Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-09-28
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day morning for Greenfield to at
tend the fair, and the later trains car
ried as many more.
County Game Warden f. II. Metcalf
has received from A. ID. Meacham of
Townshend the report of doe shot by
Mr.. Meacham while in the act of eating
beets in his garden.
The operators and employees of the New
England Telephone exchange force held a
party Friday night in the operators rest
room and presented Carleton Halliday,
who will go soon into the federal service,
a wrist watch and good supply of to-
bacco.
A Connecticut automobile truck loaded
with furniture cut through the roadway
of the iron bridge north of Rand's cross
ing in Newfane Monday morning and
the load tipped over against the bridge.
1t blocked the bridge so that traffic had
to go in other directions.
The funeral of Mrs. Rena M. Rhodes
was held Monday afternoon at o clock
in the undertaking parlors of Bond &
Son, Rev. ID G. Guest of tho Method
list church officiating. Members of the
family were bearers and the burial took
place Ill L IOSpCCI LII CChlOlNiS'
The prizes offered by the Vermont
National bank for four members of the
Windham County Pig club who have the
best pigs, taking age into consideration,
will be awarded either next Saturday or
Monday. F. w. Churchill of the Vermont
agricultural extension service is the
judge.
Mrs. Sewell NJ. Hovey, who recently re-
signed as manager of the Springfield
vt. office of the Western Union Tele-
graph Co. and came to Brattleboro to
live. has been appointed operator in the
local office, succeeding Mrs. Lewis |.
Snow, who went Monday to Springfield,
Mass, to take position in the Winches-
ter Square Office of the company.
Through the courtesy of the II. A. Man
ming Directory of Springfield, Mass, act
ing as an exchange, the local board of
trade now has in its rapidly increasing Ii
brary of reference books AZ up-to-date di-
rectories, representing as many cities in
New England eastern New York and one
Delaware city. These are at the disposal
of all who wish to consult them.
At the opening of Norwich university,
Mortified, Lewis j. Hamilton of West
Brattleboro, senior, was awarded the
degree of Bachelor of Science in chemis-
try. George H. Squires, also Brattle-
boro boy won the Cowlishaw trophy.
This is a trophy given by Mr.. w. /.
Cowishaw of Boston, to the member OF
the Junior class in the civil engineering
course who has had the highest standing
during the year.
A program of unusual interest will be
presented in the Methodist church Mon
day evening, Oct. Is, when Miss Gladys
Beulah Powers of New York. concert
contralto and impersonator, will appear
under the auspices of the Epworth
league. Miss Powers will give an i'm
personation of Mary Cary - otherwise
Martha-the orphan asylum child, to be
followed by novel costumed program
in which she will give the songs of diff
ferent nations.
Season tickets for the football games
to be played in Brattleboro by the high
school eleven were placed in circula-
ton Tuesday and may be obtained from
pupils. Members of the Athletic asso-
citation are entitled to a reduced rate.
Amherst high school comes Saturday
for the opening contest on the gridiron
and the five other games scheduled to
be played here are: Oct. IS, Arms Acad-
envy; Oct. 20, Bellows Falls H. S.; Nov.
3, Deerfield academy; Nov. 10, Keene
H. s.; Nov. "a, Turner's Falls, H. S.
Roderick J. Flion and Louis Dun
leavy, both of Bratteboro, were arrested
Friday at Camp Bartlett, Westtield
Mass, on charges of drunkenness and fur
nishing liquor to soldiers. The men were
alleged to have had a good supply of liz
nor on their persons when taken into TOW
by the military authorities at the camp
Officer McDermott was sent from West
field and took the men to THE Westfel'
police station. They were arraigned be
fore Judge Kellogg next morning anC
pleaded guilty and were sentenced each It
60 days in the house of correction IL
Springfield, Mass.
Among the assignments announced
Sept 30, at Camp Bartlett, Westfield
Mass, were the following: Major Wal
1 ter O. Cooley of the First Vernon
regiment, to be supervisor of the guard
Chaplain (irst lieutenant) Paul Moody
from the First Vermont infantry to tn
l03d infantry. Chaplain Moody's az
pointment undoubtedly means that h
will 90 to France in his present position
He is son of the late Dwight l.. Moody
the famous evangelist and founder o
the Mortified schools, and was formerl
pastor of a Congregational church i
st. Johnsbury.
The annual meeting of the Masoni
Bowling league was held Sept. q
when various plans for the season S a.
tivities were discussed, including the o
ganization of teams and competitio
against the Odd Fellows. Instead {
scoring entirely by total pinfall, as hi
been the custom here, it was decided
have four points in each match, one fl
each string and one for total. TIL
system is in use in Boston and man
other cities. These officers were chosel
President, Austin Miller; vice presiden
Louis CAIN secretary and treasurer, Jol
Marks. Committees were appointed
follows: Special, l.. X. Barber, Lou
Cain, A. s. Thompson; rules, W. f. HUI
bard, II. f. Jordan, Harry SpauldinI
schedule, L. X. Barber, Harry Wales,
B. Crowell.
An interesting collection of Europei
war relics owned by Stanley c. Fits
Brattleboro, brought by him recently