Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-06-23
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BRATTLEBORO.

the Advent Christian church will be
held Thursday, June 20, at clock.
All members are requested to be pres
ent.
Workmcn are engaged in raising the
Gordon cottage at Sunset lake. When
the capacity of the lake was increased
by raising the dam it left the cottage
too close to the water.
The Rcbckahs gave military whist
party Friday night in Odd Fellows
temple. A large number were present,
The prizes were won by Mr.. and Mrs.
Harold Smith and Mr.. and Mrs. Luther
Miller. Refreshments were served.
About 60 children were present Mon
day morning at the opening of the Oak
Grove playground on the fairgrounds
under the direction of Miss Olive j..
Clapp, the trained supervisor who is to
have charge of the playground this
summer.
The scales and measuring apparatus re-
Gently installed by the Brattlcboro Drug
Co. were borrowed Monday by Capt
+. w. Gibson, commanding Company |,
V. n. G., for use in the Armory during
the recruiting of the company to war
strength.
Principal f. b. Smith gave a dinner
at the Brooks House Thursday, June
Is, to members of the high school fac
ulty in honor of Miss Harriet f. Raj
lion, German and Spanish teacher, who
will go to Englewood N. j., next year
to teach the same subjects.
Fred $. Dewey of Gill, Mass, who was
brought to the Memorial hospital for an
operation for appendicitis, died there carly
Monday. He was farmer and u ma
tive of Warwick, Mass. The body was
taken to his home in Gill Tuesday by
automobile hearsc. The burial took
place in Warwick.
Car No. 4, one of the old open ones,
jumped the rails on Canal street near
the corner of Pine Sunday night about
clock. 1t was replaced in a few
minutes. The accident happened at the
switch used when cars are sent up
Canal street to the fair grounds.
Return was made Friday morning to
the office of the town clerk of the
marriage in Bellows Falls Thursday
by Rev. j. Wallace Chesbro of the
Baptist church of that town of Edmund
+. Harris of II Organ street, Brattle-
boro, teamster, and Mrs. Addie C..
(Densmorc) Williams of the same adj
dress.
Albert George Biddle of Guilford
and Miss Anna Elizabeth johnson of
Brattleboro were married Sunday at 3
o clock by Rev. d. f. Trout. A single
ring service was used. They were un.
attended. Mr.. Biddlc is a farmer.
Mrs. Biddle, formerly of Putney has
recently taught school in Guilford. At
one time she was employed i'll Brattle-
boro as clerk in A. f. Miller s candy
store. They will make their home on a
farm in Putney.
Judge Frank f. Barber of the Brat
tlcboro municipal court went to Lon
dondcrry Monday to hear the civil suit
of Adelbert Boynton against Collins
Griswold. This action grew out of fire
damage caused, it is claimed, to the
property of the plaintiff by the de
PENDANT setting a fire on the defend
ant IS property and allowing it to get
beyond his control A. V. d. Piper APP
pears for the plaintiff and o. r. Clay
ton for the defendant.
The funeral of Elias p. johnson was
held in the Union church in Vernon
Friday afternoon at . clock, Rev.
ID. f. Trout, pastor of the First Uni
versalist church of this place oiliciatcd.
The bearers were Lamson Weather
head, William Weatherhead, George X.
Stebbins and II. A. Brown. Mrs. John
Frost and Miss Stcbbins sang When
tho Msts Have Rolled Away, Sweet
Bye and Bye, and Face to Face. The
burial took place i'll the Tyler GENE
terry.
w. II. Kent of Elliot street, an eX-
prcssman, and his wife and two chill
dren narrowly escaped serious INJURY
Sunday afternoon while driving
down Union hill. The carriage ran on
to the horses heels and he began to
kick. Mr.. Kent, seeing that he could
not manage the horse, refined him in
to telephone pole, throwing out all
the occupants and completely demol-
ishing the carriage. Nobody was hurt
beyond a few scratches and bruises.
The horse stopped when he was refined
into the pole.
Two divorce suits were entered Fri
day afternoon in the county clerk s
Office. Blanche p. Wilson of Brattle-
boro sues for divorce from Emerson X.
Wilson, also of Brattleboro. They were
married Nov. 20, 1909, hv Rev. D. +
Trout. She charges refusal and neglect
to support since Oct. l, 1911. The pa
pcrs are from the office of II. G. f
Il. Barber. Amos u. Lathrop seeks di
vorce from Ippaleta b. Eastman
Lathrop. They were married in Wor
cester, Mass, Aug. 8, 1900. He alleges
dcscrtion Nov. 10, 1912. The papers
are from the Office of A. V. ID. Piper.
Town Clerk Carl S. Hopkins re
ccivcd Friday 80 tickets for the annua
dinner of the Greater Vermont asso
citation to be served in the auditorium
of the city hall in Montpelier ON thu
evening of July ~. Mr.. Hopkins il
very anxious to dispose of them, fo
it is intended to have the creates
gathering of Vermoaters present tina
have ever assembled at one dinner
The Kansas Vermont association an'
Vermont associations of Washington
and Boston are to be strongly repre-
scented. 1t is expected that consider
able delegation will go from Brattle
boro by automobiles to attend thi
dinner.
Giovanni Geraci and Miss Bianch
Anna Whitney were married Sunda
morning at O'Clock by Rev. d. I
Trout ot the TniVersalist 0arsona @,