The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-05-18
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

ternoon in the home of Mrs. E. L.
| Hildreth.
The annual meeting of the Unitari-
an Alliance will be held Friday after
noon at , clock in the parish house.
A full attendance is earnestly desired
Today the Empire presents Henry
Kolker in The Warming, series of
absorbing situations. Tomorrow, John
Glayde 5 Honor, in five-acts, and The
Living Dead, an episode of The Iron
| Claw, will be shown.
A telegram received at the post
office this morning from the weather
bureau in Hartford, Conn. said:
Heavy rains north will cause sharp
river rise and moderate floods in your
locality next few days.
Raymond s. Roberts of Nottingham
and Miss Carrie Begicbing of Adams,
Mass, were married in the Universalist
parsonage by Rev. D. E. Trout this
morning. They were unattended. 4
single ring service was used.
In the meeting of Protective Grange
last evening nine candidates were in
structed in the first and second de-
grees, Phillip f. Franklin acting as
master in the first degree work and
Walter Spears in the second
\ brakebeam on freight locomo-
tive on the Central Vermont railroad
fell down as tle train was passing
the station this morning. The West
river branch local train was held up
few minutes in getting to the plat
form
Several suits used in the BrattIe-
boro league last year have not been
turned in and President G. Z. Sher-
man is very DESTROYS that they be re
turned at once in order that all may
be Numbered i'll time for the opening
games.
Rehearsals for the First Regiment
band musical comedy. HONEYMOON
Lane, are being held every afternoon
and evening. The subscription tickets
arc In the hands of C. NJ Dugan. also
at +. J. Fenton 5 store and the Brooks
House pharmacy.
Today the Princess theatre will pre-
sent the siX-act Paramount produc-
tton, The Golden Chance. featuring
Cleo Ridgely and Wallace Reid. also
a Bray Cartoon comedy. Tomorrow is
Triangle day, with Bessie Barriscale
IN the Triangle feature drama. The
Golden Claw, and Weber and Fields in
the Triangle feature comedy, The Best
OF Enemies. There will be special mu-
SIC tomorrow night by the orchestra.
The funeral of Gustaf G. ". Hertz
berg, who died Sunday. was held yes
terday afternoon at O'Clock in the
nome on Williams street and was
largely attended. Rev. 0. 4. Peterson,
pastor of the Swedish Congregational
church, otiiciated Three selections
were sung by Paul and Miss Esther
Erickson. The burial took place in
Prospect Hill cemetery The bearers
were Paul and Philip Erickson. Alvin
Nelson and Edwin Wilson. There was
a profusion of beautiful rcmembrances
The funeral Of Mrs. Katie Louise
Thompson, wife of Frederick P.
Thompson, was held yesterday after
noon at 100 o'clock at the house. 5
hettlng place, Rev. Delmar f. Trout
pastor of the Universalist church. Off
eating. The bearers were Mr.. Thomp-
son, his two sons, Frederick $. and
meorge Frank Thompson, and Mrs
Thompson s brother, Frank L. Hough-
ton OF GWlford. The burial took place
IN Prospect Hill cemetery. Among
those present were Mr.. and Mrs.
George E. Thompson of West Somer-
vale, Mass, Mrs, E. A. McClay of
Woodstock and Mr.. and Mrs. Max An
ties of Conway, Mass.
The mass meeting which will be held
Ill the First Baptist church Friday
night at 1.45 will take the place of the
regular prayer meeting that night.
Two strong speakers will be on the
program. Harry Wade Hicks, general
secretary of the Missionary Education
movement, is forceful speaker and is
III touch with missionary problems and
plans of the present day. DR.. Cronk-
hlte Of the Baptist Foreign Missionary
board IS on a furlough from his work
in Burma. Since coming to America
he has been working along the lines of
missionary education. He is one Of
the most forceful speakers to be Sc
cured. Everybody is welcome to this
meeting.
The Carpenter Co, which decided
laSt winter to close out its organ bust
ness, expects to have the business lia-
Undated in about another month. Most
OF the machinery and a large part of
the lumber have been disposed of, and
IL IS expected that by June three
loors will be vacated and that much
OF the building turned over to the own
er, George E. Crowen Martin Austin,
treasurer and me- mayer, who resigned in
January to become treasurer of the s.
A. smith Mfg. Co., concluded his en-
gagement there this week. He is de-
voting his entire time to, the work Of
lqudatlng the Carpenter Co., and af-
ter that is accomplished he will take
vacation of month or more
Fully 50 per cent of the children of