The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-29
BRATTLEBoRo LOCAL.

The Jolly Sixteen viii meet with
Mrs. Fannie Howard, Sc Frost street,
Thursday afternoon, from to 8
o'clock.
Members Of the G. A. R. are re-
ouostcd TO meet at the hall at 730
Wednesday evening, June 80, for the
purpose Of attending the patriotic |
meeting of Protective Grange, by order
OF the commander.
Members of Brattleboro chapter, d. |
A. r., will be guests Of the Vernon
members Of the chapter tomorrow,
leaving Brattleboro on the 1925 train
in the morning. Returning trains leave
Vernon at ] and 80
The annual meeting Of the seam
stresses, sewing women and shop girls
of Brattleboro will be held in the rest
room Friday evening, July ?, at 7.45.
All persons Interested i'll the Thompson
fund should make an effort to be pres
cnt.
a. b. Clapp is having workmen re-
move a few feet Of the top of the old
mill foundations on the edge Of Whet
stone brook near the railroad crossing.
II is intended to fiji in the cellar and
mako an attractive spot of the eye
sore.
The funeral Of Mrs. Peter Cakes
was held this morning at 9 o clock at
the Roman Catholic church. Rev.
Father Fogarty officiating. The bear
crs were, George, Ralph and Harold
Cakes and c. T. Mann. The burial
took place in the Catholic cemetery.
DIR. L. r.. Lynch, driving his Oldsmo-
bile runabout, and Richard Lane, son
Of Or. w. II. Lane, riding bicycle,
eollided on Church street hill this morn
ing. The boy was knocked off his
wheel and somewhat bruised and his
wheel was wrecked. The accident hap
pened as the two were trying TO pass a
team, one going up the hill and the
other going down.
Three couples were united in mar
riagc in the Office Of the town clerk
Saturday by Carl S. Hopkins, Justice
Of the peace. They were Raymond j.
Stmdish, a salesman of Boston and
Mrs. Margaret M. (Kellegher) Sand
ucr of Boston; Claude Nelson Riggott,
mason, and Miss Emith Faith White
lock, both of Holyoke, Mass; Leroy
Sherman Wilson and Miss Elsie Miriam
Proctor, both of Spencer, Mass.
There viii be meeting of the exec
ullNt committee OF lHG DEdUUleDOTO
High School Alumni association to-
gcthcr with the members of the class
of 1890 in the high school room this
evening at s clock. Reports will be
made 10y the treasurer of the associa-
ton, and the editor of the Alumni
Register. Plans will be made for tho
awarding of the 1890 trophy cup in
l9lG and there will be discussion of
plans for next wear s reunion
Jules Couchon, who died suddenly i.
Norwich, Conn. as reported to Polio"
Chief George Wilson yesterday, was .
fOfmer resident of Brattleboro, having
tccn employed in the Fort Dummer mill
at ono time. The chief learned that
he leaves his parents. Mr.. and Mrs
Louis Couehon, in st. John Batiste, Que
bee, and a son and daughter in Lowell
Mass. the daughter being employed a,
a clerk in the Woolworth store there
Chief Wilson so notified the undertakes
in Norwich.
St. Michael's Episcopal church hel(
its annual picnic yesterday Afternoon
on the fair grounds, with between O.
and 20 present. The weather was idea
and the affair was one of much pleas
urc for all In the morning there wa
bNil game between DdleN ana Ilul
brock S teams, Daley s winning. Their
were races between the boys and girls
running, standing and broad jump
and other forms of amusement.
picnic dinner was served in the grove
the party returning home about 6.3
on Il special car.
The carnival under the auspices o
the Redmen opened last evening a
Island park with large attendance o
curiosity seekers who found everythin
conducted in a courteous manner an
the shows clean. The merry go-rounC
the ocean wave and the Ferris vince
all electrically illuminated, presented
pretty sight in the evening. The mC
tOrcyclc act in which a young ma
rides motorcycle around a circula
bowl with his body at right angles t
the floor furnishes plenty of thrill
There are some of the usual attraction
found in sideshows at circuses an
plenty Of opportunities to spend none
at different stands and booths.