Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-04-07


issued from the office of the town clerk
during March. This is falling off
from the February record, when 80
licenses were issued.
The check list of voters to be used
at the coming regular annual village
meeting has been posted in the town
hall corridor. The meeting will be
held Tuesday, May 2, at p. M, in
Festival hall.
G. i. Sherman, K. L. Mosher and
DIR. G. r. Anderson entertained Friday
evening a party of friends at the
Brooks House. Leitsinger's orches-
ira furnished music for dancing until
one O'Clock. Refreshments were
served
w. G. Doolittlc shut down his steam
mill Friday and closed his lumber
camp in East Dover, where he has been
numbering all winter. Mr.. Doolittle
also has cut a large chestnut timber
lot ON the Dummcrston road during the
winter.
The officers of the Holy Name socie-
church, elected at the smoke talk
d.
Mulry; vice pres, Fred Connarn; see,
John Baker; treas, Alphonsc Rate;
marshal, Thomas a. Austin.
Rev. c. l.. Evarts, who spent two
weeks in Brattleboro preliminary to
the Chapman-AleXander evangclstic
meetings, is now II Wilmington, n. c.,
making Preparations for series of
meetings, which will be the last be-
fore the evangclists come to Kecne,
N. H., in May.
All of the members of the First
Regiment band except two have re-
enlisted, which means that the military
band will continue to have headquar-
ters with Company | in Bratteboro,
There were rumors q short time ago
that many of the members would not
re-enliSt.
Glass No. 10 of the Methodist Sun
day school met and organized March
30 i'll the home of Mrs. Cola
Morse of Harris place. The follow
ing officers were elected: President,
Mrs. Cola Morse; vice president, Mrs.
Z. E. Convey; secretary and treasurer,
Mrs. ID. II. Fraser.
Fred and Charlotte Palmer, who
had served efficiently as steward and
chef at the Country club since October
1914, finished their work there Fri
day and have gone to Greenwich,
Conn. Their places are taken by John
and Lucy Bowe who began their du.
ties Tuesday.
The official list of tennis fixtures for
the coming season was announced at
New York March 30 by the executive
committee of the United States Ma
tional Lawn Tennis association. The
Vermont state championship is schcd-
uled to be played on the courts of the
Brattleboro Country club August 10.
The leader of the First Regiment
band has received from Col. j. G.. Es-
tey and Capt. j. Harry Estcy an Offer
to furnish whatever new music the
band wants for the coming season
Their generosity will be appreciated
not only by the band but by the pub
lie as well.
| Holden & Martin have been award
ed the CONTRACT for the interior fin
ish for the new school building now
! in process of construction in SaXtons
River and +. f. Perry went there to
day to superintend the work. The con.
tract is for u large sum and was
awarded to the local i1rm over several
other bidders.
A women s foreign missionary meet
ing was held in the Congregations
chapel Thursday, March 80. 1t wa,
largely attended and a good degree OF
l.,
program had for its subject Chris
tianity as Social Force in India
Mrs Richard II. Clapp, wife of the
new pastor, was present and met mos
of the women for the first time.
The Wilmington stage, +. f. John
son proprietor, covered the entire rout,
from Wilmington to Brattleboro Mon
day on wheels for the first tim
this year. There is but little goot
going anywhere on the route, and il
some places it is very bad. On Bige
low hill, short distance out of vii
mington there is large snow drift
and it was necessary for Mr.. johnson
drive into a field to get around it.
The members of Sedgwck post, G
= A. r., were pleasantly surprised i
| their meeting Saturday afternoon t
receive from George L. Durham lei
ter enclosing check for $50 to b
added to the treasury of the post.
was the largest individual gift tn
post ever received. A rising vote @
thanks was rendered the donor. Tn
post voted to renew the flags on a
the graves of soldiers twice annual,
The most largely attended Frida
5 night meeting in the chapel of tn
Il Centre Congregational church in year
was held last Friday. The new pa
tor, Rev. Richard H. Clapp, was
charge and the chapel was filled.
: was a very interesting meeting and 6
its close everyone present took oec;
sion to greet Rev. and Mrs. Clapp. B
t fore the meeting the officers and teacl
S ers of the Sunday school partoolS {
e an excellent supper in the parlo
+ which was followed by teachers
r. meeting.
r. Twenty eight members of the hig
L school Washington party of 43 whic
c left Brattleboro week ago Saturdi
e for the spring trip to the capitol
the nation arrived safely Friday ave