Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-04-06
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TWELVE PAGES
RRATTLEBORO.

tenement house at 81 Green street TO
Holland j. Wilson of Williston street,
who buys for home.
Miss Mary +. Cox of Springfield,
Mass, is in town conducting rehearsals
for the play to be presented under
the auspices of the Woman 9 club
April 20 and 81.
There were % marriage licenses is
sued in Brattlehoro in the month of
March, which was exactly the number
that were issued in the corresponding
month of last year.
John s. Flood and sister, Miss Eliza
beth Flood Of Clark street, bought
Monday Mrs. w. IL. Welcome s house
OH South Main street. They will oc
cupy it for a home.
The village commissioners and board
of civil authority will meet in the Of
flee of H. Z. Taylor & Son at 1850
clock on the evening of April % to
revise the check list in preparation for
the annual village meeting to be held
Tuesday, May !.
Miss Evelyn Burgin entertained eight
little girl friends Tuesday afternoon
from 9 to in the home of her grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. f. G.. Worden, 50
Frost street. She received several pref
ty gifts in honor of her eighth birthday
anniversary. Refreshments were served.
Miss Helen A. Sprague, formerly of
Brattleboro, and Wilfred j. Miner of
Greenfield, Mass, were married at the
parsonage of st. James Episcopal church
in Greenfield Monday morning by Rev.
John b. Whiteman. The bridegroom was
attended by his brother and the bride by
her mother Mrs. Betsy Sprague of Brat
tleboro. Mr. Miner is a machinist and
was formerly of Penacook, n. II.
Work on the construction of the
Marley garage and apartment building
on High street at the foot of Green
street was resumed Monday morning
after suspension of several weeks
due to the severe weather. A large
force of bricklayers and laborers was
put at work and more were added to
the force Tuesday morning.
A hearing was held Saturday in
the probate office before Judge A. +.
Schwenk on the probating of the will
of the late Mrs. Della r. Bean of
Brattleboro. Mrs. Aurilla Cummings
is named as the executriX of the will,
which is contested by Clarence l.. Bean,
a son, of Springfield, this state. Chase
g. Chase appeared for the will and
Blanchard & Upper of Springfield for
the contestant.
Clark Hulett Of South Londonderry,
who froze his feet last winter and was
brought Monday afternoon to the
Memorial hospital, underwent an opera
ton Tuesday morning. The lower
third of the left leg was amputated
and a part Of the right foot. Gan
CREME had set in and made the opera
ton imperative. DR.. George r. Ander
son, the operating surgeon, said that he
expected the patient, to make a good re-
covery.
About $3.50 was realized from the
Children s Picture Book fair March %,
given by the children of the Centre
Congregational church in Odd Fellows
temple for the benefit of the home and
foreign missionary work of the church.
1t was the annual children s fair Of
the church and was very pleasing in
addition to the financial success. There
was large attendance, both afternoon
and evening and the sales and supper
tables were we'll patronized.
Exactly 346 dogs were licensed dur
ing the low priced period which ended
Saturday. Last year 401 were licensed,
which leaves about 50 dogs, if there
are as many in town this year as last,
whose owners will be obliged to pay
double rate ON males and triple rate
for females. It is claimed that large
number of dogs have died during the
last few months, but there seems to be
no reason to believe that there are
many less in town this year than was
the case year ago.
DR.. Roy c. Jackson has been en-
gagged as assistant physician at the
Brattleboro Retreat, and entered upon
ris duties Tuesday. Dr. jackson
is native of Maine and is a graduate
of the medical department of the
University of Vermont, class of 1906,
and has had 10 years experience in
hospital work, in the Worcester state
hospital, the state hospital for the in
sane at Danville, Pa, and four years
with DR.. w. n. Thompson in the Hart
ford Retreat, Conn. He is married.
William Henry Thompson, SO, died
March 20 in Chester. He was native
of that town and had lived there all
but q years of his life. He was a farm.
or specializing in fruit and berries. He
is survived by his wife and five chill
drcn, Mrs. Walter Bugbce of Chester,
with whom he lived, Norman Thompson
of Chester, Mrs. Wright of Grafton
William Thompson of North Spring
field and Clarence of West Bratteboro.
The funeral was held Thursday after
noon, Rev. r. M. Jones of the Baptist
church of Chester officiating. The bur
ial took place in Chester.
The funeral of Mrs. Nellie Brown
Nolan, wife of Thomas Nolan of
Springfield, Mass, was held Friday at
o O'Clock in St. Michael Cath
Ollie church. Rev Father Mcmahon Of
Gciated. The bearers were Patrick
Ferriter, James A. Austin, John II,
Austin, Thomas Long, w. ID. Lanihan.
Tho burial took place in the Roma"
Catholic cemetery. Among those from
out .of-town who attended the funeral
We're John Nolan and sister, Miss Mary
Nolan of northampton, Mass, and
John Nolan of Springfield, Mass.
Frank NJ. Cram, who is to direct the
production of the cantata, Rose Maiden,