The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-01-03
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.


A meeting of Bingham chapter, o.
E. s., will be held tomorrow evening
at 100 O'Clock.
The next ladies' night at the Vermont
Wheel club rooms will be held Thursday
evening, Jan. 10.
Miss Beatrice Vinton gave a dinner
party to a few friends Saturday even
ing her home on Green street.
A Timely Rescue, next to last cpl
sode of The Broken Coin, and King
Baggot in An All-Around Mistake are
two pleasing features that will be
shown at the Empire today
Mason Sharp entertained a few
friends in his home on Prospect street
Thursday evening. Music was enjoy
ed and a chafng dish supper was
served.
Mrs. Henry Williams gave New
Year IS party in her home on Elliot
street to which several friends were
invited. Music on the victrola was
enjoyed during the evening. Refresh
ments were served.
A party of "a high school students
enjoyed a sleigh ride to Bernardston
and supper Saturday evening, Mrs. G..
L. Pearson chaperoning the party.
Dancing was enjoyed during the even
ing.
The house of Charles Scholtz in
Leyden, Mass, was burned to the
ground yesterday with some of the
contents The fire caught from a de-
| fective chimney. The house, barn and
Miss Lucy Warner of Bernardston
died in her home Saturday morning,
after week s illness with pneumo-
MIA Miss Warner was a sister of
he late George e. Warner of Brattle
boro and formerly lived in this town
several years, bling employed by Mrs.
w. a. Shumway as dressmaker. The
funeral will be held in Bernardston to-
morrow afternoon.
Luther f. Atherton of Wilmington has
| filed a petition for divorce from Mildred
E. Anterior, also of Wilmington. He
names Samuel Boyd as correspondent and
others whose names are unknown, and
charges also intolerable severity. They
were married in Wilmington March 10,
1909. by Rev Mr. Blackboard and have
lived in Wilmington and Nottingham.
They have not lived together since May j,
1912
The work of laying the telephone
conduit in Vernon street, necessi-
tated b. the high tension wires strung
along that street by the Connecticut
| River Power Co., has been completed,
| Employees of the telephone company
are digging a trench in Bridge street
| from Vernon street under the rail
road tracks. There will be three con-
Quits in this trench. One viii contain
he wires for the railroad station and
he other two will contain wires that
will connect at the bridge over the
river with the Hinsdale wires.
The following concerning social
affair in the home of a former Brattle
boro man is from the society page OF
lie Boston Sunday Globe: DR.. anc
Mrs. William Bullock Clark gave c
beautifully arranged dance at their
new home, The Oaks, at Guilford, th(
new Baltimore suburb, on Christmas
eve for their daughter, Miss Heller
Clark, who was one of the popular
debuntantes of last winter. The entire
interior of the house was lavishly deco
rated with poinsettias, holly, mistle
toe and Christmas green's, the 1ule
tide features being further carried
out at the supper served later in thu
evening. In addition to Miss Heller
Clark, Dr. and Mrs. Clark were as
sisted in receiving by their sons, Ed
ward Strong Clark of Harvard anC
Arthur Clark of st. Georges college
Newport Special trolley cars reach
ing Guilford from Baltimore at 9.3(
p. m, and returning at 3.15 a. m.
were used for the conveyance of thu
guests, who included a few of thi
season s debutantes with those of las
year. some older girls and the dane
ing set of men, among the latter be
ing many from out of town, who hav
been spending the holidays in Bal
timore. Mrs. Clark, it will be recall
ed, is daughter of the late Edwar'
Strong of Boston.