The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-04-27
BELLOWS FALLS NEWS
RAISING BASEBALL FUNDS.
Successful Entertainment Given-Can,
vass Will Be Made This Week.

The entertainments by local talent
in the interest of the season S base
bali expenses. which were given in. the /
opera house Thursday. Friday and Sat
urdav evenings and Saturday after
noon were eminently successful, fur |
ushing entertainment which was en-
joycd by large houses aud raising 1919
for the support of the local Team 1
tn" program was different. each even
ing aud caused much fun, besides
demonstrating that Bellows Falls has
q large amount sof .native talent that |
can be- drawn upon as occasion re
4uirr#
There were vaudeville arts each |
-, cuiug, some by local talent and some
contributed by the two moving pic
turc houses here. \ male quartet
known az the Twin State League quar-
tet. consisting Of II. y. Bulper. Ed
ward Lawlor Edward Barrett, IT,. and
John Gallagher. rendered selections
which were enthusiastically received,
while 20 bows from st. Charles Paro-
,hial school, denominated The ROYAL
hooters bad some first class song
parts in the programs.
Among the moving pictures were
series that gave graphic scenes from
the most exciting episodes in last
year : National league games at differ
emit points and some good pictures of
! the world', champions. One evening
chorus of - male voices under the
direction Of f. Carson Mason gave
much pleasure to the music-loving
/ part of the audience. The Muzzio
/ brothers we're especially enjoved in
. u ,,
dolins. as were the vocal solos by Miss
Alice Nolan. Saturday evenings pro-
gram included a side-splitting farce
entitled. Rubber Boots, in which Miss
Dcloris McWccuev. Miss Regis Il.
Ruddeu. Miss Catherine NJ Lawlor
amt Dallas F. Pollard had prominent
parts At the matinee Saturday at
ternoon beautiful doll was given
away to a little girl in the audience,
also u baseball outfit to boy. Al
bthoueh the series meant hard and ear
nest work on the part of few. the
results fully justified the effort and
only pleasant words are heard regard
ing it.
On the last evening Rev. \. c. Will
son came before the curtain and made
Il strong appeal in behalf of the effort
10 l0iSt iuH''0r ~ liIS- t'biN' tii'''
this week Saturday is to be denomi-
committee with red badges will that
day visit every home in Bellows Falls
aud North Walpole to make thor
ough canvass for funds. Public scnti-
mcut seems to he backing up the club,
and there is little question now that
the needed funds will be raised.
\ mass mcctin" of citizens viii he
held in Banquet hall Tuesday evening,
called by joint committees Of the Wo-
man $ clHb and the Merchants associa.
{. tion, Ia interest he pcoplr in "a ''cloau-
up. paiutup' day or week to he oh.
served curly IN May.
Among the memorial services hcld
last week during the annual conference
of the Vermont Methodist Episcopal
church AT lIardwick Wa one for Mrs.
\. l.. Fu3N, wife of ~ former pastor
here. Her death occurred in Medford,
N7Ss-, at the home of her son, W, \.
Truax.
On Sunday evening thrrr waS AN itr.
tcrchurch service ut O'clock in the
, Uuivcrsalist church, at which Rev. f.
y. Tuck. secretary for Vermont and
- New hampshire for the New England
Lord 5 Day league, was the lrincipa
speaker Although the night WAS stormy
Il @ood-sizcd audience listened to him
p with much interest.
-, Fireman John j. Collins of the Inter
: national Paper company 5 works Wa,
!. stricken with apoplexv while at hi
= work Thursday forenoon. He was re
moved to his home on Green street. al
though he is not suffering severely hi>
:, left side is almost wholly paraIvzed
!. He had Il somewhat similar trouble tw,
}: or three months ago, although not a.
k severe, and he had almost wholly re
q, covered.
!. The Odd Fellows and Rcbekahs
were guests Sunday of the Universal
,. list church and turned out in larg,
!; numbers. Many Of them had ueve
met the new pasor. Rev. V +. BIag
= brough. The subject was. Religion
5, Pure and Uudefiled Before God. an,
> the minister drew the lesson of tn
= aim Of the order, being purity of If
: and character in its highest and bes
q sense.
Much interest has been manifesto