Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-05-24

The rest room committee met yester-
day afternoon and decided on June is /,
as the date for Red Tag day.
A meeting of the N. e. o. p. ladies'
auxiliary will be held this evening in
the home of Mrs. E. ]. DeLuca. Every
one bring sewing.
The delegates to the Rebekah state
assembly from Dennis Rebekah lodge,
No. l. will give their reports at the reg
ular meeting of the lodge next Tuesday
evening There will also be other do
ings" All Rebekahs are welcome and
should not miss hearing the reports.
Quonektacut tribe, 1. o. r. M, held
its annual memorial exercises In the
wigwam Sunday afternoon. Following
the exercises a delegation went to the
cemeteries and decorated the graves or
former members. Fifteen members OF
Quonektacut tribe are buried In this
town.
Some of those concerned in the ques-
ton of salaries for the members of the
fire department point with interest to
the fact that the salaries of the Tur-
ners Falls firemen wee raised from $50
to $50 a year in a meeting of the fire
district Monday The Brattleboro fire.
men are paid 800 a year.
Edward McGough, who was seriously
hurt in Springfield, Mass, last week
when a cornce of city office building
fell, is expected to recover. For a time
it was though he was injured fatally.
Mrs. McGough was Miss Nellie Ander-
son of this town. John F. Haggerty,
who fell with McGough, died of his in
juries.
ID. 7. and A. G.. Perry have been
awarded the contract for building 22O0
feet of asphalt pavement in Mddlebury,
this state. Archie G. Perry has gone to
that town to supervise the work and
| the FIRMS equipment is being shipped
from Newport, N. H., where large job
was done last year. The work is to be
finished by Sept. 1.
A happy gathering took place in the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Cudworth
Friday evening to observe Mrs. Cud-
worths birthday anniversary. Despite
| the stormy weather a large number
gathered and Mrs. Cudworth was pre-
scented a salad bowl and cake plate.
Refreshments were served and cards,
games and music were enjoyed
The listers filed an abstract of the
| personal list which they have been COM
piing with the town clerk Monday. The
| list this year amounts to about $S1,300
| The first of the week the board went in
a body and appraised 81 new houses that
were not assessed last year. OF these,
| 16 have two tenements, two six tene-
| mentS anu one three teuefneHtS L TIC
listers will meet in the selectmen's room
| Monday afternoon to consider any OBJ
jections to their appraisals that may be
made.
| decree of the supreme court has
been received this week in the case of
John b. Manley against Peter Johnson
and bail, In the county court AIanley
was awarded $500 in an action of deceit
in an automobile trade Johnson left
go. ,,rl1t fA,, 70
recover from Johnsons bail, A. w
Rockwell. The supreme court has GER
titled the case back to the county clerk
to tax the damages and costs against
the bail hearing will be held before
County Clerk F. D. E. Stowe soon.
The last foreign missionary meeting
of the season, under the auspices of the
ladies' association of the Centre church
was held in the chapel Wednesday even
ing Mrs. Lawrence Thurston, teacher
in the Yale mission in China spoke very
Interestingly on the subject, Changing
China" She emphasized various events
in China's history which have led uT
to the revolution. She also gave WV
i'd picture of some events of the revolu-
ton, of present conditions there and the
opportunity which is now before the
church. A good number were presen
at the meeting.
Because of an attack of acute gas
tritis, with which she was stricken Sun
day, Miss Daisy Wells has been obliged
to cancel her contract with the Newplay
Stock company which she intended to
join this week and open in Springfield
this state, tomorrow night in the leading
role. She had been widely advertised by
the management and yesterday morning
received a telegram from the manager
saying that the company had closed
and the members would go to New York
until a leading woman could be secured
to take her place. Miss Wells has beer
i'll this week but probably will go with
the local players to Bellows Falls this
evening when they will present "A
Night Off" for the benefit of the Bellows
Falls band.
Capt. j. E. Haynes's team is leading
Capt W. r. Daley's team in the Mason
ic pool tournament by 80 points. The
games played this week have resulted
as follows: E. L. Hildreth 80, c. II. Niles
lS; Frank Barber 80, E. A. Miller 2S; j
f. Leach S6, Frank Reed so; NJ NJ
Tucker 25, Eric Landry 80; c. H. Grant
so, I. D. Bailey IS; Glenham Jones 81
C. w. Reed so; V. o. Jones SO, E. II
Crane so; L. S. Edwards So w. c. Nit
chell So; H. Dunklee SS, A. Dunklee so
c. s. Spencer so, A, d. Wyatt 80; c. II
Fox As, H. p. Green 30; F. w. Childs
50. C. F. Bingham so; c. s. Hopkins Al
l.. Durham so. The first named in each
pair is a member of Capt. Daley's team
The tournament will close tomorrow
evening.
The dancing pavilion at Island parl
will be opened Tuesday evening for the
season of 1912 The following evening
the Junior prom" given by the juniors
of the high school will be held there
and Thursday evening the pavilion
again will be open to the public. Sew
eral changes have been made for the
coming season at the park. In the paw
ilion the musicians will be placed or
the west side of the balcony, midway OF
! the hall, instead of on the south enc
as last year. In the refreshment room
the counters have been placed in differ
ent positions and instead of having one
entrance to the grandstand the centre
door which did service last year will bt
! closed as it is directly in the rear of the
ticket booth, and at each end of the
room doors have been cut leading t
the grandstand, making three entrances
Including the one at the north end OF
: the veranda. This will make entrance
/ easier and in order to facilitate the
handling of the crowds leaving the
stand an exit has been cut at the soutt
end of the dance hall wall A new Goa
of paint has been applied all over the
buildings and the stand. The bal
, grounds have been put in good condition
| nd ha hac