Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-11-24

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were travelling so low that they could
be seen distinctly, spread out in a
large V formation.
The women of the First Baptist
church served their annual chicken-pie
supper Nov. 16 in the church par
lors. In the afternoon there was a
sale of fancy articles, homemade can
dy, aprons and canned fruit. The supper
was excellent and was well patronized.
At the card party given by the Brat
tleboro Woman club in Odd Fellows
temple on Friday afternoon prizes
were won by Mrs. A. w. Rockwell,
Mrs. f. B. Smith, Miss Edith Gilkey
and Mrs. Clarence Barber Refresh
ments were served, and a good sum was
netted.
Hatten William Hudson, an employe
of the Vermont Wheel club, and Miss
Matte J. Rawles were married Nov.
l6 at O clock, p. m, in the residence
Frederic H.. Sanford on North street
by Rev. j. Frederik Virgin, rector of
st. Michael 8 Episcopal church. They
visited 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 Thursday and well
into Friday with large shipments by the
Durham Brothers Co.
Our Natupski Neighbors, by Edith
Miniter, has just been published by
| Henry Holt & Co. It is an interesting,
humorous story of foreigners in back
woods corner of New England town.
Mrs. Mniter is an intimate friend of
Mrs. Martha w. V. WITH who was en-
ploycd for year by the Vermont
Printing Co. as proofreader.
Twenty five young people of the
Methodist church gave Mr.. and Mrs.
Raymond Adams, recently married, q
surprise November l6 at their home on
Myrtle street. The guests met at the
from there. They presented Mr.. and
Mrs. Adams q handsome tea set of So
pieces. The evening was pleasantly
spent socially and with games Re
freshments were served.
Leo L. Willis, A., who was resident
Of Brattleboro a few years while his
father, the late DR.. 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 S. A. Smith Mfg Co. has let
the contract for the construction of a
sawmill 40 feet in length to Pellet &
Skinner, who have started the work.
The sawmill will be on the property
of the concern west of the main plant
and will enable the company to de-
vote the present sawmill quarters to
| other branches of the toy manufactur-
ing business and greatly increase the
facilities.
A. carload of beach sand has ar.
rived in Brattleboro and is to be used
in the making of the white mortar
which will be used between the red
bricks that will be the facing of the
upper story of the Holstein- Friesan
building. This sand is necessary in or
der to get the proper color for the NOR
tar. The work of putting on the &C.
ment roof would have been completed
early this week had it not been for the
severe weather.
Rev. Harley w. Hewitt began a pas
torate last week in Westfeld, Mass
He 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 in his capacity as state evangelist
He 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, III.
Captain John Quincy of the tug II. A
Scott, jr., which accompanied the Ger
man submarine Deutschland from New
London when she left port Friday
on her return trip to Bremen, who with
five members of his crew were drowned
was brother.in-law of Mrs. Frank d.
Tucker of Brattleboro. Captain Cur
ney married Mrs. fuckers youngest
sister, who with two sons survive. He
also leaves a father and brother. He
had been in the employ of the T. A.
Scott Wrecking company for II. years
as wrecking master.
Prof. Arthur w. Peach of the Eng
fish department of Norwich university
Northfeld has received formal notice
of his election to membership in the
Poetry Society of America. This or,
ganizatiOn is limited in numbers and
includes the leading poets of the coun
try. In order to be eligible for mem
bership writer must have written
verse of recognized merit for standard
magazines. Professor Peach is also n
member of the Author s League of
America, Nnc. He is a son Of Mrs. Cas-
per n. Moran Of Brattleboro.
More cases of contagious disease are
in quarantine in Brattleboro at present
than at any previous time in severaI
months TIVE cases of typhoid fever
are in the Mclrose hospital in West
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 devel
oped In the same house. A case OF
, ehlckenpoX is under quarantine in the
family of T. / WnIarrno,, go. IT. ,