Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-10-04

$50 p. M, at the headquarters, 1 Canal
street.
The sharpest advance i'm the price of
lemons In recent years took place this
week. jumping from So cents to As cents
dozen.
The next annual meeting of the Ver-
mont branch of the Woman's Board Of
Missions will be held in Brattleboro
Sept. 30 and Oct. /, 1918.
The Prospect Hill Book club will meet
In the home of the president at IL High
land street Thursday evening, oct. 10. at
7.30 for the annual meeting.
Sunshine society branch one, will hold
rummage sale Friday and Saturday
Oct. IL and -, in the basement of the
Emerson building on Elliot street
Miss Deborah Corew a native of Bel
lows Falls, whose stage name Is Lois
Hall, has one of the leading parts in
THE Newlyweds and Their Baby"
Real fall weather arrived Sunday. and
Monday morning a coating of ice an
eighth of an inch thick covered small
bodies of still water in this locality.
THE Newlyweds and their Baby"
one of the most satisfactory theatrical
productions of last season in the Audi
torium will be presented there Sec
ond time next Tuesday evening.
Alden Joseph Deyo, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Deyo of Hlnsdale, N. H., and
Anna Frances CASTILLO, daughter of Mr.
| and Mrs. Michael CASTILLO of Hinslale
We're married Monday by Rev. Delmar
| e. Trout. pastor of the Universalist
church.
Clumb L. Spear of Washington street
and Mrs. Lena NJ Henwood Griffin of
New York city were married in New
| York, Wednesday, Sept. 25. They have
returned from their wedding trip and
will be at home at 16 Washington street
after Oct. Is.
The ladies' association of the Congre-
gational church will hold a rummage
sale in the Emerson building on Elliot
street Thursday, Friday and Saturday,
| Oct. II, Is and 10, the proceeds to an
| ply on the fund for charging the Sun
day school rooms.
A pen Of angora kittens owned by
| Mrs. F. A. Phelps was awarded the
first premium at the Valley fair. The
pen included three white kittens and
| one blue kitten, and they won many
expressions of admiration from the
| thousands of visitors.
During the high wind Sunday night a
| limb more than so feet long was blown
| from an elm tree in the front yard OF
| Mrs. Cecil Mitchelrs residence on Lin
den street. The limb fell into Linden
street with the butt resting on the tel
| ephone wires and cable
| The Brattleboro womans club is
planning to present 1.-THE Pied Piper of
| Hamelin" under the direction of Miss
Elsa Eager on the evenings of Nov. Z
and with a matinee the following Sat-
| urday afternoon. Prizes for the best
story, also for the best design for the
program cover, have been offered the
pupils of all the schools in town.
The architects specifications have
| been received from Wilder and White
of New York city for the new parish
| house of the Unitarian church which
| will be built on the site of the building
in the rear of the church. Copies of
the specification have been sent to con-
tractors and the bids will close Oct. 10.
| Work will be begun this fall If deemed
| advisable.
The Holsteln- Friesian Register COM
pany has been Incorporated by the sec
rotary of state for $4,000. The officers
| are Frederick l.. Houghton, president
and Houghton Seaverns secretary and
treasurer. The company will take over
| the publications that have been pub
| lshed under the direction of Mr. Houg.h =
ton and Mr.. Seaverns and which include
the Holstein- Friesian Register, the Blue
| Book and others which have to do with
the Holstein breed of cattle.
In the regular meeting of Protective
| Grange Wednesday evening an interest
ing program was given including read
| ings, recitatlons, a discussion of the
question: 'Will membership or talent
add most to the success of Granger.
| speakers, H. w. Sargent, Fred Smith
Clarence Johnson, Mrs. Ida Johnson
Mrs. May Edwards; Grange Husband
man, edited and read by Mrs. Lucy Sar
gent and Mrs Maverette Fisher. TIL,
program for the next meeting will be
in charge of Pomona.
The first meeting of the Brattleboro
| Woman's club for the season 1928 was
! held in the Congregational chapel We'd
| nesday afternoon. Reports were giver
| of the meetings of the state fedora
ton of Woman's clubs, held in Mont
| pelier in June by the three delegates
who attended, Mrs. E. B. Smith, Miss
S. E. Clark and Mrs. j. C. Dewitt The
| club appropriated $25 toward the pur-
chase of the Montessori equipment to be
used in the free kindergarten. Two piano
selections by Miss Jessie L. Hawley
We're much enjoyed. The present men,
tory of the club. The membership limit
| is $50.
| James A BardweH, manager of the
| local ONCE Oh the western Union Tele-
graph company, will begin within a few
days an extended vacation on half pay
He has served the company 40 years, 3:
| of which have been spent at the key In
this town and eight at South Vernon
He asked several weeks ago that he
might be retired on pension, but the
company asked him to take at least q
| six months vacation and then again
| report for work. The telegraph office
| formerly was at the railroad station
but eight or 10 years ago 1t was moveJ
| to the Ryther building on Main street
Mr.. Bardwel will begin his vacation
as soon as a suitable man for the po-
stion can be sent here by the company
Holden & Martin were given the con-
tract Monday to erect four four tene-
ment houses at Fort Drummer Heights
All the houses built there thus far were
erected by Holden & Martin. They in
| clude Al tenements, and the new build
ings will make the total 81 tenements
| Only two tenements are vacant, due tc
changes, and they will be occupied soon
The contract for the new four tenement
houses was given by a syndicate of men
who are trying to provide housing ac-
commodations for those who have en-
ployment In that section of the town
| 1t calls for the completion of one house
by Jan. l, another by Feb. 1, third by
| March and the fourth by April 1. Hol-
den & Martin will begin work on the
first one at once The terms on which