The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-08
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

Bible school will hold food sale in
the chapel Saturday at 3 o'clock.
Irving G. Crosier has sold the farm
in Putney which he bought recently of
John l.. Howard to Arthur L. Trip of
this town and B. F. Howard of Putney.
Today at the Empire The Queen Of
Jungleland, a threepart wild animal
drama, Pearl White in The Flash, 10th
chapter in The Romance of Elaine,
ard two other reels win be shown. To-
morrow j. Warren Kerrigan will be
seen in a two-part drama.
The New London County Improve
ment league held its second annual
meeting in Norwich, Conn, Saturday
afternoon, in the town hall C. ID. Whit
man of Waterford, formerly of Brattle-
boro, presided and was reelected presi
dent His picture was published in the
Norwich Bulletin of Monday.
Today the Princess theatre win pre-
sent two well-known stars, Lionel
Barrymore and Jane Gray, in the Metro
production, The Flaming Sword. Miss
Gray will be remembered by many as
Gladys Gray of the Lorne Edwin
Stock Co. Tomorrow Blanche Sweet in
the Paramount production, The Clue,
will be the attraction.
A meeting of the Canal street school
ParentTeachers association will be
held in that building tomorrow after
neon at 3.45 o'clock. The program will
consist of u talk on The Home by
Miss Anna l.. Davis, superintendent of
the Mutual Aid association, and a talk
by Miss Florence Wellman, supervisor
Of schools, on the Home and School In.
dustrial league. 1t is hoped that many
of the mothers of children in that
school will be present.
Lyman H. Streeter of Brattleboro
has entered suit for divorce from Tina
Barrett Streeter. He charges desertiop.
intolerable severity and misconduct at
divers times and places. They were
married la Brattlebcro Sept. Is, 1905,
by Rev. George b. Lawson and lived to-
| gether until Nov z, 1914 The petition
er asks for the care and custody of
| two minor children. The papers are
! from the office CT Attorney o. b
I Hughes
! James II. Allen will open his new bar
| bershop in the Brooks House Saturday
morning. The shop is being fitted up
with the latest and most modern equip
ment. Mr.. Allen has leased of Mrs. L..
| d. Greene the house at 33 Oak street
now occupied by r. H. Messenger. He
/ will take possession in the spring. Mr..
| Messenger is to move into that part of
| the house on the Charles w Durham
| estate, bought by L. E. Holden, which
was moved to the rear Of that lot after
the fire which badly damaged the main
part of the house.
About so members of Brattleboro
| chapter d. A. r., enjoyed a very in
! teresting meeting in the home of Mrs.
| III. G.. Barber Yesterday afternoon.
/ The rooms were artistically decorated
with the national colors and potted
plants. Several new names were added
to the membership of the chapter, which
is steadily increasing in numbers and
efficiency. The municipal Christmas
tree for the pleasure and needs of the
children in town was fayorably con.
sidered and a generous sum appropri.
ated to aid the excellent proposition
Mrs. L. X. Fuller read an original and
very entertaining paper on Footpaths
that I Knew in My Childhood. It was
received with much pleasure and ap-
pealed in a special sense to many wnC
were glad to recall scenes about this
village. Refreshments were served and
all present were glad Of an opportunity
to express enthusiastically their appre
citation of Mrs. Fuller s paper and the
generous hospitality Of the hostess,
!. Mrs. Barber.