Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-05-10
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L. Wellman found one man fishing in
Halifax Sunday without license. He
IL not under arrest. but he has agreed to
appear in municipal court next Monday.
Copies Of the codifed fish and game
laws, which have just been printed, have
been received at the office of Town Clerk
Carl S. Hopkins. Each person having a
fishing or hunting license is entitled to a
copy, and copy will be given with each
license issued hereafter. Be-.
Dr. f., X. Lynch's Morgan stallion,
Prince, stumbled Sunday while being
driven home from Marlboro by +. a. Lar
row and broke his leg. 1t was necessary
to have him shot that evening. The horse,
which had been owned by DR.. Lynch near
ly Is years, was registered. His last
public appearance. was at the Liberty day
parade when he was ridden by J. l.. Me
nard one of the marshals, when he did
his btu
Mrs. Elizabeth Brockington celebrat-
cd her seth birthday anniversary Fri
day in the home of her daughter,
Mrs. J. B. Butterfeld She was remem
bered with cut flowers, money and 9th
or gifts Mrs. G. c. Hosley and daugh-
ter, Gertrude, of Turner's Falls, Mr.
and Mrs. George Gay of Claremont,
n. H., and other friends called to offer
congratulations and best wishes
Mrs. L. NJ. Pike has rlst received
letter from her son, Lewis w. Pike, who
is on the u. S. S. America, telling of their
safe, arrival here. Mr.. Pike, who is en-
gineer on the ship, has just made his
fourth trip overseas. He writes "The
trip was uneventful, save for the fact
that we brought back Is survivors from
the ammunition ship, Florence II, which
was 'torpedoed about 40 miles from us.
Forty-five of crew of II were saved"
Brattleboro is represented in two of
the current magazines. st. Nicholas
contains picture of Miss Margaret Nc.
Keen, Margaret Dunklee and Evelyn
Hamilton of this town demonstrating
dehydrating vegetables at the Eastern
States exposition in Springfield, Mass.
The Ladies Home journal has an il.
iusttation of the vegetable and canned
fruit exhibit of the Guilford school
made in the local board of trade rooms
last fall.
A meeting of the creditors of John
Macdonald, the contractor who built
Manley Brothers garage, was held in Bos-
ton Saturday. Attorney Frank +. Bar
Der of Brattleboro represented the local
creditors, the Holden & Martin Lumber
company, the Crystal Springs Ice, Wood
and Trucking company, Lowell & Brown,
i. II. Stellman & Son and J. +. Rogers.
Herbert A. Whiting, secretary of the
Boston Credit Mems association who re.
Gently was appointed receiver, was
chosen trustee Claims to the amount of
about $4,000 were proved.
Oscar Marshall, son of the late Oscar
Marshall, for many years cashier of the
Peoples National bank, is now fight. |
ing aviator in France with the rank of |
lieutenant. Lieut.. Marshall has been
living in Southern California in recent
years. He went to France last Sep
tembor in the American field service and
shortly after arrival there was trans
ferred to the French aviation service.
He was in training six months in France
and Italy before he received his com.
mission and was assigned to active serv-
ice.
The funeral of A. o. Norcross of West
Dummerson was held Friday at !
o'clock in his home and the body was
brought to Brattleboro for burial in
Morningside cemetery Rev. w. c. Bish-
OPP, pastor of the Baptist church, of
which Mr.. Norcross had been a member
over so years, officated. The bearers
were his two sons, Frank and Herbert
Norcross, and two sons-in-law, ii. o. Hal
laday and l.. S. McCrellis. There were
many floral tributes. Those attending
from out of town were his daughter Mrs.
John w. Wood and her son of Rochester,
n. Y, and his grandson, George Reed of
Amherst, Mass. c-,.
A meeting of the Brattleboro Civic
league committee having in charge the
cleanup campaign next week held a
meeting Monday night to make final
preparations. 1t was decided to ask
owners and occupants of premises to do
whatever is possible for them to do
next week in making the promises tidy
and attractive, also to enlist the Boy
Scouts to clean up unsightly places. 1t
is realized that there is shortage of
help, which may mean that little long
or time than usual will be. required in
accomplishing the work. The commit
tee consists of Rev. d. +. Trout, chair
man, d. f. Tasker, II. 4. Stiegler, Har-
old =. White and Glenham Jones.
County f1Sh ana Game warden Il. H.
Metcalf has been trying to keep up
with the reports of the shooting of deer
which were doing damage to crops. e.
II. Wellington of Broohine shot one
Friday, making the 18th shot and re-
ported in Windham county thus far this
spring, This was the sixth shot in
Brookline while doing damage, princi-
pally to clover although the clover crop
has not gotten up very high as yet.
+. l.. Bush of Brookline shot deer in
his clover the middle of the week, max
ing his second one this spring. 1t could
not be gansaid that damage was done,
under the law, in each instance and Mr..
Metcalf issued the certificates emitting
the owners of the premises to the deer
carcasses.
An interesting meeting Of Brattlc-
boro chapter, d. A. r., was held Tues,
day afternoon in the Unitarian parish
house. A group of songs was rendered
by Miss Josephine Tocdt in pleasing
way. Mrs. L. A. Cook of Greenfield
Mass, gave an interesting report of
the Continental Congress of the D.
A. R., and it may be of interest to
others to know something of what the