. E. s., will hold a
regular meetingSTuesday evening March
| 10. Supper will be served at $50 by the
| committee in charge.
Town Clerk c. S. Hopkins is making
| up new check list to be used at the
| annual village meeting in May. The one
| used at the town meeting had many OF
| the new names written in instead of
| printed and the checkers found 1t diff
fcult to locate some of the names which
| had been added.
Dog owners should remember that the
| time to license their animals is before
| April 1. After that date the price Will
| be advanced. Town Clerk C. s. Hopkins
! has issued only few licenses to date.
| but within the next few weeks he ex-
| poets to do a rushing business making
out slips for the CANNES
In the meeting of the Civic Improve
ment league in the home of DR.. II. ID.
Holton Monday night work for the COM
| ing summer was discussed The mem
bers have planned for several improve
ments to the common and DR.. Holton re-
ported that the drinking fountain, which
| it was planned to install at the corner
of Main and High streets, will be put
in this summer. The annual election of
officers will be held al the next meet
| ing.
In the Masonic pool tournament Capt
| ]. f. Haynes's team leads that of Capt
| w. r. Daley S55 to 7S9. These games
| have been played this week: ]. Howard So
Billings %; c. s. Ffcks Al, Leslie Stafford
so; J. Henry Pratt so, w. II. vinton 40:
| II. d. Walker 50, Dennison Cowles 80
L. E. Holden so, Charles Allen 45; II.
| E Whitney 80, L. c. White 46 A. B.
Jordan 20, H. F. Jordan so; II. Bingham
80, c. f. Merrill so; p. Crown "a, L. c.
Stiff 50. The first named in each pair is
a member of Capt. Daley's team.
Slips of heavy paper foot long, de-
| signed to hold 16 cents, were distributed
Monday through the teachers of the
public schools in the interest of the Yer
mont Teachers Retirement Fund asso-
citation, the purpose being to raise a
! quarter-mile of pennies or $211.20. UP
to last night the amount received was
S13750, which is very gratifying to the
teachers. All the slips are supposed to
| be returned in April, and there is no
question but that the full amount de-
sired will be raised. In Bellows Falls
the teachers have hired Dreamland
theatre for an afternoon and evening in
aid of the fund.
ne ANNUAL meeting Oh une west River
| Lumbermen's association was held in the
Brooks House "wednesday morning at II
| o'clock. dinner was served and the
officers elected last year were reelected.
| Only the officers were present as most
of the members were in town Saturday
to attend the meeting to boom the West
River valley. Routine business was
transacted. These officers were elected:
Pres, ]. H. Tibbetts of West Wards
boro; vice pres, L. E. Holden of Brat
tleboro; sec. and treas. Willis Taft of
Townshend; directors, H. L. Gould of
Windham, G.. H. Hollenbcek of jamaica
A. B. Stark of Jamaica and M. j. Hap
good of Peru. Matters of interest to
the lumbermen were discussed.
Mrs. Kate Epson Clark of Brooklyn
will be the speaker in the meeting of
the Woman's club next Wednesday af-
ternoon, her subject being Solomon
versus the Modern Woman" There is
local interest in Miss Clark's visit as
her son married granddaughter of the
late Governor Holbrook. Brattleboro
people will be interested in the follow
ing regarding Mrs. Clark, written by
Mary E. Wilkins Freeman: MRS. Clark
is to me the most interesting woman
speaker in the country. She holds ones
attention from the minute she begins to
speak until the end. Her manner is
wonderfully natural and charming Her
clear common sense views and her
ready wit refresh and stimulate. She
cannot fan to please and benefit any
intelligent audience"
A banquet for men will be served in
the chapel of the First Baptist church
next Thursday evening at o'clock, the
guest of honor being Rev. w. T. Stack
house D. D., secretary of the laymen' s
movement of northern and western Bap-
lists. 1t is expected that not far from
700 men Will be present, including so to
90 from out of town. DIR. Henry ID. Hol-
ton will preside, a male quartet will
sing and besides DR.. Stackhouse the
speakers will include John A. Green
wood, Henry Bond, Rev. w. A. Dawson,
D. D., and Rev. Guy C. Lamson New
England secretary of the American Bap-
fist Publication society. DIR. Stackhouse
was called from New Glasgow, N. s.,
in 1895 to Vancouver. B. c., and as sec
rotary of the British Columbia Baptist
convention he travelled extensively over
the Canadian Northwest founding
churches. Later he was superintendent
of home missions throughout western
Canada. His is a rare spiritual per-
sonality and he has remarkable powers
as a public speaker.
In its main features the Washington
trip of the high school senior and Junior
classes, which will be begun Saturday
morning of next week, will be similar to
those of previous years, with some addi-
tional pleasure provided. All who go are
urged to be at the railroad station as
early as $50 a. m. There will be no
night travel except at the end of the
return trip, In going, tickets must be
used March %, in returning, tickets are
good for 10 days below New York, and
in New York and points this side they
are good for IL days Miss Lillian v.
Whiting and Miss Bessie NJ Wood will
assist Principal and Mrs. Smith in look
ing after the welfare OF the party. Out
siders will be welcome as members of
the party. new feature of the trip
will be table d'hote luncheon service.
The party will leave Washington Thurs
day morning and will stop four hours in
Philadelphia, arriving in New York at 4
p. m. Parties will visit the Hippodrome
and Metropolitan opera house for enter
tainment. A whole day will be spent in
New York, leaving there at p. m. Fri
day. Members of the party are advised
to travel with as little baggage as posi-
BILE. The expense of the entire trip will
be 1856 each. This pays for everything
that can be contracted for in advance,
but each will have to pay street car fare.
Tickets must be bought on or before next
Tuesday. On that day Principal Smith
will be at the high school building from
3 to p. m. and at home from to p.
m. In case of illness or other inability
to go the money will be refunded