Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-12-13
LOCAL OVERFLOW.

The stores will be open each evening
beginning Wednesday, Dec. 1s, and con-
tinuing until Christmas.
Berton G. worden and Mrs. Viola
Gates, both of Halifax, were married In
Haskin e. Schwenk's office Tuesday by
Justice A. f. Scnwenk
State Fish and Game Commissioner
Titcomb is still receiving reports of deer
killed during the open season. He has
been notified officially of 1917 deer slain,
Windham county leading all the other
counties with 267. Last year the number
OF bucks killed in the state was 249i.
State Deputy II. w. Sargent, Mrs.
II. w. Sargent, State Treasurer Fred b.
Pier, Mrs Pier, and Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Smith of West Brattleboro attended the
state Grange meeting in Rutland this
week. Mrs. Sargent is Flora of the state
organization and Mr.. Smith is master of
Windham County Pomona Grange.
The wedding of Charles Schorling and
Miss Marguerite Kempf will take place
Christmas afternoon at o'clock in st.
Michaels Roman Catholic rectory. A re-
ception will be held at the home of the
bride on South Main street After
wedding journey they will live at Mr..
Schorlng's home on the Hnsdale road.
Sedgwick Woman's Relief corps elect
ed these officers in the annual meeting
| neld last evening: Pres, Georgia Stone;
| S. V. p, Emogene White; j. V. p,
Laura Washburn; treas, Emily Allen;
| chap, Helen Miller; c., Ellen Herrick;
| G., Mabel Hail. delegates to department
| convention, Emma Eason, Laura Wash
| burn, Hattie Warner, Louise Allen; al
ternates, Rose Arcand, Myra Stone,
Emily Allen, Mary Walker.
William Rider was arrested yesterday
| afternoon by Chief-of-Police Wilson and
Deputy Sheriff Mann, charged with de-
serting his wife in Springfield Mass,
Since he left Springfield Mrs Rider has
given birth to child. He had been at
| work as a carpenter on the Crosby
| elevator AMI drew his pay envelope un-
| der the name of Charles Emerson. An
| officer from Springfield took him back
to that city where he will be arraigned
on the charge of wilful desertion.
The engineers in charge OF the railroad
| job for the Holbrook Cabot & Rollins
| corporation are still wrestling with the
| problem of the ledge under the bed of
| the Connecticut river on which pier No.
| for the new bridge will be built. From
! the first it was known that this ledge
would present it's difficulties and the
| engineers have not been pleasantly dis
| appointed in their surmises. For the
past several weeks the ledge has been
| blasted and n dredge has plugged away
at the job of digging and carrying away
the stone that has been loosened, but
the top of the ledge has not yet been
| made level enough to allow the pier to
| be built. More blasting by dynamite will
| be necessary. The bridgeworkers have
continued their work this week and
their part is advancing rapidly.
Frederick Clinton Pettee, H. son of
DR.. and Mrs Frederick G. Pettee, died
in his home on High street Tuesday
night after an illness of about a year
He was born in this town Sept. IA, 1896
The last active interest he took in out
side work was a year ago when he sold
| Red Cross stamps. He was intensely in
| terested in selling the stamps and de-
| voted his entire spare time to 1t during
the selling season. He was taken Ill
shortly afterward and for the past sew
eral months had been confined to his
bed. Although unable to take part in the
activities of his chums, they came reg
ularly throughout his illness and dis
cussed the topics and happenings of
the day. By means of these boys he
was kept informed and it was a great
JOY to him that they remembered him
and visited him. He was in the Sth
grade of the Main street school when he
was overcome by illness. Mrs. Jennie
T. Warren, teacher in the 9Th grade of
the school, also was a frequent caller
at his bedside Besides his parents he
leaves two brothers, DR.. A. L. Pettee
of this tewn and Ralph B. Pettee man
ager of the American Express COM
pany's office in Hanover, N. II, The
funeral was held yesterday afternoon at
the home, Rev. r. M. Houghton Of the
Congregational church officiating. The
burial took place in Prospect Hill ceme-
terry and the bearers were Porter N,
Spencer, Stanley C. Fits, Raymond
Thomas and Harold Thayer, chums and
| playmates.
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