Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-12-21
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Valley street, died Sunday afternoon
of pneumonia.
The united choirs will render the
Christmas cantata, The Alteration, by
Nevin, in the Centre Congregational
church the Sunday after Christmas, Dec.
30, in the evening.
At meeting of the Students Activi-
ties society of the high school during
the recess period Monday Ernest Gibson
was elected manager of the football
team for 1918 and Kenmore Emerson
assistant manager.
The pupils of the seventh grade, Main
street school, Miss Hunter teacher, are
the first to complete knitted hospital
quilt, which was sent into the Red Cross
rooms yesterday. Mrs Robert T.. Coombs
put the quilt together for the children.
who will enclose a little note telling that
it was made by the pupils of the seventh
grade school in Brattleboro and wishing
that the one who uses the quilt will enjoy
il as much as the children did in making
it.
At the annual meeting of the Woman's
Relief corps Dee. ID the following Off
GERS were elected for the ensuing year:
President, Eva A. Clark; senior vice
president, Ellen Herrick; junior vice
president, Nellie Morse; treasurer, Emily
Allen; chaplain. Helen F. Miller; con-
ductor Ellen NJ. Allen; guard, Abbie
Belden; delegates to the convention,
Emogcne White, Julia Cooley. Myra l..
Stone, Nettie Haskins and Frances
Reed; alternates, Nellie Eddy, Emily
Allen, Ellen NJ. Allen, Ellen Herrick and
Georgianna Converse.
About 20 members of the Oak Grove
Parent Teacher association met Thurs.
dav. Dee. 49, Mrs. +. Pier gave an in
terestng talk on Afliliating with the
National Organization, also on The Lib
erty Bond The association voted to af-
filiate with the national organization,
also to pay towards Liberty bond for
the association. The teachers furnished
refreshments The following officers were
elected: Pres, Mrs. A. NJ. Thomas; vice
pres, Mrs. w. H. Lane; sec. and treas,
Mrs. NJ. c. Morrill, chairman of the pro-
gram COM, Mrs. Earle ]. Taylor.
Miss Elsie Ferguson of Boston, for
merly district nurse in Brattleboro,
was in Halifax, n. s., at the time of
the disaster and has written friends
here that she lost one eye and that
the other possibly may not be saved.
Miss Ferguson is in the Halifax dis
pensarv, where she is under the care of
q specialist. She was spending n va
cation in Halifax with relatives at the
time of the explosion. Miss Ferguson
was one of the first district nurses in
town, serving under Miss Hill before
the Memorial hospital was built.
Local coal dealers cannot deliver coal
to consumers without the approval of
tho local fuel committee. People who
have supply of coal for immediate
needs will not be furnished more coal
until those who are without coal have
been taken care of. Priority of orders
has no weight in determining the dis
tribution. of coal Consumers ordering
coal should arrange to have the passage
TO the bin shoveled, to facilitate de-
livery. The local fuel committee is S.
A. Daniels, II. r. Brown, E. II. Crane.
In the semi-annual business meeting
of the Christian Endeavor society of
the Centre Congregational church Sun
day evening these officers were elected:
Pres, Stewart Stearns; vice pres, Miss
Harriet Mcllen; see, Miss Gladys Hol-
den; treas, Howard c. Gilbert; look
out COM, Sidney Nixon; prayer meet
ing CON-, Horace Winchester; social
COM, Mrs. Robert E. Durham; music
CON-, Francis Nichols; missionary CON-,
Miss Ada Holder; good literature CON-,
Miss Emily r. Clapp; junior work
supt., Miss Susan GRAHAM
Another biting cold wave hit Brat
tlcboro Saturday night as predicted
wormed its way into houses and gener-
ally put damper on Hooverizing fuel.
1t continued with little abatement
throughout Sunday and kept people
close to their fresides. Yesterday morn
ing the record kept by Ferris f,
Vaughan at his High street home
showed 16 degrees below zero and in
West Brattleboro at Warren Walker 5
the mercury slipped down to 80 below
In other sections of the town the tenn
perature radiated between these fig
urcs, according to location
Mrs. X. NJ. Kenyon, who lives on
Church street, had narrow escape
from serious injury Thursday, Dec
ID. She called to see her husband
who is employed at the new Barber
building, and opened a door which she
supposed led directly into the basement
on level with the rear ally. Instead
there was a flight of solid cement
STAIRS ana Snc 1ell the entire length
landing OH the cement flooring will
some force. DR.. Greene was called anC
found that she had sustained only {
scalp wound, and after dressing the
injury Mrs. Kenyon was able to e
home.
The annual supper and sale by Brattle
bOro chapter, ID. A. r., Thursday, Dee
IS, in the Unitarian parish house was
successful affair, over so being cleared
for the D. A. h. war fund. During tn
afternoon a sale of fancy articles ant
aprons, in charge of Mrs. G. f. Barbe
and Mrs. A. w. Rockwell, and a sale o
canned fruit and sailed nuts, with Mrs
A. v d. Piper in charge, was well pat
ronized. The menu for supper, which wa
excellent, consisted of cold chicken
mashed potato, jellies, pies, cream oak
and coffee Mrs. II. A. Staten is Chairman
of the ways and means committee havin
the supper in charge and Mrs. Fremon
Hamilton was in charge of the dinn
room.
Brattleboro and vicinity experience
its second big snowstorm of the seaso
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