The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-06-04
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

Health Officer Henry Tucker received
reports of 10 new cases Of measles yes
terday and this morning.
DR.. H. L. Waterman has bought
through the agency of 5. H. Bellows
a five passenger Overland touring ear
Some white-breasted birds have become
SO tame that they have built a nest in a
small bay tree on the steps at The Alb
bolt,
The women of the First Baptist
church viii serve a strawberry supper
at O'Clock tonight, in the church
dining room.
The Brooks House was filed with
guests last night Even the small parlor
and reception room were turned into bed
rooms for the night.
The women of the Congregational
church will serve their strawberry
supper Thursday evening, June II, IN
stead of June rs, as was formerly an
nounced.
Charles H. Thompson, chairman, an
nounces that a meeting of the state
committee of the Progressive party Will
be held in Burlington Monday, June
| 8, at 2.15.
About 100 members of the Grange in
| keene will come to Brattleboro tonight
to visit Protective Grange and furnish
| the entertainment This viii be neigh
! bors' night,
! Forty-ive members of Protective
4 Grange went to West Dummerston last
/! evening and exemplifed the third and
4 fourth degrees. The womans degree
team conferred the third degree.
The large amethyst ring which was ad
vertised as lost in The Beformer Monday
was returned to the Brooks House Mon
day evening by the man who found it
| showing that advertisements in The Re
former pay
The ladies circle of the Universalis
church will hold a meeting tomorrow
AFTERNOON in the church vestry for tn,
annual election Of officers and trans
action of other business A straw
1 berry supper viii be served at 61
clock.
Company T and the First Regimen
band will give a waltz party in tn
4 armory Saturday evening, dancing be
! ginning at clock The full mill
4 tary band and orchestra will furnis
music for dancing, assisted by Also
Dugan, soloist, who will render som
j of the latest minstrel hits. Everybod
= is invited.
The funeral of Mrs. G. H. Bancroft
D who died early Sunday morning, W;
\ held at , o'clock yesterday afternoon
q the house at North Main street Re
81 G. b. Lawson of Saxtons River officia
l1 ed and the male quartette of the Bapti
y church sang Abide With Nc and Coo
b Bye, Christian, Good Bye The beare
Il were the son, Raymond Bancroft, Go
S frey Crosby, Enrol Richardson and L
d Verne Thayer Burial was in Meetl
House Hill cemetery Davis Cass
Springfield. Mrs James Hope of Fitc
burg and Mrs. f. o. Wilbur of Eas
hampton, Mass, were among the cute
town friends present at the service.
4 Two automobiles making up a Worce
ter party came to Brattleboro this MOI
q ing on their way to Rutland to atte
4 the New England convention of t
8 grand council of United Commere
q Travellers Of America, Thursday, Frid
4 and Saturday. One car contained \
and Mrs Charles Moffatt. Miss Nj. J,
3 ME Lilley and J. A. Farnum, and tn
were joined here by Mr. Farnum's sist
Miss Bessie L. Farnum The other
contained Mr. and Mrs Swan Lars
Miss Olson and Master Evans Larson
3 mascot Mr. Farnnm is firA deleg
8 from the Worcester jurisdiction. the o
IS ers being w F. Van Ornum and J
e mund tThompson- Dir: Faram and
NJ guests VIII spend Sunday in Benningt