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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-05-25
WILLIAMSVILLE.

{. ID. Lazclle is i'll with grip.
+. II. Richardson has bought a Buick
car.
Miss Lottie Pierce is visiting in
|Wardsboro.
Mrs. F. b. Washer is recovering
from measles.
ID. c. johnson and +. j. Pierce arc
sick with German measles.
Miss Anna Vanderbilt of East
Orange, n. j., has come to live in the
family of DIR. l.. b. Gordon
Mr.. and Mrs. w. N!aBarber of Som.
ervllie, Mass, came this week to open
their house, which they have rented
for the summer.
Pre-McmOrial day exercises will be
held in Grange hall on Tuesday after.
noon by the children in the village
schools. The exercises will begin at
, O'Clock. If the weather is favorable
the children invite their friends to nc.
company them TO the cemetery, where
they will decorate the soldiers graves
Pre-Memorial day services will be
held in South Newfane next Sunday
morning in the Baptist church. The
service will be in charge of Rev. c.
Walter Bishop, pastor, with Rev. a. s.
Charlton of the Methodist church
preaching the sermon. Owing TO this
union service there will be no services
here ncXt Sunday morning.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-05-25

material and directions for other
smaller articles in plain knitting stitch
The warm sun the first of the week
followed by warm showers has brought
out the leaves and fruit buds remark
ably fast and encouraged corn and DO.
tato planters. Apple blossoms, which
are usually entirely gone by Memorial
day, have not yet shown trace of
pink on the boughs.
Members of the Hadassah league and
Others interested in the Baptist church
are requested to meet in the vcstry
Friday morning, June /, prepared to
thoroughly clean the rooms of the
building. All arc expected to bring
luncheon and remain for the afternoon,
when business meeting of the league
will he held.
a public meeting will he held in the
congregational vestry at O'Clock Fri.
oay afternoon, June /, under the aus
pices of the local Woman s Missionary
society, when Miss Della De Hoff of
the Congregational Home Missionary
society will give an address on the
work and life in mining camps in Ida.
no. An invitation is extended to all to
be present.
The annual recital given by the lie.
land ana Gray seminary elocution
teacher, Mrs. Henrietta Clark Bemis
on Tuesday evening drew the usual
large and well satisfied audience. The
selections given were new. and several
including The Toast to the Flag. and
My Daddy Flag, were exceedingly
appropriate at this time. Musical Sc
lections included piano solos by Miss
Mary Kelsey and Mrs. +. l.. Oseood
piano duct by Miss Kelsey and Miss
Marion Winslow, vocal solos by Miss
Florence Phelps and a tenor solo. Ire
land Must BE Heaven, by Merrill
SPARKS. Ice cream was sold after the
program and all joined in marching
The evening melted about 500 for tho
senior treasury.
Packages will soon be sent nv the
/. 4. IL. society to Joe Cecil Snow, who
mas enlisted III an artillery company
ana is now at Fort Crowley, n. V. ano
TO keynard Lawrence Of Company +.
ilttsficld, Mass, son of Rev. j. r
Lawrence. The packages will eacl
contain one of the convenient denim
clothes bags recently made by the so
clety, on which the company, regiment
and name of owner has been stcnciled
The bags will be packed with usefu
articles, including towels, wash cloth
soap, handkerchiefs, writing paper
envelopes and stamps. Any gifts whicl
friends may wish to send in thcs,
packages should be sent at once to Mrs
W. NJ. Sparks as it is desired to for
ward them while the addresses remain
unchanged.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-05-25
WINDHAM.

b. l.. Gleason has bought new Ford
automobile.
The Ladies' Aid held its annua
meeting on Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Slate of Clare
mont, n. H., are visiting Mrs. Slate s
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. +. Carleton.
+. r. Chapman and family, Miss
Alice Goodell and her niece, Miss Bet
t., were guests Sunday at II. t. Chap
man 5.
The Misses Harris Of Chester and
their friend, Miss Stevens of Presquc
Isle, Maine, called on friends here Fri
day afternoon.
Mrs. Elnora Rhoadcs returned to Her
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school from the mems Bible class; Z
p. M, Christian Endeavor service.
Topic, Financing the Kingdom. The
subject for discussion at the service
will be, Hindrances to the Christian
Life. Memorial day exercises will be
held in this church May 80 at 2 p. M,
under the direction of the Grand Army
post, Relief Corps and and Sons of Vet
Grams. Rev. r. II. Clapp of Brattle-
boro will be the speaker. a cordial
invitation to all services.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-05-25
SOUTH NEWFANE.

