The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-07
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

The plant Department of the local
telephone exchange has d light Fcrl
truck which viii be used in .'chasinp
trouble
H A regular meeting of Protective
Grange will be held tomorrow even.
ing. The lecturer viii present mis-
ceilaneous program
The Ladies Enterprise society will
hold its regular meeting with Mrs. c.
i H. Davis of Al Estey street Wednes-
i day, March s, at o'clock.
/ Mrs Arthur p. Simonds is entertain.
ing the Canal street birthday club
! anu the Western avenue bridge cluh
/ at luncheon at the Country club to-
day.
i The regular monthly meeting of the
Mutual Aid association will be held
| Wednesday afternoon at $50 o'elock
IN the headquarters of the association
II Canal street
| There will be a meeting Thursdav
| afternoon at 3 o'clock in the high
school room under auspicies of the
| Parent-Teacher association and the
Brattleboro Civic league. DR.. J. J.
| Derven will talk on The Control of
| Infant Mortality.
The Empire today will show the
fifth episode of the Graft series.
Grinding Life Down. It is a strong
complete episode which deals with
| child labor Other selected reels of
| comedy and drama will be shown. To-
| morrow Theda Bara in The Galley
Slave is an attraction.
| Zaza, the play IN which Mrs. Leslie
| Carter created big sensation for
several seasons, was shown on the
screen at the Princess theatre yester-
day afternoon and evening to packed
houses. Miss Pauline Frederick. who
IS an emotional actress, left nothing
to be desired in the role of Zaza. The
settings for the picture were beauti-
full
Today the Princess theatre will
show another episode of the Stingaree
series, To The Vile Dust. in two
acts, also the Selig Tribune news
finn; Cartoons on a Yacht, an ami
mated comedy; Sis, Vitagraph
| drama, and The representations of
Tom, Selig drama. Tomorrow VIII
liam ). Hart will be seen in the west
ern drama, The Bargain, produced bv
Thomas II. Ince in the Grand CANYON
OF Arizona and showing feats of
great daring.
A recent issue of a Pasadena paper
tells OF an exciting experience which
the family of Henry X. Willard under
went the evening of February Is.
While part of the family were at din.
ner, Henry Augustus Willard, older son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Willard, saw a burglar
IN the hall IN the second floor He
called to his mother and the burglar
escaped. The thief secured $50 Swiss
watch, chain and several dollars in
cash. The watch was a gift to Mrs.
Willard from her children and was
greatly priced.
Mrs. Catherine Carey Collins. IS.
one Of the early Irish settlers of Brat
tleporo, died IN her home in Fitch
burg, Mass, Friday night of pneu.
monia She had been a resident of that
city 90 years. She was born in Ire
land and came to this country when
young woman and lived for wears
IN Brattleboro. David Carey Of Elliot
street, a brother, is the nearest sur
wing relative. The funeral was held
yesterday morning and was attended
by Mr.. carey and David s. Carey, her
nephew, of Brattleboro.
Oldtime friends of John C. Dowd n
native of Brattleboro, viii be interest
Ell IN the arrest in New York Monday
Of William B. Martens on a charge of
forgery. Mr.. Dowd is at the head of
the firm of J. G. Dowd & Co., manu-.
facturers of ebony and ivory goods,
having three factories and offices in
New York. Martens was at the head
OF the bookkeeping force. James H.
Dowd, a brother of John c., made the
complaint and informed the police that
more than $4,000 worth of checks had
been appropriated in a manner so care
fully planned that it was impossible
until Monday to trace any of the al
legged larcenies TO the bookkecper.
FOR SALE-Upright piano or will
exchange toward automobile or build
ing lot. Address Piano. care Re
former Office. 5-tf
Supper in the Unitarian parish house
Tuesday, March Z, at O'Clock.
Dreamed oysters in pastry, ham, jelly. |
pickles, rolls, coffee and cake. IS