Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-12-14
BRATTLEBoRo PERSONAL.
Mrs, Louis I. Allen spent Wednesday
in Springfield, Mass.

Mrs. Louis /. Allen spent Wednesday
in Springfield, Mass.
Jason Bushnell, who was i'll several
days, is better and is out again.
Ernest Tudor who has enlisted in
Company I, left Wednesday for Fort
Slocum, n. Y.
Rufus Houghton of Greenfield is Wis
iting here this week at A. T. Eddy s
on Putney road.
Miss Margaret Gorborino began work
this week in the Office of the Durham
Brothers company.
Crosby Adams of Springfield. Mass.
was in town Wednesday on business
and spent the day here with relatives
Ernest f. Dubie, clerk in the Yer.
mont National bank, went to New York
Wednesday intending to enlist in the
navy.
Mrs. Alice Baird returned Tuesday
from East Ryegate, where she was
called to attend the funeral of her
aunt, Mrs George Franklin.
c. G.. Maxon, assistant superintend-
ent of the National Automatic Ma.
chine company, will move Saturday
from IA Clark street to 80 South Main
street.
Miss Grazia Henkel is improving
slowly in her home from an operation
performed several weeks ago in the
Melrose hospital. She is still confined
to the bed.
Hubert A. johnson finished work this
week for Col. j. Gray Estey. He had
been employed at the Estey home sew.
eral years. He is now working in the
Manley Brothers garage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis p. Blake will
close their house on High street today
and will leave for Brooklnc, Mass,
where they have taken a house in the
Fisher Hill district for the winter They
will be accompanied by their maid Miss
Clarice Burnett.
Hcrmon A. brooks left here Monday
for Philadelphia to take examinations
IN the gas defense service in the med
zeal branch of the United States army.
Mr. Brooks has had a position in Brat
tleboro with the Purebred Live Stock
Sales company with an office in the
American building.
Miss Mary Walker. niece of the late
on account of the death of Mrs. Bur
chard and to attend the settlement of
her personal affairs, is i'll in the Colo
NAL on High street, threatened with
pneumonia. Mrs. Charlotte Thrower,
nurse, is caring for her.
Capt. Lawrence Putnam aide to
Mai. Gen. Cameron of the United
States army has come east with Gen.
Cameron from Linda Vista, Cal, where
he has been four months, to Camp
Greene, Charlotte. N. G. Capt. Put
nam is a son of Mr.. and Mrs Fred W.
Putnam of Brattleboro and recently
was promoted to captaincy.
Mrs. Dana II. Gilman received ca
blegram Monday night from her broth
err, Bradford =. lIovey, telling of his
safe arrival in Shanghai, China. He
also stated that he was we'll. Mr.. How
ey who spent the summer here with
mother, Mrs. Hovey. and his sister, is
assistant manager of the Standard
Oil company at Hankow, China. ."- ',
R. w. Sherwin, manager of the Wool
worth store in Plymouth, Mass. for
merly manager of the Brattleboro
store spent the eek-end in town
with his family. He has moved his house
hold goods from the Ullery building
on Main street, preparatory to being
shipped to Plymouth, Mass, where he
will move his family.
Louis Rate. WHO recently returned
to his home here from Hartford, Conn.
underwent an operation last week in
the Memorial hospital for the removal
Of his tonsils. Mr.. Rate will leave
Monday for Fort Slocum, n. Y, for
three-weeks' military training before
Going to Fort Sam Houston, Texas, in
the aviation branch of the signal corps
as non-hyer.
Frederick McCafferv of Hartford.
Conn, formerly of this town. has en-
listed in the medical corps at Fort Slo.
cum and is there awaiting orders.
which are expected in a few days, to
leave for training camp in the south.
Mr. McCaffery left the employ of the
Quality Furniture company here to ac-
cept position with the Aetna Life In
surance company i'll Hartford about the
middle of August
Lieut., Raymond s. Richardson and
Mrs Richardson left Wednesday for
Camp Travis, San Antonio, Texas,
where he has been ordered to report
the 10TH Lieut.. Richardson, who is a
son-in-law Of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry r.
Brown of Brattleboro, has been at Fort
Niagara for three months training, the
camp having closed Nov %, and since
that time he and Mrs. Richardson have
been at their home in Lowville, n. Y.