The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-12-24
BRATTLEBoRO LOCAL.

evening, Dec. 30.
Bingham chapter, o. f. s, will hold
a special meeting for initiation Monday
evening, Dec. 2s.
There will be a Sunday school ser
vice in the Oak Grove schoolhouse
| Sunday at 3 o'clock.
Rev. f. @. S. Osgood will conduct
the chapel service at the Retreat Sun
day afternoon at 3 clock.
The annual Christmas dance will be
held in the armory tomorrow evening.
! Leitsinger' s orchestra, with c. NJ. Du
gan as conductor, will furnish music.
! In the Swedish Evangelical Lutheran
/ church tomorrow early Christmas morn
ing service will begin at $50. In the
evening at 7.15 the Sunday school will
have its festival.
The members of the Unitarian Sun
day school and their friends will have
their annual Christmas party in the |
parish house Saturday evening, sup
Iper being served at $50 o o'clock.
Henry Bond of Tyler street, Brattle |
boro, has offered to give 81 900 to- |
ward reducing the debt of the Baptist
church in Greenfield on condition that
the members of the parish contribute
$4,000.
Holy communion will be observed at
st. Michael S Episcopal church Christ
mas day from 80 to 1890, with morn
ing PRAYER at 10 clock and evensong
at 40. There will he no lecture in
the evening.
Alfred Atwood Dascomb of 1913 FL
liot street and Miss Mary Elizabeth
Lapine of l05 Elliot street, were mar
ried yesterday by Rev. Roy NJ.
h.
gregational church
With the mercury down to seven de-
grees below zero this morning the
record was two degrees colder than
yesterday when five degrees below was
the lowest notch touched by the stand
ard thermometer of f. r. Vaughan.
Miss R. S, Roper is having her house
at Is Lawrence street, which was re-
thoroughly renovated. Mr.. johnson of
Peter s Chase is doing the carpenter
work.
Christmas baskets were given as
follows at the Princess theater last
evening: Mrs. Gunsinger, % Birge
street; Bernard Lynch, Il Clark
street; Lawrence White, 40 Western
avenue. Mrs. f. IL. White secured the
basket at the matinee performance.
The Christmas number of The Breed
ers Gazette, Chicago, contains full
page article, AIS Well With the Hol
. stein Friesians, BY. f. T.. Houghton OF
Brattleboro, secretary of the Holstein
friesian Association Of America. Tn,
article summarizes the achievements o.
ay the Black-and White breed during 1911
and is very artistically illustrated
III \ Christmas party for the member
n. OF the Oak Grove Sunday school wa
me held in the school yesterday Afternoon
St from > TO clock, which was attend
ed by about 30 children. Games wer
oa played, Christmas carols were sung an
40 there was victrola music. Rev. Il. N
Houghton entertained the children wit
- two stories. Supper was served fo
), lowing which Santa Claus appeare,
and presented each child an orange an
=, a Christmas picture. The childre
~ ~ were very much delighted.
Between 80 and 90 members of tn
ia junior department. of the Congregation
~ III Sunday school had delightful tim
yesterday afternoon from TO
clock in the chapel 4 large Chris
~ mas tree was decorated beautifully b
Mrs. D. w. Tenney, and around IL
10 Antonio Alright S Italian Sunda
j, school in New York city The ehildre
played games and sang Christmas song
END and then marched in to the parlor
ana where tables were laden with GOO
things. They voted to give their birt
nl- day money for the purchase OF Chris
END mas dinners for the needy. As clio
irs ing feature Santa Claus appeared Ii
eNpectedly and distributed boxes
nily candy.
10, iot 4 merry Christmas party ASSEMBLE
Nii in the Methodist vestry last evenil
TO enjoy supper and entertainer
ara; From l75 to 200 persons partook of
'e zen bountiful supper, after which II
MI gram was rendered, consisting of T.
vocal solos by Miss Gertrude Matthe
Hen and two violin solos by Mason Sha
Mrs both being accompanied by Miss En-
$. Clapp. Then came the distribution
Tor gifts from a tree to the children
Santa Claus, impersonated by f.
,nog- Shaw. Besides these gifts there w
y in candy bags for all Provisions also w
pend brought for distribution today in
Mrs parish. 1t was u successful affair,
hecting credit on the superintend
West and committee.
Flslt The gathering of the Baptist Ri
ents, sobooI ios+ o,.or;,a 1ros tho iornes+
Oak -. -,'et.re,,3 -. rh;st,a,,
the classes, numbering $50, sat dc
Y the to supper. Tables were spread in
On in dining room, parlor and class roo
few Each class looked out for itself and
home various tables presented variety
beauty. After supper, at o ell
" 70 pictures were thrown upon the sci
, and in the church, reproducing in q
visit beauty the world IS most famous pa
Mr. ings illustrating the advent and
of Jesus, the Christ. The gift br
ing then followed at about $50,
W. W.. tracing a large number who were
io'N present at the banquet Ranging /