Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-05-11
BRATTLEBoRo PERSONAL.

Mrs. Percy Henley of Providence, II
l., is u guest of Miss Marjorie Crosby
Mrs. o. II. Stickncy returned Tuesday
night from Boston, where she had been
two weeks. t
Mrs. G. w. Ray of Chester is regis
tered at the Brooks House to remain
several days.
w. B. Cheney of South Main street
went Tuesday to Brandon to spend
the rest of the week with friends.
Mrs. Ernest Rice and two sons, Allen
and Donald, are spending this week at
their summer home in Amesbury, Mass
Mrs. Mary Messcr went Wednesday
to New Haven, Conn, where she will
spend few days with her son, George
Messer.
Sabin NJ. Yeaw returned Tuesday
from Clyde, Ohio, where he was called
by the death of his son.in-law, Harry
Kimball.
Miss Charlotte Barrett and Miss Ma.
bel Gustafson went Tuesday morning to
Hartford on business for Donnell g.
Davis, milliners.
Miss Mary f. Schumacher went
Wednesday to Montpelier to conduct
yesterday the state board examinations
for the registration of nurses.
Edward r. Flood and sister, Miss
Agnes Flood, went Wednesday to
their home in North1cld (Vt.), called
there by the death of their sister.
Miss Clara Warren and Miss Mil.
bred Knowlton went Wednesday ia
Mortified (Vt.) to attend the junior
week exercises at Norwich university
Horton d. Walker, president of the
board of trade, went to Montpelier
Tuesday to speak to the board of
trade of that city on the guest day
proposition.
Attorney Frank Z. Barber who had
been in the Memorial hospital two
weeks with sciatic rheumatism, was
taken to his home Sunday consider
ably improved.
Mrs. Brickey of White River juno
tion came Wednesday to see her daugh-
ter, Miss Ella Brckey, in the Melrose
hospital. Miss Brickey underwent an
operation on her jaw recently.
Miss Anna Slate, who is employed
in the family of L. C. Crosby under
went an operation for appendicitis Tues
day in the Memorial hospital. DR..
6. r. Anderson was the surgeon.
Mrs. Almira Farnsworth of Ludlow,
who had been visiting her niece, Mrs.
Sarah a. Carpenter of Stewart place,
and her nephew, Otis Rocss, at the
Wilder farm, returned Tuesday to
her home.
Ernest Bcmis finished work Wednes.
day for the Dewitt Grocery company,
where he had been employed several
years. Mr.. Bcmis has bought two
farms in Westminster West and will
engage in farming.
Mrs. Maria Allen, who went to Hat
field, Mass, to visit in the home of
her son, Frank Allen, was taken i'll
and later taken to hospital in
Northampton, where she underwent
an operation.
Miss Elisabeth Brasor, Miss Rather
inc Fleming, Miss Helen Mann, Miss
Irma Rate, Miss Dorothy Denning,
Charles F.. Mann and Louis KANE were
among those from Brattleboro who at
tended the Knights of Columbus hop
in Bellows Falls Tuesday night.
Martin Austin. Mrs. Martin Austin,
ST., Mrs. Y. a. Austin and daughter,
Eleanor, Mrs. II. +. Coates, Mrs.
Catherine Brosnahan and daughter,
Catherine, and Mr. and Mrs. d. NJ.
BrOsnahan attended the funeral of
Mrs. Mary Brosuahan in Bellows Falls
Monday.
Frederick II. Harris OF Brattleboro has
been selected for the officers training
school at Plattsburg. More than 1000
men were recommended by the various
enrolling officers, but only about half this
number was selected. Mr.. Harris was in
training at Plattsburg last year. He has
been assigned to the second company.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry j. Allen of
Canal street were in Bellows Falls
Tuesday to attend the funeral of Mrs.
Mary Bowles, an aunt by marriage of
Mrs. Allen. They also went to Ac-
worth, \. H., with the body. Mrs.
Mary Walker, cousin of NIrs. Bowles,
attended.
Laurence Sherman, one of the first
Dartmouth students to make application
for training at Plattsburg, was among
tIiN -'p'p WV HltIl ilOI dCNtpt-
ed. He failed to state in his papers
that he had military training at Hanover
and will go to Fort Ethan Allen to make
another effort to be accepted.
Mrs. A. l.. Benedict of this town un.
derwent an operation on her eyes in
the Albany Homeopathic hospital in Al
bany, y. V, Wednesday. DIR. j. l. Dow
ling, eye specialist, was the surgeon.
News was received that night from
Mrs. Benedict that she was comfortable
and the operation was considered to be
successful.
Edward +. Kelly, commercial manager
of the Twin State Gas q Electric Co.,
who came to Brattleboro from Dover, n.
H., when the general offices were moved
here, passed recently in Albany, n. V,
examinations for commission in the
Reserve Officers Engineering corps and
has been ordered to report al Plattsburg
n. y He will go Saturday.
Ferris R. Vaughan, president of the
Cooperative Building and Loan asso
citation, and President Horton D.
Walker of the board of trade went
to Montpelier Tuesday. Mr.. Vaughan to
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