Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-12-21

the chapel service at the Retreat Sun
day afternoon at o'clock.
The registry department at the local
postofiice will be open until 8 O'Clock
at night the balance Of the week in
stead of CLOCK as usual.
The Unitarian society will hold its
service next Sunday at the parish house
instead of the church. The time of
service is 1870 a. m, as usual, followed
by a carol service.
The Fort Dummer cotton mill will be
shut down Monday to conserve power
and will remain closed through Tues
day, Christmas day. After that it is
hoped that the power situation will be
relieved. The mill has not curtailed
on power this week.
Members of the Unitarian Sunday
school and their friends and invited
guests will meet in the parish house
Saturday evening at 7.30 O'Clock for
games, dancing and other festivities in
harmony with Christmastide. Refresh
ments will be served.
Carl f. Cain has received letter from
his brother, Arthur II. Cain, who is
Somewhere in France" saying that he
was well and that the boys were enjoy
ing the papers which they have re-
ceived and read every word in them, in
Guiding the classified advertisements
In the Windham County Pomona
Grange all-day meeting Wednesday in
Knights of Columbus hall II. f. Moi
fit delivered an address on The Rus.
sian Revolution and the Part Which
Germany Played in it. This was in
addition to the program announced.
In the 10th annual meeting of the
Vermont Bar association, to be held in
Montpelier Jan. . and 3, n memorial
sketch on Judge James l.. Martin will
be given by A. E. Cudworth, on Clarke
G.. Fits by Robert c. Bacon and on
Hcrmon Z. Eddy by +. w. Lawrence.
\ Christmas entertainment will he
given Saturday afternoon at $50 in the
chapel of the First Baptist church. The
program will be in charge of the junior,
primary and beginners departments, but
a general invitation to attend is given to
parents and friends. Santa Claus and his
helpers will be there.
One of the fourth grade pupils in the
Main street school, Miss Wightman teach
er, came trudging into the Red Cross
rooms in the federal building Wednesday
with an afghan which the children of
that grade had made and wanted sent in
box with other Red Cross articles. A
box was being packed at that time and
the afghan was very gladly accepted and
packed in the box, with a card telling
where it came from.
Rev. r. w. Illman of Philadelphia,
formerly pastor of the local Univer-
salist church, gave very interesting
lecture before the Brattleboro Won-
an S club Wednesday afternoon on Won
an s Position in the World at War.
Rev. Mr.. Illman is an ardent believer
in suffrage, and the fact that woman is
ready and able to take her place,
shoulder to shoulder with man in the
great world struggle of today was re-
peatedly brought out in his talk.
The task of sending out the question:
naires to Windham county registrants,
from the office of the local board, and of
keeping the many records incident
thereto, is being handled efficiently by
Miss Lettie S. Burnham and Miss Be
atrice J. Yearly. Miss Burnham is chief
clerk and Miss Yearly assistant clerk,
both working under appointment by
Gov. Horace +. Graham. Miss Yearly,
who was stenographer in the office of
Attorney A. F. Schwenk, has resigned
her position there.
Charles s. wilkins, against whom
Mrs. Ethel j. wilkins, who was grant
ed a divorce recently, filed suit for
$4,000 damages Tuesday on the grounds
of malicious prosecution, and who, aft
er being arrested, was released under
bail signed by E. B. Howard of DUN
merston, was surrendered by his bonds
man Wednesday and again taken in
custody by Deputy Sheriff Frank Well
man. Mr.. wilkins being unable to Sc
sure new bail was lodged in the county
Jail at Newfane.
Elsie May McClenning, daughter of
Chester McClenning of If Forest
street, became the bride of Frank Her
bert Foster, .ir., of Spofford, n. H., at
a marriage performed at S.15 n. m
yesterday by Rev. d. f. Trout at
the Universalist parsonage. a single
ring ceremony was used and the cou-
pie was attended by Mr.. Foster 5
brother and wife. Mr.. and Mrs. Eos
ter left on the 9.20 train for Spring
| field Mass. The bride has been EN-
ployed by the Holstein Friesian asso
citation and Mr.. Foster was at one time
engaged as an electrician in Brattlc
| boro.
Nothing has been learned as to the
whereabouts of Mrs. Julia Richie and
Edward Thayer, who disappeared last
week after picking up what valuable'
they wanted in the home of DR.. anC
| Mrs. Richie of Pine street. DR.. RitchiC
thinks they may be in Boston, where
he says Thayer has a brother and sis
ter. He thinks also that Mrs. RitchiC
may pose as nurse. She has ha,
some experience i'll that work, and act
ed as a nurse in Springfield, Mass, last
winter. DR.. Richie very much de
sires that his wife learn in some way
of the death of her daughter, Incz
whose funeral was held Wednesday.
Mrs. Maria Allen, g., widow o
George Allen, for more than 30 year
n well-known resident of BrattlebOro
died ut the home of her sister, Mrs
Annie Grant in Guilford Monda,
She was a native of Nova Scotia an,
some of the surviving relatives liv,
there. One son, Frank Allen, lives ii
Hatfield, Mass. Mrs. Allen was at ON
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