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

cr a fivc-passengcr Buick touring car.
Mr.. and Mrs George l.. Foster hav,
sold their home in Gresham, Neb., ant
will move to Buchanan, Mich.
Miss Carolyn A. Fandell, superintend
cnt of the Mutual Aid association and in
strlctor of the Red Cross home nurs
ing class, was called to Roxbury, Mass.
Friday by the death of her father.
In the midweek meeting of the Centr,
Congregational church Friday Ed
ward G.. Crosby was elected q delegate tC
the installation of Rev. Roy Martin
Houghton in New Haven, Conn.
Wednesday afternoon of this week.
About 80 young people of the Metho
dist church rendered Mr.. and Mrs. Les
lie Wyman reception in their home al
40 Prospect street Thursday, May II
Mr.. and Mrs. Wyman were presented
half dozen pearl handle fruit knives
The regular meeting of Protective
Grange has been postponed from
Wednesday, May so, to Thursday even.
ing on account of Memorial day. Re.
Ifrcshmcnts will be served after the meet
ing and the women are asked to carry
cake.
Capt. Il. w. Gibson of Company
V. N, g., went to Towpshcnd Tuesday
on recruiting trip, and expects that
as n result of it he will add i'll few
days two or three recruits to the com
pany. He went to South Londonderry
on a similar trip yesterday.
Mrs. j. G. Howard, who fell while at.
tempting to alight from a passenger
train at the railroad station Thursday
May II, after the train was i'll motion,
and who was taken to the Memorial hos
pital, has fractured left hip. An X-ray
examination has developed that fact
positively. Mrs. Howard had gone to
the train to bid farewell to friend.
+. A. Phelps of West Dummcrston
road has had n Dclco-Light electric
plant established on .lls farm, lighting
his3housc and barns and tlte premises
in front of tic ,hpfsc besides furnishing
power for his dairy machinery and
various household implements. 1t was
installed by George +. Barlow of Brat.
tlcboro, agent, and the current was
turned on Friday afternoon with
very pleasing results.
The J. g.. Hall class of the Baptist
Bible school held its annual roll call
and banquet Wednesday in the social
rooms of the church. Covers were laid
for so persons Thrtv.scven members
of the class responding to the roll call
either by quotation or by telling a short
story. l.. w. Hawley and Mrs. f. l..
Smith spoke briefly. Mrs. Cortes L.
Farnum and Miss Della Newcomb rem.
dered vocal solos
The National Guard of the New Eng.
land states will form the first division of
the new army. This division will be
sent to some camp south of the Mason
and Dixon line sometime between July
ID to August ), in the newly formed
Southeastern department, under COM
mand of Major General Leonard Wood,
whose headquarters will be at Charles
ton, 5. {. The Vermont troops are ex-
pectcd to be modified July %.
+. j. Guthrie, superintendent of the
New London division of the Central
Vermont railroad; J. NJ. Morrison. chief
engineer; n. w. Hawkes. of st. Adams,
general freight agent, and Attorney
John Redmond of Newport were in
Brattleboro May II on business con-
nected4 with~.the leXentual .separation of
the Boston & Maine and Central Yer
mont roads at this point. The matter
of the local freight congestion was dis
cusscd with some of the officials by
President Horton d. Walker of the
board of trade.
Capt. +. W. Gibson of Company J.,
V. \. g., commanding the posts. of the
First Vermont infantry in this local
ity, announced Friday morning that no
motor boats will he allowed to pass
under the bridges now being guarded
by the troops stationed in and near
without special pcrmis-
sion III the form of a pass. The of.
iiccrs will be glad to meet the motor
boat owners at any time to make such
regulations as will insure safety and
at the same time an observance of
these regulations.
The warrant for the town school meet
ing to be held in Academy hall in West
Brattlcboro Monday, May rs, at o'clock
p m, has been posted. There are five
articles in the warrant: To act on the
auditors report; to choose director for
three years to succeed Carl S. ITopkn ms,
whose term expires; to see what action
will be taken to make proper repairs to
the academy building and to provide
money for the same; to see how much
money shall be raised for school pur.
poses for the year; to see what salaries
shall be paid officers; and to transact
any other business. 49,
Miss Emma s. Urban died in the
Lconiilistcr, Mass, hospital May Is,
following an operation. She was 80
years old and a native of Brattleboro.
Miss Urban had lived in Leominstcr
for many years and had Il wide circle
of friends and acquantanccs. She had
been employed for some time as a clerk
t the Nickcrson drygoods store and
was popular with the patrons of the
store. She was a musician of more
than ordinary ability and was in de.
mand as 'cellist. She leaves her
mother and three sisters, Mrs. Charles
Nelson, Eva and Molly Urban, also a
brother, Louis Urban of Springfield,
Mass. The funeral was held Thursday
May II, and the burial took place in
Ath6l, Mass.
The reports of the appointments of
registrars for military registration in
the different towns of the county are
being received very slowly by County
Clerk f. d. +. Stowe, to whom they
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