Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-02-02
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BRATTLEBORO.


dinner at the Country club Friday
evening.
The supper and sale by the women of
the Episcopal church has been post.
poned one day and will be held in Odd
Fellows hall Thursday, Feb. 10.
Company /, V. n. g., lost a sergeant
Saturday by reason of the expiration of
tho enlistment period of Sergt. William
st. Cyr. He is automatically fur
loughed to the reserve.
Willnam A. Mead of Elliot street, a
laborer, and Miss Efiie Hastings of
Horizon, n. Y, were married Monday
evening at the Universalist parsonage
by Rev. Delmar f. Trout.
A recent order of the postofice de-
partment closing the post Office at
modified. The order now reads that the
post Office will be discontinued Feb. 10
The Masonic Mutual club was or
ganized Friday night at Masonic tenn
pie with a charter membership of 1856.
The officers elected were: President,
II. +. c. Toedt; secretary, Horace Win
chester; treasurer, Elijah Wales.
The pictures taken for the movies re-
Gently on the Connecticut at Brattle-
boro, showing motorcycles with side
runners and Charles Cakes S motor
driven ice boat, appeared in the supple
ments of several big Sunday newspa
pers this week.
Articles of association have been
filed with the secretary Of state by
the Vermont Auto Sales company of
Brattkboro, the capital stock being
$4,000 and the subscribers, Linn'rDs
Taylor, l.. n. Mead and Barney Mead,
all of BrattleborO.
News has been received here of the
death in New York city Dec. 30 of
Abram Coakley, who is well rcmem-
bered here by many as foreman for
the Holbrook, Cabot & Rollins corpo-
ration on the Boston & Maine rail
road Improvements. He lived on
Highland street.
Alice C. Gilbert, doing business as
the Abenaque Machine Works of West
minister, has brought suit against Dan
iel A. Dory of Westfeld, Mass, to re-
cover $406.2l. for labor and material
furnished The papers are from the
Office of Allen G. Faulkner of Keene.
n. H., and Eddy & Whitney of Brat
tleboro.
Mrs. Emily Pendleton, 90, wife of
Scion E. Pendleton of South London
derry, died in her home January 20
after an illness of several months, due
to her advanced age. She leaves, be-
sides her husband, two children, Mrs.
H. p. Yearly of Brattleboro and F. II.
Pendleton of Maiden, Mass, and sew
eral grandchildren. The funeral was
held Sunday in South Londonderry.
Mrs. Ernest R. Bemis has received
news of fire in Springfield, Mass.
Tuesday afternoon which badly dam
aged the house in which her parents,
Mr.. ana Mrs. Oscar j. Willard eoccu-
pied an upstairs apartment. The fire
started in partition down stairs, it is
supposed, and burned through to the
roof, causing damage to household
goods besides the real estate.
The body of Mrs Thomas Sears was
brought here Saturday morning
from South Coventry, Conn, for burial
in the Roman Catholic cemetery. There
were prayers at st. Michael s Roman
Catholic church, Immediately after
the arrival of the morning train
from New London. Mrs. Sears was the
wife of Thomas Sears, former resident
Of Brattleboro who is manager of a
large estate in South Coventry.
The Brattleboro Clinical club held a
meeting in the Brooks House January
%, attended by u physicians. DR..
Thomas Rice gave a paper on Twenty
Years of Practical Experience in OBJ
stetrics, which was particularly inter
esting and showed thorough knowl-
edge of the subject. The paper was fol
lowed by discussion of the latest topics
in medical science, also remarks by the
president, DR.. George R. Anderson.
A dance was given Friday night in
the Odd Fellows temple by the mem
bers of the senior class of the high
school for members of the school,
alumni and their friends. About 80
couples were in attendance and en-
ioyed dancing until 11.30 o'clock to
music by Leitsinoer's orchestra. The
chaperones were Miss Jessie c. Pratt
and Miss Anna X Parsons of the fac
ulty.
DR.. C. S. Caverly of Rutland, DR.. +.
r. Kidder of Woodstock and DR.. b. H.,
Stone of Burlington, came to Brattle-
bOro Tuesday afternoon and visited DR..
Henry ID. Holton in consultation with
DIR. w. II. Lane, his attending physi-
clan. DR.. IIolton, who has been seri-
ously i'll some weeks, has at times
shown considerable Improvement. No
material change has been noted in his
condition in the last few days.
The musical entertainment and card
party held January % in Knights of
Columbus hall was attended by good
number and was an enjoyable affair.
Mrs. Katherine O'Connor Weeks and
George O Conner rendered duets, and
John j. Sullivan sang a group of songs.
The prizes at cards were won by Miss
Nellie Redding and William Smith, first,
Miss Pauline Putnam and Hermon
Brooks, consolation. Dancing was en-
loved from 10 to II with music by Lett
singer and Dugan.
The only Windham county case on
the calendar of the supreme court for
trial at the February term, which opens
in Montpelier Feb. 6, is that of Lisle
NJ. Carpenter against the Central Yer
mont railway. This ease has twice
been tried in the Windham county
court aud twice has zone TO the Sll-