The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-05-23
BRATTLEBoRo LOCAL.

IecIS IildI lis new SOUd 1OuHIaln Will
arrive tomorrow.
The Jolly Sixteen viii be entertained
at the home of Mrs. G. B. Lamson Mon
day afternoon.
The First Regiment band viii give
its next concert on the common next
/ Thursday evening.
Rev. f. @. s. Osgood viii conduct
the chapel service at the Retreat Sun
day afternoon at , o clock.
Bishop Rice granted st. Michael s
/ parochial school holiday yesterday in
honor of the feast of Corpus Christi
There will be a May procession and
a reception into the sodality Sunday
evening at 7.3O in st. Michael s Roman
Catholic church.
The Ladies D. C. club will meet
this afternoon with Mrs. Julia Reyes
of Main street, who will entertain
with cards and refreshments.
The ladies aid society of the Episco-
pal church viii conduct food sale toz
morrow afternoon ON the church lawn.
If stormy the sale viii be in w. J.
Pentland 5 store.
Fifteen tables were filed at the
complimentary military whist party in
Masonic temple last night Mr. and
Mrs. Ferris r. Vaughan and Mr. and
Mrs. Fred W. Hall won the prizes. Re-
freshments were served.
In the absence of Rev. Row NJ.
Houghton, who will give an illustrated
lecture on his trip to the Holy Land
at the county Sunday school convention
at Bellows Falls, J. G. Stafford will
lead the devotional service this eve
ming in the chapel.
meeting of motor-boat owners and
others interested will be held in the
store of Fenton & Co, Tuesday even
ing to see what action can be taken
toward keeping the Connecticut river
open during the passage of the log
drive the coming summer.
The case of the National Employ
ment exchange against J. Barcelona to
recover for commissions alleged to be
due for furnishing men for contractors
came before the county court this
morning and win occupy the attention
of the court all day.
Judge Cornelius c. Billings, L. l. b..
a welI-known summer visitor here and
: a former Brattleboro boy, is to repre-
sent the class in trademark and patent
law of which he is the instructor at
the annual commencement exercises OF
the Washington, D. c., college Of law,
Wednesday evening, May %.
The Daughters of Pocahontas will
, hold a benefit dance in Red Men !
hall Saturday evening at for the pur-
pose of replenishing the wampum belt
for the benefit Of all members who may
be i'll and unable to follow the hunt
The public are cordially invited. lee
cream and soda viii be served.
The entries for the track meet to
morrow afternoon on the Fairgrounds
total As, the largest number ever en-
tered for one meet in the history OF
!, the six annual events conducted unde1
e the auspices of the Brattleboro high
school. Trolley cars viii run to tn,
grounds for the meet, which opens al
. $50 clock.
+ f. c. McIntrye, chairman of the or
gan committee appointed by the va
| rious Masonic bodies of Rutland wa,
. in Brattleboro yesterday and bought
t new organ for the Masonic temple o.
that city. The instrument is one of tn,
/ largest reed organs made by the Este,
g company and has a black walnut cas-
!. with pipe top. It will be installed il
the lodge room in about a month.
:. An exceptionally fine film shown,
t the famous actress, Sara Bernhardt
/, in an impersonation of Queen Eliza
e beth will be shown in the Princes
theater next Wednesday for the bene
fit of the Dial, the high school paper
. A part of the seats viii be reserve
= at an increased price and there vii
: be an advance sale Of tickets. TIL
4 film win be shown once in the after
! noon and twice in the evening.
r Next Sunday will be a special rail-
day for the Congregational Sunda
school. The prevalence of mump.
measles and whooping cough has inter
fered with the work and attandanc
the past winter, and a special effoI
will be made to get all the member
i. of the school back next Sunday. TIL
several departments will meet togethe
"a for the opening exercises and brie
program will be rendered in obserS
70 ance of Memorial Sunday.
State s Attorney A. V. d. Piper wen
If to Bellows Falls this morning to al
pear for the attorney general befor
n the public service commission on til
petition of the Robertson Paper compan
!, against the Central Vermont rairoa
, company regarding demurraG
! charge. This hearing, owing to tn
inability of the attorney general to
X present, was postponed. A hearing T
u garding the abolition of two graG
crossings were held this afternoon
re Bellows Falls.
q Brattleboro was flooded with raj
road officials yesterday, some of who
= & were present at the hearing before Il
~ public service commission and othe
of whom were on hand in the ever
o. of their presence as experts being d
, sired by either the commission or OF
of the railroads They included VII
US President G. G. Jones, Chief Engine
III, J. NJ. Morrison of the Central We
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