Miss Bertha Chase of Boston is n
guest of her sister, Mrs. J. +. Morse.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry C. Smead went
Tuesday to Newfane to spend a few
days at i. j. Morse's.
Next Wednesday being Memorial
day, the Ladies Benevolent society
meeting will be postponed until the
following week.
John +. Morse celebrated, Thursday
his birthday anniversary with a trout
dinner. number of relatives were
his guests for the occasion.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-05-25
BELLOWS FALLS.
Home Guard Company Made Into Two
Organizations.

The home guard, consisting of 14O
members, which is the only one in
Windham county, has been divided into
two companies. The following have
been elected officers of company A.:
Captain, p. II. Hadlcy; lst lieutenant,
C. C. Collins; I'd. lieutenant, Waldo j..
Breslend; company B: Captain Allen
S. Willis; LIST lieutenant, j. b. Bisbec,
jr; I'd. lieutenant, j. p. Mccain.
These officers have elected John T..
Lawrence as major.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-05-25

Mrs. knag-lIcnry, We got to 90 to
the dentist s; broken tooth chafcs the
end of my tongue.
Knag- Huh! Never know before that
there was any end to it,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-05-25
Another Case of Smallpox.

A second smallpox case is in quaran
tine. Singularly enough the patient
lives in the house on Williams street
next to the one which was quarantincd
two weeks ago for smallpox. The latest
victim is Harry Liberty, who came to
town two weeks ago. 1t is not believed
that he caught the disease from his
neiGhbor. He has it in the mild form.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-05-25

home in South Windham Sunday. She
had been visiting her son, II. T..
Rhoadcs, several weeks.
Mrs. II. +. Wood of Chester and Mrs
Marcia Towle of Charlestown, Mass,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-05-25
THE PUTNEY COLUMN
Boy Scouts to Organize.

First steps in organizing a patrol of
Boy Scouts for Putnev were taken
Monday night. when a meeting of 10
boys was held and it was voted to
form n patrol. Several Of the boys
took the Scout oath, and the principles
of the movement being explained they
placed their names upon an application
for charter to be granted by the ma
tional council. The patrol will be un.
der the direction of Il local council
composed of DIR. l.. II. Bugbec. p. s.
Stovcr and George n. Aplin, who, with
the scout master, will comprise the Off
cial board. After the transaction of
business refreshments were served in
the real Boy Scout manner, not for
getting the style Of the hike.
The next meeting will he held in
the vcstry Of the congregational
church Monday evening, when the Off
Gers of the patrol will he elected and
appointments made, also other matters
talked over and decided. All boys over
IL years of age are invited to attend
this meeting and have the honor of
becoming charter members and receive
the benefits The charter roll will
close june | unless time is extended.
People generally do not understand
the Boy Scout movement, hence do not
appreciate its value. It is one of the
IDEAS of the movement to teach the bow
true nobility and manlincss, to be hon
est to himself and others, to be help
Iul, to do good turn and maintain
AN upright character. Character build.
ing is its aim. coupled with those
things that will make the boy useful
man and loyal citizen. These are but
few of the many things that the Boy
Scout movement stands for. The act
lng scout master will be pleased to
explain the object to anyone.
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were guests of Mrs. H. NJ. Abbott
Wednesday and Thursday.
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tied his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Fred
!" Nainc, Sunday.
John w. Bulley of East Dover was
n guest of his sister, Mrs Fred l..
Naine, from Saturday to Monday.
Rev w. T. Sparhawk of Randolph
was rcccnt visitor in town. being in
this locality to deliver his lecture in
Westminster
Harold Fricm and sister, Mount
lIcrmon and Mortified seminary
students, were guests over Sunday Of
Mrs. \. b. II. Harris.
Pre- Memorial day services will be
held in the CONGREGATIONAL church
next Sunday and in Picrcc's hall in
East Putncy Sunday afternoon.
The Sons of Veterans are invited to
do escort duty to the G. A. II. and
W. K. G. Memorial day. The newly
organized Boy Scouts also are planning
10 pay homage to the veterans by
cscortng them.
Harold f. Washbum was recent
guest of his mother, Mrs. Mary f..
Washbum. lie has returned to Har-
ward, learning he would not otherwise
receive his degree in June. This NAV
not materially change his plans, al.
though it may delay them.
The 10 young men from the Tuck
school at Dartmouth college who with
81 professor and civil engineer are
surveying for the linc between Yer
mont and New Hampshire, which is
under dispute, are nearing the com
Plction of their work in this locality.
There will be a meeting Friday aft
crnoon, June I, at , o'clock in the
vcStry of the congregational church
Tor the purpose Of organizing Il Red
Cross society in this town, although
meeting at the church docs not mean
IT is a UNCONVENTIONAL or religious af-
fair. 1t is strictly patriotic. but the
town hall is not available at present
for amy use so the church has been
made the meeting place. Anyone may
Join, man or woman, and all are cor
daily invited to come and help.
The meeting of the Parent Teacher
association Friday evening in Ne
rhanics hall was well attended. Coun-
ty Agent \. w. Swccton gave a par
ticulary practical talk on the conscr-
walton of food supplies. He also threw
some pictures on the screen illustrat-
ing the same, also showing the prize
winning youths in the different con
tests throughout the county. Mr.. Moi
fit, who accompanied him, gave a
very interesting talk, emphasizing the
probability of long war and the
great necessity of conserving our sup
plies. The members not present missed
Il good thing. The G. \. h. and w.
h. G. and Crawford council, j. O. A.
NJ, were invited and were all well
represented.
First Baptist church, Rev. II. b. Da-
Wis pastor. At l0,45 a. M, the congre.
cation will unite with the Congrega.
tional church in union memorial serv.
ice; - m. Bible school. A large Amer.
lean flag has been hung in the church
auditorium, a gift to the church and
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-05-25

