Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-08-18

day, has been postponed to Sept. /.
Rev. |. NJ. Compton of West Brattle
boro will have charge of the chapc
service at the Brattleboro Retreat Sun
day afternoon at clock.
Blank primary petitions for the use
of candidates for office, including towr
representative, have been received al
the Office of Town Clerk Carl s. Hop
kins.
l.. r.. II. Wagner, who recently
bought the Kaye shoe store at "a Elliot
street, has just put in set of Good
year Welt shoe repairing machinery
1t is the only installation of its kind in
town.
Tuesday, the Feast of the Assump-
tion of the Blessed Virgin Mary, was
observed in st. Michacl's Roman Cath.
Ollie church by two masses, at 5 and s
o clock. Bcnediction of the Most Bless
ed Sacrament was held after the s
o clock mass.
Ernest Cochrane's birthday anniver-
sary was observed Saturday evening in
his home at ~ Horton place, several
relatives and friends called and pre-
scntcd him gold watch and Bible.
Games, music and refreshments of ice
cream and cake were enjoyed.
Horace Harvey, o, has on exhibition
in one of the windows of the hardware
store of Robbins Il Cowles, model of
II battlcship constructed from set of
Ercctor materials. The boy built the
model in two hours from his memory
of battleship which he saw several
weeks before.
The sales pavilion of the Pure Bred
Live Stock Sales Co., Inc, now in pro-
cess of construction on Vernon street,
will be completed sufficiently to per
NIT the next sale to be held there Aug.
20 That evening the annual meeting
of the lIolsteinF riesian club of Yer
mont will be held in Brattleboro.
Soon after 1.3O Wednesday after
noon Mrs. b. f. Lcitzingcr, who was in
her bedroom in her home at the corner
Of Cedar and Myrtle streets, was star
tied to hear bullet crash through Il
window in the room where she stood.
Almost at the same instant she heard
the report of a rifle. 1t came from the
direction of the Crowcll park.
In a recent meeting of the vestry of
st. Michael's Episcopal church Rev.
Nelson Kellogg appointed Capt. f. w.
Gibson senior warden to succeed the
late Col. Kittrcdge Haskins. The vestry
elected +. w. Nichols junior warden. In
a parish meeting to be held later "A
member of the vcstry will be elected
to fill the vacancy caused by the death
of Col. IIaskins.
The ODD reunion of the Larrabce-
Stacy families was held Wednesday at
4, = I l..
West Halifax. There were 80 mcmbcrs
If the Larrabcc-S Stacy families besides
several friends A bountiful dinner was
served and all had a very pleasant time.
At brief business meeting the follow
ng officers were elected for the coming
year: Pres, Walter Bartlett; vice pres,
larry Lcarnard; see, Grace Larrabcc.
{ was voted to hold the next reunion |
It the home of NJ. J. Larrabee on
lark street, Brattleboro, the third
Wednesday in August, 1917.
4 tcn-ccnt poverty social was given
friday evening in the storage room in
Ienry Allen IS barn on Oak street by
Mrs. A. +. Knight, Mrs. Freeman Scott
md Mrs. Henry Allen. There were il |
.ablcs for playing 800 and music was
by victrola. Refreshments |
we're served. The prize for the lowest
score consisting of tin dipper wclt
% Mrs. j. l.. Goldsmith and the prize
'or the poorest costume went to Mrs |
William Richardson. The chairs for the
occasion were furnished by A. l.. Rohdc.
There were about 20 women present and |
I very pleasant evening was spent The
social was for the benefit for the Com
,any | boys in Eagle Pass, Texas.
The funeral Of Louis Pollica, 80, who
lied of n complication of diseases
shortly after noon Tuesday in the home
IF his son. Gilbert J. Pollica of 297
south Main street, will be held this |
morning mt O'Clock in st. Michael S !
Roman Catholic church. Mr.. Pollica
caves a wife, who was Mary A. Boyd |
Of Canada; two sons, Gilbert j. of
and Richard l.. of North
lIinsdaic, \. H.. daughter, Mrs. En-
ma j. McCabc of Boston; two brothers, /
Gilbert of Huntington, Canada, and
Frank of Montreal. Canada; six grand |
Helen f.. McCabc, Annie.
Mary and Louis Pollica, children of |
Richard and Walter Pollica. sons of
Gilbert J. Pollica, also several ncphcws
and nicces.