The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-30
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

The women Of the Methodist church |
church parlors Monday, Oct 8, from
80 to 5 clock,
Miss Maybelle .Spaulding entertained |
the j, y. sewing club last evening in /
her home on West street. Refreshments |
were served and social time enjoyed. |
Today the Empire presents the we'll |
known actress, Fay Temple, in The |
Scorpion s Sting; The Woman Who
Followed Me, a drama, and A Busted |
Honeymoon, comedy. On Monday vii |
liam Fox presents William Farnum in
Fighting Blood.
An organ recital will be given by
+. NJ. Cram, director of music in the
schools, i'll the Baptist church tomor-
row evening at rs, preceding the
sermon. At the close of the service
Mr.. Cram will play favoritc selections
| for all who care to remain.
Brattleboro lodge, n. f. Q. P, viii
| hold a public social and card party i'll
Red Men s hall next Wednesday
night, Oct. /, at s clock. Progress
sive hundred will be played and
prizes will be given. This is the first
social of the season and the committee
i'll charge hopes for large attendance.
| Refreshments will be served.
Leonard Pierce was given surprise
farewell party last evening III the
home of his parents, Mr.. aad Mrs. An
sci Pierce of Canal street, by > young
| friends Mr. Pierce win 90 tomorrow
to Hartford, Conn, where he will begin
work Monday for the City Electric Sup
ply company. He was presented
handsome travelling bag. Refreshments
were served.
The Princess theater presents today
Charles Murray and Louise Fezenda
in the Triangle keystone comedy, Her
Marble Heart, also Marguerite Clay
ton and Bryant Washburn in the
Essanay drama, The Promised Land, and
Helen Gibson in The Hazards of Hell
en-, To Save the Road On Monday
e, Fannie Ward in the Paramount fea-
ture, The Gutter Magdalene, and a
Burton Holmes travel picture are
billed.
The work done by local women ut
the homo of Mrs. Richards Bradley for
the American Fund for French Wounded
will be carried on through the winter
, at the home of Mrs. n. |. Hawley. 1t
, will be in charge of Mrs. H. c. Rice
, with Mrs. c. c. Fits acting as treas
urer. Three chests of supplies already
: have been sent from here to headquar-
ters in Boston, consisting of drawpads,
: flannel shirts, knitted sponges, gauze
sponges, bandages, comfort pillows and
} felt slippers Work will be done Mon
>
+ The first meeting of the Brattleboro
Woman s club will be held next We'd
nesday afternoon, Oct. 4, at $50 in the
banquet hall of the Odd Fellows temple
on Green street. Members of the club
l. will give reports of the state fedora
+ ton meeting at White River junction
e and the biennial meeting of the gener
i al Federation in New York city. Tea
n will be served by the social committee
It and there will be music. 1t is urget
|, that there be large attendance as the
/. Odd Fellows banquet hall is recon-
o mended by the committee as a place Oh
{ meeting for the coming year and prob
t. ably some action will be taken upon thu
IS question. Those who wish to avoid on
fight of stairs can use the walk at thu
, top of the hill.
! The United States civil service com
% mission will hold a competitive examina
II ton at Brattleboro, Oct. II, for the posi-
4 ton of clerk and carrier in the postof1ic,
10 at Brattleboro. Applicants must hav,
= reached their 18th birthday anniver
! sary, but not their 45th, on the date O.
{, examination, and must be citizens of tn
e United States. Male applicants mus
- measure not less than five feet fou
If inches in height in bare feet. No NAL
as applicant who passes the examination
If will be eligible for appointment eithe
as clerk or carrier who does not weig
~ at least 12j pounds without overcoa
bo or hat. It will be inadvisable for NAL
ia applicants whose normal weight is les
- than 125 pounds to enter the examine
- ton. Female applicants are not II
II quired to be of any specific weight Q
height Each applicant will be require
II to submit to the examiner on the day 9
i. examination a photograph of himsel
NJ taken within two years. For pamphle
rie of information and the required appl
10 cation blank, address the local seer
he tary at the Brattleboro postoffice or IL
no district secretary at Boston, with who
ew applications must be filed in time fl
him to arrange for the examination.
oc- If the lady that took the pair
rubbers from the basket in the kitch,
of the Odd Fellows temple last mig
q, will be kind enough to return the