The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-04-08
BRATTLEBoRO LOCAL.

One ease of chickenpox was reported
to Health Officer Henry Tucker the past
week.
Mrs. Fred c. Sargent of Esterbrook /
street entertained party of % at 500 |
Yesterday afternoon. Refreshments |
were served.
Teams E and d of the Masonic bowl |
ing league will roll their last match
this evening, and tomorrow evening |
teams and F will conclude the series.
The banns of marriage between Miss
Alice Magdalen Ferriter of this town
and Frank Joseph Moore of Boston
were published for the first time i'll St.
Michael 5 Roman Catholic church Sun
day.
The milk ear that goes north every
morning received bad bump in the
yard yesterday morning, one end being
damaged, but not so badly as to pre-
vent the car going out on the regular
run.
| A social for Odd Fellows and Rebek
! abs will be held in Odd Fellows hall
Friday evening, April 10. Dancing and
cards win be enjoyed. Refreshments
Twin be served. The women are re-
quested to carry cake.
A special train having on board
General Superintendent J. d. Tyter of
the Boston & Maine and other officials
of the road went south through Brat
tleboro this morning. They had been on
q trip of inspection of the property OF
the road north of here.
An important meeting of the Brat
tleboro Boat club will be held at $50
lthis evening in the office of G. X. Cros-
by in Crosby block. Hayes Bigelow has
decided not to run the island boat
house this summer and it is the pnr-
pose of the club to take action relative
to leasing the property for club
house The meeting is called for 40.
Mr.. and Mrs. w l.. Hunt entertained
u friends at a poverty auction party
Hast evening at their home on Green
street. The fact that the house is in
1.-THE process of being redecOrated aided
materially in carrying out the idea.
The walls were in various stages or
decoration and rags at the windows
served as curtains. The guests aI'-
rpeared in rags and tatters and the host
less served a poverty luncheon, consist
ing of baked beans, brown bread, cof-
fee and doughnuts-a pretty good
luncheon, by the way. Auction bridge
was played and dancing was enjoyed 70
Russell w. Blood of Townshend, dis
trict deputy grand master, will make
an official visitation this evening Il
Columbian lodge, No. &c, F. &. \. Nj.
in the Masonic temple. The regular
: officers will confer the Master MasoI
degree on two candidates. A feature
; of the evening will be demonstration
| by two members of the examination o
!. a Mason in visiting a strange lodge
The district deputy grand master vii
!, review the work and make suggestion
and corrections. Refreshments will b
: served. The annual meeting of Column
7 hian lodge viii be held the evening o
~ April II.
The alumni association of the Memo
. rial hospital held a meeting MOnda.
,. evening at the hospital and voted I
= enroll the last graduating class as men
# bers of the association. which now Ia
n membership of -. Miss Jennie Dear
who was elected treasurer at the al
IL nual meeting, declined to serve an
lie Miss Wiley. who was treasurer las
e. year. will act in that capacity this yea
T. Miss Flora Cattanach will act as seer
y tary the rest of the year in place {
L. Miss Helen Guild, who has taken Il no
Ie ptal position in New Jersey. 1t W;
C voted to contribute toward the e,
III penses of having a woman speakt
IS. from the national association at n ma:
nj meeting of the state to be held in Blu
ut lington in May. As many nurses as al
of at liberty at that time and Miss Mar
or Schumacher are planning TO atten
ut Coffee and sandwiches were served.
Is The home of Mr.. and Mrs. A.
c Knight of High street was the scene
na a very enjoyable gathering last nigh
d' when their daughter Miss Marie
an Knight, entertained 80 clerks fro
or Houghton & Simonds' 5 store in hon
IT of Miss Elizabeth Cattanach, who w
an given a miscellaneous shower. t
at gathering took the form of a cobw
party with a wedding ring of chi
10 surmounted with a dove attached
lte all but one of the strings The renal
OF ING string, the one held by Miss c;
Ely tanach. led to a huge basket cover
We with crepe paper and tied with a lar
no white bow The basket contained ST
e. eral pieces of a dinner set in stock p
me tern, towels, sofa pillows, centerpiet
Lhe and various other useful articles.
airs buffet luncheon furnished by the clel
ne was served. Tonight Miss Cattana
will entertain the clerks in her no
ear on Highland street.
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~. ~ Easter Cards--Nice assortment
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