Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-09-13

chapel service at the Retreat sunday ar
ternoon at o'clock.
Many of the horses in town are wear
ing blankets advertising the valley fair.
The blankets are yellow with black let
ters.
Mr.. and Mrs A. II. Harvey are plan
ming to build seven-room bungalow
on Clark avenue. They expect to break
ground for II this fall.
Michael Sherry who bought the ia |
cobs lunch room several weeks ago, Will |
throw away the key Monday night and |
the doors will be open all the time.
Contractor ]. c. Connors, who has |
charge of building the new cement side
walks expects to finish work on the |
north side of MILESTONE brook by sat |
urday night and then he Will take his
men across the brook and begin opera
lions on Prospect hill. The men are
now working on western avenue.\
Frederick Holbrook, who recently
bought the so-called Simonds house at
the corner of Elliot and Elm streets
for the use of the men employed on
the railroad construction work, Is maxi
ing extensive improvements upon 1t,
putting in new bath rooms, electric
lights and various modern conveniences.
The advance sale of reserved seats for
the grand stand at the Valley fair will
open at the Auditorium box office Fri
day night. Sept %. at I O'Clock. contin-
uing through Saturday and Monday at
the box office and on fair days at the
grounds. Out-of-town persons may Sc
cure reserved seats by addressing w.
II. Perry. Brattleboro. after Sept. 16
The war Cry. which is being sold this
week by local members of the Salvation
Army, is a special number in memory
of the late General William Booth, the
army's commander in chief, who died
August 90 The paper Is profusely IL
lustrated and contains large amount of
interesting material concerning Gen.
Booth and his work as well as tributes
to him from prominent men and publ
cations all over the world.
w. F. Ray. who has been appointed
| general superintendent of the Boston &
| Maine railroad to succeed Charles f.
| Lee, resigned. is a native of South Yer
| non. Upon graduation from Notre Dame
| college in 1875 Mr. Ray became a fire.
man on the Connecticut River railroad.
| For some years he was assistant superin-
| tendent of the Connecticut River divis
ion of the Boston & Maine and made
| his home in Springfield, Mass. In recent
years he has been superintendent of the
| Boston & Names Portland division and
has lived in Concord, ~ III.
| L.
| tract Tuesday to build the new Hertz
| berg bridge The selectmen received six
| bids and Mr.. Perry's was for $1400.
| The terms of the contract require that
the work shall be begun within 10 days
after the award The bridge will be of
| cement with steel trusses and will have
two arches. Mr.. Perry will begin with
| in a few days to demolish the old Hertz
berg bridge, and he will leave foot
| path across, which will make it neces-
| sary for teams to take some other road
than the Brook road to get beyond the
bridge.
The two rear wheels of Vernon c.
| DAYS carriage were demolished Tuesday
| afternoon when they were hit by NJ
c. Houghton's automobile on Main
| in front of Hoadley's cafe Mr.. Hough-
ton was going north at slow rate and
had crossed the bridge, which had just
been watered. An automobile owned by
c. H. Willard of Townshend stood In
front of the cafe and another carriage
besides Mr.. Days was coming down the
street Mr. Houghton turned to avoic
the second carriage and his machine
skidded and Mr. Day was forced te
drive into the Townshend mans ma
chine before his carriage was hit by MT
Houghton's automobile. Mr.. Day and
woman were in the carriage, but they
were not thrown out and Mr.. Houghtor
settled on the spot for the damage done
After a thorough renovation. the Au
ditorium will be ready for the valley
fair week attractions The new meta
ceilings have been placed over the pi
and on the balconies and have beef
painted a grayish-white. George Twlt
chell has a force of men at work dec
Grating the interior of the theatre. TIT
side walls will be painted old rose, thu
, door cases and sheathing Will be a ngh
cream and the doors will be painted t
represent mahogany. The prosceniun
2 arch and boxes will be finished in ligh
cream and gold. In order to have tn
theatre ready by Valley fair week tn
painters will work overtime and s sooi
as they are done the chairs will be pu
in place. A six-foot circle on the sound
ing board above the stage will be dec
. GRATED with a picture which VIII b.
painted by an employe of the Keighle.
Metal Ceiling company. who put up tn
, ceilings in the Auditorium and Festiva
, hall
, Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Ray celebrated
+, their golden wedding Friday in the HON
of their daughter, Mrs. William c. A
Herr in Gardner Mass. The house wa
handsomely decorated A large numbe
of friends and relatives called between
3 and in the afternoon and to II
= gram of music and games was carrie
out. Guests We're present from Waverly
] Aver, Sterling. Orange. Westmnste
and Cambridge, Mass, and Concord, n
H. Mr., Ray was born in Gardner in 1873
and has always lived in that town. III
was engaged in railroad work man
. years and was baggage master at tn
union station % years, giving up activ
employment about two years ago on &C
5 count of his advanced age. Mrs. Ra
was the daughter of William and La
;. vinia (Adams) Sargent and was born i
Brattleboro June 49, 1898. Mr.. and Mrs
' Raw were married in this town Sept.
1862 by Rev. Mr.. Carpenter, pastor o
the Methodist church at that time. o
the day of the celebration Mr.. and Mrs
Ray were given their first automobil
n ride. They were the recipients of man
n remembrance Mr.. Ray. in an interview
/ in the Gardner News. recalled man
g changes which had taken place in hi
a home town and in railroad work With
,, his remembrance
!, DYSPEPSIA ON THE DECLINE