The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-16
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

The meeting of the Boy Scouts of
the Centre church which was set for to-
night will not be held.
About 80 telephones were put out Of
service yesterday by the thunder show
er. Much of the trouble was in West
Brattleboro.
The Near and Farther Lights society
will serve a strawberry supper Thurs
day evening from to in the chapel
Of the West Brattleboro Baptist church.
Alfred Beturney of 81 South Main
street and Miss Lois Daisy Barrette of
IS Central street were married Satur-
day by Carl S. Hopkins, justice of the
peace.
Melville Harris Hilton Of Millers
Falls and Mrs. Eleanor (Keefe) Flynn
of Boston We're married Saturday by
Rev. George Z. Tomkinson, pastor of
the First Baptist church.
Return has been made Of the mar
rage at Bellows Falls Monday by Rev
Father Francis Waiver of John Milan
of 81 Elliot street and Miss Kathalena
NawVich of the same address.
Miss Mary r. Cabot invites all the
women of the Congregational parish
to the next in the series of building
fund socials, which will be held at her
home, 10 Terrace street, Thursday
from 4 TO 6 'clCck.
A band concert was given last even
| ing at the Home for the Aged, but the
attendance was rather small owing TO
the unfavorable weather during the
| late afternoon and the threatening
weather in the evening.
1 ba -, =
| ter, beginning an engagement yesterday
afternoon and concluding ii tomorrow
night, is not only a very clever act,
but one which causes 4 big surprise to
| the audience at the finish.
An agreement to close places of bust
ness Tuesday afternoons ut ! clocl,
during July and August is being cir
| culated and very generally signed II
is expected that practically every
store in town will be closed during
those afternoons.
The Brattleboro and Bellows Fall,
Masonic bowling teams will roll here
tonight the deciding match in theil
three game contest Each team ha,
Wen one match on the opponent 5 nj
leys, and in total pinfalls Of over 5000
pms each they are two pins apart
Bellows Falls having this slight al
vantage. The winner is determine,
by the number of matches, not by tn,
pinfall.
The ". G. T. L.. held a special meet
ing last evening ut the rest room I,
listen to "A talk by Mrs. Minnie H. Pear
son, the state president. Mrs. Pearson
spoke very interestingly on the work
} Miss Bertha Blair, n teacher in Ches
ter. Conn, who is Il guest OF Mrs A
J.. Curricr, told how the work of tn
W. c. I. L. was being done in Connect
ieut. Some plans were made in regar
/ to the annual state convention j
l Brattleboro in October.
Miss Louise Pierce, daughter of Nj
1 and Mrs. Ansel J. Pierce OF Can;
: street, rendered Il surprise party Ia,
D evening to Miss Madeline Whittcmor
e daughter of Mr. and Mrs Fred Viii
; tem0re, who Is TO leave the last Of tn
week to make her home in Burlington
About - were present and Miss Viii
tem0re was presented string of pea
beads with pendant. Games were pla,
ed, there was vocal and instrument;
music, and refreshments of iee-crear
d cake, sandwiches and punch were ser
ed.
Ford runabout bearing Mass;
l. chusetts number was towed to MAJ
: ley 5 garage this morning with Il
: front Of the machine badly damaged
!. II collision with substantial rock {
% the side of .Ngiers hill. The driver
), the machine said that in attempting
catch his hat he lost control Of II
IS machine and it brought up against Il
Is rock. The steering gear was badly o.
# OF commission and there was 9TH
damage 70 the front of the machin
Il No one was injured.
:. Ernest NJ. Goodenough, who w
- burned out in the Grange building fiji
81 IS con9ratulating himself that he
IN capped more fire damage Saturday.
ii small electric heater stood on a tab
ne on which We're papers and other inilal
n mable materials and in some way I
% current waS turned on. When his
ed tcntion was called TO the table upon /
return to his shop he found the tai
charrcd and the cord burned off T
heater had laid across the cord and f
ally burned it off which short circuit
the current and blew out fuse. 9th,
# wise in very few minutes fire wor
have resulted.