Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-02-09

hold its February meeting Monday a
2.30 p. m. in the Unitarian parisl
house.
The pension board, consisting of DR.
F.. Hamilton DIR. G.. b. Hunter and DIR
f. r. Lynch, met Wednesday in DIR
Lynch s office. Two candidates wer,
examined.
The postponed annual meeting ,ot
the Home Sunshine society for tn,
Home for the Aged and Disabled will
be held in the Home this afternoon
at 4 o'clock
Michael Dalton, pleaded guilty in the
municipal court Tuesday morning be
fore Judge +. +. Barber to third of
Tense of int0xication and was taken tc
Newfanc to serve a sentence of 30 days
The j. L. Hall class of the Baptist
Bible school will hold social in tn,
home of Mrs. A. r. Stebbins of .
Maple street Saturday afternoon. il
is hoped there will be good at
tendance.
X. +. Mosher has sold Buick Sedar
TO c. T.. Glidden, Buick -Four to Il
l.. IIildreth, Buick Six roadster tC
II. =. Webster and Buick Six touring
car to A. A. Austin of Brookline, also
Cadillac convertible top to j. B. Ma
honey of Shelburne Falls, Mass.
The social committee of the Chris
tial Endeavor society of the Baptist
church met Wednesday evening in the
home of ID. w. Felch, Pine street, tc
make hearts for valentine social. Re
frcshments of hot chocolate, sand
witches, waters and candy were serv I'd
and the evening was spent very pleas
antly.
a small building on Oak Grove
avenue in which George II. Boorn of
Brook street was smoking hams
caught fire Sunday morning and was
almost totally destroyed before the au-
tomoble fire truck could reach it in
response to a=-stelephone call. Mr..
Boorn has a., gar.lsa and chicken
house on Oak GropYe .sa Avenue and it was
on that property that the fire occurred.
Articles of association have been
filed with the secretary of state by the
1IuntressAdams Co., Inc, Of Brattle-
boro, the concern to conduct n general
dry goods business. The capital stock
is to be $4,000 and the incorporators
are Frank Huntress and Carl II. Adams
of Kcenc, n. H., and William c. Hunt
ross and Harold Z. Whitney of Brattlc-
boro.
The funeral of Winnie L. Taylor was
held Monday afternoon at ! o clock
at the house in West Brattleboro on the
Marlboro road, Rev. |. NJ. Compton,
pastor of the West Brattleboro Baptist
church, officiating. Miss A. G. Baker
sang One Sweetly Solemn Thought and
l VIII Awaken in the Morning. The
bearers were Leroy, Eli, Earl and Leon
ard Taylor, members of the family
The burial took place in the West Brat
tleboro cemetery.
Windham county was represented at the
Eastern States Exposition banquet in
day night by A. \. Dunklce Of South Yer
non, +. c. Tenney of Dummcrston, J. II.
Ware of Townshend, and w. s. Pratt and
A. W. Sweeton of Brattleboro. Mr.. Dun
klee was one of the speakers and gave an
interesting talk on Coordination of the
Manufacturer and Farmer Mr.. Tehney
was called on for an impromptu' speech.
There were about ID present from Yer
Il. :.
Brigham of St. Adams, who was speaker
The Brattleboro Trust Co. has
brought suit against Jay G.. Underwood
and trustee of Hartland for 5000.
Frank A. Hulett of Londonderry, as
signec of the Londonderry Trading Co.
is summoned to make disclosure of what
property of the concern is in his posses
sion. The bank holds nine-months ,
note for $500 dated Feb. 9, 1916, and
signed by Jay G. Underwood as treas
urer of the Trading company. The pa
pers are from the Office of A. f.
Schwenk. The Londonderry Trading
Co. recently made voluntary assign
ment in bankruptcy and the Brattle-
boro Trust Co., is one of the heavy
creditors.
Lincoln night was observed by Pro.
tective Grange Wednesday and the
following program was rendered: Open.
ing song, Grange choir; reading, Every
Day is Flag Day Now, II. w. Sargent
Star Spangled Banner; paper, Abraham
Lincoln, Mrs. Lucy w. SARGENT Lin
coin IS Assassination, Mrs. May Ed
wards; song, Ernest Barrie; Lincoln
and the Hartford Sweatbox, p. T.
Franklin; Lincoln s Dislike for Death
Warrants, Miss Nellie T, Eddy; instru
mental duct, Mrs. Emily Emery ant
Mrs. Marion Farnum The Prayer that
Lincoln Prayed, Mrs. Cola Morse; Lin
doln as a Lover, Mrs. C. II. Grant
closing song, America. Past State Lee
turcr f. H. IIallctt of st. Johnsbury
and Jay Coryell of Burlington, of tn,
AGRICULTURAL extension service made in
teresting remarks.
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