Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-09-13
BELLOWS FALLS NEWS

Mrs. Lydia A. Blood, who spent six
weeks in Westminster West, returned to
her rooms here at 6 School street Tues
day.
]. e. Byrne is in Maine this week on
a business trip in connection with a
lumber company in which he Is a stock
holder.
Miss Angie Allbee has been engaged
for the coming year as chemistry teach
er in the public schools of Newburyport,
Mass. She left for that city Saturday.
B. ]. Noble, the pedestrian on his trip
from New York to Toronto, was here
from $50 p. m Sunday until D. m.
Monday, having walked from Brattleboro
here in about eight hours.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank t. Diggins, for
mer residents, visited here last week.
Mr. Diggins is in the clothing business
in Norwich, Conn. He was in the Fem
ton store here several years.
The 25th anniversary of the wedding Of
Mr.. and Mrs. William j. Walsh was cee-
| brated in Hoyoke Sunday evening and
| was attended by a number of old friends
| from Bellows Falls, where Mr.. Walsh
| formerly lived
This evening occurs the annual par
| ish reception of the Congrega tional
church at the parlors of the church. This
| has usually been held at the parsonage,
| Dut this year IL is 10 ne as stated ABOVE
| in the church parlors.
Raymond c. Hadley, Bellows Falls
high school, 10, who has worked in the
National bank of Bellows Falls during
| the last two years, finished his work
there last week and has not as yet taken
| another position. He is son of the late
! Preston H. Hadley, for many years CASH
Ter of the bank.
Rev. A. p. Pratt, accompanied by his
wife and son, spent the day Tuesday at
| Cornish, n. H., as the guest of his old
boyhoods friend, DR.. Fitch, president OF
Andover Theological seminary. DR.. Fitch
has a beautiful summer home near Lit
tie New York. in Cornish, just north
of Windsor, where his family spend a
long summer vacation.
Victor N. Deming of the United State.
postal service between Springfield ant
Newport met with a serious accident
Monday near his farm in Cornish, N II
He was driving one of the farm horse.
and it became unmanageable and Mr.
Deming was thrown out and one wris
sprained and he was badly bruised ant
shaken up so he will not be able t,
take his run again for week or longer
He is here in Bellows Falls with hi
with his daughter, who will return mex
week to her college studies.
Last week Tuesday the firm of Day
morning from their cash register and |
continued several mornings. Chief o
Police Severance was engaged in hi
; presiding at the ''protracted" town meet
ing until Thursday and could not Civ
the matter attention Thursday evenin
when the store was closed Mr.. Sever
ance remained inside and watched tn
movements. A little after Z o'clock h
, detected two small boys at the registe
} and it was found that a gang of fiv
boys were in the case, three being o
the watch at different points outside
The five were arrested and brought be
fore Judge Thompson Saturday and a
r were sentenced to the industrial schot
' ! for the remainder of their minorit!
e Chief of Police w. S. Severance too
= them there Monday afternoon. The
Y ranged from II to IA years of age, thre
:. being Polish boys and two American
= The latter were Floyd Bombard. who's
mother lives on Oak street and the otht
was George Bellrose, who lived wit
his mother in the Allbee block on Wes
4 minister street The latter was the oldel
of the lot-14 years-and was evdentl
the instigator and leader of the bul
glaries. About SIS was missing in q
and possibly some small articles of me-
5 chandise.