Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-01-26
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The ladies' auxiliary of the n. H. "
p will meet this evening In tne holle
of Mrs. Ida Stafford All IiieiiiOe'S
urged to be present
The next regular meeting OF the
woman's Alliance will be held Friday
evening, Feb q at Tow III '"o ~
Mrs John Barrows.
A foature of the fair which the la
aias of the Universalist society will hold
. THURSDAY, Feb. s, will be hot turkey
Gunner which will be served from to
7sD. during which time music Will be
furnished by Leitsingers orchestra
Members of the Clawson- Hamilton
business college to the number OF ~
will go on a sleigh ride this evening to
West Chesterfield, where they VIII at
tend the fair given by the UNIVERSAL
dst church of that village.
Guy Potter Benton, president of the
University of Vermont, will lecture on
Samuel Adams, Patriot" in the audi
torium of the Methodist Episcopal
church Thursday evening, Feb 10 Those
who already have had the privilege OF
hearing DR.. Benton lecture Will need no
urging to be present, while those who
have not had the opportunity of hearing
him will do we'll to set aside this date
for that purpose.
Some Great Paintings will be the
subject of the stereoptcan lecture by
Miss Lillian V. Whiting, instructor in
drawing in the public schools, Sunday
evening at o'clock in the Centre Con-
gregational church. Miss Whiting will
speak of the earlist masters and the
great painters through the 18th CEN
fury. A large number of slides will be
shown, including pictures of the worlds
most famous paintings. This lecture will
have an unusual educational value.
An envelope that will be widely cir
culated through the mails and will serve
to advertise Bratteboro is being used by
the Island Park company, Inc. On the
side on which the address is written is
a cut made from a photograph of the
entrance to the pavilion at Island park
and covering the entire reverse side is
a cut made from a photograph of the
pavilion, island and river. 1t is print
ed in brown on white stock and the
name of the town appears in large
type on both sides
An effort was made by the seectmen
this week to make it possible to widen
Elliot street between DR.. H. L. Water
mans house and the corner of Church
street, in the interest of the future de-
velopment and the good looks of the
street, but without success. The land in
question is owned by Charles Miner, who
is excavating for foundation for
four-story building there and has the
foundation walls we'll under way. There
is a bend in the sidewalk at that point,
toward the street, and Mr. Miner in
tends to have the front of his building
within a very short distance of the
sidewalk, which will make it project
beyond the other buildings. The select
men suggested to him this week that
the street would look better If he would
set the building back a few feet, but
Mr.. Miner said he was satisfied with
his present plan He was asked to
name price for strip of land wide
enough so that the street line could be
Strengthened and he offered to sell the
desired strip for $1,000 provided the town
would build at the rear end of the lot
q strip of foundation wall equivalent to
what would be taken from the front end.
The sedectmen figured that the total
cost would be about $500 or more and
so decided to abandon the idea
The annual school for statesmen. which
all the statesmen of the Durham Broth
ers company attend, opened yesterday
morning and is continuing through to-
day. This evening the annual reception
will take place in the Brooks House. and
tomorrow morning the statesmen will re-
turn to their various territories. Among
those here for the school are Mr.. and
Mrs. G.. A. Jackson of East VassalborO,
Me-, Mr.. and Mrs. F. F. Prince of Au-
burn Me-, Mr.. and Mrs. G. A Pray of
Syracuse, N. Y, Mr.. and Mrs C. A.
Cook of South Lancaster. Mass. Mr..
and Mrs W. A. Greasy of Beverley,
Mass, Mr.. and Mrs. R. w. Lowell of
Waterbury, Conn, ]. A. Greenwood OF
Chester, F. c. Gibson of st. Johnsbury
w. F. Dunlevy of Brattleboro. F. C.
Parker of Concord, N. H., C. H. Powers
of Bangor Me-, Herbert Dearborn OF
Portland, Me-. George r. Sparrell OF
Boston, Charles Mcfarland and l.. M
Graves of Providence, w. M. Collins of
Mr.
Jones of Burlington, Harry Miller of
Brattleboro, L. III. Ersher of Saugertes,
N. Y. and II. F. Barber of New York city.
e. w. ]. Fink, sales manager of the
Mishawaka Wooden Manufacturing COM
pany, of Mishawaka, Ind, gave a talk
on craftsmanship, and other talks were
given by George L. Durham, L. L. Dun
ham, o. D. Stowell, James p. Ferriter
G. c, Gould. Verne H. Winchester and
d. j. stolte of the local offices.
Foreman F. E. Macarthur and a force
of linemen completed yesterday the work
of running wires for the dispatching
service on the Central Vermont railway
between here and New London which,
in the near future, will be done by tel
ephone instead Of telegraph. Work has
been begun ON the switchboard at New
London and men are installing the in
struments in the stations along the line
1t is expected that the new system will
be in operation In about three weeks
This is part of the plan which the
company has been following in bringing
about an Improvement In its operating
and ,1spatching service the past year.
About year ago the railroad installed
on its northern division, between the
train dispatcher's office in st. Adams
and Windsor. including the Barre and
Williamstown branch, ran up-to-date
system. The work was done under the
direction of Telegraph Superintendent
Michael Magiff, who has supervised the
work between here and New London,
and the system proved so satisfacto tory
that work was started ON. the southern
division. When the telephones are put
in operation and the telegraph instru-
ments cease to click, the entire line from
st. Adams to New London with the ex-
ception of the strip between Windsor
and this town. will be equipped for train
Jispa tching by telephone. The system
has been used the past three or four
years on roads din the West and by many
divisions and branches of railroads in
New England. 1.
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