The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-01-04
BRATTLEBoRo LOCAL.

Two persons were baptized in the
First Baptist church Sunday evening.
The regular meeting of the Garment
Worker s union has been postponed
from Jan. 5 TO Jan. II.
All of the public schools and the
Parochial school opened this morning,
after the annual Christmas vacation.
Mrs. George B. White chaperoned
party of - young people on q sleigh
ing party TO Bernardston Saturday
evening.
Tuesday, Jan. IS, has been decided
on for the date of the formal opening
of the Vermont Wheel Club 3 new
rooms in the Grange building.
The members of the public service
commission left today for Montpelier.
They will hold hearings in that city,
Ryegate and Groton this week.
The fire department was busy this af
ternoon in thawing out several by
drants in different sections of the vii
lage which had been found frozen.
The officers of Wantastiquet lodge of
Odd Fellows will be installed tonight
by Past Noble Grand o. D. Stowell
acting district deputy grand master.
The Young people of the Methodist
Ichurch will hold calendar social in
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. F. A. Shaw
lef Forest street Wednesday evening.
The banns of marriage were pub
lished yesterday in St. Michael's Ro-
man Catholic church between James
Lyons and Miss Margaret Fitzgerald,
both Of Brattleboro.
This was the coolest morning of the
b. Prot tlah
istering as low as two degrees below
zero and at West Brattleboro going
down TO seven below.
The Methodist church will resume
cottage prayer meetings tomorrow
levening at 80, holding the first one
of the winter in the home of Mrs. \.
G. Allen on Western avenue.
The Curse of Greed, a fve-reel Melies
feature, viii be the chief attraction at
the Princess theater today. Tom
Heffron, the one-legged dancing come
dian, viii be the vaudeville act.
Torrance Joseph Dennehy and Miss
| Idelle Frances Hamel, both of Holy
oke. Mass, We're married Saturday af-
ternoon in the office of the town clerk
by Carl S. Hopkins, Justice of the
peace.
| A regular meeting of the Vermont
Wheel club will be held TOMORROW
evening. 1t probably will be the last
meeting of the club in the temporary
quarters in the Crosby block which
have been occupied since the Grange
block fire.
| Fire Chief Harvey Sanders and
/ Chauffeur Charles Stockwell took the au
/, tomobile fire truck out this morning
ard climbed SOME of the hills, nego
/ tiatingFin a satisfactory manner every
thing they tackled.
4 The skating rink on the Hunt mead
lows has been abandoned and a new on,
scraped off on the river south of tn,
Bigelew boat house on the island. Thit
new rink is much easier of access. an.
at present it is 800 feet long by Isl
feet in width. Efforts were made Il
larraDge for flooding it this afternoon
but it has been necessary to pestpen'
this until tomorrow, weather permit
/ ting.
Sunday marked the beginning G
the seventh year of Rev. Roy NJ
Houghton 5 charge over the pastoral
of the Centre congregational church
On account of the anniversary HI
preached the sermon which he preach
ed en- his first Sunday as pastor of th
church six years before At the CON
munion service eight persons unite
with the church, three on cOufessio
of faith and five by letter. Ineludin
those, the number of persons who hay
united with the church during the 81
.. years Of Rev. Mr.. Houghton s paste
rate is 2SS.
Tshirty-eight of Mr.. and Mrs. job
Flakes friends gave them Il hous
warming Saturday evening from t
II in their new home on South Mai
) street. to which they recently move
from Morningside. 1t was a complet
r surprise to Mr.. ami Mrs. Blake. Musi
singing and dancing were enjoye,
Q Sandwiches, cake, coffee and other r.
: freshments were served. The compan
n presented Mr.. and Mrs. Blake an ele
trio lamp and fiatiron. Mr.. and Mr.
James Blake of North tWalpole can
to attend the party. All had plea
i ant time Mr.. Blake is scaretaker
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