The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-17
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.


be amputated.
Alison Dugan will play violin pre-
lude in the Universalist church Sunday
morning and Miss Miriam Childs will
sing an offertory solo with violin obli-
cato.
The annual sale of Christmas goods
of the Woman s Exchange will be held
at the rest room Saturday, Dec. ?, begin
ming at 10 O'Clock and continuing
through the day.
Vaughan & Burnett s store window,
contains a beautiful display of dia-
moads, both loose and mounted in gold
and platinum mountings in the latest
designs. Some very handsome brooches
and rings are in the display, which is
only for today.
The women of the First Baptist
church served their annual chicken-pie
supper last evening in the church par
Tors. In the afternoon there was a
sale of fancy articles, home made can
dy, aprons and canned fruit. The supper
was excellent and was well patronized.
Mrs. Bert Stone of Canal street, who
was seriously injured about the head
in an automobile accident Oct. 81 and
was taken to the Franklin County hos
pital in Greenfield, Mass, is showing
only slight improvement 1t is the in
tention to have her removed to the Me-
mortal hospital.
Hatten William Hudson, an employee
of the Vermont Wheel club, and Miss
Matte J. Rawles were married last
evening at 5 o clock in the residence
Frederic II. Sanford on North street
by Rev. j. Frederik Virgin, rector of
St Michael's Episcopal church. They
will visit Boston on their wedding
trip.
f. NJ. Stone, express agent at Brat
tleboro, is acting as assistant travel
ing agent of the company and will be
so engaged several weeks at least.
George Holland is acting as local
agent The express office was jammed
most of the time yesterday and we'll
into today with large shipments by the
Durham Brothers Co.
Twenty-Five young people of the
Methodist church gave Mr.. and Mrs
Raymond Adams, recently married, a
surprise last evening at their home on
Myrtle street. The guests met at the
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from there. They presented Mr. and
Mrs. Adams a handsome tea set of So
pieces. The evening was pleasantly
spent socially and with games. Re
| freshments were served.
| Leo f. Willis, II, who was resident
| of Brattleboro a few years while his
! father, the late DIR. A. L. Willis, was
! engaged in practice here, died in New
| York city a few days ago. The Willis
| family came here from Shelburne Falls.
Mass, and returned to that place
| Leo Willis had been employed twelve
years in the Tiffany store in New York
He leaves his wife and mother, the lat
ter of Springfield, Mass.
The Brattleboro Drug Co. will open
tomorrow in its store the first branch
/ of the United Cigars stores in Brattle-
boro. The large consignment of cigars,
cigarettes and tobaccos has arrived, as
has the black walnut humidor which Is
to be placed on the north side of the en-
trance to the store, replacing some of
| the present wall fixtures. 1t will be
/ impossible to get this humidor i'll place
IN time for the opening tomorrow, but
the branch will be open for business.
More cases of contagious diseAse are
/ III quarantine in Brattleboro at present
/ than at any previous time in several
/ months. Two eases of typhoid fever
1 are in the Melrose hospital in West
i BrattlebOro, both from the Fort DUN
mer district. 1t is practically certain
that one of them was imported from an
other state and the second case deyel-
| oped in the same house. A case -of
chiekenpoX is under quarantine in the
family of Z. J. Waterman on Higb
street, and Mrs. Charles Benson of
Frost street is'quarantined with whoop-
ing cough.
Rev. Harley W. Hewitt began pas
torate last Sunday in Westfeld, Mass.
lie IS brother of Rev. Alfred S. Hew-
lit of the local Advent Christian church
and will be remembered by MANY local
people on account of his visit to this
town III his capacity as state evangelist.
lie was for number of years pastor of
the church in Rutland, where he erected
the church edifce. Mr.. Hewitt was here
last summer in the interests of Mendoza
college, of which he was chaplain, being
at the same time pastor of the church
at Aurora, I'll. a
About IS. members of Brattleboro
chapter, ID. A. R., and friends went ia
Vernon yesterday afternoon to attend
q box social at the home of Mrs. H. A
Staten, arranged by the WAYS and
means committee of the chapter. Each
person carried luncheon for one and
the boxes were sold by auction. caus
ing much merriment and adding sub
tantially to the chapter treasury
The hostess, Mrs. Staten. Mrs. NJ. +
Reed and Mrs. B. II. Newton, provided
baked beans, relishes and coffee. the
supper being served at small table,
scattered through the spacious rooms
Fruit punch, waters and confection,
were served in the dining room
throughout the evening, which wa
spent socially and with cards. Tn,
party returned on the evening train.
Attention is called to the window
cards and circulars announcing a con
cert by the F'lonzaley String quartz
of New York city in Greenfield. Mass.
in Washington hall on the evening O.