Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-12-06

The regular December meeting of the
W. c. T. U. will be held i'm the rest
room Monday afternoon at o'clock.
The women of the Methodist church
will serve their annual creamed fish
supper and hold a sale in Grange BAN
quet hall Wednesday. Dec IL, from $50
to o'clock.
The annual meeting of the Bratteboro
East society ICongregationaD will be
held in the vestry next Wednesday eve
ming a 73O o'clock. Reports will be read
and officers will be elected.
The women of the Episcopal church
will hold Christmas fair in Grange hall
next Thursday. turkey supper will be
served at and at the farce, MY turn
next" will be given. followed by dane
ing. There will be sale of useful and
fancy articles, candy, flowers, lemonade
and grabs.
The Salvation Army are. planning for
a Christmas dinner and tree for the poor
children in town. Two women are in
vestigating to secure the names of such
children. The expense will be met by
contributions, to which every one will
have an opportunity to give, as Miss
Reed will visit all places of business on
the main streets.
Plans for the winters work of the
ladies' association of the Congregational
church will be discussed in a meeting
of the women of the parish in the home
of Mrs. Marion NJ. Hawley, North Main
| street, next Wednesday from 2 to 5
O'Clock. The women are asked to bring
| their own sewing Work also will be
provided. This probably Will be the first
In series of such meetings this winter.
| Every woman in the parish is urged to
| be present.
Mrs. Maria W. Pinney, 10, of Derby,
| Conn, widow of Dr. Charles H. Pinney,
| died of pneumonia Wednesday. She was
| widely known in patriotic and philan-
| thropic circles and was founder and first
| president of the Connecticut state So
| ciety of United States Daughters of
| 1912. Mrs. Clarence f. r. JENNIE of
Hartford. Conn, formerly of this town,
succeeded her as president of the Con-
| necticut society last February. The
funeral will be held in her late home at
2.30 today
The next meeting of the Brattleboro
Woman's club Wednesday evening,
Dec. Is. in the Congregational church,
will be open to the public, upon payment
of small fee. The members of the
program committee feel that they offer
to Brattleboro people an evening of
great enjoyment in presenting Miss Bee
Mayes, Chippewa Indian maiden, who
will appear in native costume to tell the
legends of her people and explain the
difficulty in educating the Indian in the
reservation school Miss Mayes is a
graduate of Haskell institute, Lawrence,
kans., and a student in the New Eng
| land Conservatory of Music.
Santa Claus is coming to E. j. Fenton
& Co.'S store next Wednesday at 4
| o'clock. "A letter from him written Nov.
16 and received yesterday said he would
leave the North Pole Nov Is and would
arrive in South Londonderry next We'd
nesday in time to board the mixed train
which arrives here at o'clock At each
station on the way he will distribute his
photographs to all the boys and girls
also on his arrival at the local station.
He will be met at the railroad station
by the First Regiment band and escorted
to one of the windows in Fenton &
Cos store which will be arranged sc
that he can demonstrate his large stock
of toys. Beginning Thursday afternoon
and continuing every afternoon until the
day before Christmas he will be in his
post office on the meZzanine floor, neal
the trunk and bag department, where he
will distribute mail to all the boys anG
girls
a large number of the members Of
Protective Grange partook of the boun
tiful chicken-pie supper in banquet hal
Wednesday evening and 40 remained fol
the roll call several of the officers CAV,
their annual reports. Judge F. B. Pie
spoke on the history of the Grange as
national, state, county and subordinate
organization. Past Masters David T
Perry, Austin w. Roe p. E. Franklin
II. W. Sargent and H. w. Spauldint
and r. l.. Frost made interesting re
marks, speaking particularly of the eff
ficient work the past year of the master
Mrs. II. w. Sargent, who volunteered t,
take the office after it had been de
clined by several men and who has facet
obstacles which have made the year on
of the hardest in the history of the or
ganzation. The other numbers on thu
program were a solo by Leonard Pierre
and a duet by c. Warner Hopkins ant
Carl S. Hopkins. After the meeting
dancing was enjoyed. A play had beef
planned, but it had to be given up OIL
account of a serious accident to Mrs
C. L. Stacy, which is reported elsewher
in this paper.
The Windham-U Union meeting of Con
; gregational ministers was held in tn
, Centre church chapel Monday at l
, o'clock. Those present We're H. l.. Bal
lou of Chester, W. H. Ballou o
Ludlow, G. X. Carter of Newfane, AL
, fred Cornell of West Townshend, \. E
Martin of Wilmington, Daniel McIntyr
of Westminster West, A. p. Pratt o
Bellows Falls, Charles RIVER OF DUN
merston. C. II. b. Seliger of Townshend
r d. Davies of Londonderry, A. E. B
Ward of Guilforj, Henry Lamb of Yves
Brattleboro A. w, Bailey of South Had
, ley, Mass, II. A. Goodhue. f. o. He'd
> berg, G. l.. Durham and r. NJ Hough
ton of Brattleboro. Rev. II. L. Ballol
was elected moderator and Rev. Henri.
Lamb clerk Rev. G. X. Carter led tn
devotional service, after which Rev. A
w. Bailey gave an address and con
Quoted a conference the work o
religious education in the churches an
Sunday schools. His address was inter
: csting and stimulating. The minister
showed their appreciation by an expires
: sion of the desire to take hold of tn
work of teacher training in their Sun
day schools. Rev. r. NJ. Houghton CAV
! an address on "A Pilgrimage to tn
; Holy Land" The men had dinner to
gether at the church as guests of Mr.
Houghton. The dinner was served b,
women of the church.