Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-06-29


The Brattleboro Military band will
give its next concert in Esteyville Mon
| day evening.
About 100 recruits for the Second
cavalry went through Brattleboro Mon
| day at IL p. m. on their way from
Fort Ethan Allen to Fort Myer, Va.
Robert Fits received orders Wednes-
day to report July at the ordnance de-
partmcnt of the government arsenal in
Watertown, Mass.
Persons having second hand clothing
which they are willing to donate to the
Salvation Army are asked to leave it at
s Elm street or telephone 3S3R at II or
6 o'clock.
| Richard Harold Barber, infant son of
Laurence X. and Gladys (Kimball) Bar
Wednesday forenoon. The child had
not been well from birth.
Two young men pleaded guilty to in
toXicaton Tuesday morning in the mu-
nicipal court before Acting Judge F. d.
f. Stowe and each arranged to pay Il
fine of So and costs of 1915. A bottle of
| liquor taken from one of them was de-
stroycd by order of the court.
Twcnty-four more cans of lingering
brook trout averaging about 500 fish to
the can were received Tuesday after
noon from the federal hatchery in
| Nashua, N. H., by the Windham County
Fish and Game club for distribution in
the streams in this section. Still another
| consignment arrived Wednesday after
noon.
The State Pharmaceutical associa-
which opened its annual meeting Mon
day night at the Lake Dinsmorc hotel
held its annual business session Tues
day. Owing to war conditions it was
not thought advisable to make change
in the officers and the old board was re-
elected, including w. G. Sargent, of
Brattleboro, first vice president.
Twenty cans of lingering brook trout
shipped from Rhode Island hatchery
were received in Brattleboro Monday
night by officers of the Windham County
Fish and Game club and distributed in
Guilford streams. This is the first of
series of consignments of which the club
has received notification, the fish having
been bought by the state fish and game
department for distribution in the pub
lie waters of Vermont.
Edward +. Leitsinger has sold his farm
on Upper Dummcrston road to Ashmun
r. Graves of Shelburne, Mass, who
buys for home and will take posses
sion in the fall. Mr.. and Mrs. Graves
are moving here to be near their dauah-
ter, Mrs. F. c. Harmon. Mr.. Graves has
sold his large farm in Shelburne to his
son, Wilson A. Graves. This farm, which
contains 700 fruit trees, has been run
by Mr.. Graves the past 40 years.
The United States civil service COM
mission announces competitive exam
nation for typewriter, for both men and
women, in Brattleboro June 80. Vacan-
cies at the various quartermaster's corps
and naval establishments and in govern
ment Offices in the New England states
will be filled from this examination.
The entrance salary is 5000 to 81 900.
On Tuesdays weekly examinations will
be held for the departmental offices in
Washington.
Gas masks such as are worn in the
trenches in Europe would have been put
to use Wednesday, had they been avail
able, by persons on duty in the Offices
and other places of business in the
American building annex and adjacent
building. roofing company had
tar furnace in full blast at the south
east corner of the annex, which poured
forth dense clouds of smoke and sitting
fumes, and with an occasional Whit of
the aroma from burning oil rags in the
river bank and coal gas and smoke from
passing locomotives thrown in for good
not to mention the rain of dirt
shovclcd off the roof, breathing was
one s most difficult task.
The following children of st. Mi
chacl S Parochial school received Palmer
certificates and progress pins from the
A. n. Palmer company of Boston for
penmanship; Final ENTHUSIASTICALLY
Austin, Loretto Baker, Mary Curry, An
ma Fleming, Mary Grady, Marguerite
Haus, James Long, Daniel Lyons, Alice
Manning, Bridget Masaiada, Mary Ma
sajada, Eugene McGarrigle, Mary Pei
lerin, Edward Shea, Lawrence Sheehy;
Improvement ertifcates-William Con-
nors Elsie Danyew, Anna Fisch, Marie
Long; progress pins-Richard Crown,
William Connors, Mary Grady, Martin
arrity, Laura Lapage, James Long, Bcr
nard Lynch, Marguerite Haus, Francis
Masajada, George Shea.
Two Windham county young men grad
uated with honors for general high
standing from the University of Vermont
this week-Abncr c. Bristol of Townshend,
with the degree of bachelor of science in
electrical engineering from the college of
engineering, and Francis r. Churchill of
South Londonderry, with the degree of
bachelor of science in agriculture, from the
college of agriculture, Ray C. Sanders of
Brattleboro received the degree of bachelor
of science in commerce and economies in
the college of arts and science, Kenneth
S. Macleod of Bellows Falls the degree of
bachelor of science in commerce and eco
Monies in the same department and Har-
old r. Stilwcl of Bellows Falls the degree
of bachelor of science in civil engineering,
from the college of engineering,
ENDEAVORERS MEET TODAY.