The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-12
BRATTLEBOROLOCAL

The Hooker, Corser & Mitchell Co.
closed it's overall factory today for
three weeks.
The Needlecraft will meet with Miss
GLADYS Stellman in West Bratleboro
Friday afternoon.
The Oak Grove ParentTeacher asso
citation will hold an important meeting
Thursday afternoon at $40.
The Mary Geddis class of the Meth
odist church will meet in the Red
Cross rooms in the federal building to-
morrow evening at 7.30 O'Clock to
make surgical dressings.
Troop of the Boy Scouts will meet
tomorrow evening at 7.30 o clock III
the parish house of the Centre Con-
gregational church, when tenderfoot ex-
aminations will be given to all classes.
The Woman s Relief corps will hold
sewing session Thursday afternoon
in G.. A. R. hall, when large attend
ance is desired. Supper will be served
in the evening to be followed by reg
ular business meeting and election of
officers.
The Student Activities society of the
high school held meeting at recess
today, President Hayden Randall in
the chair and il was voted to send
Christmas packages to soldiers both at
home and abroad who were formerly
students at the school. 1t was also
voted to buy a service flag for the
school and flag for the Junior Red
Cross.
People in town who have outgrown or
cast off hats, caps, dresses, coats or shoes
and who are willing to donate them for
the use of school children who have not
sufficient clothes to keep them warm, are
asked to leave them at Miss Florence
NJ. Wellman's Office in the high school
building Miss Wellman has many calls
for such garments and they will be much
appreciated by the children.
Young men enlisting from here are
entitled to knitted outfit, pajamas
and comfort bags from the Red Cross
| and all such are requested to call for
them at the Red Cross headquarters be-
fore leaving for the camps. Hereto
! fore these articles have been sent
through other channels, but the Red
| Cross branch officers are now informed
that the enlisted men should call for
| them at the rooms.
| Brattleboro chapter, Daughters of
the American Revolution, met in the
| Unitarian parish house yesterday after
noon. Mrs. l.. f. Holden gave a very
interesting paper on the Boston Tea
| Party. She urged that one and all as
| descendants of those who fought for
this independence never forget their
LOYALTY to the flag, which not only
proelaims a great and glorious hist DRY,
but stands for justice and the liberty
Of all nations both great and small,
The Boston Maine railroad was
blocked near the three bridges, about
q mile north of this village, from noon
until 8 clock yesterday A journal
on southbound freight car broke, let
ting 4 wheel drop off. The part of the
train back of that car was hauled back
to Dummerston and wreeking train
came down from Bellows Falls. The
ii clock train from the south. which
was late, was held here until after the
track was cleared.
Mr.. and Mis- William c. BigeIow eel
ebrated their golden wedding anniver
sarv in their home near West keene
\. H., Sunday. notwithstanding the
severe storm a large number of rela
tives and friends called to congratulate
them, and presented them with gold
currency, flowers and other remem
branees. Mr.. Bigelow was born il
Jacksonville, Vt, in 1913, and lived
there in boyhood and later in DUN
mcrston. Mrs Bigelow, who was Ma
tilda Augusta Hartwell. was born il
Groton, Mass, in ls4s. When min,
years old she went to Dummerston t
live and there met Mr.. Bigelow. They
We're married in Jacksonville. NearlI
all of their married life has beer
spent in their present home. Thel
have two children, Mrs. Mabel +. Big
Glow Estey of Brattleboro and Lowell
+. Bigelow of kccne, an employee OF
the American Express company.
BrattlebOro chapter, u. A. R.. ar,
making a special effort to raise a gen
, ferrous sum of money for war relic
work, and the proceeds of the chicken
supper and Christmas sale of fancy ar
ticles will be applied solely to thi
, great war relief service.-Ady. Oh
The West Brattleboro Baptist socie
ty will hold a rummage sale Thursda
and Friday in the store formerly occu
pied by {. +. Thomas, druggist ADV.
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\ practical talk on Why Bows an
Girls Should Study Latin, high sehoc
room, Friday, p. M. Admission
lccnts.-Adv. 243-245
y nice lot of Christmas trees. Ifo
den 4 Maltin.-Adv 242-24a.
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