Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-01-26

Albert Jaquith lost one of q black pair
of team horses last week.
The women of st. Michael 8 Episcopal
church are planning to have q supper,
sale and dance in Odd Fellows hall
on st. Valentine s day, Feb. Ia.
DR.. Henry d. Holton received notice
Friday that the central committee of
the American Red Cross had appointed
him a member and vice president of
the Vermont State Board of the Ameri
can Red Cross.
Allan F. Ross, fireman at the Brat
tleboro Retreat and Miss Florence
Marie Kelly, employed at the Re-
treat, were married Friday after
noon by Rev. George f. Tomkinson,
pastor of the First Baptist church.
The regular meeting of the Woman s
guild of st. Michael's Episcopal
church was held Friday afternoon
with Mrs. G. b. Hunter. There were
about 20 present. Mrs. Roy Miner
read an interesting paper on Mexico.
Refreshments were served.
In the meeting of the Oak Grove
Parent-Teacher association Thursday,
Jan. IS, Mrs. Albert II. Thomas read
an Interesting paper on the Education
of Children in the Home. Children of
the second grade sang several selec-
tions and refreshments we're served
during social hour. The attendance
was unusually large, the mothers hav-
ing sewing with them.
The annual business meeting of the
| Daughters circle of the Universalist
church was held in the parlors January
IS, when the following officers
were elected Pres, Mrs Arad Gould;
vice pres, Mrs. Harry Miller; Sec,
| Miss Nora Jaquith; asst. sec, Miss
Walker. Refreshments of ice cream
and waters were served.
A military whist party for Odd Eel
lows, Rebekahs and their friends was
held January IS in Odd Fellows tenn
pie. There were 90 tables playing. The
first prizes were won by Mr.. and Mrs.
Leslie Smith and Mr.. and Mrs. August
Hollander. The consolation prizes were
won by Miss McGrandel, Miss McMil-
Ian, Miss Lucille Howe and Hubert
johnson. Punch was served during the
evening.
Miss Florence Z. Clark of Oak
street was much surprised Friday morn
ing, when she came down stairs for
breakfast, to see red fox at the back
door below the steps leading to the
porch, having come to seek a place of
refuge. The fox had been wounded in
the neck and on the body by being
shot and apparently was suffering.
Miss Clark telephOned to Frank ID.
Kendall, of Chase street, who shot the
animal to put it out of its misery.
Charles r. Freyenhagen did hero
act on his way home from Goodnow,
Pearson & Hunt S store Friday. While
near the Unitarian church he heard
runaway horse coming up Main street
and ran into the street just in time to
take hold of the back of the sleigh
He swung himself over into the seat,
| took hold of the reins and stopped the
horse. The owner, whom he did not
know, soon arrived and took possession
of the outfit. y
A. Don Marshall of Keene, \. H..
has entered suit in the county court
against the town of Windham for $500
damages beeause$of defective bridge
in that town which broke on May 6,
1916, under his automobile truck
loaded with furniture and dropped the
machine, load and driver into the bed
of what is known as Higgins brook.
Phillip l.. Faulkner of Keene, and
Harold E. Whitney of Brattleboro are
the attorneys for the plaintiff.
In the meeting Of the prudential
committee of the Centre Congrega-
tional church Friday night the com.
mittee on benevolences and the music
committee were re-appointed. The
committee on benevocnccs consists of
Louis A. Whitney, chairman, Mrs. l..
a. Whitney, Miss Florence II. Wells.
Miss Emma j. Gregg, Miss Bessie l..
Farnum and Mrs. +. h. Bemis. The
music committee consists of George II
Clapp. chairman, Christie B. Crowcll
and Mrs. George l., Durham.
A service of prayer for national
constitutional prohibition was held by
the W. c. r. L. in the Congregational
chapel Thursday. Jan. ls simulta-
neously with similar meetings in other
places, and program of much inter
est was given. Besides the prayer ser
vice there were brief talks b. Rev. L.
Q. S. Osgood, Rev. Thomas W. Owens
and Rev Richard II. Clapp, paper on
National Constitutional Prohibition by
Mrs. Henry Tucker, president of the
Brattleboro, w. G. T. T., and two we'll
rendered solos by Mrs. Arthur Cham
berlain. .---
\ So slss.. stsass.-,s-. .saas,
In the scmi-annual business meeting
of the Christian Endeavor society of
the Centre Congregational church Sun
day night these officers and chairmen
of committees were elected Pres, Hor-
ace Winchester; vice pres, Miss Har.
riet Mellen; rec. Sec, Miss Gladys Hol-
! den; cor. seq, Miss Bessie l.. Fanum;
treas, Francis Nichols; lookout, Miss
Susan GRAHAM; prayer meeting, Ar.
thur l.. Clapp social, Miss Emily X.
Clapp; missionary, John b. Dunton. IT,;
music, Stewart Stearns; good ltera.
ture, Howard G. Gilbert junior work.
Miss Leona Wright.
AS part of the celebration of the
10th anniversary of the Woman Home
Missionary society of the Baptists of
! the northern states round table was
held in the First Baptist church at
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