Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-01-04

for France Dec. 16 was received
Wednesday by her brother II. c. Rice
John NJ. Nourse and Mrs. Lavinia l.
Wright, who has been his housekeepeer
were married Monday evening in tn
Methodist parsonage by Rev. Douglas y
Guest Their home is on Orchard street
On account of the severe cold weather
it has been decided to postpone indefinite
ly observance of neighbors' night by Pro
tective Grange with Spafford Grange il
West Chesterfield, which was scheduled
for Saturday night.
A meeting of the Woman's auxiliary OF
st. Mchacl's Episcopal church Will b'
held at the home of Mrs. j. H. Marti
this afternoon at 3 O'Clock. Some
of the women will work repairing the
choirs cassocks and cottas.
At the close of the business meeting
Of Bingham chapter, o. f. =, Tues
| day Miss Josephine Tocdt favored the
company with a solo to the accompani
mcnt of a victrola and later sang sew
eral selections to piano accompaniment
played by herself. A dance followed
to music of the victrola.
Mrs. James Trucll of Highland street
received a letter yesterday from hel
son, Harold Evans, who is in France
At the time he wrote, Dee. 10, the
weather was fine, with no snow. He
had Just come from Red Cross sale
and said he bid off a chocolate cake
and other sweets and was having a
feast. Others came in with drums and
toys and were having "more than a
picnic.N He said the Red Cross was
doing a great work.
Members of the senior classes of ST.
Michael's Episcopal church Sunday
school, numbering 50, enjoyed the an
nual Christmas party in the parish
house Monday evening. There were pres
ents for all from well-ladcn and pref
tily decorated tree and an enjoyable
evening was spent, Games and dancing
being engaged in. The hostesses were
Mrs. Helen Cooper, Mrs. Winfrcd H.
Lane, Mrs. A. V. D. Piper, Mrs Will
liam H. Haywood, Miss Edith Babb,
Miss Ruth w. Childs and Miss Annie
Cain.
Beginning next Sunday the train which
has been connecting at White River
Junction for northern points with that
leaving here at PA o'clock in the after
noon will be discontinued The same
applies to the train from the north which
has been connecting at White River
Junction with the train due to arrive here
at 4.32 p. m. This means that there will
be no trains operated north of the june
tions on Sundays except the sleeper at
night. An unconfrmed report is that the
$50 o'clock evening train north and the
SIG evening train south are to be discon-
tinued
Arthur F. Stone of st. Johnsbury gave
4 very interesting paper before the Brat
tlcboro Woman s club Wednesday after
noon on Two Gentlemen from Barnet. 1t
was an account of B. Frank Stevens,
the noted antiquarian, and his friend,
Col Alexander Halves, the last survivor
of the John Brown raid in Kansas. Many
incidents were related, which
the public has seldom heard. Mr.. Stone
also gave interesting details of his own
visit to various places and clubs i'll Lon
don, which the casual traveller doesn't
see. The program was followed by a
Hoover tea ..... ...
The trustees of the Unitarian and
Universalist churches at n meeting with
the pastors Wednesday made final ar
rangements for union services during
the rest of the winter. Beginning Jan.
10 and up to Easter there will be no
evening services and the morning serv-
ice will he at the regular hour, 1890,
in the Unitarian church, the pastors
alternating in the pulpit. Union Sun
day school services will be held in the
church from ~ to l o'clock. Music
will be furnished by the Universalist
quartet assisted by E. II. Miller, solo
list at the Unitarian church. This ar
rangement will make it possible for
the Universalist society to close its
church entirely for Sundays and the
saving in coal will he considerable.
New Years eve was celebrated at
the Vermont Wheel club rooms by a
large gathering who spent the evening
dancing TO music furnished by Lyman S
orchestra. There were vocal selections
by Mrs. Katherine O'Connor Weeks
and Frederic G.. Adams, and at mid
night tablcau represented the passing
of the old year and the coming of the
new. Victor Space as Father Time
gave a monologue in which the rcsolu-
tions of various club members were
mentioned, and Miss Evelyn Fisher, as
1918, extended to those present the
compliments of the season and then did
a solo dance which was enthusiastically
received. The club rooms were prctti
" decorated with Chinese lanterns and
the usual amount of confetti figured in
the evenings activities.