Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-11-23

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Tho annual sale Of Christmas articles
IhG a"' Woman s Exchange will be
LS,, i in thc rest room Wednesday, Dec. D.
"'i n', - Woman $ guild of st. Michael S
ne y, cbnrch will meet this aft.
hIlSooP -, the home of Mrs. w. r..
GIhoV" NJ Spuce street. Mrs. 5. p.
r Lars and Mrs. Daley will be the
hostesses'
1t.s T. st. Cyr has received let
..r from her son, Sergeant William st.
T,.. from somewhere in France, stat
~ tint he is we'll and that all the
t% rss,tleboro boys whom he has seen
are well also.
Owing TO the fact that all railroad
.,,,rlnvcs here come under the head
- tbc Central Vermont railroad none
~ them will receive the benefit of the
al cents day advance in wages which
has been granted all Boston & Maine
help.
REQUIEM high mass was sung in st.
Nfichacl's Roman Catholic church at Z
y. NJ. today for the repose of the
souls of the deceased sailors and soldiers
who fell in this war. cit is holy
and wholesome thought to pray for the
dead.
The National Surgical Dressings
committee of the local Red Cross
branch is in great need of old linen,
old bedspreads and pieces of bingham
at least SKIS in size. Such contribu-
lions may be left at Red Cross quar-
tiers.
The Brattleboro Woman S club held
a well attended meeting in the Unita-
ian parish house Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. Grace Il. Wilmot, consulting deco
rator, of New York city gave very
talk on Interior Decora.
ton, illustrated by colored lantern
slides.
4 flock of wild geese numbering not
ar from $50 passed over Brattleboro
lying south late Tuesday afternoon.
Many persons on the street were seen
stretching their necks skyward which
ave rise to many rumors that night
hat balloon or airplane had glided
'ver the town.
Carl $. Hopkins, treasurer of the
committee for Armenian
md Syrian Relief, sent checks Friday
o the national headquarters for 1922
80. This included $597.3O which was
-aised by canvassers in the recent can.
'ass and $25 which was sent to Mr..
Hop kins personally.
The Woman's society of the First Bap-
ist church held its annual Christmas
ale and chicken-pie supper Wednesday
md it was patronized by large
number. Aprons and many varieties of
ancy articles were disposed of. Mrs.
v. NJ. Irish, chairman of the hospitality
Committee, was in charge of the supper.
Over 80 attended the Eastern Star
supper held Tuesday night III Masonic
temple. One candidate was initiated.
the generosity OF four broth.
err members and q brother Mason, n
knitting machine is to be given to the
chapter for use in knitting for the
Red Cross work. A number from
Golden Rule chapter in Putney TtSe
present.
DR.. f. f. Light, for nearly foui
wears electro.therapeutist and X-ray
operator at the Brattleboro Retreat
who has been taking a two-months va
cation, is now x-ray operator i'll al
emergency hospital in New York. DR.
Light had three years experience IL
an emergency hospital during the con
9truetion of the Catskill aqueduct tC
New York city before coming t
Brattleboro.
Oscar F.. Benson was in Boston Tues
day and attended n meeting i'll thu
Union club quarters of representative
from all of the New England states VIII
are to be active leaders in the mex
Red Cross membership campaign. Thi
drive will start Dec. II and will be TO
10 million members Of which New Eng
land s quota is set at one million. Bel
nard Trafford is to have charge of tn
work in New England.
A new drop curtain has been installe
on the Auditorium stage, which viii
greatly improve the general appearance
of the playhouse. 1t is of heavy We
vet and perfectly plain, being dark re
in color. The work was done by Fran
Strcctcr and Charles English. 1t wi
be used tonight at the presentation o
Good Gracious Annabelle. A. ID. Wyatt
was the committee named by the Sc
lectmen to secure new drop curtain
authorized by vote of the town.
Wesley S. White, First New HAM
shire infantry, Camp Bartlett, Westfel'
Mass, and Miss Grace A. Pratt c
Keene, formerly of Brattleboro, WEI
married Nov. Is in the parsonage of tn
First Congregational church Of Yves
field by the pastor, Rev. II. NJ. Dickmal
Mr.. White left with his company fc
the South Nov. Il. Mrs. White will col
tinue her duties as nurse i'll keene, liz
ing at A Coolidge street with her fl
ther.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Shaw of Nj
! pie street have received a letter fro
| their son. Clarence, dated Nov.
from somewhere in England. He tel
of good health, the well.cared for col
dition of the troops, and that he is ha
ing a fine time. He writes: 81 have II
received any mail vet, but we are to
we MAJ expect it pretty soon and, b
lieve me, letter from home will loo
good to us when we get it. And ga
mother, send mo n Reformer if yC
can at least once u week.
Chester w. Lane, who is u corpor
in the Sixth company, l0lst ammm
ton train, now in France, has writ,
several letters TO Brattleboro frien
,rb;nb uiva q litflp insioht into lifa