Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-09-07

that all members will be present.
The retail department of the Dunbar
Brothers company enjoyed a corn roas
Wednesday on Thomas hill on the Put
ney road The wives and friends of tn
employees were invited, making q part,
of 10.
An important meeting of the boart
of directors of the Red Cross will bt
held today at O'Clock at the head
quarters in the federal building. Tn,
regular sewing meeting will be helC
from 2.30 to . O clock.
George H. DuPaw, for several year.
senior clerk in Morgan s drug store il
Maiden, Mass, has recently purchased
store of F. II. Quimby in Pepperel
and has begun to operate it. Mr.. Du
Paw was formerly employed at the
Brooks House pharmacy.
The first regular meeting after the
summer vacation of the w. c. r. U. will
be held in the rest room Monday after.
noon at $50. AS this is meeting of
great Importance large attendance of
members is requested. A meeting of
the executive committee will be held at
3 o'clock.
Arthur Adshade has been in court
again, this time in Keene, N. II. The
Kecne Sentinel of Tuesday said: car
thur Adshade, who has been working
here for a few weeks, was in the mu.
nicipal court today charged with steal
ing bicycle from Benjamin Hopkins,
June l. He was found guilty of steal
ing the wheel and selling it to George
Stamot but because he has wife and
fiN % ba oil b I,
suspended sentence of 60 DAYS on pay
ment of the costs of $12.S2 and refund
ing the. money Stamot paid him for the
Wheel
Mrs. Ora f. Butterfield of Croton
Lake, Westchester county, New York
announces the engagement of her
daughter, Helen, to Parker McCollester
of New York city, son of DR.. and Mrs.
Lee S. McCollester of Tufts college,
Mass. The late Mr.. Butterfeld, whose
death occurred last December, was gen
eral solicitor of the New York Central
lines. Mrs. Butterfeld was Miss Amy
Dunklee of Brattleboro. Miss Butter
field is a member of the class of 1918
Bryn Mawr college. Mr.. McCollester is
a graduate of Tufts college, 1911, Har-
ward law school, 1914, and is now com
merce attorney of the New York Cen
trail lines.
Two dispositions were taken Wednes-
day afternoon in South Deerfield, Mass,
and one in Greenfield, Mass. in the case
Of Frank l.. Wellman administrator of
The estate of Mrs Kate Stone of Brattle-
Doro against Barney f. Mead of this
own. They were of persons having
of conditions pertaining to
he accident at the railroad overpass
near South Deerfeld in which Mrs. Stone
vas injured so that she died in Green
ield hospital. Mr.. Mead was driving
he car, and he is defendant in damage
suit for $1,000 set for trial at the coming
ERIN of the Windham county court. At
orney f. +. Barber represented Mr.
Nellman and Attorneys w. X. Daley and
aarrie B. Chase represented Mr.. Mead
County Warden +. H. Metcalf and
Selectman w. f. Stellman visited the
farm of A. j, Hildreth on the Putney
road Wednesday to determine damage
lone to field of yelloweye beans by
leer. Mr.. Hildreth planted nearly two
lcres of beans this spring, but the deer
'ound them so appetizing that there was
lot enough of the crop left to be worth
He put in claim for the
equivalent of % bushels and Messrs
,Ietcalf and Stellman have decided to
ward him damage for that amount at
he rate of $3.50 a bushel. From this
will be deducted the value of the car
asses of two small deer which Mr.. Hill
lreth shot, this amount being estimated
It $l5. This will leave him net sum
If $3.50.
Seventy-three members of Spof'ord
irange of Chesterfield, n. H., and l6
from other neighboring
Oranges visited Protective Grange
Wednesday in observance of neighbors
night when Spofford Grange furnished
the entertainment. Walter f. Spear,
master of Protective Grange welcomed
the visitors and Mrs. George l.. Brown
responded for Spofford Grange. The
program included the following: Song,
Miss Alice Richardson; recitation, Dea-
ron Brown s Courtship, Miss Ida Chick
ering; song, Richard Amidon, Chester
Brown, Henry Snow, Henry Chickering,
Roderick Miller and Cless Davis, with
piano accompaniment by William Clark =.
recitation, Miss Philona on the Chinese
Question, Miss Carrie Chickering; duet,
William Clark and Miss Alice Richard
son; recitation, John Hutchings; VIC
lin duet, Richard Amidon and Chester
Brown; a short play, The Pit in Wheat,
George Brown, Miss Charlotte Hough,
ton, Chester Brown, Miss Ruth Carey,
Miss Elsie Chckering and Cless Davis.
After the supper, which was furnished
by Protective Grange, remarks were
made by G. II. Chiekering, master of
Spofford Grange; E. l.. Welcome, over
seer of Spofford Grange; Mrs. George
l.. Brown, lecturer; Mrs. C. II. Chick
ering, Past Master S. l.. Rice, and Roy
Frink of Keene.