Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-06-28

The Brooks Free library will open
July for business, after being closed
two weeks for inventory and repairs.
The food sale held on DR.. H. ID. Hol-
toms lawn Wednesday afternoon by the
visiting committee of the home and the
Home Sunshine branch netted SIS.
Interesting features for the coming
week have been arranged for by the
management Of Island park. Read the
bulletin in another column for a full ac-
count of what is scheduled.
Rev. Father Emil C. Fountain. who
has been curate at St. Michaels Roman
Ca tholic church about one year, will be
transferred tomorrow to Winooski. Rev.
Father McMahan of Castleton will come
here to take his place.
The Brattleboro Elementary Union was
organized Wednesday night by the Sun
day school teachers In town whose pu-
pls are under IL years old These Of
ficers were elected: Pres, Mrs. F. e.
Perry; vice pres, Miss Edna Wheeler,
Mrs. G. B. Chamberlain and Miss Lenore
Ayres, representing the beginners, pri-
maries and juniors; Sec, Miss Eta Mi
ner; treas, Mrs. Harry c. Freeman;
chairmen of committees-devotion Mrs.
f. w. Kuech; membership, Mrs. l. d.
Bailey; instruction, Mrs. W. 7. Haigh
music, Mrs Verne II. Winchester; So
meeting Mrs. l.. w. Hawley. The work
this summer will be in the interest of
the summer school in Mortified
The annual meeting Of the Brattle-
boro Society of Seamstresses, Needle
women and Shopgirls was held in Fes-
tival hall last evening. 1t was voted to
have a meeting in the early fall at
which persons who wish to ask ques-
lions may write them and without sign
nj
| fcers will answer the questions and If
any cannot be answered by them they
| will be referred to Mr. Bradley, trustee
Of the Thompson fund. These officers
were elected: Pres, Mrs. A. j. Currier;
vice pres, Miss Addie M. Fay; Sec. Mrs.
E. M. Butterfield; treas, Mrs. H. M.
| Cook; advisory board, Mrs. A. ]. Cur
rier, Miss Mary Donnell, Miss Jennie
| Duncan, Miss Lila Drown and Miss May
| Fraser. letter from Mr.. Barley was
fead. 1t was in answer to one the sec
rotary had been instructed to write ask
ing him If persons with small amount
Of property could secure aid from the
society. His answer was filed with
qualifications which make it difficult to
explain.
Mrs. Mary Ann Brooks, rs, widow of
John Brooks, formerly of this town, died
in Auburn, N. Y, Tuesday morning of
paralysis from which she had been an
invalid three years. The body was
brought here yesterday morning and the
burial took place in Prospect Hill GEM
etery Rev. DR.. j. r. Cow, pastor of
the First Baptist church, of which she
was a member, officiated. Mrs. Brooks
was born in Hinsdae in 1894 and was a
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Giles.
She married John Brooks of this town,
prosperous farmer, who died about 80
years ago Twenty years ago she went
to New York state to live and divided
her time between the homes of her son
in Penn Yam and her daughter in Au-
burn The older residents of the town
remember Mrs. Brooks as woman of
admirable qualities and one who was an
active participant in the religious and
social life of the Baptist church. She
leaves a daughter, Mrs. Luella Barrett,
of Auburn, n. Y, and a son, A. Clin-
ton Brooks, of Penn Yam, n. Y.