Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-08-04
Want Miller to Run for Mayor.

Hiram f. Miller of Lynn, Mass, is
| being urged by prominent citizens of
that city to be a candidate for the of
flee of mayor. He has said that he can
not consider Miller boom, but in spite
of that his friends insist that he enter
the field. They say that he is the type
of man the citizens expected to come
forward for office, when they accepted
the present charter; that he has been
power for success on every corporate
board with which he is connected; that
he possesses a combination of legal acu-
men and business shrewdness, of human
sympathy and administrative wisdom
that would make him an ideal mayor
of Lynn.
Mr.. Miller is AZ years old and ma
tive of Winterport, Me. He is Wes-
leyan university man and studied at
Harvard and Paris. He was principal
of Brattleboro academy prior to his
admission to the bar. He was admitted
to practice in Massachusetts in 1900,
and has since practiced in Lynn. His
firm of Attwill Miller & Cram includes
the attorney general of the state,
Henry C. Attwill
Mr.. Miller married Kate Fisher,
daughtF of Mrs.tE. E. Fisher of this
place.
n. j., is at f. A. Knight s, boarding
this week.
Mr.. Robbins of Brooklyn came
Sunday to join his family at Hervy
Harris S for vacation.
Miss Maude Miller returned to work
in lIoughton & Simonds's store Mon
day after a two-weeks' vacation.
Miss Belle Greenwood went to Ches
ter Saturday to spend the weekend in
the home of her uncle, j. A. Greeh-
wood.
The Glover club held an ice-cream
sale on the lawn of the Congregational
church Saturday afternoon at 3.3O
clock.
Miss Genevieve Crawford was dis
charged from the Melrose hospital Fri.
day evening and returned to her home
in Putney.
Clarence Convey returned to his home
Saturday from the Memorial hospital
where he had been two weeks follow
ing an operation for the removal of n
diseased gland of his neck.
West Brattleboro was well repre-
scented Friday afternoon in the chill
drcn taking part in the Chautauqua
parade. There were five ears from this
village, carrying 30 children.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Greenwood and
niece, Miss Mary Greenwood, of Ches
! ter called on their niece, Mrs. p. H.
| Covev, Sunday. Miss Belle Greenwood
who had been a guest there, returned
with them.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Chamberlain
Mr.. and Mrs. Merrick Underwood and
| two children, all of Chesterfield, and
| Elmer Chamberlain of Keene are spend
inc a week at Sunset lake, occupying
| the Miller cottage.
| William. Hunter went Monday to hi
home in Iion, n. Y. on business. Mr.
Hunter with Mrs. Hunter had spent
several weeks in the home of their
son, DR.. G. b. Hunter. Mrs. Hunter
will remain through the summer.
Rev. +. II. Perkins, pastor of the
East Dover Baptist church, will have
charge of the service in the tabernacle
Mt Sunset lake Sunday at 3 o'clocl k
There is much interest in these meet
ings and the attendance is increasing
Every one is invited.
The Woman's Mission Circle had {
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meeting in the home of Mrs. Alic,
Richmond yesterday at O'Clock. Tn,
subject of study was the North Ameri
can Indian, with n reading from The
Heroine of Saddle Mountain by Isabe
Crawford. There was the usual sew
ing.
Miss Lillian Britain of Guilford, who
is in the Melrose hospital for medical
treatment, is slowly improving. Rev
Father Finn of Brooklyn was dis
charged from the hospital Friday af
ternoon and returned to Father Grit
fin IS camp at Spofford lake, where he
is spending the summer.
Leslie Winter, son of Mr.. and Mrs
Arthur Winter of Athol, Mass, who
with his mother is spending some time
at L. II. Davenport's, underwent an.
other treatment for his fractured arm
Friday morning by DR.. Lynch. The
doctor was able to straighten the hand
and fingers, which had been drawn
up and place the hand in splints.