The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-26
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

| Columbian lodge, NO. SO, +. and \ |
NJ, will confer the Master Mason de-
| gree tomorrow even-n
The Boy Scouts OF the Universalise |
church will meet in the church par
lors tomorrow evening at 7.15.
The first and second Masonic bowl
! ing teams are scheduled for a practice
game Thursday evening, Oct. IS, ar
! $50 o'clock.
The Ladies' Enterprise society viii
hold a regular meeting with Mrs. Will
i liam Brown at 6 Organ street Wednes-
day, Oct. q, at 3 o'clock.
The Rebekah lodge of Bellows Falls
will come here this afternoon and fol
lowing supper will witness degree
work by Dennis Rebekah lodge.
Sedgwick Woman s Relief corps will
hold a sewing meeting Thursday after
noon, followed by a regular meeting in
the evening and a drill for inspection.
The Christian Endeavor society Of
the Baptist church will give a Hallow-
cen social tonight at $50 at the church,
which will be the Fete of Famous
Ghosts.
The public schools will close for the
week tomorrow afternoon in order that
the teachers may leave Thursday morn
ing for Rutland to attend the state con-
vention of teachers.
The fifth episode of Neal of the
Navy will be shown today at the
Princess theater, also Francis X. Bush
man and Beverly Bayne in the three
act drama, Providence and Mrs. Urmy.
Linemen of the Connecticut River
Power Co. are stringing the high ten
sion wires along Vernon street on the
new set of poles that were placed in
position on the east side of the street
recently.
Miss CharIena Bemis gave a miseel-
| laneous shower Saturday evening for
| Miss Ierne Mather at her home in
Crosby block, six young women friends
| of Miss Mather being the guests. a
| chicken-pie supper was served.
! Ray Miller Mather and Miss Gather
ing Doyle, both employees of the Brat
] tleboro Retreat, were married yesterday
in the parish house of St. Michael S
Roman Catholic church by Rev. James
p. Rand. They are to make their home
in Brattleboro.
John Herbert Ryan, 81, of San Diego
4 Cal, retired, and Mrs. Emma I
Il Chase Trefethen, So of Peak s Island
Me, were married yesterday in the Of
/ fee of the town clerk by Carl S. Hop
kins justice of the peace 1t was the
second marriage for the bridegroom
4 and the third for the bride. Both haG
been divorced,
The baggage of the Vermont rifle
ii team reached Brattleboro this morning
on the New London train to be trans
II ferred to the I'LL Boston & Maine fo1
transportation to Burlington. AS thi:
train carries only a combination bag
! gage and mail car and there was con
siderable other baggage it was impos
sible to get all of the rife team s lug
gage on board and some was left 70
the later trains.
ii About so members and friends at
II tended the card party given by Brat
- tleboro lodge, n. e. o. P, last evening
Progressive SOC was played. The frs
woman s prize was won by Mrs. Geor
gia NJ. Carver. The first gentleman
: prize went to Kern d. Adams. Tn
second prize was won by Frank vii
i lard and Mrs. Henry j. Allen an
NJ. J. Larrabee won the consolatio,
:, prizes. Sandwiches, cake and coffe
= were served.
n day, is manifested in the south win
dow in the store Of c. S. Hopkins, fiol
ds list, which presents an attractive an
k wierd appearance Oak leaves are use
for a background with numerous jael
o lanterns hung about, and in the eel
nc ter are two witches, stirring the pc
q while back of them is the old church
he When the window is lighted it show
the fire under the pot and the glarin
eyes from the various lanterns.
ed The suit of Arthur II. Chickering c
10 Westmoreland against the ConnecticJ
River Power company for damages fl
- flowage by reason of the defendar
80 company building the dam betwec
| HinsdaIe and Vernon, was started
II the superior court in keene, \. Fl
yesterday afternoon. A jury was ell
EIpanelled and taken in automobiles
view the scene. Clarke c. Fits an
l Harold Z. Whitney of Brattleboro, A
II len & Faulkner of Keene are couns
for the company. Joseph Madden al
Tic. H. Hersey of Keene are counsel f,
II Mr.. Chickering.
Next Saturday will be observed
I Halloween, or the anticipated vigil
All Saints day which will fall on Mo
day, Nov. l. Saturday will be a DE-
of fasting and abstinence for tho
who are obliged to fast. The Pope h;
granted to all Roman Catholic prizes
the privilege of celebrating on
Souls day three masses for the sou
of the faithful departed, but a stipe1
may be received for only one mas
:, Formerly this custom of saying thr
masses on certain days of the year w
: common in the church, but for Ion
: time it has been observed Christm
day only.
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