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

and Mrs. Ralph b. Cudworth, was taken
Sunday morning to the Melrose hos
pital, where she underwent an opera
ton.
f. A. Larrow has put on for public
use hack running to and from all
trains. This service was suspended
during the summer on account of the
automobile service.
A freight car split the switch in the
rear of the American building annex
Monday morning and the switch gang
were delayed some time in putting the
wheels back on the rails.
large number of members Of the
First Baptist church and parish are
planning to 90 to Boston Tuesday, Dec.
5, to hear Billy Sunday. A special car
for that purpose has been engaged.
Charles r. Dunklee of Western
avenue has sold the Dunklce house in
West Bratteboro to Fred c. Brown of
this village, who will convert it into
two tenemcnts. The sale was made
through John l.. Howard s real estate
agency.
Three whooping cough cases have
been reported at the home of w. II.
Eddy on the Bonnyvsle road, West
Brattleboro. Cases Of chicken pox are
reported in the families of Frederic c.
Adams and Frank C. Duncan, both of
Tyler street
A special meeting of the directors of
the Brattleboro Cooperative Savings
and Loan association was held Friday
and q dividend of five per cent was
declared for the past six months on
shares in force. The annual meeting
and election of officers will be held
Friday, Dec.e
Ellsworth Allen Kemp of Colrain,
boro, and Mrs. Adelaide r. (Tavener)
Jewell of Locks Village, Mass, were
married Monday Mt the parsonage
Of the First Baptist church by Rev.
George E. Tomkinson. They are to
make their home in Mortified Farms,
Mass.
Mrs. Bert Stone who was injured
about the head in an automobile acct
dent near Deerfeld Mass, on the night
of Oct. 81 and who was taken to the
Farren hospital in Montague, shows no
Improvement. X-ray photographs of
her head are to be taken in an effort
to determine whether there is frac
ture or blood eliot.
At large and enthusiastic meeting
of Quonekticut tribe, /. o. r. NJ. Fri
day evening 90 candidates We're adopt
ed into the tribe and II new members
were voted in. Visitors from Hinsdale
were present and after the work there
were talks from chiefs from Hinsdale
and from Brattleboro. In the next
meeting of the tribe 10 or II new mem
bers will beRdopted. t-.s.--..->s...
The annual initiation ceremonies of
the various fraternitics of Amherst col
lege was held Friday night at the vari
GUS chapter houses. Banquets followed
at which prominent alumni from all
parts of the country were present. Over
80 per cent of the students at Amherst
are members Of a fraternity. Joseph G.
Estey of Brattleboro was initiated in
to the Chi Phi fraternity.
Orders issued by command of Col
Ira S. Reeves, commander of the Yer
mont regiment of the National Guard
are to the effect that clothing issued
to enlisted men of the National Guard
while in the service of the United
States shall be worn by the men only
at times when service is required of
them. Under the act of June 3, 1916,
they cannot wear the clothing under
any other condition.
Lorenzo b. Burnham, So, q contractor
of Spofford, n. H., died in the Brattle-
boro Memorial hospital Saturday morn
ing of gangrene of one leg. He was
born in Montague, Mass, a son of
Alonzo and Sarah Burnham. He leaves
two sons, Edward l.. and Harry W.
Burnham. The body was taken to Spot
ford Monday and funeral services
were held at 2 clock that afternoon
Tho body was taken to Rutland for
burial.
On Wednesday morning the Connec'
ticut river was frozen over from shore
to shore opposite Brattleboro, and il
had right to be for the mercury regis
tered all the way from 10 above tc
four above, depending upon the loca
tions of the different thermometers
The registering thermometer of Ferris
X. Vaughan at his home on High
street gave a low mark of above the
zero mark, but the big thermometer or
Main street at the store showed low
mark Of five above.
Ten employees of the IIolstein- Fries
lhH heSlStcI cOiHpdHy went W pcllON'
Falls Saturday afternoon and gave {
surprise party to former associate
Mrs. Hallam W. Turton, who was Mis-
Marjorie Ellis, Arrangements were il
charge of Mrs. Nellie Pierce of Below
Falls and the affair proved a genuine
success. II was q complete surprise t.
both Mr.. and Mrs. Turton. A bounti
full supper was served and the after
noon was spent socially. Mrs Turtol
was presented casserole dish
Plans for a series of public meet
ing TO be held during the coming win
ter were set on foot at a meeting of tn
board of trade directors Wednesday
1t is expected that there will be fou
of these gatherings at least, and tina
the speaker at each will be someone o
statewide prominence. Among thos
whom the directors hope to secure ar
+. s. Brigham, state commissioner o
agriculture, M. B. Hillegas, state com
missioner of education, and j. w. Tit
comb state fish and game commission
or.
State Fish and Game COMMISSIONS