Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-12-01

The Needlecraft society will meet
this afternoon with Mrs. M. r. Micott
of 20 Pearl street.
The offering received at the union
Thanksgiving service in the Centre
Congregational church this evening
will be used in the work of the AS
ISOLATED Charities.
The Woman's association of the West
Brattleboro Congregational church will
serve IA creamed fish supper and hold sale
of useful and fancy articles in the chapel
Tuesday evening, Dec. 5, beginning at 6
O'Clock
John F. Noonan of South Main
street, carpenter employed on the
Barber building, and Eva Louise Pratt
of Ludlow were married Saturday night
by Rev. Ebert S. Hewitt, pastor of the
Advent Christian church, at the par
sonage ON Chestnut street.
The auction sale of a controlling in.
terest in the stock of the Brooks
House, put up by f. c. Crosby as colat-
eral ON notes to local banks, did not
take place Wednesday as advertised.
The sale was continued one week, to
Dec. 6, when it will take place unless
the notes are taken care of before
that time.
In order that teachers and pupils
living out of town might get home in
time for the Thanksgiving dinners the
schools all closed at 100 Wednes-
day. They will not reopen until Mon
day morning. The high school held one
continuous session until 100 clock
and the graded schools also held long
single session until 1890 o'clock.
a lecture of special interest to this
community will be given by Miss +.
Eliza Sessions, agent of the Kurn
Hattin Homes, in the Centre Congrega-
tional church at 100 O'Clock Sunday
evening, on the work of the homes
Miss Sessions will tell the story of the
homes and use about 40 stereopticon
slides showing the boys in school, at
work and at play. An Offering for
the work will be received. Everybody
is invited.
A party which took the form of an
old-fashioned donation was given Tues
day to Rev. and Mrs. +. s. Hewitt,
at which 33 Pensioners and neighbors
were present. The affair was wholly
surprise to Mr.. and Mrs. Hewitt, who
had been invited out to tea and re-
turned to find their home in possession
of their friends. The evening was spent
with recitations and music, and re-
freshments were served. Rev. o. w.
Heyer of Wardsboro, in behalf of the
company, presented the pastor and his
wife a sum of money and other gifts.
Thomas Emmett Long and Miss Mary
Il n Ill
day morning at 8 o clock in the Catholic
church, Rev. Father James Z. Rand
performing the ceremony. The bride
wore brown travelling suit and hat to
match and wore a corsage bouquet of
chrysanthemums. They were attended
by the groom S brother and sister, Job
Long and Miss Margaret Long. The
bridesmaid wore blue gown and ma
room colored hat. They left on the
o clock train on a wedding trip and
on their return will keep house on FL
lot street. Mrs. Long has been EN-.
ployed several years by the Hooker,
Corser, Mitchell Co., and Mr.. Long has
had position several years with
Pentland & Son, plumbers. He is
son of Job Long of Cedar street.
az a meeting VI tHt Adldl -lolreeI
Parent-Teacher association held Tues
day afternoon these officers were elect
ed: Pres, Mrs. Frank w. Pier; vice
pres. Mrs. F. +. Dyke; see. and treas,
Mrs. f. s. Hewitt; program COM, Mrs.
Albert Thomas as chairman, two others
to be appointed by her, Miss Helen
Dunn, the school nurse, spoke of the
chicken pox and how the beginning of
these ailments might be detected at
home. Rev. +. Q. $. Osgood made a
few remarks touching upon the benefits
to the pupils and schools of co-opera-
ton between parents and teachers.
Miss Minnie Rawson told how the su-
pervised study period, which has been
begun this year, is conducted and what
it is accomplishing. Tea and waters
were served by the girls of the sew.
enth grade.