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

Roman Catholic church held meeting
yesterday, when important business was
transacted.
tanned large number of friends at a dane
ing party in Odd Fellows temple
Wednesday evening.
Fifty-fve marriage licenses were is
sued from the Office of the town clcrl,
during the month of January of which
43 were to couples from out of town.
Camp Curtin, S. w. v, has elected
these officers: Commander, John Hen
KEEL; senior vice commander, Michael j.
Sherry; junior vice commander, Charles
Davis.
Mrs Tuflield Barraby of Turner's
Falls, Mass, has sold through John l..
Howard s real estate agency her cot
tage house and store connected, on
South Main street, to Henry C. Titus,
why buys for an investment.
The heavy glass for the large
skylight on the roof of the new Hol,
steinFresian building arrived Wcdncs-
day and workmen are engaged in set
ting it, The delay in the receipt of
this glass has held back other work
but now it is expected that it can be
rushed to completion in Il short time.
Past Captain f. d. Houghton of Bel
lows Falls was the installing officer at
the installation ceremonies January %
of Canton Palestine, p. NJ. These Of
ficcrs were installed: Captain, George
d. Recd lieutenant, Carl w. Cushing;
ensign, William f. Hudson; clerk, Fay
cite Miller; accountant, w. j. Cain;
guard, Lester Akeley; standard bearer,
Fred Whidden; inside sentinel, George
Stone; outside sentinel, NJ. r. Micott.
About 80 members of the Centre Con-
grcgational parish attended silver
social given by the Christian Endeavor
society Tuesday evening in the parlors
of the church. The entertainment CON.
sisted Of piano duets by Mrs e. p.
Carpenter and Miss Emily r. Clapp,
violin solo by Charles Butler, readings
by Miss Florence f. Clark ana vocal
solos by Miss Miriam b. Childs. After
the entertainment, sandwiches, waters,
coffee, cocoa, homemade candy and
sailed peanuts were served.
One of the active young senators in
the Connecticut legislature now in SEES
sion is Clifton c. Hemenwav, who grad
uated from the Brattleboro high school
in the class of 1899 and learned the
linotype operators trade in the office
of The Vermont Phoenix. Mr. Hemen-
way went from this town to New Lon
don, where he was n reporter few
years on the New London Day. Later
he was engaged in more important news
paper work in Worcester and Brockton.
He is now managing editor of the Hart
ford Post, a successful daily newspaper,
with which he has been connected the
past six years.
The body of Miss Laura Knowlton,
81, of Waterbury, Conn, was brought
here Monday afternoon and buried in
Prospect Hill cemetery. Rev. Richard
II. Clapp, pastor Of the Centre Congre-
gational church, conducted q com
initial service. Miss Knowlton was the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Knowlton and as a child lived in
Brattleboro, where both of her parents
died of tuberculosis while she was
young. Of late years she had lived in
the home of an aunt, Mrs. Lillian War
rem of Waterbury, where she died of
tuberculosis. Clark Knowlton accom-
panied the body to Brattleboro.
Inc chlcken-ple supper served WedneS
day in G. A. Il. hall for the benefit of
St Michael's parish was very well at
tended. Nearly 400 partook of the
bOunteous repast. The success of the
event was due to the efforts of the com
mittee, who were Mrs. John Kaine,
Mrs. John Curry, Mrs. j. J. Austin and
Miss Margaret Moran, and they were
ably assisted by Mrs. j. J. Eckels, Mrs.
II. b. Haus, Mrs. w. Dunlevy Mrs. A
Wood, Mrs. w. Morse, Mrs. NJ. Lynch
and Mrs. Paro. Those who served the
guests did so without hitch under the
direction of Mrs. John Guihcen. The
mattresses were the Misses Tunney,
Catherine Fleming, Mary IIaus, Gather
inc Brosnahan. Helena Rate, Mary
Grady, Elizabeth Moran and Dorothy
Denning, and John Mcdonald made
himself useful in more ways than one.
For the printing Mr.. Mann performed
his task maxima cum laude. The pas
tor, Rev. J. p. Rand is grateful to
everyone who helped to make the sup
per such a success.