The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-14
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

The Saturday night suppers in the
Episcopal parish house viii be discon-
tmued for the present. in accordance
with the request Of the fuel committee
Everybody especially the parents, is
invited to hear the program OF tine
teachers convention i'll the high school
building tomorrow at $50 a. IN. and
$50 ?, m.
The body Of Thomas F. Mclaughlin,
who was found dead Tuesday afternoon
IN his room IN Charles Miners build
ing OH Church street. WAS sent l1. ex,
press yesterday afternoon to his home
in Boston, where the funeral will take
place.
\ regular meeting of the board of
directors of the Red Cross will be held
in the federal building tomorrow at 3
o clock, when County Chairman O. T.
Benson, who attended the state cxecu-
tive committee meeting IN Burlington
this week, will give n report of that
meeting. The finance committee has
Just collected the contents OF the tin
boxes in various stores and other places
in town and finds the amount to be
S25.53.
At the meeting OF the Mutual Aid as
ISOLATION Wednesday the secretary re
| ported IS calls for help in January.
/ OF those for sickness and emergency
| all but one were filled. The supervisor
| reported 81 patients under care: qS
| calls were made; six attendants were
| employed Ill days. The district nurse
! reported 10 patients under care: -
| calls We're made Miss Frances \. Stone
of Boston and Miss Mary l.. Wakefield
of Bellows Falls attended the meeting.
Richard c. Averill went yesterday to
! his cottage at Spotford lake for the pur-
| pose of looking after things and to
| shovel the snow from the roof of the
cottage, and he found that ne was none
| too soon as there was four feet of snow
| piled ON the roof, which would have
| made trouble as soon as it began to
melt. The other cottages about there
are IN similar condition and the heavy
Welgat OF snow NAV cause trouble if
| moi attended 70 soon The horse barn
at Lakeside are laid fiat, not being sub.
stantlai enough 10 withstand the over
! abundance Of snow that has fallen thus
| far this winter.
About $50 members Of the conor.aa.
| ''A' 1 itSt pdIliSl CiUGCn al
| tended an informal reception last eve.
hlhg IN the home Of Rev. and Mrs
Clark I. Browncl The new PARSONAGE
| was git to the church by the late
| DR.. Henry d. Holton. Mrs. +. L. Smith
assisted IN receiving. The parlor was
decorated with an abundance OF pink
ana Whlte carnations and the dining
room was decorated with yellow tuiips
Mrs Charles r. Crosby and Mrs Julius
| :. Estey poured and were assisted hy
MIS- Arthur T. Simonds, Mrs. Will r
! smith, Miss Jessie l.. Hawlev and Mis-,
ienore Ayres. The time was spent 50
cially
The current issue Of the Greenfield
/ Mass.) Recorder saws: .The eOt}
birthday anniversary of Samuel W. Dim
nam, father Of Mrs. Harry f.. Hamil
ton, was observed at the Hamilton hom,
on Grinnell street Friday evening. thos,
present IN addition to Mr.. ana Mrs
Hamilton being q. l.. and L. L. Dunhan
and their families Of Brattleboyo. VI +,
iahliV dinner was served and the eve
hihg pleasantly spent. Mr. Durham
= native Of Woodstock. Me. ano
lEcd Tor great many years at Paris
Me, hrst as farmer and later as Tho
iead1ng village merchant and post
master lie was married in l949 tf
hachael Ellen Andrews, whose dealt
occurred IN August, 1910. With Mrs
Dunham he observed his 60th wedding
ANNIVERSARY seven years ago His de
ScendantS number. five children. l.
gfandchlldren and seven great grand
children. Mr.. Durham has been spend
ing the winter in Greenfield. but make,
ms home in West Paris, Me-, where h,
has large real estate interests.