Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-01-19

the service ut the Home for the Aged
Sunday afternoon ut 3 O. clock.
About so couples attended the dance
for Odd Fellows and Rebekahs in Odd
Fellows temple Friday evening.
At the council fire of Quonekticut
tribe, No. ., l. o. h. NJ, Friday night
| five pale faces were adopted, after
which corn and venison were served.
William Henry Karl, laborer, and
Miss Ella Lee Allen, both Of 116 FL
lot street, were married Saturday af.
ternoon by Carl S. Hopkins, justice OF
the peace.
Bruno Baran and Louise Kustra, en-.
1loyes Of the Fort Dummer mill, were
married Saturday by Rev. Richard II
Clapp, pastor of the Centre Congre
gational church.
John Christie, q well-known travel
ing man, father of Miss Mary Christie
who was employed this summer as n mil.
liner with Donncll g. Davis, died sud.
denly of heart disease in a hotel in
Corning, n. Y, Jan. IL. He had
been in his usual health up to the time
he retired the night before.
Mrs. Fred Ellis received a telegram
Ellis, who sailed Dec on the s. s.
Paulsboro for England as wireless op'
orator, saying that he had an enjoy.
able trip, was feeling fine and ex'
pected to arrive at Sabine Wednesday
The wire was sent en- route for Flor.
ida.
The stockholders of Fort Dummel
Mills will hold their annual meeting
in the Office of Harold e. whitney
Saturday, Jan. 90, at II o. nj, for the
transaction of the following business
To elect all officers required by the by
laws; to receive the treasurer's report
to transact any other business that
may properly come before the meet
ing.
Mrs. John II. Bafden was called to
lAthol, Mass, Friday by the sudden
death of her sister, Mrs. Frank g.
Bryant. who had been living with her
daughter, Mrs. Charles Sauter, the past
year. News reached Mrs. Barden yof
the illness of Mrs. Bryant n few days
before, and although Mrs. Bryant had
been in i'll health many years the news
of her death came as a great surprise
Eight members of the Boy Scouts
two from each troop, with Scout Com
missioner Rev. j. Fredrik Virgin and
Fred II. Harris, went Saturday tc
the Durham bungalow, where they
enjoyed u beefsteak meal furnished
! by Mr.. Harris. 1t had been the inten-
tion to make the trip on skates to take
advantage of the wonderful ice, but the
snowstorm spoiled that part of the
plan.
The members of the senior class of
the high school have enjoyed many
good times during their four years in
school, but it is doubtful if they ever
crowded moro real enjoyment into an
evening than they did Friday night
They gave mock banquet in the Uni
tartan parish house at which were pres
ont as guests of the class the members
of the high school faculty. After the
Welsh rarebit, olives, pretzels and
ginger ale had been disposed of every
one present responded to q toast.
A committee of the Masonic Bowling
association met similar committee OF
the Odd Fellows Saturday evening and
arranged for q series of matches be
tween representative teams Of the two
Ifraternities. Each side will select Il
bowlers with the highest averages dur
ing the first half of the season, now
about closed, and from each of these i
there will be selected three teams OF
five men each. Eighteen games will be
played, two each week, and play will
start week after next.
In the annual business meeting of tn,
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran church
January IL a resolution was adopted
that the church celebrate during tn,
year the 400th anniversary of the Ref
ormation. The reports of the variou:
church organizations showed that the bal
ances in the various treasures aggregated
over $500 These officers were elected
Deacon, Elias Wennersten; trustees, En-
nest Gustafson and David Magnuson; Sun
day school superintendent, Elias Wen
nersten; delegate to conference, Angus
johnson; auditing committee, G. +. Pet
terson and Gustaf Erickson. The Ladies
Aid society served refreshments after tn
meeting.
Edwin +. Park, 40, a well-knowl
trainman on the Boston L. Maine who a
times had run through Brattleboro
I, died in the Springfield, Mass, hospita
Sunday from injuries received when h
) fell under his train at Mount Tom juno
!, ton Saturday. He was born in Der
. nardston and hadlived in Springfield sew
clal years. He had been in the emplo,
of the Boston 4 Maine railroad Is wears
f Besides his wife he leaves one brother
: Paytons Park OF Benardston. = The f,l
Y neral services, were held in Spring
}. field Tuesday morning and the bod
a was taken to Bernadston, where tn
s burial took place.
Miss Hazel II. Dunton, daughter O
= Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dunton of
Grant street and Robert L. Hancock
V were married at Brattleboro, VT, Sal
;. urday. Later in the day they re
I turned to Greenfield, where they SUI
r. prised their friends with the announce
d ment of their marriage. They are no,
Il ON wedding trip through New Yor
). state and are expected to return i
@ about week. The bride is n formc
Turner's Falls girl and has for sewers
years been cashier at the Bosto
u mutual life insurance office in Greer
T. field. Mr.. Hancock was formerly c
g Erving. He is a graduate of Worce
c ter ''Tech", and is employed as a
IL electrical engineer in the constructio
&C department of the Greenfield electr
n light and power company.-Greenfiel
ID l.