The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-05-24
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

Daniel F. Curtin camp, s. w. ",
will hold a meeting in the Armory to-
morrow evening at o clock
Miss Anna l.. Davis, superintendent
of the Mutual Aid association, has
bought of Manley Bros. a Ford run
about for her use in travelling about
among the rural schools.
A sewing meeting of Sedgwick Wo-
man S Relief corps will be held in
Grand Army hall Thursday afternoon,
followed by supper and the regular
meeting in the evening. A full atten-
dance is desired as matters of impor-
tance relative to Memorial day will be
discussed.
The members of Sedgwick Woman's
Relief corps are asked to meet Friday
morning at 10 clock at the town hall
to 90 in a body to the high school pre-
Memorial day exercises. They will
also meet in the afternoon at , O'Clock
to attend exercises in the high school
building.
Today the Princess theatre presents
Lionel Barrymore in the Metro pro
duction, The Yellow Streak, play of
great human appeal, also the comedy
feature picture, Napoleon the Great
and Sally His Mate. Tomorrow Blanche
Sweet in the Paramount picture, The
Ragamuffin, and a Bray cartoon come
| dy are billed.
All school children and friends are
requested to bring all the flowers pos
| sible to the town hall Tuesday morning
| at o'clock to be used for the Memo
rial day observance. Baskets Will not
he distributed in the school as in form
er years, but will be at the hall to be
| filed Tuesday morning. The school
| children are requested to march to the
| cemetery.
Stanley w Clapp, son of Pearl t.
| Clapp of Clark street. met with pain
ful accident Monday evening while
practicing vaulting ON tle Canal
street grounds, when he ran the vault
| ing pole into his right arm two and
one-half inches. He has been confined
| to his bed since. DR.. c. S. Pratt is
attending him. Clapp is a sophomore in
the high school.
Several weeks ago graduates of the
com nercial department of the Brattle
! boro nigh school were sent a list of
| questions pertaining to their present
! employment and success in their work
| with a request that the questions be
answered and sent back to the high
school. Although nearly 100 were mailed
| only about half of that number have
| been returned. Principal f. B. Smith
| is very DESTROYS that tle others should
reply at once, as the high school de-
| sires to compile a record.
\ hearing is III progress today at
| Lake Station, between Norton s Mills
and Island Pond, before tle public ser
| vice commission Of the state, of which
I,1 % -
! is chairman, on the petition of resi-
| dents to have one Of the Grand Trunk
| Railway Co. 5 through trains stop at
! that station. Mr.. Bacon left last even
/ ing to attend the hearing. Tomorrow
/ the commission will hold a hearing in
! st. Jolnsbury on the petition of the
| Essex Storage company for certif-
cate to do business in this state.
Invitations have been received by
friends in Brattleboro to the marriage
of DR.. Walter Shaw Of Springfield,
Mass, and Miss Hattie Mabel Hen
dricll of Holyoke, Mass. The wedding
win take place in the Highland Meth
odist Episcopal church in Holyoke
June 3 at + o clock. DR.. Shaw is a
son of the late Charles Shaw, who
| lived in Brattleboro several years on
| Highland street. Since his father s
death DIR. Shaw and his mother, Mrs.
Mary Shaw. have visited often with
friends in Rrattleboro. DR.. Shaw is a
successful physician in Springfield.
| The Boston Post Of Monday con
tanned a laIftone picture, three columns
wide. Of Rev. Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman
and Charles NJ. Alexander, with a
long special article on the opening of
the evangelistic campaign in Keene, \.
H., written by Post staff writer The
article stated that the evangelists
came back to New England after an
absence of seven years. The Post evil
IDENTIFY manufactured the lead to carry
the story. as the return of the evange-
lists to New England after giving
Greater Boston its greatest revival
took place last winter when they open
ed revival meetings in Brattleboro.
Mrs George H. Wilder of Burling-
ton. WAC is to play the part of Olga
LatinsEi in the band show Thursday,
Friday and Saturday, arrived in Brat
tleboro yesterday and took part in the
rehearsal last evening. Mrs. Wilder
possesses a powerful, sweet contralto
voice, has q charming stage presence,
and she played the part in Burling
ton when Honeymoon Lane was stag
ed theTe last ran by MT. ana Mrs.
Louis Philbrook, who are directing the
production here, she is familiar with
the stage business and worked into
the production last evening as if she
had been at all of the rehearsals of
the local cast. Mrs. Wilder has a solo
and a duet with Frederic c. Adams
that will be among the musical fea
lures of the production.
EPISCOPAL GUILD will take or
ders for homemade food. Tel. 789R
or coy by Thursday for Saturday de
! livery. 65-1-23-4tf
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