Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1915-12-24

ire Congregational chapel at $50 O'Clock
this evening to rehearse for thc
Christmas cantata which will be given in
the Congregational church Sunday, Jan. ..
Austin F. Hawcs state forester, was
in town this week consulting with
Acknowledgement Herbert G.. Barber
on the matter of the purchase by the
state of several thousand acres of land
for forest reserve on Mount Mans
field.
An effort is being made to have the
contestants in the Masonic pool and
billiard tournament who have not
PLAYED their scheduled games do so in
the immediate future az it is desired
to have the tournament concluded and
the supper which the losers are to give
to the winners provided by the middle
of January.
The store on Elliot street now occu.
pied by the grocery firm of j. f. Allen
& Son, the stock Of which is being dis.
posed of, is to be occupied by Greek
resident of Kcene, who Will conduct a
cigar store, shoe shining parlor and
BILLIARD and pool room. He will open
for business as soon as possible after
the store is vacated. ''i
The local corps of the Salvation
Army will distribute a number of we'll
filed baskets en- Christmas to persons
who will appreciate them. Shoes and
wearing apparel are being distributed
daily where most needed. The annual
Christmas tree and entertainment will
be held Saturday, Jan. /, New Year s
night, and all will be welcome.
The mercury in the standard Their
mometer of Vaughan & Burnett, Main
street, touched two degrees below zero
Wednesday morning early and from
some places near the river came re.
ports of as low as six degrees below
West Brattleboro reported two de-
grees above to zero. 1t was the cold
est morning of the winter thus far.
The gifts of a duck and a goose by
Leonard & Roess, tobacco dealers and
cigar manufacturers, drew large
crowd to the store Wednesday, when
the announcement of the prize winners
was made. Over 1000 tickets were in
the box Frank w. Pettee was award
ed the duck and Leslie B. Yauvey was
given the goose. The tickets were num-
bcred respectively, 2207 and 1921.
The American building and annex
were both in total darkness half an
hour late Tuesday afternoon because
a big fuse in the basement of the
building blew out. The Twin State
Gas & Electric Co. did not have fuse
in stock that would meet the emer-
gency and Horton d. Walker, when
appealed to by one Of the tenants, sup
piled one. The unusually heavy load
being carried in the building at the
time caused the fuse to blow. Many
extra lights were in use in the stores
at the time,
Invitations have been received in
town tc the wedding reception of Miss
Marguerite Sophia Chamberlain of
Boston and James Scott Browning of
Millers Falls, Mass, which will be held
in the home Of the bride s uncle, Fred
crick G. Morgan of Mortified Farms,
Mass, Saturday evening, Jan. 1. Miss
Chamberlain is a daughter of Mrs. Ada
f. Chamberlaih OF Boston and the late
George Chamberlain, formerly of Brat
leboro. She and her mother visited
ierc summers. Mr.. Morgan is a brother
If Mrs. Chamberlain. The couple will
i've at 32 Bridge street, Millers Falls.
Manager George T. Fox OF the Audi,
orium announced that all children un
Ter ii years of age will be admitted
rec at the matinee moving picture
in the Auditorium Sat |
friday afternoon. Christmas day, at
, clock. This is his Christmas gift to
he children. The only condition he
imposes is that in advance Of the en-
ertainment the parents call for tickets
ior their children in order that he may |
inow that they approve of the chill |
lren attending, He wants all the chill |
lren to be present. The Edison master
oiece, Vanity Fair, in seven reels, with |
Mrs. Fiske as Becky Sharp is one of
he attractions.
Day and night shifts are being work
I'd in three machine shops in town,
some of the work being contract work !
FOR out-of-town concerns. Parts of ma
hines are being made. The National /
Automatic Machine Co. is employing |
30 men divided into day and night |
shifts. All of them are engaged on the
contract work at present. l.. II. Stell. |
nan & Son are working 10 men, eight
If them days and two at night. OF
.hesc, five or six are employed on the |
contract work. wilkins G. Hovey are
working three men days and two men
nights on contract work. 1t is expected
that this extra work win continue
through the winter.
In the annual meeting Wednesday
Of Protective Grange the reports OF
the officers were made and reports
we're made by delegates to the state
Grange meeting. These officers were
elected: Master, Fred II. Spaulding,
IT,; O., Walter Spear; L., Mrs. Lucy
W. Sargent; S., Oscar Convey; A. s.,
James Goodrich; chaplain, Mrs Mary J.
Currier; treas, Fred d. Weld; see, Mrs.
Cola G. Morse; G. K, Scion Cummings;
Ceres, Mrs. Gertrude Spaulding; Po-
mcna, Mrs. Sarah ID. Spear; Flora, Mrs.
John Mckay; lady assistant steward,
Miss Louise Labele; pianist, Mrs. Ma
ron Farnum. Children s night will be
observed at the meeting next Wednes-
day evening.
A street ear driven by Motorman