Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-03-29

will be held in Masonic temple next
Wednesday evening.
The N. e. o. p, ladies auxiliary will
hold their next regular meeting with
Mrs Ida Stafford on Elliot street Friday,
April s.
The ladies' circle of the Universalist
church will hold their monthly business
meeting in the church parlor Iuesuay
afternoon at o'clock.
The annual meeting of the Vermont
Wheel club will be held next Tuesday
evening, when the annual reports will
be presented and officers Will be elected
Fritz Hanson and Young Gotch, who
will wrestle this evening. wish it known
that they are not the men advertised to
wrestle in Wiliamsville Saturday even
ing.
An Easter sale of flowers, home-m
candy and attractive gifts will be held
in the Brooks House parlors by the
women of the Unitarian church Wednes-
day afternoon, April g. from to 9
o'clock. Tea will be served.
The executive committee of the Valley
Fair association announces the following
stake races for the annual fair the last
week in September: 2.3O pace, $50 trot
217 pace and PIP pace. c. F. Pike OF
Windsor will be the starter and 10. ID.
Harpin of that town will be the presiding
Judge
The several departments of the Con-
gregational Sunday school will meet to-
gether for the opening exercises Sunday
noon A special program entitled,
America, sweet land of liberty" will
be given by members of the Junior and
intermediate departments. This program
is based on the work of the Congrega
tional Home Missionary society to which
the offerings of the school will be given
in April.
The proposed railroad improvements
will necesstate a large expenditure of
money by the Connecticut River Power
company the Twin State Gas & Electric
company and the New England Telephone
& Telegraph company, as each of these
companies has lines on Vernon street on
territory that will be needed for railroad
purposes and over Bridge street. The
lines and poles will have to be moved and
although the companies have not been
notified to move the lines they will make
plans to shift them during the next few
days.
Harry White of the firm of Wilder &
White, architects, of New York city was
in town this week and conferred with
the members of the committee of the
incorporated school district in regard to
the proposed school building on Oak
Grove extension, between Moreland
avenue and Parkside avenue, with
view to modifying the plans of the
proposed building so as to lessen the
expense of building it. No definite ar
rangements were made although it may
be decided not to finish the two rooms on
the upper floor.
An informal banquet was held Tuesday
night in the Brooks House by the local
members of the New England Fat Mems
club. Twenty-seven persons were present
and their total weight amounted to $500
No., 4 ta1 Vsa
made by everyone present and perma-
nent orga nizaton was formed D. Frank
Shea one of the leading spirits locally,
was elected president, vice president.
secretary and treasurer. Those from out
of town who attended were Frank Rob-
ertson and E. E. Robertson of Hinsdale,
Frank Aldrich of Mortified, Harry Hall
of Boston and H. M. Dolan Of Portland,
Me-
The ladies aid society of the Method
list church held their annual business
meeting Wednesday afternoon in the
home of Mrs. C. D. Smith. These officers
were elected for the coming year Pres,
Mrs. c. D. Smith vice pres, Mrs. o. l..
Rawson, Mrs. T. r. Edwards Mrs Mary
Mike; Sec, Mrs Eliza Adams; treas,
Mrs. F. A. Shaw; directors Mrs. A. e.
Atwood Mrs. o. L. Rawson, Mrs w.
Haskell, Mrs. Emogene White, Mrs Ella
Hldreth, Mrs Addie Nichols. Mrs. w.
r. Stuart Mrs. Cobb Mrs. Mary Mike,
Mrs. Dora Winslow, Mrs. Delmar Fraser,
Mrs, George Boorn; flower committee,
Mrs, s. NJ. Yeaw; committee for visiting
the sick, Mrs w. r. Stuart, Mrs. Eva
Clark, Mrs Emogene White.
Because a freight car on the West
River branch mixed train jumped the
track Friday morning and landed with its
nose on the bank the train due to leave
here at p, m. did not begin its jour
ney until 1870 o'clock. There was
larger number of passengers than usual
because many of the road commissioners
in the West River valley had come to at
tend the road commissioners meeting in
the Auditorium and had brought their
families to spend the day here. The ac-
cident happned about two miles north of
Townshend and a wrecking train was
sent from here with the engine of the 6
O'Clock train. The work of getting the
car on the track took until well into the
evening and the passenger train could
not be sent up the branch until the en-
CINE returned. The mixed train con-
tinued to Londonderry and did not start
on the return trip until $40 o'clock that
evening, arriving here about midnight
Miss Serotia A. Alexander, 80, died
this morning between and o'clock in
her home on Canal street after an illness
of 10 weeks. She was one of the seven
children of the late Willard II. Alexander
and Eunice l., (ScotD Alexander. The
only survivor of the family is John F.
Alexander, for many years a well-known
manufacturer in Saxtons River. One
brother, Charles f., was for years
prominent citizen of Guilford; another.
Henry w, was widely known as a music
teacher; and Elijah s., was a successful
business man in Chicago, where he ac-
quired large holdings of real estate. Miss
Alexander, like the other members of
her family, possessed a great aptitude
Tor music and as a young woman taught
with great success in different parts of
the country. She was teaching in
Chambersburg, Va when the Civil war
broke out More than 40 years ago she
gave up her work as teacher in Boston
to return home to care for her aged par
ents in their declining years Arrange
ments for the funeral have not been
completed
There scenes to bs no question but
that the Brattleboro board of trade will
have to raise $500 to match a similar
amount to be raised in the West River
valley toward developing the summer
homes and summer boarders business In
the valley. In the meeting in the Brooks
House two weeks ago last Saturday, when
representatives of the various towns met
the directors of the board of trade to dis
cuss the proposed improvements in the
train service by the addition of two new
trains a day each way between Brattle-
boro and South Londonderry it was
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