Good intentions never bought n Lib
erty bond. Action is what counts.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-05-25
Memorial Day Program.

The program for Memorial day OK
ercises Wednesday, May 80, is as fol.
lows: All members of the Grand Army.
associate members and sons of veter.
ans will meet in Masonic hail in the
morning. There the procession will
form at 1890, headed by the West
Wardsboro band, and proceed to the
town hall, where exercises of Birchard
post. G.. a. r., will be held and an ad.
dress given by Rev. J. r. Lawrence.
At the close of the program the process
sion will reform in this order: West
Wardsboro band, veterans, sons of vet
Grams and associate members, members
Of the Woman s Relief corps, members
OF the Boy Scout troop, school chill
drcn. The line of march will be To
lakewood cemetery, where, after excr-
cises by the post, the graves honored
by flag viii be decorated with flowers
by the children.
The procession will then proceed ia
the Congregational vestry, where din.
ncr Will be served first to members and
associate members of Birchard post and
Birchard Woman s Relief corps and
their families. Others will be served
later if the supply of food proves suf
ficicnt. Contributions of food from the
townspeople will be gratefully received
by the committee.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-05-25
WESTMINSTER.
Pre-Memorial Day Program.

rc-Memorial day exercises will he
held in the town hall May % at p. M.
by the pupils in the village schools. c.
W. Osgood of Bellows Falls will give
the address. Mr.. Osgood is so well
known in Westminster that the public
may be sure of rare treat.
Following is the program: 1nvoca
ton, Rev. f.. w. Wild; flag salute
SCHOOL, song, Our Patriot Dead, school
Memorial Day, Nen Bowker and Mil
bred Richmond; The Blue and the Gray
George Wood; song, Memorial Day
school Gettysburg Address, John Wat
kins; drill, primary room; Old Glory
Mary Barber; solo, The Star Spangled
Banner, Virginia Wells; Why We Celc
brate, Edith Mctcalf; The Flower OF
Liberty, Gertrude Clark song, Rally
Round the Flag, school; Barbara
Frcitchir, Lillian Barber; song, Oul
Soldiers, school; Heroes of &c, Alice
Clark; address, c. w. OsgOod; recita
tion, Alice Barber; America, sung by
all present. All old veterans are cspe
cially invited to be present.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-05-25

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Tcnney and B.
r. Hall of Marlboro. n. H., were guests
at l.. w. Fullam s Thursday.
Scarlet Hangers, American redstarts
and the rcdheadcd woodpecker are
among the more recent arrivals of our
bird friends.
Memorial services will be held next
Sunday at the morning service. The
veterans and their families arc cordial
~ invited to be present
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-05-25
WESTMIN STER WEST.
Play Well Presented by Grange.

