Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-03-08
eRATTLEeoRo PERSONAL.

Harry Holland is i'll with grip at his
home on Canal street.
Miss Catherine Hartnett spent Wednes-
day and yesterday in New London.
Miss Mary Cummings of New London
visited at her home here this week
Miss Nellie Dunlevy of Keene spent
Sunday at her home on Harris place.
Rev. Father George L Ecuyer of Win
ooski spent part of the week in town.
Isabelle Trendall went Saturday to
Windsor to spend a month with her
uncle.
Miss Ida Thrower will go tomorrow to
Worcester for a weeks visit with her
mother.
Edward Tubbs and Frank Morse
caught 81 pike on the Akley meadows in
Vernon the last of last week.
J. A. Page, assistant at H. E. Bonds,
has taken a room at the home of Mrs.
Horace French on Clark street.
Mrs. Herbert Barden and daughters will
move March 10 from Canal street to the
Ryder house on South Main street.
Albert a. Larrabee of Orange went to-
day to the Memorial hospital where he
will undergo an operation tomorrow
The Garment Workers union held their
regular monthly meeting Tuesday even
ing in Union hall. Four were initiated.
Thomas Aher has finished work for the
White River Chair company and is brake
ing on the local freight between here and
Palmer.
Mrs. Howard Hoyt has returned to
her home in Weston after a two weeks
visit with her mother, Mrs. w. w.
| Plimpton.
Carroll A. Wood underwent an opera
| ton for appendicitis this morning in his
| home on Clark street, DR.. e. R. Lynch
performing the operation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee and daughter, Ruby.
| and son. Giles, of Erving, Mass, are
! visiting their daughter, Mrs. Ernest Du-
| Temple of South Main street.
p. F. Dillback has resumed his po-
sition as brakeman on the way freight
between Brattleboro and White River
Junction after three months vacation,
Mrs. C. F. Richardson and children and
her mother, Mrs. Guild, will move Tues
day from 60 Main street to 10 Davis
street in Greenfield. Mr.. Richardson is
employed there by the Phelps Cracker
company.
Mrs. Harry A. Bingham was taken III
with pneumonia Friday night and has
been in a critical condition much of the
time since, having very high tempera-
ture. She showed some improvement
yesterday, but is very weak
A number of Miss Dorothy Todd :
friends gave her surprise party Tues-
day evening at the home of Mrs. +. K
Hebron on Frost street in honor or mel
birthday anniversary. The evening was
pleasantly spent with cards ana music
Refreshments of ice cream and cake Were
served. Among the gifts Miss TODD re-
ceived a bouquet of English violets'
birthday cake trimmed with smilax ane
carnations and brilliantly hshted VIII
candles, and a shower of postcards
Welcome l. Capen of New York, {
cousin of Mrs. f. r, Flagg of Prospec
street and an annual visitor In Brattle
boro, has Just been promoted from tn
position OF general superintendent o
plant of the Postal Telegraph compan!
10 the position of fourth vice president
He has been in Texas this winter AM
for several years he has had supervision
, of the expenditure of about s3,OO0,0OO
: | year MIR. Capen began his telegraph
career in Brattleboro as a messenge
how and saw service in all the old oppo
sition telegraph companies. He entere
the employ of the Postal company i
1890 as manager of its Cincinnati Office
Il was advanced to the superinten3 ency q
= the Chicago district i'm 1892, was mad
D. | superintendent of construction of tn
d western division in 1901 and general su
e perintendent of that division in 1906 wit
= headquarters in Chicago. His next az
i pointment was that of general superr
N tendent % the plant with headquartel
in New York.