Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-08-03
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ing during the month of August.
SO far this week the Vermont Auto
Sales corporation has delivered Premier
seven-passenger touring cars to DR.. G.
Il. Knowles of Brandon, N. NJ. Bradley
of Rutland and l.. L. Kendall of West
Lebanon, n. ii.
Alva A. Fairbanks of Halifax has en-
tered suit for divorce from Ada Loretta
Mobiles jenkins of Glens Falls, N. Y. He
charges desertion on Sept. 20, 1913. They
were married in Hartford, Conn, Sept q
1911. The papers are from the office of
Chase & Chase.
The marriage of John Anthony Man
ming and Helen Frances Vealey took
place July 16 in St. Joseph's Roman
Catholic church in Boston. Mr.. Manning
formerly lived in Brattleboro and
worked as clerk in Durham Brothers
Go, . retail store.
In the August number of Physical Cul-
ture appears story written by Elsinore
Robinson Crowcl entitled The Cave Moth
or Speaks to the Modern City Woman. 1t
rs illustrated by Sidney l.. Hydeman Mrs.
Crowell, now of California, formerly was
resident of Brattleboro.
The Red Men baseball team de-
fcated the NIillers Falls nine at Island
park Saturday afternoon, principally
because of the good piching by Hugh
Stowell, by score of to .. The Red
Men managed to hit the delivery of Da-
Wis of the visitors at opportune times.
Rev. w. II. Robinson of Windsor Locks,
Conn.,, arrived in town Monday after
noon on the first day of long walk. He
came from East Mortified, Mass, that
morning and intends to walk to Mount
Washington, North Conway, Lake Win
ncpcsaullce, Concord, Keene, Greenfield
Amherst and home He expects to take
about % days for the trip, stopping where
night overtakcs him in town at hotel
or at a farm house.
Taylor j. Morse, son of Mrs. Cola Morse
of Brattleboro, is n corporal in Company
b, SD Infantry, U. S. A., stationed at
present at Chickamauga Park. In the
county clerks office Mr.. Morse's name
Is certified by the state adjutant generals
office as being in the fort service infan-
try which Mr., Morse says in a letter to
his mother is a mistake. He enlisted to go
to France while if he was in the fort scrv-
Ice he would be unable to go abroad.
Attorney Clarence NJ. Miller, who has
been probation officer in Brattleboro
since May, 1913, rendered his resigna-
ton Friday to take effect Aug. |. A
few days before Mr.. Miller received
commission as probation officer under
the new law which created a state board
of charities and probation, and his rea-
son for rcsigning was that he found that
the work as planned under the new law
wnnll hot hn
be able to give to it.
The local employees of the Holstein-
Friesian Association of America, begin
ming this week Monday are on new
schedule of hours through August. They
begin work at Z clock in the morn
ing and have the usual time at noon,
from II to 1.15 O'Clock. Mondays and
Tuesdays they will finish work at 4.45
o. clock, Wednesdays, Thursdays and
Fridays at 4.15 o clock and Saturdays at
IL o clock. Between 80 and 100, mostly
young women, are affected by this
change in hours. They have been begin
ming work at clock.
Bugologsts are greatly interested in
breed of white insects that have appeared
in great numbers OH Il vine that had been
growing for four years at one end of the
piazza on the home of Major c. IIoughton
on Oak street. The insects are white
and about the size of kernel of rice.
They ar fluffy, giving the impression of
miniature day-old chicks. They crawl
and hop and where they are in cluster
on vine or foliage give the appearance of
mold. Mr.. Ioughton has had the vine
dug up and removed and thousands of
them were killed with hot water
At session of the juvenile court Satur-
day afternoon Edward Lane, son of Mr.
and Mrs John Lane of South Main street.
and Patrick, Malcolm and William Kelly.
sons of Mrs. Margaret McGladdery of that
street, appeared before Judge Addison f.
Cudworth. The boys have been more or
less in trouble among themselves, one of
the Kelly boys and the Lane boy having
been brought before Judge Cudworth
Wednesday and their cases being continued
TO- Saturday. The judge gave them some
good advice and their cases were further
continued to Aug 20, future action by the
court depending upon their behavior.
Mr. and Mrs. John Walter MAY of
Cambridge, Mass, announce the engage
ment OF their daughter Priscilla to
Leonard NJ. Wright of Cambridge. Miss
May made her debut in December, 1914.
She is II member of the Sewing circle of
that year and of the Vincent club. Mr..
Wright graduated from Harvard in the
class of 1914, and is Il member of the
Harvard clubs of Boston and New York
and of the Oakley Country club. Last
April he enlisted in the naval reserve,
and at present is at Provincetown
as section supply officer. No date has
been set for the wedding. Mr.. Wright is
a son of Mr. and Mrs. Adm NJ Wright
of Cambridge and grandson of the late
Henry O. Leonard, formerly of Brattle-
boro The Boston Sunday Globe pub
lished picture of Miss May.
Judge Leighton p, Slack, who presided
at the September term of the Windham
county court last year, has just handed
down judgment in the appeal from a
disallowance of Il claim against the es-
tate of T. H. Stockwcll of Vernon brought
by his wife, Mrs. Rosa Stockwell OF
Ashuclot. The claim presented to the
commissioners and disallowed by them
totaled with interest for II years about
5000. The late Attorney c. c. Fits
who represented the estate, asked to pre-