The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-30
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

A 40-hours' devotion viii be held in
st. Michael 5 Roman Catholic church
beginning Tuesday, May 4.
The regular prayer meeting of the
Methodist church will be held this
evening in the yestrv at 7.30.
The employees of +. l.. Hildreth &
Co. and invited guests will hold a mas
qucrade tonight in the recreation
room of the firm s printing plant.
The New England auxiliary will
meet with Mrs. A. J. Bracket on
Clark street this evening at 7.3O.
Husbands and men friends are invited
later.
Parents day will be observed in the
Washington street primary school this
afternoon. Three Main street schools
observed parents day Wednesday and
the number of visitors was as follows:
Fourth grade, 81; fifth grade, 20;
seventh grade, 8.
William Thompson, 81, eolored
waiter of Boston, and Mrs. Clara
(Niew) Gerry Of Boston, a white wo
man, were married yesterday in the of
fee of the town clerk by Carl S.
Hopkins, justice of the peace. 1t was
the second marriage for both.
Mrs. Mabel Winchester entertained
the Daughters circle of the Univer-
salist church Wednesday evening in
her home on Pleasant street Five
hundred was played and refreshments
were served. This was a dime social
for the benefit of the church,
A joint assembly of the Brattleboro.
Springfield and Bellows Falls Masonic
councils, Il. and :. NJ, will be held in
Bellows Fails Wednesday afternoon
and evening. Work will be conducted
both afternoon and evening and it is
expected that state officers will be
present.
Public Service Commissioner w. r.
Warner inspected the Twin State troll
ley road in Brattleboro this week and
Chairman r. G.. Bacon and w. A. Dut
ton will inspect the road early next
week. An order from the commission
may be expected within a few days
after the inspection.
Brattleboro lodge, No. 102, F. and A
NJ, elected the following officers last
evening; w. NJ, Frederic C. Adams
S. W., A. Louis Pettee; j. W., Howard
G. Merrill; treas, Narillus o. Jones:
see, Jesse Z. Haynes; trustee, Ferris
Il. Vaughan; eorporator of the build
ing fund for three years, William b
The ease of Cora f. Rawson agains
j.. II. Churchill, a South Londonderry
case over a boundary line, which. wen
on trial yesterday in county court
Ncwfanc went to the jury at noon to
day. This afternoon the court too
up the ease of Edward f. Pag
against w. M. Hoslcy and trustee :
suit growing out of a horse deal.
The front page of the current issu'
Of Zion s Herald, the Methodist de
nominational paper, is given mp to .
picture Of the ministers attending the
Vermont annual conference in Brat
tleboro last week. They are standin,
in front Of the church ON Elliot street
The Herald contains report of tn
conference filing two pages, writer
by Rev. Frank w. Lewis, secretary.
Barney NJ. Mead with Manley Bros
of Brattleboro were in town Sunda,
with a Studebaker four, equipped wit
n universal steering apparatus. II
gave n demonstration Of the steerin!
possibilities in front Of the Hote
Windham. He would set the car j.
motion and then step to the sidewal'
and leave it to run alone. 1t woul
run iii a circle both forward and bach
ward, and keep it up until the steerin
gear was changed. The performance
was witnessed by quite a large crow
and many were the ordinations o
surprise. Bellows Falls Times.