The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-27
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

The Clawson- Hamilton business col |
lege closed Friday for the holiday va
cation. 1t will reopen noxt Monday. |
Nine persons were baptized by Rev |
George E. Tomkinson in the First |
Baptist church yesterday, some at the |
morning service and some in the even
ing
w. G. Doolittle's lumber job in
East Dover is in operation Several |
of his former employees are at their
former places and more men will go on
the job today.
The outgoing and incoming officers
of Sedgwick Woman s Relief corps
will hold a drill in g. A. R. hall to-
morrow afternoon at $50 o'cock All
officers are asked to be present.
Palestine canton, Patriarehs Mill
tant, elected the following officers
Thursday evening: Captain, w. j.
| Cain; lieut., George D. Reed; ensign,
| G. w. Cushing; clerk. John w. Howe;
accountant, II. a. Johnson.
The Christmas tree of ST. Michael s
Episcopal Sunday school will be held
| tomorrow evening at 7.30 in the
church. Those interested in trimming
| the tree are requested to meet at the
| church at 9 clock tomorrow after
noon.
The body of Morris Ferriter, 70,
who died in Littleton, Col, was
/ brought here Saturday morning and at
3 clock was placed in the tomb in
Prospect Hill cemetery. The bearers
were James, Patrick and Florance Fer
ritter and w. A. Morse.
The Methodist church held its annual
I Ch Of (rbrisfprat- FRI 10
ing. A supper to members Of the church
and Sunday school was followed by
the Christmas tree which was laden
with gifts for the members of the Sun
day school. The prayer meeting was
held after the Sunday school tree had
been relieved of its burden of gifts.
The body of Mrs Joseph Butterfeld
was taken to Chester this morning on
the I'LL clock train and the funeral
services were held there at / O'Clock
this afternoon and the burial took
place in that town. There was q
prayer service at the house this morn
ing at $50 O'Clock, Rev George f.
Tomkinson. pastor of the First Baptist
church, officiating.
The funeral Of Mrs. Phala A. In
graham of Guilford was held yesterday
afternoon at $50 O'Clock from the
Guilford Centre church. Rev. Delmar
f. Trout, pastor of the Universalist
church Of Brattleboro officiating. The
bearers were Warren, George, Ira and
Roy Ingraham, sons of Mrs. Ingraham
i Charles Fits of Springfield, Mass.
I came to attend the funeral.
Mrs. Lottio May Pete. 25. wife OF
Mitchell Pete, died Saturday evening
z in the Memorial hospital of pneumonia
4 Mrs. Pete was born in East CRANKY
Conn, and had been a resident OF
Brattleboro about Q year, living OF
Cross street. She leaves her husband
who is employed at the Fort Drummer
mill and three small children. TIL,
funeral was held this morning at Il
q o 'clock. Rev. Thomas w Owens, pas
tor of the Methodist church, ofiei
ating.
Z On account of illness Rev. Roy NJ
Houghton was unable to be at the Cen
1 ire Congregational church yesterday
1 so the reception Of new members wa
3 postponed. Rev Z. w. Sharp, super
4 intendent of the Montpelier district 0
\ the Methodist conference, occupied tn
1 pulpit and preached a very forcefu
l sermon on The Imperialism of Jesus
h On account of the blizzard the congre
/ CATION was small and the Christmas eS
1 arcises of the Sunday school were posi-
4 poned. The church was handsomel
I trimmed with ropes of green and wit
I pine boughs and poinsettias.
l Vanity Fair in motion pictures, wit
4 Mrs. Fiske in the leading part. CAV
\ much satisfaction in the Auditorium
i Christmas afternoon and evening. l
4 the evening the first floor was file
4 and the second floor nearly so, and
A the afternoon in addition to adult
about 200 children were present
\ Christmas day guests of Manag,
George f. Fox. Besides the main fe
ture there were two reels of coined
which were very amusing, and ii
Pathe Weekly. The acting by MI
une Fiske was charming and the come(
- reels were especially pleasing to t
children.
II Mrs Elizabeth w. B. Kathan, s
II widow of Den W. Kathan, died in t
II home Of her daughter, Mrs. Charl
II T. Crouss. Silver street Agawa
II ness of several weeks She was DO
II in Guilford, and spent her early Hfe
Il Brattleboro. She had lived in Agawa
26 years. She was member of t
II Agawam Baptist church. She leav
II two daughters, Mrs. Charles t. Crol
II Of Agawam and Mrs S. A. Read
II Springfield, and three grandehildrC
II The funeral will be held in the ho1
II of her daughter, Mrs. Crouss, tomorr
II afternoon at 3 o'clock The burial v