Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-12-20


department inspector.
Brchard Woman's Relief corps, in its
meeting Dec. IA, elected these officers:
p. Mrs. Anna Bush; S. v. p, Mrs. Nora
Howe; j. V. p, Mrs. Belle Knapp;
treas, Mrs Addie Grout; chaplain, Mrs.
Della Carpenter; c., Mrs. Lizzie Grey;
G., Mrs. Clara Bush; delegate to state
Mrs. Della Carpenter.
Miss Carrie Mason has been i'll this
week in the hospital in Bellows Falls.
Mrs. A. F. Stone returned Monday from
a visit of few days with friends in 1
Athol.
Frank Davis of Colrain is visiting his
son and wife, Mr.. and Mrs. Rockwell
Davis
The lumbermen begin to feel a little
anxious about the length of the sleddng
season.
The Order of the Eastern Star held a
communication in Masonic hall Wednes-
day evening.
The house on the A. F.. Stone farm, oc-
cupied by Eugene Bemis and family. is
undergoing repairs.
The women's missionary society of the
Congregational church met with Mrs. F.
l.. Osgood Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. Mary Phillips has been visiting
her son and wife, Mr.. and Mrs. f. w.
Phillips of Brattleboro, this week.
Rev. Joseph Mexican will preach to
the children In the Baptist church on
THE meaning of Christmas" next Sun
day morning.
Miss Lucy Fenton has gone from the
f. F. Gray house on the north road to
I'VE with her niece, Mrs. Earl Martin of
SaXtons River
Mrc
daughters Mrs. Alma Cummings's Fri
day, after spending several weeks with
friends in Brattleboro.
District Deputy Grand Master R. W.
Blood paid an official visit to Golden
Rule lodge, No. 80, F. & A. NJ, of Put
ney Wednesday evening.
Mrs. Phoebe Holden is still very low,
she is being cared for by Miss Anna
kearney of Greenfield, a graduate nurse
from the Farren Memorial hospital
A. r. Avery of Medford, Mass. came
Saturday to the Congregational person.
age to visit with Rev. and Mrs. Charles
II. B. Seliger during the Christmas sea-
son.
Many our our people are patronizing
the railroad these fine winter days, taxi
ing advantage of the special offers made
by Brattleboro business men to do Christ
mas and other shopping.
Leo Beaupre, who was at Mrs. Alma
Cummings six months. has begun work
Tor Emerson Stone n the Taft-Tibbetts
lumber job in the north part of the town
on the Frank Blood farm.
Miss Blanche Brigham went to Brat
tleboro Wednesday to meet the Misses
Cant, daughters of Judge Cant of
Duluth. Mimi. who came east early in
the fall to enter Mount Holyoke college,
Roger, son of Mr.. and Mrs. E. S.
Ella, who injured his knee so badly some
time ago as to make it necessary to
put ii in a cast, is recovering, and it
is hoped that he will soon be able to go
about again without assistance.
Reports have reached town of the Sc
rious illness of Marjorie, younger
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Read of
Amsterdam n. Y, with scarlet fever.
The family moved from here to Am
sterdam few years ago.
Guy Nelson spent Sunday with his
wife's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac APP
| pleby. He moved his wife and child to
! Springfield, Mass, on Monday. where
| they will make their home Mr.. Nelson
has permanent position in the Worth
ington street garage.
Deacon Charles @. Stebbins and two
daughters. Miss Ella and Miss Ruby,
went to Boston Thursday to spend the
| holidays with Miss Matte Colburn, who
| Is pastors assistant at the Ruggles
| street Baptist church. Miss CoIburn was
a resident of Townshend in her girlhood
The Vermont Last Block Co. of Brattle-
ooro have secured large lot of excel
lent timber for their purposes on the
George Boutelle farm in the east part
| OF the town. Herbert Benson, Irving
Bills and Fred Hulett have taken the
| contract to cut the timber. They will
| build shack and camp in the woods
until the job is finished
w. Il. Blood won several prizes at the
poultry show held in Bellows Falls, in
GLIDING first and second prize on hen
| third prize on cock, third, fourth and
fifth on cockerel, second prize on
pen of chicks color and shape special on
female. His specials won a total of SIG
! Mr.. Blood is an expert in breeding fine
stock. His specialtes are rose combed
brown Leghorns.
Frank F. Gray took first prize for the
best display of white orpingtons at the
| poultry show held in Bellows Falls He
also took these prizes at a poultry show
recently held in Springfield: LIST prize on
pullet. color and shape. special, LIST on
| cockerel color special Mr.. Gray enter
| ed some of his fine birds at the Green
field poultry show this week. He at
| tended the show
The committees for the Christmas tree
and entertainment have arranged this
| program for the evening OF Tuesday
Dec, "a, at 7.30. to be held in the town
hall; Christmas carol by the children
recitation of welcome by Howard Cut
Ter; cantata, Christmas gifts OF all ma
TONS by the children; old English carol
by the children; presentation OF gifts by
the children. The exercises will begin
promptly. Everybody is invited
Rev c, II. b. Seliger will occupy the
| pulpit in the Congregational church next
| Sunday. He will give talk to the chill
dren before the sermon. The topic of
the morning sermon will DE 1.-THE COM
| ing of the Christ" In the evening the
topic will be at the union service. 1.-THE
supremacy of childhood" The Chris
tan Endeavor meeting will be led by
Miss Maud Greenwood topic, What the
coming OF the Christ has done, and will
| do for the world"
| The animal co La Of H. no.Ia. aia.s ~