Maple Grove Grange presented the
thrce-act comedy, Daddy, last Friday
evening in the town hall with the fol-
lowing east of characters: Wrixson
Brown, Ora Codding; Mrs WrixsOn
Brown, Mrs. Frank Shattuck; Nellie,
Brown S daughter, Mrs. Fay Hall; Ted,
Brown 5 son, Carleton Holden; Mrs.
Chester, Brown s sister, Miss Caroline
Wcllman Paul Chester, young doe
tor, Paul Harlow; Thompson, Brown s
brother, Fay Hall; Jane, Brown s maid,
Mrs. Charles Hall.
An unusually large audience enjoyed
the play. The town hall was filed,
many standing. A large number came
in automobiles from surrounding towns,
Rockingham, BELLOWS Falls, Saxtons
River and Putney. The play was well
presented, every one in the east doing
his or her part well.
After the play ice cream, cake and
hot coffee were served in the church
vestry, followed by dancing in the
town hall Weedcn IS orchestra fur
nishcd the music. The affair was a fine
success socially, also financially, $50
being taken in.
The play will be repeated this week,
Friday evening. in Westminster, under
the auspices Of Boydcn Grange of that
place.
Miss Bcmicc Holden came Friday to
visit at her home here.
Nellie Buttcrfcld n trained nurse.
went to Putncy Sunday to care for Mrs.
stone, who has crYsipclas.
Arthur Clark, a senior at Amherst
college, came this week to work this
summer for Seymour Minard.
Miss NJ. Louise Frazer of Spring
field, Mass, was a week end guest of
her sister, Mrs. 5. II. Minard.
Roland Chapman and family went to
Windham Sunday in their automobile
to visit Mr. and Mrs. Harry Chapman.
Frank Harlow of Maiden, Mass, who
had been here getting his summer
home ready, returned to Maiden Mon.
day.
Mrs. Allie Barnes, who had been
in the hospital at Bellows Falls for an
operation for appendicitis, returned to
her home here last week.
Rev. w. II. Des ,Jardin of the Bap.
fist church of Saxton River exchanged
pulpits with Rev. Walter Curtis of the
congregational church here last Sun.
day morning.
Arthur Brooks began work for Leon
Fuller of Putney last week Monday
and moved his household goods from
BondNille later in the week. Mrs.
Brooks and family went from here to
Putncy this week, Monday.
In the Monthly News Letter, issued
by the Windham County Farm Bureau,
FOR April, the membership canvass by
the town directors, reported from each
town, shows Westminster leading with
a membership for 1917 of 4s. Brat
tlehoro comes next with 33 members
and Newfane third with 2S members
Sergeant Henry NJ. Harlow of Com
pany | has gone to Pattsburg training
camp with five others from Company J.,
selected by Gen. Edwards. They will
be trained as officers. Sergeant Har-
low has quite war pedigree. Two of
ms mother S -grandfathers were
III the Revolutionary war. Two of Il
former generation were captains in the
Revolution, and seven of their sons and
SunS-ln- law were cnnaopd in that war
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|COSSACkS FORDlNG
RIVER IN RETREAT y

In the map is shown the Russo
German battle line from the gulf of
Riga to the Black sea. On the ex-
treme north the Germans have begun
new offensive that menaces Riga.
Toward Dvinsk their big: guns have
started bombardment that may pres
age another offensive in that region,
and they have advanced further south
In Volhynia, where the Russians hold
Lutsk, Rovno and Dubno, known as
the triangular forts, a very strong
position. It may be the Germans are
striking. in an effort to win these
strongho1ds, which earlier in. the war
were the scene of bitter fighting. In
Roumania, the Austro-Germans. since
their advance through Galicia and
Bukowina; have met with stubborn
resistance by the Russo-Roumanian
troops, but it is feared that a thrust
may carry them to Jassy, present seat
of the Roumanian government.
The. photograph reproduced with
the map shows Cossacks fording a
river in retreat.
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FLORAL BOUQUETS
AND DESIGNS.
JOHN RECK g. SON.
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STEPNEY

Mrs. Million B. Hawley entertained
as house guests last week the Misses
Blanche and Bertha Gilbert and Ma
rion Curtiss of Newtown.
An old home picnic will he held
Thursday of this week on the village
green. Stepney people and their
friends will be cordially welcomed and
it is hoped that old-tfrne residents of
this place will be present in large
numbers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Royal Curtiss Of
Cleveland, Ohio, have visited Mrs.
Andrew Curtiss.
Mrs. Campyon Cutler and daughters
Ethel and Minnie have visited Mr..
and Mrs. Edward Booth.
The Baptist Sunday school held a
picnic at BeardSley4 park last Wednes-
day A large delegation from here
attic Aled and voted it the pleasantest
picnic held in years.
Miss Lucy Crawford of Cos Cob has
spent few days as the guest Ct Mis-
Gertrude Craft.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Plumb and Mr.
land Mrs. Charles Nichols of Danbury
were recent guests of Mr.. and Mrs
Stephen Hayes.
Miss Ina Nichols spent last week as
the guest of her cousin, Mrs. J. earle.
ton Joyce.
Schools in the town will reopen on
Sept. 4.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Lee and Miss
Marion Lee spent Sunday as guests OF
Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Booth in Halter
town.
Services will be resumed at the
Methodist church Sept. 2.
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Dudley Ayers Became
Matinee Idol Over
Night Playing Stock

