Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-01-19

fore the public will be decided upon at
the next meeting of the executive com
mittee.
Village Meeting Next Monday.
The annual reports of the village cor
poration officers have been distributed
this week. They contain the call for the
annual meeting which will be held next
Monday at 16 o'clock a. m. Among the
important matters to be considered is
the question of the purchase of land
for playground and park purposes. The
committee which was appointed at the
lats annual meeting, of which George II.
Thompson is chairman publish their re-
port of examinations of various sites.
These are narrowed down to three loca-
tions, consisting of the Williams Orchard
property on the hill west of the village;
what is known as the Basin farm in
Westminster just south of the village,
and a plot at the north end of the viii
lage, north of the residence of NJ. II.
Ray, owned by the estate of the late
James B. Morgan. The committee do
not express judgment as to which they
consider the most advantageous. They
have secured options of three different
boundaries of land in the Williams Or
chard tract, for which prices named are
$4,000, $4,000 and $1,000. The entire Basin
farm can be had for $4,000 and the Sec
tion of land at the north end would cost
$1,000. The two last named are not in
as desirable a location. Neither are they
as advantageous in price and other re-
spects. 1t would, therefore, seem that
the voters would think it wise to drop
these from consideration. OF the Will
liams Orchard propositions, it would seem
to The Phoenix that it would be wise
not to exclude from the purchase the 40
acres or more of woodlot extending up
the hill from the Williams Orchard. ac
cepting either the $4,000 or the $4,000
propositions.
Other articles in the warrant cover
the questions of purchasing a new hook
and ladder truck for the fire department
at an expense of about $1,000; building a
bank wall on front street costing about
$500 and the exemption of the Crandon
Manufacturing company on Bridge street
from taxation for five years To this
exemption there will probably be no op-
position, the village and town having
made a practice of making such ex-
emptions in other cases. and this being
a purely local concern promising to be-
come an important addition to local in
dustres.
The Bellows Falls Ice company have
several teams at work cutting ice on
Minard's pond. The ice is Is inches thick
and of very good quality.
Miss Dowlin of Green street is being
employed at the town clerks office as
sisting Miss Ray in the card indeXing of
the vital statistics and land records of
the town
A meeting of the village officers will
be held tomorrow evening in the mu-
nicipal court room for correcting the
check list to be used at the annual vii
lage meeting next Monday.
p. Alexander, who until a year ago
owned the Bellows Falls Fruit company
business and who is engaged in the
same business in Morrsville, was con-
victed of keeping liquor for sale lille
gally there and fined Spills
The clothing firm of Wilson & Abbott
in the Gray building has been changed
to the Abbott Wolfe Clothing Co., con-
sisting of II. II. Abbott of the former
firm and John NJ. Wolfe of North Wal
pole, a graduate of the Bellows Falls
high school in the class of 1909.
The board of directors of the National
Bank of Bellows Falls elected last week
consists of Hugh Henry, John II. Will
liams, C. E. Robertson, E. S. Leonard
and George r. Wales. The directors of
the Bellows Falls Trust Co. elected were
E. L. Walker, c. f. Howard, o. NJ.
George, J. C. Day, F. G. Flint. w. c..
Belknap and A. H. Chandler.
Benjamin II. Burt, one of the oldest
merchants of Rutland who died there
last week, was we'll known in Bellows
Falls, having married here in 1857, Miss
Anna NJ. Hapgood, daughter of Su
sauna Hapgood, one of our earliest cit
liens. A number of members of the
Hapgood and Williams families from
here attended the funeral Monday after
noon.
Costello Zavaladis, a Greek who has
lived in Bellows Falls several years, has
bought the pool rooms in the Central
House of Bert Wright and will conduct
| them in his own name. He intends to
add a shoe shining parlor later. There
has been a marked increase in the num-
Der of billiard and pool rooms here In
| the last year or two there now being
q public tables in use.
The death in Westminster last week OF
Joel II. Holton removes man who, for
several years was local resident high
ly esteemed by all with whom he came
| in contact He was the promoter, and
| for several years the manager of the
! electric road between here and SaXtonS
River. To his aggressive energy and OPP
tmism was due the completion of the
enterprise. which has been productive OF
much good to the towns.
The revival meetings in the Methodist
church have been continued through this
|
| DIR. Davidson has done a good work, AM
one which will have a lasting effect upor
| all the churches here In deepening the
| spiritual life of many members, as wei
as making additions to the churches
Last Sunday the other churches CAV,
up their evening services, and they will
| do so again next Sunday that all may
have an opportunity to join with the
Methodists.
A very interesting lecture was given II
the regular meeting of the Woman's clut
! Tuesday afternoon when Professor Johr
G. Thompson, principal of Fitchburl
normal school, spoke on Revolution o.
| education" Professor Thompson brought
out the difference in the number o.
branches and subjects which the averag,
pupil studies at the present time, al
| compared with that of earlier days. aver
aging more at this time than when tn,
parents were obliged to furnish all tn,
books for their children,
A meeting of the incorporators of tn,
Rockingham Hospital association, a char
ter to whom was granted by the legisla
| fav a ,naatinp I