Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-09-08

agency has sold for Mrs. Priscilla G. ST.
lnonds her two-tcncment house or" High |
street to William Howard.
The Canal Street Birthday club went
Wednesday to Vernon, Miss Emma
Lundbcrg entertaining the club in hon
or of Mrs. John Lindsey The Ladies
circle of the Univcrsalist church
served dinner.
Captain Rcnnic, the officer in charge
of the Salvation Army, has procured n
horse and wagon which he terms the
Gospel wagon - to enable him and his
faithful workers to carry their work
more effectively. lie will open his cam
paign with meeting in the Methodist
church in Putney, Sunday, Sept. 10, at
p. m.
The decision to abandon the Valley
fair this year is far reaching in its eff
fccts. The Twin State Gas & Electric
Co. had just finished its annual job of
opening the trolley track from Pine
street to the fair grounds and the street
department had gotten well under way
the first material effort of the season to
better the condition of Canal street.
About 100 members of the. Methodist
church enjoyed u picnic at the fair
grounds Monday. The apparatus for
the Oak Grove playground was loaned
for the occasion and furnished amuse-
mcnt for the younger people present
4 base bali game between married and
single men was highly satisfactory to
the bcnedicts because they suffered
defeat by only one run.
Mrs. Bridget Shea, who died in Hol-
yoke, Mass, Saturday, was a sister of
1 Maurice Scanlon of Brattlcboro. She
/ had been a resident Off lfolyoke more
than 40 years. Besides her husband,
Maurice Shea, she leaves two sons, five
daughters, four ibrot hersf and one sister.
The funeral was held at the house Mon
day morning, followed by high mass of
requiem in Holy Cross CHURCH.
Dennison Cowlcs, ST., won the g., l..
! Durham cup on the links of the Brat
| tlcboro Country club Labor day after
noon. Seventeen men took part i'll the
competition, which was ON Il handicap
basis. The lowest handicap was 10 and
the highest 40. Mr.. Cowlcs S score for
IS holes was los, reduced by his handi-
cap of 80 to IS. G. NJ. Miller, one of
the lowest mark men, turned i'll a card
of o. the best score of the afternoon
and his handicap of Is brought him
within one stroke of Mr.. Cowles's
score.
Miss Alice L. White, principal of the
Montgomery (Ala.) Industrial school
for coorcd girls, who has been a guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. George II. Clapp, gave
specially interesting talk concerning
the school at the Christian Endcavo'
meeting in the Centre Congregations
chapel Sunday evening. Miss White
has devoted her time to the work OF
the school 80 years and finds great sat
isfaction in the results that have beer
accomplished. The girls are taught
cooking and various manual arts anc
tho graduates remain loyal friends OF
the institution.
Health Officer Henry Tucker has served
official notice on both the Princess anC
Empire theatres not to admit children
under Is years of age to performance
through September, in accordance with
ruling of the state board of health II
I also. has served on Manager Fox Of tn
2 Auditorium a similar notice. The rcguIa
2 ton does not affect the moving pictur
: shows at Island Park, as that is outsid
, the jurisdiction of Vermont. but if
seems desirable the health officer ma
quarantine children returning from Ne,
Hampshire There is a noticeable lack c
children in Sunday school as well as othe
public gatherings.
Rev. Nelson Kellogg, who ofliciatc
Sunday morning at his last service q
rector of st. Michael s Episcopal churcl
, announced from the pulpit that ca
extended to Rev. j. Frederick Virgin q
y Elizabeth, n. j., who has been rector c
u Grace church of that city, had been a
, copied and that Mr.. Virgin would tax
: over the local rectorship beginning Sep
II. Mr.. Virgin preached here a week ag
lSunday while a guest of Rev. Mr.. Ke
e logg and was much liked by the membc
a of the vcstry. They Immediately e
. tended a call to Mr.. Virgin and his Il
y ccptance was received Saturday. He
y a young man, is married and has thrt
J. children.
- Mai. Linn d. Taylor came to Brattl
~ boro Sunday on detail to investiga
u the circumstances of dependents
w. of members of Companies A of Ru
= land, f of Bellows Falls, l of Brattl
boro and X of Springfield and such
", pcndents of the machine gun, hea
" quarters and supply companies as a
nc residents of southern Vermont. He W
80 be in Brattlcboro several days on tn
nc work. Mai. S. S. Gushing has been d
81 tailed to 10 similar work in the mort
~ cm part of the state Mai. Taylor
IL confident that the recruits now
er Fort Ethan Allen will again start
NJ the border within few days.
an Under clear skies and one of V
00 mont s best fall days, the Johnso
and Blanchards held their fifth ami
family reunion at 10 Western aven
ny Monday. representatives from II
~ n. H., Springfield, Ware and Greenfe
ne Mass, Newfanc, Marlboro, GuilfC
on and Vernon were present. There "
n business meeting at 1880, wi
&C. these officers were elected Pr
l's Charles +. Blanchard of Hill, n.
'of vice pres, Otis H. johnson of Gil
VI ford; treas, Henry J.. johnson
nee Grcenfeld; sec, Lois NJ. Whitney
.no Ware; chaplain, Mary A. lIaskins
-nI1 Greenfield; musician, Alice NJ. Bro,
"I of Greenfield Dinner was served
; ,. 80 and fine time was enjoyed by
NV 1t was voted to meet at the same pl
and on the same date next year.
Of Mrs, Harry Smith of Lawrence str'