Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-11-01

ne fleu ripper Will DeBln at y a. III.
Tuesday, Nov. 5, at the box office.
DR.. Bruce, at his own request, has been
taken to the Retreat for treatment. He
has been there a week, and already is
much better.
Members of the Daughters of Poca-
hontas and their friends enjoyed Hal
loween party in Red Mems hall last even
ing Games were played and refresh
ments were served
The autumn festival of the Universal
list church will be held in Grange hall
this evening. The doors will be open at
$50 o'clock. Various articles will be on
sale and there will be dancing until IL
O'Clock.
AT Brattleboro all lines of manufac-
ture are reported fully employed and
the outlook for winter trade is better
than 1t was year ago at this time
tBradstreets weekly Vermont trade
report.
church and society will be held in the
vestry at 1880 tonight to consider ways
and means for providing more room for
the Sunday school and to appoint necs-
sary committees
A delivery wagon owned by K. H. Am
idon and driven by Ellsworth Russell was
struck by an automobile driven by Beatty
Balestier on Harmony place Tuesday af-
ternoon and Mr.. Russell was thrown back
on pile of grocery boxes and sustained
injuries to his wrist The front wheels
of the wagon were damaged and the light
and mudguard of the automobile were
bent Mr.. Russell drove into Harmony
place from Elliot street and as he reached
the north end of the Richardso building
the machine hit his wagon.
The jury appointed by the New York
city courthouse board to select 10 de-
signs from those submitted in the first
stage of the competition for the new city
courthouse which appear as the most
meritorious reported the names of the
successful competitors Monday. Among
the 10 are Wilder & White, the Junior
partner of which firm is Harry X. White,
son of Mrs. Jennie NJ White of Brattle-
boro. Forty-seven designs were submit
ted, and all were examined carefully. The
10 competitors chosen by the jury and ~
architects selected by the board will be
the competitors for the final competition.
Because of the request on the part of
many persons the young people of the
Universalist church have decided to give
a series of stereopticon lectures this win
ter. The illustrated lecture at the even
ing service was introduced four years
ago by the Christian Union, and for three
years has been a great education and in
y.
year will be interesting and educative
and the slides among the finest to be Sc
cured. The young people, under whose
auspices the lectures are given, and the
pastor feel that those who have attend
ed them will be glad of the opportunity
again this year. The first in the series
will be announced next week.
In order to clear the meadows, which
were flooded by the rising of the Con-
necticut river last Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday, the foodgates at the
dam were opened Saturday night and
the river fell between four and a half
and five feet by o'clock next morning
leaving less water in the river near this
town than for many months, which
caused many boat owners much anxiety
They were not notified that the water
was to be lowered and Sunday morning
some found their property high and drv
on the flats. Charles Oakes's boats and
floats were aground and only the half
dozen boats at the north end of the
float were on even keels in the water,
the rest being in the mud. Several
smaller floats on the island were
aground and one steel boat was high
and dry on the stone rip-rap near the
road where it was lifted by the high
waters of last week. At Bigelow's boat
house the boats could make the chan
mel. The house boat owned by John
Manley II. w. Sargent and DR.. E. s.
Bowen was left on the flats on the
Hinsdale side of the river.
j. w. Redmond of Newport and w. r.
Warner of Vergennes, members of the
pubic service commission, with r. w
spear clerk, gave hearing Tuesday af-
ternoon in Chase & Daley's office regard
ing improvements asked by the town of
Vernon at an underpass under the Cen
trail Vermont railroad tracks about a mile
and half north of the South Vernon
station. Selectman A. G.. Barnes, Elijah
Stebbins jr., and b. II. Newton, also T.
Il. Stockwel, former road commissioner
Iown treasurer A. A. Dunklee and At
torney Z. s. Chase appeared for the town
of Vernon and Attorney John Young of
Newport and Engineer f. E. Denison of
81. Adams appeared for the railroad The
town or Vernon is making improvements
on the highway under the direction of the
state highway commissioner near the I'M
derpass and asked the commission to Or
DER the railroad to change the abutments
at the underpass so that the road would
be more than IS feet wide and so that a
good view could be obtained beyond the
underpass by persons in vehicles After
the nearing the commission and others
went to Vernon in automobiles. The
railroad representatives argued that to
change the abutments would be a very
Sooe'y wv CiiHB the Mr.. STOCK
well was asked by the commissioners
about culvert north of the underpa IS
concerning which they had received com
plants. He said 1t was in such a con-
dftion that water could not pass through
Engineer Denson said it would be re-
paired.
Mrs. Maria Weatherhead Park, 70, wife
or Charles Burt Park of Canal street.
died In her home Saturday evening after
being confined to her bed since jan 81.
when she sustained a shock. She was
born In Guilford, Jan. II, 1910, daugh-
ter Of Austin and Lucy (Wicks) Wealth
erhead. She spent her girlhood days in
that town and attended the schools there
when a young woman she went to Ber-
nardston and there followed her trade of
dressmaking. About 81 years ago she was
married to Charles b. Park of that town
About 35 years ago they came to Brattle-
boro to live and she continued to follow
her work as dressmaker, gaining a large
circle OF friends and acquaintance. Mr.
and Mrs Park had one daughter Mrs
Bertha Grace Monroe, who died May "a
1898, and whose son, Roy G.. p. Monroe,
has lived with his grandparents ever
since. Besides her husband and grand
son Mrs. Park leaves three sisters, Mrs.
Martha Blood of Cleveland O.. Mrs. Sa-
rah Shearer of Greenfield and a sister in
Alaska, and one brother, George Wealth
erhead of Chicago. The funeral was held
In the home Tuesday afternoon and Rev