Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-02-22

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Eddy the house and land adjoining Mr.
Estey's premises on the south, occu
pied by Mr.. Eddy.
News was received Monday of the
death of Merrill p. Cudworth, in Ala
media, Cal, Sunday He was broth
or of Miss Elizabeth T., and J. J. Cud'
worth of Brattleboro.
Each member of Sedgwick Relief corps
is asked to knit a square for an afghan
for the Red Cross. 1t is to be eight
inches square, and knit of Germantown
The corps has recently taken out Lib
|erty bond.
s. II. Nixon, harness maker, has
bought of Miss Caroline Button the
house at 70 Oak Grove avenue, occupied
by Attorney John n. Harvey, and will
move there about May from the
Miner building on Terrace street.
Acting as trustee for certain note
signers, the Brattleboro Trust Co., on
Monday bought at foreclosure sale the
machinery and other personal property
of the National Automatic Machine
Co. It is understood that a new com.
pany is to be formed to take over the
business, which will be continued with
out interruption.
Principal Leon r. Kusick of the
Windsor high school, while in Brattle-
boro to attend the Southeastern Yer
mont Teachers association, stated
that he wished to bring team from
the Windsor school to the annual track
meet in Brattleboro. Windsor never
has been represented at the Brattle-
boro track meet.
Twelve women at the Home for the
Aged, under the direction of Mrs.
Angie Couillard, organized for Red
Cross work on Jan. l of this year.
Since that time they have turned in
the following articles: Sings, 242; hos
pital socks, IS; bath mits, 1877; abdom-
inal bandages, "a; hospital bags, SO;
T bandages, 81; quilt tops, .; Red
Crosses ..
mitteo of the Patriotic league held in
the civil service room at the federal
building Monday various plans for
the young women s rally to be held in
the high school room Tuesday evening,
Feb. &c, were discussed. Miss Anna NJ
Clark of New York will be the speaker
Further details Of the rally will be an
nounced later.
Mrs. Eva J. Creran of Halifax. who
Is employed at present in Brattleboro,
has filed a petition for divorce from
James j. Creran on the ground of in
tolerablo severity and neglect and re-
fusal to support. She asks for the Gus
tody of two minor children and an al
1ntpanan for t1ntr Thu natl
ton states that they were married in
Brattleboro March 10, 1901, and lived
together until Sept. |, 1916.
The body of Frank R. Allen came
night from New York, where
he died in the Roosevelt hospital, ac-
companied by his son, Edward 8. AL
len of New York, and sister, Mrs. L.
Fl. Barber of Brattleboro. 1t was placed
in the tomb at Prospect Hill cemetery
to be buried next spring in the family
lot. The funeral of Mr. Allen was held
Friday evening in Campbell's cathe-
dral and was a Masonic funeral, con-
Quoted by the Ivanhoe lodge, No. 81,
of Paterson, n. j.
Freight conditions on the West Ri
vrr-branctI of the Central Vermont
railroad are rapidly returning to nor
NAL. On Sunday extra trains moved
the rest of the freight which accumus
lated during the month that the road
was frozen in and II empty freight
cars were sent from here to stations
along the road to take care of the now
freight. A crew also placed back on
the iron and brought to Brattleboro
the snowplow which was derailed and
went down a bank near the Bradley
farm on Sunday, Jan. 10.
The first conference in connection
with the centenary celebration of the
organization of the Missionary society
of the Methodist Episcopal churcl
was held Monday in Trinity Methodist
church, Worcester, Mass. This cen
tenary celebration includes the launch
ing of a campaign to raise a specia
gift for missions by the church of $50,
100000 in five years. Sanford A. Dan
iels, who is a member of the Genera
Board of Foreign Missions, and Rev
Douglas G. Guest, pastor of the loca
Methodist church, attended.
Z. j. Fenton 4 Co. have recently re
| covered trace of an expensive raccool
coat which they shipped to Boston iron
their store. The coat was stolen from a
express truck in the station at Greer
field. The wrapping, which bore Fer
ton & Co.'S name, was found by the chic
of police in Greenfield, who traced tn
coat from that The man who took tn
coat has been arrested, and his room
upon being searched, revealed other a
ticles of value which had been taken q
other times
"Indian day" has become an amt
al national event, and, as in the pas
will be celebrated on Washington
Birthday, Feb. %. 1t has marked 70
a long period of years the formal oper
ing of the motorcycye season. 1t
the big get-together meeting of tn
motorcycyc enthusiasts all over til
country G, =. Squires, local distribl
tor for Indian motorcycles and bicycle
will keep open house throughout til
day at his place Of business on I'll
corner of Canal and Elm streeta.
The annual meeting of the Mason
Mutual club was held Monday nigh
, The reports of the secretary and trea
urer were read and accepted The trea
urer's report showed balance of SO;
on hand. Officers were elected as fo