Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-11-29

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A special meeting of Canton Palestine
for the election of officers will be held
| Tusday evening at 7.S0 o'clock.
The annual rental of pews in the Con-
gregational church will take place next
Wednesday evening at 7.30 o'clock.
The patriarchal degree will be worked
at the next regular melting of oasis en-
campment Thursday evening, Dec. 5.
A good number of dancers attended the
Thanksgiving party given by Elijah
| Wales In Grange hall last evening
Leitsinger's orchestra furnished music.
spauding brothers will hold another
dancing party in Grange hall next
| Thursday evening with music by Lett
singers orchestra.
The executive committee of the Brat
| tleboro winter sports committee are con-
ferring with Fred II. Harris in an at
tempt to secure his services to assist
them in laying out a proper place for
ski jump.
All members of Protective Grange are
| urged to attend the chicken-pie supper
| at $40 Wednesday evening, which will
be followed by the annual roll call at
100 The business meeting will be fol-
lowed by an entertainment.
In the meeting of the board of select
men Monday evening George e. Croll
asked that Blakeslee street be graded
as he is building a two-tenement house
there. The selectmen also were asked
to clean the cutters on Oak Grove av-
| enue.
The subject of the stereoptlcon lee
tue in the Congregational church Sunday
| evening at o'clock will be Cairo and
Egypt" Rev. Mr.. Houghton spent
week in Cairo and vicinity, visiting
| Heliopolis, the Pyramids and other
| places of interest
Eddie Boln, Brattleboro's wrestler, was
thrown in two straight falls by young"
Olsen before the Norwood Press club in
Norwood, Mass, Tuesday evening Bo-
| lin received some good press notices of
his work against the Newfoundlander
Olsen won from Fritz Hason in two
matches at Island park.
Henry Bond of Tyler street was
elected president of the interchurch fed
Grafton of Vermont at a meeting held in
the Van Ness House in Burlington We'd
nesday afternoon. C. c. Fits was elect
ed a member of the finance committee
and DR.. H. d. Hoton a member of the
social purity committee.
Donat Rvard and Miss Mary Agnes
Peete, both of Fort Drummer Heights,
were married yesterday morning in st.
| Michael's Roman Catholic church by Rev
Father Bernard Mcmahon. They were
attended by Louis and Miss Ida Peete,
| brother and sister of the bride. They
will live in Brattleboro.
The New York Sunday Herald con-
tanned pictures of the Rockland Park
| farm and homestead in OrangetoWn n
Y, famous estate which is to be sold
at auction this week This was the home
many years of the late Stephen Rowe
Bradley, formerly of this town and a
brother of the late Richards Bradley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter j. Cotton, who have
conducted the Ideal hand laundry on High
street four years. have sold the business
| to w. r. Gasgarth, who took possession
this morning. Mr.. and Mrs Cotton will
move to Warwick, Mass, where they
| have bought farm and where they will
conduct laundry for Mortified trade
Carl Anderson Harrington and Miss Ar
zele LeBert were married yesterday by
Rev. Roy NJ. Houghton. Mr. Harrington
is chairmaker and is a son of Mrs
Christina Harrington. Mrs. Harrington is
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. James Lee
| ert OF Hinsdale. Following a wedding
trip they will live at 81 South Main
| street.
Frederick, son of Mr.. and Mrs. F. S.
Knight of Western avenue, underwent an
operation in the Memorial hospital Mon
DAY to have a needle removed from his
knee. The lad was playing on the floor
j" his HON about 10 days ago, when
the needle entered his knee. The wound
became very painful. The operation was
prformed by Dr F. II. OConnor.
Supt. Ralph Eldridge of the local tel
ephone exchange was called to Shelburne
Falls this week to attend the funeral
of his uncle, Frank W. Richmond, 60,
who died Monday from the effects of in
juries received Friday, when he was
Knocked down on the bridge in ShelA
burne Falls by a big touring car Mr.
Richmond was an ornamental painter in
Greenfield many years, but the past few
years had been engaged iL sash and
blind manufacturing in Shelburne Falls
in company with his brother
The case of E. NJ. Holden, a contractor
in Brattleboro. against Dr. Richard Nc
Gillicuddy of Turner's Falls, was tried
in the superior court in Greenfield last
week and the plaintiff was awarded
$199.25 damages. The suit was brought
on account of collision of automobiles
July II, 1911, in Guilford, when the de-
PENDANT came around curve and ran
into the plaintiff, badly damaging the
latter's car. Among the witnesses were
Mr.. and Mrs. Holden, Ray l.. Greene,
now of Springfield, Mass, and Robert c.
Bacon.
Charles \. Wheeler, a well-known and
respected citizen of Barre, Mass, died
in his home Monday morning after a
lingering illness with brghts disease
His wife, Vera A, who survives, is a
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles c.
johnson of West Brattleboro. For many
years he had been a deacon of the Con-
gregational church in Barre coming
from the church in Hardwick, where he
held the same office. He was held in
high esteem in his home and neighbor-
ing towns, as was shown by the large
attendance and profuson of flowers al
the funeral. Mrs. Frank D. Wright, Mr.
and Mrs. Jesse c. Johnson and Clyde C
Jakway attended the services in the
home Wednesday afternoon
quiet wedding took place Wednes.
day evening at the UuniVersals
parsonage when Miss Nellie Porter
and Ernest d. Torrey, both o.
Brattleboro, were married by Rev
Delmar e. Trout at o'clock. They
were unattended and the single ring ser.
vice was used. The newly married
couple left for a two-weeks trip, after
which they will live on Frost place
where Mr. Torrey has recently bough
ana furnished home. Mr.. Torrey is G
slater and contractor, having been il
business for himself about four years
Mrs Torrey was formerly of Marlboro
and came to Bratteboro about four year.
ago and has been employed by Mrs. S
w