Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-01-12

The visiting committee of the Home
for the Aged and Disabled will hold its
annual meeting at the Home Monday,
Jan. is, at p m. The annual dues are
payable at this meeting.
The railroad pitch tournament at the
Wheel club probably will be finished
Saturday night. The score now Is 81 to
35 in favor of the blues, with but three
more games to play. The losers will
furnish the winners a supper.
Since Monday nights fall of snow the
lumber sleds have begun to arrive in
town. This year. as last, the lack of
snow has held back the transportation
| of logs from the woods and the lumber
men are working hard to take advantage
| of what snow there is to get their
product into town.
The annual meeting of the Valley Fair
association will take place in the Brooks
| House next Wednesday at IL a. m, fol-
| lowed by the annual dinner. The date
originally chosen was Thursday, but 1t
was changed because 1t confllcted with
| the annual dinner of the corporators of
the Brattleboro Savings bank.
The annual meeting of the Peoples
National bank was held Tuesday morn
| ing and the stockholders elected these
directors: w. II. Bracket, ]. G. Estey,
c. c. Fits, II. p. Wellman. c. r. Cros-
| ny anu W. NlnlOI ne ulTtClOTS
| elected these officers: President, J. G.
Estey; vice president and cashier, w. H.
| Bracket; assistant cashier, c. L. Stick
ney; teller, F. c. Adams; bookkeeper. l..
| G. Tasker.
| Lyman II. Howe's Travel Festival will
be at the Auditorium Saturday, Jan. "a.
An expedition to the highest points of
the Alps. a pictorial tour through Italy.
the land of history and romance; the
nj tha rfx H.
latest mode of locomotion through water
and air by means of the hydroplane, and
| the newest fashions from Paris are only
a few of the many features of interest
to be presented.
The following directors and officers
were elected in the annual meeting OF
the Vermont National bank, held or
Tuesday: Directors-Henry d. Holton
George c. Averill, Charles S. Clark, s
E. Lawton, John T. Moore, p. F.. Ami.
don, James NJ Tyler. Oficers-Presi.
dent George C. Averil; vice president
Henry ID. Holton; cashier Charles w
Richardson; teller. Charles c. Staples
bookkeeper, Richard C. Averil
, The funeral of Mrs Sarah F. williams
, who died in the home of her daughter
Mrs: F. b. Pier. Friday, was held in tn,
Methodist church in Bondville sunda!
, | afternoon, Rev. Mr. Simpson, pastor o
I, the church officiating. The church choi
, sang and the burial took place in thu
/, Bondville cemetery. Judge and Mrs. F
|. b. Pier, Mrs. Helen NJ Phillips of Put
: | ney, and Mr. and Mrs. F. w. Pier &C
! companied the body to Bondville.
t An alarm from box "a about $50 Mon
\ day evening called the fire department t
o | the house at 10 Elliot street, owned b
w. G. Doolittle and occupied by w. H
I Gay and Charles j. Miller. The blaz
was at work in the partition of one Q
the rooms in Mr.. Millers apartments
but there was no occasion to use waite
as the chemical engine soon extinguishe
e the fire. The blaze resulted from tn
= funnel of stove being too close to tn
t partition.
e Prizes were awarded Monday evenin
d to those who had the largest sum
= punched in their tickets given by tn
Star bowling alley. James Kelmer wo
y the first prize, $40 gold piece. TIL
/: second prize, a Beacon derby went
:. Frank Edwards and for a third priz
:. VIII Hudson was given box of Whet
]. stone cigars. The first prize at boxba
!. was won last week by Carl Ellis, secon
|; by Jerry Ryan. Ellis also won first O
!. the pinball alleys for the fourth consecr
|; tive time. Prizes have been given dali
=. this week for the largest single string
J, on the boxball alleys.
The Bellows Falls basketball team
IF out for the championship of the stat
ID and as they have struck winning ga
t, they hope to clean up the Athletics
is the game this evening in Festival ha
a. While the local lads willing to adm
lie that the up-river team is pretty goo
m aggregation they are not convinced tn;
- they should be used as stepping ston,
NJ in the Bellows Falls teams march towal
lie its goal and will try to demonstrate thi
Is there are many slips between the opel
he ing of a basketball season and the viii
at ming of a state championship. The Fal
Mt team is composed of practically the san
IN men as last year and to date it has W,
"a most of its games. The Athletics ha'
H. shown a good working knowledge
I'd basketball in the past few games and Il
20 teams appear to be about evenly matc
10 ed.
The annual meeting of the Prospe
-. Hill associa ton was held Monday eve
y, ing. The old board of officers were +
III elected, as follows: Pres, Charles
rs Crosby; clerk and treas, George
re Hines; trustees, Charles A. Harr
a Charles A. Boyden. William II. Vinton,
FIX G.. Estey and w. II. Bracket T
n financial statement presented by t
ne treasurer was as follows: Cash on ha
IL Jan. l, 1911, $4O17; received during t
De year. $2l0S73; total, $2l4S.9O; paid o
ne during year. s2022.01; cash on hand ia
ar l. 1912, $126.S9; total, $214S.9O. Receiv
". for perpetual care of lots during 10
r. 1873, 96S.52; amount of association fur
rs. $13.533 49, amount of perpetual fur
nd $50, 192.47. The valuable gift OF
a Starr Clement memorial fountain "
b. received during the year.
~ Quickly accepting the challenge
-. "Smiler" Livingstone. which appear
~ in last weeks issue of The Phoenix. FIR
no Hanson will meet the Hartford claim
vi of the worlds welterweght championsl
- title in the Auditorium tomorrow eve
ing. In the letter Livingstone claim
lis that he was the champion In that ella
en- having won the title from Charlie X
ew ser. The match tomorrow night Will !
as be for the championship as both m
nd weigh more than the welterweight II
he 1t, but 1t should prove interesting
on both men are leaders in their ella
he Hanson went to Greenfield Monday ev'
ars ing and met yankee" Rogers, "
i'm | weighs about 175 pounds. After
eet minutes of wrestling the referee ga
to the first fall to Rogers although FL
tie claims his shoulders were not on
rat mat. Before either could secure
led second fall it was II o'clock and the
Ter lice told the referee to stop the ma
IN as 1t was time for the audience to
he home. The match was called a dra
ok Each man Is anxious to win from
,se other and II is probable match VIII
lad arranged for the Auditorium.
he Mrs. Lydia Harriet Wilcutt, 70, W
Of