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

The Grange Home ECONOMIES cluD
will meet with Mrs. Walter Spear Fri
day, Sept. Is. All Grange women are
invited.
The first regular meeting following
the summer vacation Of the w. q. !.
u, will be held in the rest room next
Monday afternoon at 3 O'Clock.
John Il. Babbitt of Bellows Falls has
bought Chalmers SiX-30 roadster
through the Vermont Auto Sales com
pany. This gives Mr.. Babbitt two cars
of the same make.
Lcamond Jillson of Guilford, whose
right leg was amputated at the Me-
mortal hospital following collision be-
tween a motorcycle which he was rid
ing with Martin Tinncman behind him,
and an automobile driven by John Man
ley, ir., July o, was discharged from
the institution Sunday.
Brattleboro chapter, d. A. r., will
hold its first meeting of the season
Thursday, Sept. II, in the Unitarian
parish house at $50 clock. This be-
ing the anniversary of the birth of the
Star Spanglcd Banner the chapter is
TO be addressed upon the flag by Mrs.
10. G.. Abbott of Keene, N. H., former
vice president general of the national
society, ID. A. r.
There was a hearing Wednesday in
Newfane before A. p. Carpenter as
referee in the suit of the Cook Lumber
Co., of Greenfield, Mass. against George
T. Buckley of Townshcnd About
81 900 is involved each side claiming
about that amount to be due. After
the hearing was started negotiations
were begun looking towards a settle
mcnt. An agreement was reached prac-
tically, if it meets with the approval
of the referee in bankruptcy, John f.
Gale, the plaintiff company having
gone into bankruptcy. j. G. Martin
represented the lumber company and
w. r. Daley appeared for the defend
ant.
The jury to hear the suit of Forrest
L. Upton of Stratton against Chester
CLARK of Wilmington, the defendant
| being accused of the larceny of leaC
I pipe y to the value of $40, was
drawn Tuesday and the ease sci
for hearing Saturday at 9 a. m
in the Wilmington town hall. The fol
lowing were drawn as jurymen NJ. G
Stone, Arthur Tinker, p. +. Crosier, G
vi. l0tOll. ATtHlp Nlutl anu W. ~. I an
banks of Halifax; Charles H. Waste
Charles s. Goodnow and Frank Wheel
err of Nottingham and Henry F. Whit
ncy, Earl Howe and Gerald Adams o
Marlboro.
In petition for divorce Nellie NJ
i Cote of Stratton sets forth that sh
was married to Horace Frederick Cote
then of Orange, Mass, in Brattleboro
June 8, 1914, by Carl S. Hopkins, ESQ
She alleges dcsertion at Waterbury
Conn, Nov. l, 1915, intolcrable severi
ty, neglect and refusal to support am
u statutory offense with a person I'M
known at Montague, Mass. She ask
that her husband be restrained from III
terferring with her personal liberty an
that she be granted the care an
custody of her minor daughter, fou
weeks old. Attorney Joseph G. MAJ
tin filed the petition in county coul
yesterday
The Clawson- Hamilton commerce;
college opened Tuesday with large
enrolment than at the opening las
year, jim spite of the iafantilc paralys
! .preeasitions and the delay in openip
schools. Miss Florence G. RodmJ
: succeeds Miss Margaret McGinn
charge of the shorthand and typewri
: ing department, Miss McGinn havii
. entered the employment of the Publ
y Service commission. Miss Rodman 70
: mcrly was in charge of the shorthar
:. and typawriting department of Still
man business college in Danbur
Conn, and of the Drake school in Ne
Il York city.
When the Vermont infantry rcturn
i from Brattleboro Aug. 81 Col. j.
f Dicllman of the ID United States Ca
{ airy, after a conference with Adit. Gle
:. 1illotson, assigned the men to barrac
@ Nos ! and H. The militia spent the re
of the morning and the afternoon gcttl
o settled in their new quarters. The on
l. other feature of the situation is that
s college men were discharged Frida
& The so or 80 will remain at the post i
p definitely and Company c on the MeXic
is front will keep their khaki on, and sti
'c it out The order forbdding the dischal
of college men came in the form of a tie
.. gram to the adjutant general Just after
a 0 clock in the afternoon. 1t was sign
If Simpson" who is the adiutant of the {
T. partment of the East Col. Simpson is
a. Governor s Island, n. Y.
O. The following program was reader
IT, at the Grange meeting Wednesda
re Song, Merrily Sing, by choir; Sev
III Sunny Days, LIST Mrs. Bessie Frank
is 2d Mrs. Matte Goodenough, Sd NJ
e NJ. A. Fisher, 4th Mrs. +. ID. Weld,
h Mrs. Harriet Tucker, 9th Mrs. Os'
IL Convey, 18th Fred ID. Weld; song, Jo
at Mckay; reading, Good Roads p.
or Franklin; song, The Model Girl, cho
reading, The Canadian Red Cross, M
ar S. w. Edwards; recitation, The
ms borer, John c. Pellet; song, Mrs.
lal T.. Farnum; experiences in the cult
ne ton of beans, potatoes and cabbag
i'll, by several; Mrs. II. w. Sargent {
Id, how the young champion potato groy
nd of Michigan raised 40 bushels
as half an acre; song, Beautiful Cole
EN- Somewhere, choir; roll call, each N,
IS, Der telling what he or she most {
l.; liked to do. Mrs. Walter Spear and n
Ill Robert Emory offered prize box
of candy to the one making the b
of guess as to what advertisements W
of represented by pictures clipped fl
'ks newspapers, the prize being won
to Mrs RpsSio Franklin Tho urouron