When the Lyric opens Monday next
premiere 'tMile-a-M Minute Kendall"
Owen Davis famous comedy drama
Bridgeport is to see in the title role
clever and talented leading man,
Dudley Ayers, Mr.. Polls personal Sc
lection to head the company, and
Bridgeport is to see a fine, handsome
outstanding, athletic chap-a real man
every inch of his six feet-and, a man
who, both as actor and man is bound
to become a favorite.
Dudley Ayers is young in years but
old in experience. Born of Scotch
is a college educated man and his
bent for theatricals came, not during
his college course. for, strangely
enough he was SO occupied with stud
Use and athletics that he gave no heed
at all to the drama side while in col
lege.
After receiving his diploma he en-
tered the office of a brokerage firm in
San. Francisco and later became a
junior partner in the firm, one of the
youngest members of the exchange
on the coast. And then came a day
when the firm was wiped out through
the dropping out of the bottom of the
market and Mr.. Ayers decided the
brokerage business was not for him.
He came East, needing the advice OF
some friends in the dramatic business
and eventually Joined one of Andrew
Mack's companies playing minor
role but enjoying a full season. Mack
foresaw a future for the young chap
in the field of drama and his pre-
diction was so good that it came to
pass that later the same Dudley Ayers
was chief support of Mack in two OF
the latter's biggest successes
He enjoyed several months of stock
training, having been leading man of
the Alcazar company of San Francisco
where his business. career was so alb
ruptly terminated and was a tre'
mendous success there. Later he was
engaged to head the stock company
at the theatre known as Ye Liberty
at Oakland, one of the greatest stock
houses in the country where the re-
volving stage was first introduced.
Then the call came from the East
and he headed the Crescent Stock
company of Brooklyn and while there
last summer was induced by Mr.. Poll
to play four weeks engagement at
Polls in Hartford following the clos
ing of the Crescent stock. Although
i Hartford has been the home of the
stock drama for years and the most
| notable of the leading men of the
country have played there it was a
| splendid tribute to Mr.. Ayers art and
! personality and fine tribute to Mr..
/ Polls judgment that Mr.. Ayes went
| there and left after four weeks when
the house returned to vaudeville hav-
ing hung up a record for ability, per-
| sonality and charm that is still q
record in Hartford.
! When Mr.. Poll contemplated TAX
ing over the Lyric here and installing
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AInuscments
POLIS

c.a,ar.I p;s.,,o and his. cornanv Of
s,,o,,,,shoo+ars ba1d +ba audianceq at
T,1i.e +tas+ra i. rjgh+ &c he ner-
$500 ,,-,-.lo,,s .ssor+r,a,t Of
sIo+s y,,+l, ray,ea+ ine rif7es of -Renine-
ton make
: c,,a-,i~o. n,i+h !. has,+if,1 soanic rem
,.<,sa,Statio, rf ~ 49,, ~, +ha7 g+alia n
fro,,+ ~ tba Isonzo valley and with
q cor,,,onv ally e++ired in italian
,,,,1i+. costume the oct was start
fi,,. fro,,, ito ,re,-x, incention
T.xl ro.;e+ - f.,o,, ,h>,+;r,
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-28
ACCORDING TO HOYLE,,

The first great authority on card
games. Edmund Hoyle. died 14S years
ago today, Aug. %. 1853. He was
born in 1872, and came within three
years of living to the century mark.
Hoyle's peculiar genius won recogni-
ton during his lifetime, and the
phrase according to Hoyle" was al
ready in general use at the time of
his death. His books on games were
best sellers and his treatise on whist
brought him over $4,000. Hoyle also
gave instructions In whist to the no
5ility and gentry. his charge being SIS
per lesson.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-28

stock productions his first instrue-
tions to Mr.. Thatcher, his booking
manager for stock, was to get Ayers
at any price. And this was accom-
plished after securing a release of
Mr.. Ayers from John Mason, with
whom he was playing the leading role
in Common Clay"
Dudley Ayers has the happy faculty
of becoming an overnight matinee
idol and has the added ability to at
tract men to the theatre because as
has been Written previously, he's a
mans man