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

ernoon.
l.. D. Taylor has bought n Premier
aluminium six from the Vermont Auto
Sales company.
There will be basketball game and
dance in West Chesterfield Friday, Jan.
IS. A team picked from the high school
will play the West Chesterfield team.
The prudential committee of the in
eorporated school district has appoint
ed Hermon +. Eddy counsel for the
committee to succeed the late c. G..
Fits.
Ice on the tracks of the West River
branch Of the Central Vermont rail
road delayed the morning train from
South Londonderry about an hour
Monday morning.
The annual meeting Of the Sunday
school Of the Centre Congregational
church will be held in the church next
Sunday morning at the close Of the
regular preaching service.
About so couples attended the first
in series of ladies' nights at the
Wheel club Tuesday evening. Music for
dancing was furnished by Leitsinger s
orchestra. Refreshments were served.
The managers of the different plants
Of the Twin State Gas & Electric COM
pany arrived in town Tuesday night for
tho bi-monthly meeting at the main
office Of the company in the Hooker
building.
Two deaths in Green River in "a
hours is unusual for that little village.
The population Of Green River village
is about 100 and today there are liv-
ing there ] / people whose ages range
from 70 to SO.
A progressive bridge party will be
held at the Country club this even
ing at O'Clock. Members and their
friends are cordially urged to attend.
A buffet luncheon will be served at a
nominal charge.
Members of the parish of the Centre
Congregational church who have old
papers and magazines to be sold for
the benefit of the building fund are
asked to notify Miss Hemenway- Wells
and a dealer will call for them.
A moving picture operator put in
q cold and busy afternoon on the river
Tuesday afternoon getting various
views of ice boats and motorcycles
with sidecars on runners. They were
taken in various positions standing
and moving.
Rev. Richard II. Clapp, pastor of the
Centre Congregational church, and
Rev. A. p. Pratt of Greenfield, Mass,
formerly of Bellows Falls, will preach
in exchange next Sunday morning.
Rev. Mr.. Clapp will be here for the
evening service.
A postoffice department bulletin re-
Gently issued answers a question often
asked of postotiice employees regarding
the insuring of fragile or pcrishable
articles sent through the mail. Any
thing, even eggs, when accepted as
properly packed by the postoffice, may
be insured.
% President Horton D..NWalker of the
board of trade and Oscar F. Benson
acting national councillor, are the del.
cgates from the local organization to
the fifth annual meeting of the Cham.
Der of Commerce Of the United States
which will BE- held in Washington Jan.
81 to Feb. 2.
For the first time in the history of
the high school freshman class an Ath-
letic association has been formed. This
association requires that all players in
any athletics for the freshman class
appear i'll . purple "twenty." Gray.
don Wells was elected president, Jus.
tin Moran vice president and Francis
Austin treasurer.
Ralph Newell, who is employed by
the American Express company driv
ing one of the delivery teams, injured
three fingers on his left hand Tues
day afternoon while unloading cast
igs from the truck at the station OF
TO his wagon. DR.. G. B. Huntel
dressed his injuries.
The Windham County Fish and Game
club has appointed the. following com
mittees: Membership--A. p. Simonds
o. D. Stowell, l.. c. Stiff and Earle
Weatherhead; procuring and planting
fish,. +. Ellis, Charles Broc kington
+. l.. Chamberlin, J. 4. Tasker and c
W. Burroughs; legislation-H. C. Ric,
and II. B. Chase.
At the installation Of the officers O
Sedgwick post, G. A.. r., and Sedg
wick Woman S Relief corps Tuesda
evening there We're solos by Mrs B.
Baldwin and Miss Della Ncwcomb,
reading by Mrs. Cola Morse, remark
by various members of the post, an
the singing of camp songs. Miss Le
A bountiful supper was served b.
the men Of Bingham chapter, o. +. S
to about 80 members Tuesday night. l
was success in every detail, the SCI
vice Of the walters, clad in caps an
aprons, headed by Chief of Stat
George NJ. Clay, being especially pleas
ing. After the regular meeting Their
was q social with dancing.
Mrs. julius J. Estey of this tow
has just been notified of her appoint
ment by the president general of tn
national society of Daughters of tn
American Revolution, Mrs. Williai
Cumming Story, as member of tn
credentials committee for the oct
Continental Congress. The chairman G
the committee is Mrs. Eliza Ferr
Lcary of Seattle, Wash.
1t has been suggested again tha
theater patrons make an effort to b
i'll their seats before the curtain rise
otherwise to wait until the end of I'll
act before going to their seats an
disturbing those who are there to st
and hear all of the play. At the opel