Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-10-27

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A case Of Yhooping cough in the
family of l.. X. Barber on High street
has been reported to Dr. Henry Tuck
err, health officer.
A regular meeting of the Women s
guild of st. Michael s Episcopal church
will be held in the home Of Mrs. A. w.
Montgomery this afternoon at 3 O. CLOCK.
There will be an initiation at the
next meeting of Protective Grange,
Nov. /. The officers met at the home
of Walter S. Spear last evening for re-
hearsal.
The warrant for the election Tues
day, Nov 7, has been posted, as have
specimens of the ballots to be used at
the coming national election. The polls
will open at a. III.
f. Wales will meet the children and
their parents at the Armory Saturday
afternoon, Oct. 2S, at 2 O'Clock to or
ganize classes for dancing for both
beginners and advanced pupils.
j. f. Came e. Co. of Boston have
recently installed in the billiard room
of the Masonic temple one of their
highest grade billiard tables and it is
provided with new set of ivory
balls.
On one of the iron uprights of the
Connecticut river bridge nearest the
Brattleboro shore between Brattleboro
and the island is a sign placed there
Wednesday which reads: State line,
Town of Hinsdale, n. H.
The grading of Bridge street has been
in progress for some time. The granite
blocks are being taken up and raised
near the corner of Vernon street i'll or
der to get proper junction of the two
streets. The south side of Bridge street
is being graded first. y
Dennis Rebekah lodge held a regui-
lar meeting Tuesday night, after which
a social hour was enjoyed The social
was in the form of a Halloween party,
and stunts such as bobbing for apples,
peanut hunts, chocolates on strings and
guessing contests were enjoyed. Re
freshments of sweet cider, apples, pop
corn and peanuts were served.
That the cattle sales conducted by the
Purebred Live Stock Sales Co. of Brattle-
boro are beneficial to Vermont interests
is evident from the fact that only one
eighth of the cattle sold at the last sale
came from Vermont and three-ffths of
them were bought to remain in Vermont
These sales evidently are aiding in build
ing up the dairy business in this state.
Class No. 10 of the Baptist Sunday
school met Wednesday afternoon in the
home of their teacher Mrs. A. l.. Gale.
There were % present, including two
visitors, and all had u very pleasant
time. Owing 20 the fact that Mrs.
Gale S birthday anniversary is today
she received many postal cards and
presents.
Mrs, Florence K. Templeton of Bos-
ton, formerly of Brattleboro, and Ed
ward Frank Carpenter of Yarmouth,
Mass, were married in Boston Oct Is.
They have gone to Florida to spend
the winter. Mr.. Carpenter is a retired
business man. Mrs. Carpenter has nu
merous friends here, through a residence
of two years.
Ned G. Ray G. Co., druggists, occu-
pied the first floor of the Judkins
building, which was partially destroyed
when the hotel in Mortified, this state,
was burned Tuesday morning. The
firm carried stock of an estimated
value of $1,000 and sustained large
loss from fire and water. Mr.. Ray was
a clerk several years in W. Il. Root Is
pharmacy. Before coming to Brattle-
boro his home was in Bellows Falls.
A petition to the village commissions
ers has been circulated by Bar
ney Mead, manager of the Vermont
Auto Sales Co., asking for the reten-
ton of the day police officer during the
fall and winter months. The document
says that it is understood to be the
intention of the commissioners to dis
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asks that he be kept on duty "for the
good of Brattleboro.' 1t is headed by
Col. j. G. Estey and has been generally
signed.
1t was neighbors night at Fort Dunn
mer colony of Pilgrim Fathers Tuesday
evening. large automobile load from
Monadnock colony of Keene came and
gave line program, comprised of reel
tations and songs, and several from
Fort Dummer colony gave selections.
banquet was served at 10 clock,
after which all joined in singing ia
miliar songs and enjoyed social time.
The party broke up at 1890, after vot-
ing thanks to those who had made the
evening such pleasant one.
Milton Pierce, formerly of Brattle.
boro, and Miss Rachael Maud Ham
mond, who was in the first graduating
class at the Memorial hospital were
married in the home of her brother in
West Medford, Mass, Oct. 10. Only
! immediate relatives of the families
were present. Mr. Pierce is son of the
late George w. Pierce, who formerly
had charge of the Brattleboro Retreat
farm and was president of the Valley
Fair association. Directly after the
wedding the couple started for Califor-
mia, where they will make their home.
Work on the interior of the new
federal building is progressing steadil
ly although the contractor has been
hampered by the non-arrival of marble.
E Some of the marble has arrived, how
, ever, in the past few days. The boxes
! have been put in place and the main
/ corridor is taking on the general APP
. pearanee of the front of modern post
, Office building. In almost every room
a in the building craftsmen of one kind
or another are busily engaged in put
, ting On the finishing touches to some
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