Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-09-29
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BRATTLEBORO.


kindergarten Monday, Oct. ., at II High
Lawn road.
The Ladies' Circle of the Universal
ist church will hold Il rummagc sale
Oct & and Z.
Two men charged with first offcnscs
of intoxication pleaded guilty in the
municipal court Monday morling. Each
paid fine of So and costs of $4.6j.
In a meeting of the parish of st. Mich
ael s Episcopal church after the morn
ing service Sunday w. j. Pentland,
jr., was elected member of the vestry
to fill the vacancy caused by the death
of Kittredge Haskins.
j. l.. Howard s real estate agency has
sold for Mrs. J. j. johnson of Town
shend her cottage house on Clark street
to Nicholas j. Baker. Mr.. Baker buys
for an investment and will raise the
house and remodel it.
The social held Sept. 81 in the
home of Mrs. John Morse on South
Man street by the Glass No. 10 of the
Baptist Bible school was well attend
ed, II being present, including the
hostess. 1t was very pleasant gath
ering.
The new music instructor in the in
corporated school district, Ralph NJ.
Cram, rendered two selections previous
to the preaching service in the First
Baptist church., Sunday night and one
at the close. He was heard with much
pleasure by a@large congregation.
On accounE of the disorganization of
all work With children, the past sum
mer it has been decided not to observe
Rally day ing the Congregational Sun
day school. s Next Sunday morning,
however, the children entitled to di-
pomas will receive them in the church
during the regular morning service.
Captain Rcnnie announces that he
would be pleased to hear from all farm
ers and others who would like to fur
Their the cause of the Salvation army
by giving thank offering in the way
of farm products or other useful arti-
cles for its harvest festival In receipt
of notices the gospel wagon will call.
Edward Moran was elected captain
of the Brattlcboro high school football
team Friday morning. Abbott b. Rich
mond, who was elected captain last
spring. did not return to school this
fall. Moran is a lineman, but will be
pulled back to the backfeld in order
to have more weight and an expert
enced man there.
In place of the general session of the
Vermont Sunday School association in
the Baptist church Friday morning,
Oct. 20, "rural' and "city' confer
ences will be held. In this division of
the delegates into two groups there
will be unusual opportunity for the dis
cuss5pn of the detail problems peculiar
leach sort of Sunday school work.
Conan and Aiarris, who produce cit
Pays To ADVERTISE have made a
reputation for. bringing out corking
good plays of the laughter variety and
this one adds to their long list of sue
cesscs. cit Pays To Advertise - ran
for one solid year at the George NJ.
Conan theatcr. The local engagement
is for next Saturday afternoon and
evening.
Howard Olds, general manager of
the Twin State Gas & Electric Co.,
who was in Brattlcboro late last
week, expects to return here in a
short time for stay of two weeks,
during which he will familiarize him
self with every feature of the local bus
mess in an effort to improve general
conditions, especially that of the troll
ley service.
Mr.. and Mrs Henry r. Brown have
issued invitations to the marriage OF
their daughter, Ruth, to Raymond 5
Richardson of Lowville, n. Y, the
event to be celebrated in the First
Univcrsalist church of Brattleboro on
the evening of Thursday, Oct. -, al
Z clock, with a reception Immediately
after the ceremony in the family home
on Oak street
After several hours work Sunday
a dumpcart owned by II. G. Clark
which went oyer the bank into the riv
er at the pubic dump three weeks ago
was snaked out. An employe of Mr.
Clark, after locating the cart in abOu
- feet Of water by means of pole
undressed and managed to fasten
chain about the cart by means of whicl
horses dragged it up on the bank.
John Wood Sherman, GS, who died sud
denly from heart disease in his home il
Keene, Thursday, Sept p, WORKED
for the Estey Organ company in Brattc
boro IA number OF years Later he was
member of the wood working fra of SheI
man Brothers in Marlboro, ~ II. Tn
past u years he had been employed b
Minis, Whitney q Co. in Kccnc. II
leaves wife, son, daughter and tw
brothers, George y. and James A.. Shel
man, both of Kecne.
The entertainment committee of TIL
Brattlcboro board of trade in n NEE
ing Saturday afternoon decided o
Wednesday and Thursday, Oct an
5, as the dates for the automobile rid
of the association. The party wi
leave BrattlebOro and dine at Woo,
stock and spend the night at Montpe
Ter. The return will be way of Whit
River Junction, Hanover, n. H., wit
dinner in Lebanon, and home by wa
of Keene and Spofford lake.
The United States civil service con
mission announces open cOmpetitiv
examinations in Brattlcboro to fill tn
following vacancies in the federal Sc
vice: Oct. 4, junior structural engince
grade /, 81 200 to $50; junior stru
tural engineer, grade ?, 1920 to $l,OS
Oct. II and II, laboratory assistan
5000 to 81, 200; engineer, Indian servic
III.