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

for many years a resident of this town.
moving away less than two years ago
She was held in high esteem here by all
who knew her.
Members of the Christian Endeavor
society are interested in an Efficiency
contest" the object Of which is to add
members and make the meetings more
interesting. Doris wellington and
Florence Wright are captains of the two
contesting sides.
About a dozen Hnsdale people enjoy
ed a seighride to Gulford last Thurs
day evening and attending maple
sugar supper at the church there.
Three of the ladies'. Miss A. NJ. Bar
rows, Mrs. A. F. Fisher and Miss Rest
Metcalf, furnished the entertainment
following the supper.
The regular meeting of the w. c. T..
U. was held Tuesday afternoon with
Mrs. J. NJ. Lamb. A good attendance
was present. The roll call was respond
ed to on the subject, "Why / am a white
ribboner." Mrs. A. NJ. Bradley read an
interesting paper, giving a brief history
of the w. c. T. U. Dainty refreshments
were served
The class honors in the graduating
class of the high school were awarded
this week as follows: Valedictorlan, Lois
Meade; salutatorian, Catherine McCaugh-
ern. The other class parts were as
signed by vote of the class as follows
Presidents address, Louis Stearns: ad-
dress to undergraduates, Roscoe Brit
ton; class history, Ruth Metcalf; class
prophecy Edith Higginson class will,
Mildred Cramer; class poem, Bertha
Higgins.
Albert l.. Hall met with an accident
at the Cornell e. Ward factory late Sat-
urday afternoon. He was loading cases
OF paper with one foot on the slide on
which the cases were sent down from
the door above. The horses started
throwing him into the air. Com
ing down he struck on the back of
the neck. He was unconscious for many
hours and partially so until Sunday
night. He is much improved, and it is
hoped that no permanent injury has re-
suited.
Tickets for the big minstrel show to
be given March IS, under the auspices of
the Roman Catholic society. went on
sale last evening. The show this year
will be along entirely new lines. There
will be a grand patriotic first part with
six end men. four ballad singers and
plenty of fun, concluding with brilliant
finale introducing THE Military Girls"
The entertainment will close with an
original aiterpiece, written for laughing
purposes only entitled Ruled by the
Suffragette." There are 10 characters in
tHis ldTcldl COncOCtlOn, including the Suf-
fragette lawyers. jurors, firemen and
three mere men. William G. Booth is
the vocal director and John f. Mann the
stage director. There will be three hours
of dancing after the entertainment with
music by Lyman's orchestra
The Womans club held its regular
meeting Tuesday afternoon in the home
OF Mrs Charles Holland. The program
was In charge of Miss Carrie Z. Adams.
Mrs. c. A Holland and Miss Charlotte
s. Slate. The roll call was responded to
by conundrums or humorous stories. An
extremely interesting paper upon Travel
in the British Isles" written for the club
by Miss Annie Joslyn Gray, was read by
Miss Slate. Miss Adams read an in
structive essay upon Paper currency of
the United States" written after her
trip to Washington. Miss A. NJ. Bar
rows followed with humorous readings
Miss Abbie Chellis gave a very pleasing
talk upon Paris" profusely illustrated
with post cards. A social hour followed
during which guessing contests of a lit
erary character were introduced Dainty
refreshments were served by the host
ess.