Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-10-27

ris of West Brattleboro has whooping
cough.
Charles r. Crosby has bought the F. C.
Gale house on Grove street and will re-
model it into two tcnements.
The Durham Brothers company has
had prism glass installed in the show
windows of the retail store. Pellet &
Skinner did the work.
A large white gull appeared in the
Connecticut river near Island park
Saturday and for half an hour at
tracted considerable attention. The
bird finally flew south.
A still alarm Monday night called the
automobile fire truck to the Boyden
building on Elliot street across from
the fire station where a chimney fire
was extinguished without damage.
Representative Marshall j. Hapgood
of Peru is in the Memorial hospital as
the result of an accident a month ago
in which one leg was injured. 1t has
been necessary to have the bone of his
right leg treated and he will be in the
institution some time.
The Brattleboro High School Athletic
association Friday elected the fol-
lONlHS OlucelS. L IeSlucHt, howard IL.
Thayer, II; vice president, Hayden S.
Randall, rs; secretary, w. Howard
Ninton, rs; treasurer, Dennison
Cowles, II.
The milk wagon owned by A. f. Rob
bins of Washington street was struck
by an automobile driven by w. c. Hal
,laday of East Dover at the corner of
Grove and Main streets Monday and
the right rear wheel of the milk wag-
on was ripped off and some milk was
spilled.
Ray c. Betterley of Brattleboro, VT,
pleaded guilty to the charge OF driv
ing an automobile while he was with
out his license. He paid a So fine
Officers J. b. Costello and William j.
Hogan arrested him in Forest park
Saturday nght.-Springfeld Republi-
can of Oct. "a.
Paul Cecil watkins, two months old J.,
son of Mr.. an Mrs. Cecil A. Watkins of
80 Estey street, died Monday morn
ing. Funeral services were held at
the house Wednesday afternoon at |
o clock, Rev. Delmar +. Trout, pastor
of the Universalist church, officiating
The body was taken to West Ches-
terrified, n. H., for burial. Il +,
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred c. Brown Of Bill
lock street have received a letter from
their daughter, Miss Maud Brown, who
is a teacher in the high school in New
Britain, Conn, telling of the death Of
the sub-principal of that school after
an illness of two days with infantile
paralysis. The school is closed for the
present.
certificate has been filed with the
Secretary of state by the Rowland
Pulp and Paper company, a corpora
tion composed largely of Brattleboro
men doing business in Maine, to in
crease the capital stock from $4,000
to 100000, in accordance with vote
taken at meeting of the stockholders
August 81.
Ralph Sherwin of Bennington came
to Brattleboro Friday to be the
manager of the new store of Wool
worth & Co., which is to be opened in
the near future. Mr. Sherwn is ac-
companiel by his bride of a few days
He opened a store for the Woolworth
company in Bennington, and has been
connected with the concern for some
time.
Judge Frank f. Barber recently bought
the interest of the other heirs in the Dan
iel NJ. Barber farm on the Dummerston
road, which had been owned by his father
since 1880. His father died in 1913 and
Judge Barber's brother Clarence, managed
the farm as well as his own until his death
last winter He bought $500 worth of
Holsteins Saturday He plans to make it
his summer home.
At the sophomore class elections at
Dartmouth college Monday Guy Ed
ward Cogswell of Henniker, n. H., was
elected president; Stanley Clarke Fits
of Brattleboro, vice president; Charles
Greig Raible of Cleveland, secretary;
Eugene Gentry Nicely of Commanche
Texas, treasurer; John Seth Radford
jr, of Houston, Texas, representative
to college club. Cogswel and Fits were
reelected.
A slight change in the school SEES
sions for the first and second grades
became effective Monday. For the
first grade children, who have been in
school mornings only until 10 O'Clock
the morning session was increased Is
minutes. The second grade children
who have been released in the morn
ing at 1l.3O o clock, now remain until
~, as do all the other grades. 1t has
been found necessary to do this in or
der to accomplish the work required.
The marriage of Zerah Baker Cox OF
Waterbury,, Conn. and Vina May Da
Wis of West Chesterfield, n. H., was
performed by Rev. George f. Tomkin
son at the Baptist parsonage at moon
Monday. The bride is a member OF
the First Baptist church and has beer
successful school teacher severa
years. The bridegroom formerly livet
in Tiashoke, ~ Y, and has lived sew
eral years in California. lie now has {
position in Waterbury, Conn, wher'
the couple will live.
John Navarro was driving the Fore
delivery automobile owned by the Bos
ton Fruit market on the Putney roa,
Sunday afternoon on his way to Put
ney, when he encountered a native o
Poland riding a bicycle. The man rid
ing the wheel was having considerabl
difficulty in controlling his mount ant
after the driver of the automobile ha'
slowed down and tried in vain T.
dodge the bicycle the two came togeth