Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-03-01

orange nan tnlS evening. LeltSlnBerS
orchestra will furnish music. Everyone
is invited.
Beauseant commandery, No. I, X. T..
will hold special conclave in the Ma
sonic temple this evening. The orders
of the Temple and Malta will be con-
ferred.
George f. Crowell sold this week the
old house in Crowel park to ID. T. Perry,
who is tearing IL down and drawing the
wood to West Brattleboro. The park
will be marked into house lots this
spring.
The ladies' auxiliary of the N. f. o. p.
met Friday evening in the home of Mrs.
Ida Stafford. The next meeting will be
held in the home of Mrs. Don Wilder,
Friday, March s, at 7.30 p. m. All mem
bers are urged to be present.
Freeman Scott slipped on the iron graf
ing in front of the Brooks House bar
Der shop Tuesday evening and in fall
ing his head came in contact with
post, cutting a deep cash. He was at
tended by DR.. G.. r. Anderson, who took
three stitches in the wound.
Several hundred persons attended the
high school fair in Festival hall Friday
afternoon, which was continued from
the previous afternoon and evening. The
program of the previous day was repeat
reported a good sale of articles which
had been left over.
The committee chosen to arrange the
program of the County Sunday School
association convention here in May met
here yesterday. The committee consists
of DR.. II. ID. Holton of this town. Rev. E.
A. Mason of Saxtons River, II. A. Durfee
of Burlington, Rev. A. f. Martin of Will
mington and Rev j. F. Berry of Putney.
A nf Itf1inp
here.
Last week Mrs Harvey w. Sanders
placed two mite boxes in the business
section of the town, one in the Brattle-
boro News room and the other in the
fire department headquarters on Elliot
street, for the fund which the Boston
Globe was raising for the benefit of the
children of Silas N. Phelps of Monroe
Bridge, who was electrocuted several
weeks ago in the Massachusetts states
prison in Charlestown. She opened the
boxes Friday and sent S. to be added to
the fund The Globe fund closed Mon
day and the total raised to aid the family
was $427376.
william Marsh, II, who died in Chester
last week. was a brother of Miss ella
Gaines of Brattleboro, the latter taking
the name of her foster mother in child
hood Mr. Marsh was a native of Hnsdale
the eldest of the four children of Chester
and Sarah Rugg Marsh When he was
nine years old he went to South London
derry, where he lived in the family of
William Rugg until he was married March
49, 1857, to Nancy NJ. Rugg of Chester.
Mr.. Marsh leaves his wife and two daugh-
tiers, Mrs Ellen Howe of Barre, Mass,
and Miss Mamie Marsh of Chester Mr..
Marsh was a farmer many years. but
since 1892 had lived in the village of Ches-
ter. He served in the Civil war in Com
pany G, 9TH Vermont Volunteers, and
was a member of Henry Grand Army
post in Chester.
The funeral of Arthur n. Davis of
Greenfield, who lost his life with three
other men in the Hoosac tunnel collision
Feb. 90 was held in the Unitarian
church in Greenfield Monday, Feb. 26,
Rev Mr.. Maxwell pastor, officiating. He
was a member of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers, who attended the
service in a body. He was being taught
to run the electric engine and had oc-
occupied his position about a week. The
body was identified by the number of his
watch, which had been recorded. Mr..
Davis married JESSIE daughter of
Charles and Minnie (Billings) Allen,
formerly of this town and niece of Miss
Annie Redway of Grove st. His wife and
two sons survive. He was a clean. up
right man and greatly respected by his
friends and acquaintance. 1t is thought
that the four men were electrocuted as
their watches all stopped at the same
time.
Sealed bids for the construction of the
proposed Oak Grove school building are
called for in an advertisement in this
paper by the building committee, of
which f. Q. S. Osgood is chairman.
Plans and specifications by Wilder &
White of New York. architects. have
been placed in c. F. Thomas's drug
store for the examina ton of any who
wish to see them They call for
brick building two stories high, % feet
wide and 80 feet long, containing four
rooms rs by 33 feet. A projection on the
rear for staircases is to be SO feet long.
The building is to be completed by Sept.
/, 1912, and is to be located on the lot
recently bought by the incorporated
school district between Moreland avenue
and Parkside avenue on the Oak Grove
extension Bids will be received up to
noon, March Is. Several contractors
have examined the plans. One respon-
sible builder says the building will cost
not far from $4,000,
Elmer S. Britton, who is employed by
the White River Chair company and lives
at 104 Elliot street, and his son, Elmer
S. Britton, jr, are members of an in
teresting family group. His grandmother,
head of two separate lines of four gen.
erations each, although but 66 years old.
She became great gra ndmother at the
age of so, when Elmer S. Britton, jr.,
was born. She was born in Westmore-
land where she spent the greater part
of her life until moving to Keene a few
years ago. She is the mother of 10
children, nine of whom are living. Her
Oldest child is Mrs Helen j. Britton of
Keene. mother of Elmer S. Britton, who
Is 26 years old In the second line OF
four genera ions are Mrs. Parker, Mrs.
Hattie j. Carpenter. 43, OF Keene, Mrs.
f. Grace Williams, 25, and Iona Grace
Williams, who is nearly two years old.
Mrs. Parkers other children are Mrs.
Bertha Harvey of New Haven, Conn,
George Hall of Boston, Herbert r.. Hall
OF Westmoreland, DR.. Willis d. Hall of
Gypsy, Pa. Wallace H. Hall, Carl Hall
of New Haven, Conn, and Miss Maud B.
Hall of Boston. Pictures of the two
groups of four generations appeared In
the Boston Sunday Globe.
The funeral of Horace Clark French,
who died Feb. %, was largely attended
in the home on Clark street Monday af-
ternoon, Rev. Roy M. Houghton Of
ficiating. The committal service was
conducted by Beauseant commandery,
Knights Templar in the home, about
80 Sir Knights being. present The body
was placed in the tomb in Prospect Hill
cemetery. Fred C. Adams sang shall
we meet beyond the river?" and Beau
large number OF floral tributes among
A.