Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-12-13
LOCAL OVERFLOW.

The Ladies' Enterprise society will
meet with Mrs. c. S. Sargent on Cherry
street Wednesday afternoon at o'clock.
AS in former years the Congregational
Sunday school will send a box to the
Italian mission in New York under the
direction of Rev. Antonio Alright
The eighth grade defeated the sew
enth grade of the Main street school
building 1876 in a football game on Is
land park Wednesday afternoon.
The subject of the stereopticon lee
ture in the Centre Congregational
church Sunday evening at o'clock will
be, From Jerusalem to Bethlehem
y number of interesting pictures will
be shown.
"Freckles," Neil Twomey's dramatiza-
tlon of Gene Stratton- Porter's novel.
will be presented in the Auditorium
soon in the Fox & Eaton circuit. Tie
dramatic version is said to be excep-
tionally interesting.
with much lower temperature this
week than has been common this fall
ice has formed on the muck hole" on
the Retreat grounds and yesterday sew
eral boys were skating there. The rivers
have not frozen over and the muck
hole Is the best place for skating at
present and Is much safer than the ice
at the Hunt farm.
One Of the largest cheeses ever seen
in this town was placed on exhibition
in the window of the Cloverdale store
on Elliot street yesterday morning. 1t
attracted much attention and tomorrow it
will be cut and sold 1t is of the cream
variety and is q inches high, 20 inches
in diameter. 81 inches in circumference
and weighs 591 pounds.
The men of the Baptist church hela
a meeting Wednesday evening and lis
tened to an interesting address by Rev.
j. S. Lyon ID. D., of Holyoke on mems
work in the church. His talk was of an
original and uplifting character and was
much enjoyed A. L. Maynard presided
and during the evening music was en-
joyed and buffet luncheon was served.
In the meeting of the Mutual Aid
association Wednesday the secretary
reported 81 calls for help received in
November and so were filled; the super
visor of attendants reported % patients
under care and l29 calls were made,
| the district nurse reported 40 patients
under care and 159 calls made; II child
rem We're cared for in the day nursery:
there was an average attendance of Sc
days; l2O meals were served
The annual meeting of the Windham
County Pomona Grange will be held
with Protective Grange. Brattleboro,
Thursday, Dec. 10. The election and in
stallation of officers will be held in the
forenoon. The afternoon session will be
open to the public Hon. o. l.. Martin
of Planfeld, commissioner of agrcul-
| ture, will give an illustrated lecture on
Vermont agriculture" There will be
| no evening session and the fifth degree
| will not be conferred.
| The annual meeting of the Brattle-
boro Cooperative Savings and Loan as
| sociation was held Wednesday evening
and these officers We're reelected: Pres
| NJ. j. Moran; vice pres, Solon A. Rich
| mond; sec. and treas, A. E. Merrill di-
| rectors, w. H. Proctor II. L. Emerson
| F. r. Vaughan, Gustave Hertzberg, f.
| G. Chace, NJ. P. Davis, L. f. Holden and
| C. E. Graffam, 1t was voted to secure a
| speaker to address a public meeting on
| the cooperative savings and loan sys-
| TENS in order that the value of the as
sociation might be more fully realized.
The public meeting will be held early
| next month.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Holbrook gave
| a dance last evening at their home, sol
| Beacon street, in honor of their daugh-
| ter, Miss Grace Holbrook, one of the
| debutantes of the season. The decora- =
tions of the drawing room, where the
| guests were received, consisted of lau-
| rel and the many flowers sent to Miss
| Holbrook. The receiving party consisted
| of Mr.. and Mrs. Holbrook Miss Cabot
an aunt of the debutante, and Miss Hol-
brook The latter wore a Paris gown
of white lace draped over white satin
the underskirt and bodice trimmed with
/ garlands of pink chiffon roses. She car
ried pink Killarney and Taft roses and
lilies of the valley. Mrs. Holbrook was
in black chiffon over white, the front
of the skirt and bodice handsomely en-
broidered and carried violets. Miss
Cabot was gowned in black lace ovei
white.-[ Boston Herald of Tuesday.
Send her check for Christmas. Joir
the Christmas Savings club at the Brat
| tlebOrO Trust Co-rAdv