The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-12
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.


next Sunday and hopes for very gen
eral turnout of members.
The funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth Shine of
3 Williams street will be held at the house
at | o'clock tomorrow. The burial will
take place in Bernardston, Mass.
The funeral of Thomas Smith will be
held tomorrow afternoon at $50 at the
home, 10 Lawrence street The burial
will take place in Morningsde cemetery.
The annual meeting of the Woman's
association of the Centre Congregational
church will be held in the chapel tomor-
row afternoon at $50 o'clock. Reports
will be given, officers will be elected and
plans for the coming year will be dis
cussed.
The Baraca and Philathea classes of
the First Baptist Bible school will hold
their annual corn roast tomorrow even
ing, Sept. l3, on the creamery flats.
Members are asked to take the car which
leaves South Main street at o'clock and
get off at Guilford street.
Rev. Paul G. Favor and party of Sunday
school boys of Pennington, Me-, who We're
lost on Mount Blue Monday night, were
found next morning unframed They
had built log fire and were waiting for
rescuers to come. Rev. Mr. Favor sue
ceeded Rev X. H. Clapp of this town as
pastor of the Pennington Congregational
church.
The new board of trade rooms have
been further improved by the addition of
a large Waterbury eight day clock, placed
there by the generosity of Postmaster
NJ. j. Moran. 1t is the former postoffice
clock and is the only reminder there that
the rooms formerly were the postoffice
quarters Carl S. Hopkins has very kind
ly placed fern and jardiniere in the
rooms, which adds greatly to the attrac-
tiyenecs of the office.
Mrs. Frederick Holbrook has offered the
use of her place, Naulahka, for festival
in aid of the Red Cross Sept. % The
place has intrinsic interest as former
residence of Rudvard Kiplng, who built
it and named it for his book, The Nau-
lahka. The room in which he wrote the
Jungle Books is practically unchanged
, and the garden by the house remains as
) he planned it. The festival will be inter
national in character.
Sadie, 6, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Sam
Carr of l50 Elliot street, who was serious
r ly burned Sept. / is considered to be out
of danger and doing we'll Her oldest
= sister. Lena, was carrying teakettle OF
o boiling water to the bathroom, prepare
tory to giving Sadie bath The child was
4 running, and not seeing her sister STUN.
q bed against her, upsetting the kettle The
: child was covered with blisters and ha,
q suffered much. Mrs. Zarr Immediately
I applied linseed oil and physician was
f called \ trained nurse has been caring
for her since the accident This is tht
: third time she has been burned, but not
: seriously.
The Brattleboro Country club has
e youthful champion this year in DennisoI
|. Cowles, ir.. who won the title and th'
s presidents cup yesterday in a clos,
e and well-played match against Jacob
> Estey, up Estev took the lead a
r the start and was three up at the end O
d 10 holes, but at the end of the mornin,
s round of Is holes Cowles had overcom
L. this lead and was , up. Estey came bacl
C fstrong. IN the first stages in the afternoon
f regained the lead and looked like a win
r ner when he was two up and four to %
e Cowles then won four holes in succession
is in ), ,, 3, 4, and landed the match cham
is pionship and trophy. Cowles graduate
id from the high school last June and wi
Or enter Amherst college this month II
II two seasons, and has frequently been
n point winner for the club in team matche
rs against the keene and Greenfield teams
is The funeral of George NJ Thomas wa
IN held Yesterday afternoon at his lat
III home. A Washington street. Mr. Thoma
ne was born at Marlboro Nav "a. 1898 II
lg was a farmer in that town for man
a. wears He moved to Brattleboro 26 wear
N 10 apd hos liya1 hara ayar Sippn I
u exception of four years spent III Guilfor
ed Center. Mr.. Thomas had been i'll fou
d, wears Most of the time for the last tw
III years he was confined to his bed an
as chair. His many friends can testify as I
of his patience and cheerfulness during TIL
n long illness Death was due to a generi
breaking down. He leaves wife, Louis
at f., and two sons by former marriag
e, also a step daughter, Miss Lenore Aver
in Funeral services were held at o'cloc
er Rev. d. G. Guest officiating. The buri
,ir took place in Morningside cemeter
en- Among those from out of town were Mr.
IF, Louise L. Pease of Springfield, Mass, N
Ial and Mrs Benjamin Cook and son, Ru
of sell, and Mrs f. H. Colvin of Fitchbur
70. Mass, and Mr.. and Mrs Robertson
IL Hinsdale, \. H.
it A meeting of the Sunday school wor
ed ers of Brattleboro was held in the Ba
fist chapel Monday evening in ord
to discuss with c. A. Boyd, the sta
: secretary, the ACCESSIBILITY of holding
religious education institute sometime
-, January. The plan is to hold fo1
al days institute with a faculty of 70
or more especially competent experts
lor psychology, Bible study, teen age pro
of lens, etc, sessions to be held in t
, 81 evenings in order that a much larg
- percentage of the teachers in the Bill
90 schools of the town may attend. I
"a sessions would not be confined to tho
- officially connected with the vario
~, church schools, but would be open
i, all who wished to attend upon PAYNE
100 of nominal fee for covering the
-, Ipenses. A full statement of the pl
5cr and purpose will be placed before I
officials of the various churches a
&c Bible schools before next Sunday in
90 hope that a definite expression of op