Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-11-10
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j. Il. Mann has just had installed in
his store the Lamson cash carrier sys-
tenn of the newest model.
Rev. Richard II. Clapp will conduct
the chapel service at the Retreat Sun
day afternoon at o o'clock.
Rev Thomas w. Owens will conduct 3
O'Clock Sunday afternoon services at the
Home for the Aged during the month OF
November
The date of the annual harvest day
for the Home for the Aged has been
changed from Wednesday, Nov. to
Tuesday, Nov. IA.
Wallace NJ. Goldsmith of Brattlc-
boro, who is student at the Univer-
sity of Vermont, has been elected to
the Delta Psi fraternity.
News was received Saturday of the
death Friday night of George Fox, one
year and six months old, son of Charles
II. and Georgia (Fox) Clark of River
Edge, New Jersey.
At the annual meeting of the Green
street book club the following officers
were elected: President, Mrs. Myra l..
Stone; vice pres, Mrs. Freeman Scott;
see. and treas, Mrs. William G. Sar
gent.
The Ladies Sodality of the Blessed
Virgin of the Roman Catholic church
has elected the following officers:
Pres, Miss Bertha Pellerin; treas,
Miss Mary Doyle; Sec, Miss Lena
Young.
Over 100 persons attended the pub
lie supper in the Universalist church
November and were well pleased with
the menu of baked beans, cold meats,
rolls, cake, coffee and other well cooked
articles.
The first meeting of the Brattleboro
Ministerial union for the season will
be held in the Centre church house
Monday morning at 9.45 o'clock. All
members are earnestly requested to be
present.
Mrs. H. NJ. Loud fell Monday
in the hall in the Brooks House, where
she makes her home, injuring her hip.
She was taken to the Memorial hospi
tai, where an X-ray photograph was
taken to determine the extent of the
injury.
In order to make the most possible
progress on the excavating for the
Barber building flood light has been
installed on the roof of the contrac-
tor IS office building and the men and
teams work until o'clock instead of
quitting at 5.
A change in the time of Sunday
school and the morning service at st.
Michael s Episcopal church will be-
come effective next Sunday. Sunday
school will begin at $50 clock and
the morning service at 1915 o'clock
instead of at 1890.
Samuel L. Boyd of Wilmington has
entered suit for divorce from Emma
G. Boyd, whose last known address was
Hampton, Ill. He charges desertion.
They were married at Wilmington, Feb.
25, 1908, by o. f: Butterfeld, justice of
the peace, who is attorney for the Pc
titioner in the divorce suit.
John L. Howard s real estate agency
has exchanged for F. w. Tarbell of
West Chesterfield, N. H., his sawmill,
single mill and box shop in that place
for house on South Main street owned
by Mrs. Adeline E. Randoll of this
town. The house is the one near the
South Main Street stairway.
A white flagpole that was erected
Saturday afternoon on the pinnacle of
Wantastiquet mountain by Rev. j.
Fredrik Virgin and Boy Scouts of
st. Michael's Episcopal church, has at
tracted considerable attention, as it
can be plainly seen from those sections
of Brattleboro from which the summit
is visible. A small American flag was
fastened to the top of the pole.
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Springfield (Vt.) was brought here
Nov. g and service was held in the
Roman Catholic church, Rev. Father
Raymond officiating. The burial took
place in the Roman Catholic cemetery.
Mr.. Barbati was the father of Sulli-
van Barbati of South Main street and
was a native of Naples, Italy. He had
been in this country about 25 years.
His wife and two children, Mrs. Bel
luscia and Calle Barbati, accompanied
the body here.
The wooden forms between the high
way and the new cement retaining
wall which forms the east foundation
wall of II. G. Barber's building on the
Main street hill have been removed
and the wall made waterproof, and the
space is being filed in, which will
make the street straight and wider.
The plan is to complete the fill this
fall and let it settle until spring be-
fore laying d permanent sidewalk,
otherwise it would be necessary to re-
build the sidewalk after the fill had
settled.
Miss Marion Holmes of Boston, an
auxiliary nurse in the American am
bulance or hospital on the outskirts of
Paris for 10 months, gave an intensely
interesting account of the work being
done by the hospital in the Unitarian
parish house Friday night to an audi
ence that filed nearly the seating ca
pacity of the assembly ROOM. At the
conclusion of her address a collection
was taken to be devoted to the inter
ests of men whose homes were in the
invaded portion of France and who
are not only homeless but have not
heard from a member of their families
since they first marched away to an
swer the call to arms.
The Million Dollar Doll, a musical
comedy by Louis Weslyn, was given
matinee and evening performances in
the Auditorium Saturday and was well
attended. 1t was one of the great laugh