Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-05-10

The track meet for the boys of the
grades lin the public schools will be
held on the fair grounds June IL.
Mrs. Mary Howe Burton of Clinton.
Mass, will represent Brattleboro in the
allegorical review in the pageant and
will sing.
The exchange sale of tickets for the
band show will continue at the Brooks
House Pharmacy until Monday morning
at 8 O'clock when they will go on sale
at the Auditorium box office.
A meeting of the corporators of the
Masonic Building association was held
last evening, followed by a meeting of
the directors. The corporators and di-
rectors were reelected.
Displays of photographs of the cast
of the band show, "a Night or are
on exhibition in the windows of the
Brooks House Pharmacy and C. F.
Thomass pharmacy. The photographs
were made by A. d. Wyatt.
IAN evening of southern songs" will be
given in the high school hall Thursday
evening, May 90, for the benefit of the
high school paper the Dial. There will
be solo and chorus numbers and music
will be furnished by the high school or
chestra.
The shortage in the hay market has
resulted i'm exceptionally high prices all
week on hay of choice quality in a doz-
en- or more large cities in various parts
of the country range from $2S to 1874.
The price in Brattleboro for baled hay
of good quality at the car is about $24.
H. L. Emerson has sold three of his
houses on Belmont avenue. one to Earl
j. Taylor, who took possession the first
of the month; one to Samuel G. Brown,
who will move in this week, and another
to William E. Cushman, who will move
there the latter part of the month. Mr..
Emerson also has sold several building
lots to persons who contemplate the
erection of houses in the near future.
Quonektacut tribe of Red Men have
received and hung in their wigwam a
fine portrait of the late Col c. A. Miles.
1t bears the following tribute: "Col.
Charles A. Miles, First Sachem of
Quonektacut Tribe of Red Men of
Brattleboro, VT. He was unanimously
elected to that office for thirteen con-
secutive years, which expresses better
than words the esteem in which he was
held by each Brother Red Man"
In the annual meeting of the Ladies'
Enterprise society in the home of Mrs
Albert NJ Thomas Wednesday afternoon
these officers were elected: Pres, Miss
Lucia Foster; first vice pres Mrs. Ber-
tina Thomas; second vice pres, Miss
Florence Foster; Sec, Mrs. Frank
STRONG; treas, MIS-. Kate sargent; truS-
tees, Mrs. F. P. Hopkinson Mrs. Susie
Davis, Mrs. Carrie Mellen; fin. COM,
Mrs Albert A. Smith, Mrs. Dana How
ard; Mrs. d. c. Winchester; flower COM,
Mrs Jane Brockington, Mrs. Susie Da-
Wis.
An interesting inning game of
baseball was played on the fair grounds
Wednesday afternoon between the ninth
grade of the Main street building and
AJai,
boys claim the victory by a score of
1716 and the parochial boys say the
score was tied, 1916. Another game
probably will be played Thursday after
noon. Estey and Johnson were in the
box for the Main street team and Shea
and Fitzgibbons pitched for the OPP
ponents Wood caught for the latter
and Whitney was behind home plate for
the ninth grade team.
A. F. Halves, state forester, has sent
invitations to forest fire wardens in this
part of the state to attend a conference
to be held in Grange hall, Brattleboro,
tomorrow, May II, from 1870 to 43O
The state forester Is authorized to pay
the expenses of such wardens as he may
invite to a local meeting for the dis
cussion of fire problems. In the notice
which he mailed from Burlington Mr..
Halves says: There were a number of
serious fires in your county last season,
be so well organized this year as to
prevent repetition of such a loss"
The Newplay stock company made its
first appearance here in the Auditorium
Monday evening. 1t has been presenting
good class of entertainment during
the week. The plays given have been as
follows Monday evening. THE Unwrit-
ten Law; Tuesday evening, THE Man
Of Mystery; Wednesday matinee, 1.-THE
Man of Mystery; Wednesday evening,
'At the Risk of His Life; last even
ing, "The Lady from Laramie" The
matinee today will be "a Good Fellow"
and this evening 1.-THE Silver Dagger
will be presented. Tonight the choice
of one of three dress patterns now on
exhibition in Houghton G. Simonds's
window will be given the woman in
the theatre holding a seat check cor
responding with one chosen on the
stage. The company is well balanced
and the members have demonstrated
their abilities as actors and actresses.
The vaudeville between the acts is
hetter than the average of stock COM
panies and consists of Sully and Phelps,
comedy sketches, singers and dancers;
Lou Adell, character change artist
Frank Robinson, baritone; DeLuna and
DeLuna, character sketches.
The spring session of the Connecticut
River Valley conference, Unitarian, will
be held in the Unitarian church of
Brattleboro next Tuesday and We'd
nesday. Following is the program.
Tuesday evening-7.S0, service OF wor-
ship. sermon by Rev. Charles Edward
Park, minister of the First church in
Boston. Wednesday-1015, devotional
service conducted by Rev. Margaret b.
Barnard of Rowe. Mass; 1915, business;
1l.15, address by Mrs Florence Kelley,
secretary Of the Consumers league, sub
ject, Philanthropy and social Justice;
discussion of address opened by Rev.
Samuel r. Maxwell of Greenfield LOO,
luncheon in the Masonic dining rooms;
q 2.15, business meeting continued; 315,
address by Rev. Edgar s. Wiers of
Montclair, N. j., subject. Social recon-
struction'; discussion opened by Earl
G. Davis of Pittsfield, Mass A meet
ing OF the Ministers union will be held
with Rev. e. Q. S. Osgood at 80 High
street Tuesday at O'clock Rev. MT
osgood will give a paper on Pastoral
work." and Rev. A. III. Coar of Holyoke
will give one ON Organization of a
conference" General discussion will fol-
low. after which supper will be served
at the parsonage.
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