Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-05-18

Thirty Boy Scouts reported at the
Armory Wednesday and were drilled
under Lieut.. Roy b. Miner of Company
!, V. n. c., in preparation for partici-
patton in the Memorial day parade.
a regular sewing meeting of the Red
Cross society will be held this aft
ernoon III the headquarters in the federal
building from $50 to o'clock. The cle-
vator will be in service from 2.30 to ,
o'clock
The graduating class of st. Mich.
'ael S Parochial school have elected tho
following officers: President Edward
j. Shea; vice president, James r. Long;
treasurer Lawrence f. Sheehy; secrc-
tary, Anna NJ. Fleming
John L. Stewart has sold his home
lat % Western avenue recently vacated
by him, to a. V. d. Piper, who has
bought for n home and will take pos
session at once. The sale was made
through John J.. Howard s real estate
agency.
Only 362 dogs have been licensed in
Brattleboro this year against total of
40l last year. The time for licensing
them expired Tuesday when Town
Clerk Hopkins locked up his Office for
the day. 1t is claimed that many dogs
died during the year but whether that
accounts for the deficiency of 80 in the
comparison with last year is not deter
mined.
Brgadier General Clarence r. Ed
wards, commander OF the Northeastern
department said at Boston recently that
the department had begun arrangements
to relieve members of the National
Guard now on police duty guarding
bridges and buildings. He said that
their replacement by men from scmi-mil-
! itary organizations was under considera-
ton and that railroad companies had
been asked to obtain men to patrol their
prospects.
The pulpit of the First Baptist
church will be occupied next Sunday
morning and evening by Rev. j. +
Harrison of the Moody school at Mt
Ilcrmon, as the pastor. Rev. Geo. +
Tomkinsou, is attending the mectin.
of the Northern Baptist Convention il
| Cleveland, Ohio. DR.. Harrison ha,
preached here many times in recent
years and has many friends who vii
welcome the opportunity to hear hin
again.
While Floyd j. Fairbanks was un
hitching his horse from his bake cart
Wednesday night, at his barn on Frost
street, the horse became frightened
and started to rum The wagon was dc
tached, otherwise there is no knowing
what might have happened, as the
wagon rolled off the bank down into
the yard at E. II. Bragg s. The wagon
was badly smashed and considcrabl,
food which was in the cart was strewl
about the street
The juvenile orchestra of Nortl
Adams, Mass, which gave concer
under the auspices Of the Woman S clul
in the First Baptist church here las
winter, gave the third annual concer
of the organization in North Adams
Tuesday evening. The program wa
entirely changed from that given her,
and the soprano soloist was Master Mil
ton f.. Miller OF Providence, II. |. Tn,
Baptist church was crowded to capacit,
for the event.
The children of the Chase stree
; school gave II concert Wednesday after
and friends of the pupils. Besides tn
choral selections there was SOLO b.
Eleanor Adams, duet bv Doris Woo
and James Boydcn and quartet st
lection by Elizabeth Dunham, Mario
Fairbanks and James and Geo:ge Dun
ham. The children had been trained H.
Frank NJ. Cram, supervisor of mus
Of the public schools, and gave tn
concert upder the direction of thcl
teacher, Miss Eloisc Sanders.