Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-09-15

has bought Chalmers Six-30 maroon
touring ear of the Vermont Auto Sales
Co.
The Vermont Auto Sales company
believed Friday a Chalmers SiX-30
maroon touring car to c. A. Styles of
Bondville.
tract with the Dcerfeld Lumber Co.,
to wire 20 houses for that concern in
Wilmington.
The members of the Grand Army
post are asked to meet in Grand Army
hall this afternoon at 100 to attend
the funeral of Comrade Washburn.
Schools in the town school district
will open next Monday, Sept. IS. The
graded schools in the Incorporated dis
trict will not open until a week later,
Sept. %.
The annual meeting of the Vermont
Peace society will be held in the chapel
of the Centre Congregational church
Sept. Is at clock for the transaction
of business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh II. Dunklcc
gave n musical ut their home on the
upper Dummerston road Friday even
froshments were served.
The meeting of Protective Grange
Wednesday, Sept. 20, will take the form
of a bundle party. Each woman is re-
quested to bring a package represent
ing 10 cents or more in value.
The regular meeting of the Woman IS
Guild of st. Michael S Episcopal church
will be held this afternoon, Sept.
10, ut 3 O'Clock, at the home of Mrs.
II. d. Tasker, ? Belmont avenue.
Pedro, formerly owned by II. p.
Yearly of Brattlcboro, driven by Mar
tin in the 2.l7 pace at the Rutland fair
Sept. I, took third place, finishing
1, , and .. The best time was ,2,16H.
The Vermont Auto Sales company
has unloadcd two carloads of Chalmers
ears. The company has just delivered
a Chalmers SiX-30 touring car to
Thomas J. Hayes of Arlington, this
state.
Walter f. Porter, employed on the
construction work of the new Barber
building at the corner of Main and Flat
streets, sustained fracture of his right
leg Friday morning. A heavy stone
rolled down and fell on his leg. He was
taken to the Mclrose hospital.
The annual tag day for the benefit of
the rest room will be Saturday. AS in
the past, young women will sell tags
in all sections of the town. They will
receive their tags at the rest room Sat
urday morning and will then be as
signed their territories.
The IIinsdalc and Brattleboro base
ball teams will play the deciding game
of the series of three at Island park
Sunday afternoon. Hinsdale won the
first game last Saturday and Sunday
Brattleboro easily turned the tables on
the New Hampshire bunch.
Tickets went on sale at the box of
flee yesterday morning for the dramatic
spectacle, Everywoman, which will be
presented in the Auditorium Saturday
afternoon and evening. There was 8
good sized line waiting, and indica
tons point to n large audience at eacf
performance.
I A Ford car owned and driven by s
S. Washer of West Dummerston got be
yond his control yesterday. 1t RAJ
into a bank at the side of the road neal
| DummerstOn village and was badly
/
and received a cut on his head, but he
was not badly injured
l.. w. Waterman, who was arrested
last week with others as the result OF
charges made by Dorothy Kendall, wa,
released Friday afternoon on bail o.
81 200 furnished by his mother and Sc
lectman Beaman of Everett, Mass. Wa
terman had been kept in the village
lookup pending the arrangements fol
his bail instead of being taken to New
fame Jail.
Changes in time of two trains on tn,
Central Vermont railroad have beer
made because of the cutting off of TIT
Scashore express between Brattlebor,
and White River Junction. The trail
that left here at 5. 10 O. clock a. m. 70
New London, now leaves at 6. TIL
train that has reached Brattleboro a
1905 p. IN. and continued on to Whit
River Junction now arrives here Il
SIS p. IN. and ends its run here.
I The selectmcn have awarded the con
tract for laying a cement sidewalk OF
= Vernon street, from Bridge street south
to Pellet & Skinner. The work o
stalking out the location was begun thi
morning. Inc Selectmen nave aDOu
: 81 400 of the sidewalk appropriation
left to spend on this walk and it wi
, be laid as far south as the funds avail
f able will permit. 1t will be on tn
west side of the street and will be fou
feet wide.
t In the jury trial at Wilmingto
= Saturday Of the suit of Forrest !
S Upton of Stratton against ChestC
r Clark, TO recover for lead pipe take
! from property of the plaintill an
Y which he valued at $40, Judge Fran
n T.. Barber of the municipal court {
). Brattlcboro directed verdict for III
Q plaintiff except on the question o
g damages, which he left for the iur
II to decide. The jury reported verde
. of damages of $3S.
n George Chase, Clarence Covey, A
= ton Adams and Guy Bettcrley rcturne
Il Tuesday from a week S camping tri
d on Stratton mountain.
II Mr.. and Mrs. Lester G. French an
children SVlVio and Freeman of Whit