Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-01-25
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this afternoon from to with Mrs
a. V. Woodwork in West Brattleboro
Frank Winslow, II months old, so'
of Mr.. and Mrs, G. II. Atkins, dice
yesterday in their home on Ellio
street after an illness of q hours will
meningitis.
The Free kindergarten will be KEEP
open on Saturdays and closed on Mon
days the next 9 weeks, as the building
in which the sessions are held will no
be heated on Mondays.
Il Agnes Della, 2, daughter of Mr.. ant
Mrs Patrick Flynn, of 81 Canal street
died at ) o'clock Monday morning fol
lowing a week s illness with meningit
is. Prayers were said Wednesday morn
ing at 10 clock in st. Michael 5 Ro
man Catholic church.
Schools in the incorporated district
began on the one session plan Tuesday
morning, the first four grades keeping
from $50 to 1890 and the upper grades
and high school from $50 to l clock
Monday was observed as holiday
but hereafter there will be school OH
Mondays and no school on Saturdays.
The Standard Oil Co. s large oil tank
sled tipped over Monday morning near
Hoadley's restaurant while attempting
to cross the street at that point. The
tank was full of oil, but little was lost
It was necessary for transfers to be
made on the electric cars for two trips
during which time the tank was being
righted.
The Brattleboro branch Of the w. c.
T. U. is placing a temperance calendar
in all Of the schools in town. The
branch has a number of the calendars
left at the rest room. No tag day was
held this year. because of the Red Cross
campaign, and number Of calendars
were taken to be sold to help make up
the loss.
The funeral of Mrs. Adeline T.. Ran
doll was held Saturday afternoon at
. clock in her home at "a South Main
street. Rev. j. Fredrik Virgin, rector
Of St. Michael S Episcopal church, of
ficiated. The burial took place in Pros
pect Hill cemetery. The bearers were
Chester W. Sargent, Bert l.. Sargent,
W. II. Phillips, r. ]. Goodell, c. s. Hop
kins
1t has been many winters since CON
ditions locally were 50 favorable for
snowshocing and skiing, and more
Brattleboro people than ever before
have been enjoying these outdoor recre-
ations during the past few weeks. On
account of the general closing of stores
and Offices Monday the number of
folks, both old and young, who made
trips on snowshoes and skis ran into
the hundreds.
The pool, billiard and shoe,shining
an,IA
Nicholas G. Bardis, have been sold to
Demetrias Sicas. Mr.. Bardis, who start
ed the business and has been conducting
it for the past three years, has been
drafted into the United States army,
and expects soon to enter the service.
Mr.. Sicas has recently sold similar
business in Montpelier and will be as
sisted by his son., William, in the con.
duct of the store in Brattleboro.
Frederick l.. Houghton, secretary of the
Holstein- Friesian Association of America,
has been summoned to Chicago with GER
tain of the associations records, and he
left here Tuesday. The records were
wanted in criminal case of the United
States against James Dorsey of Chicago,
which was set for Thursday, Jan. 81.
Mr.. Houghton was subpoenaed by Dep.
uty United States Marshal f.. S. Whit
taker of Rutland. He did not know what
the charge against Mr.. Dorsey was.
The trustees of the Centre Congrega-
tional church met Saturday evening and
organized for the year by clecting Fred
G. Brown chairman. A meeting of the
prudential committee was held Sunday
when music committee was elect
ed, consisting of L. H. Crane chairman,
Christie B. Crowell and Mrs. George L.
Durham, and a committee on benevo-
lences was elected consisting of L. A.
Whitney chairman, Mrs. L. A. Whitney
Miss Emily r. Clapp, Mrs. L. R. Bems
Miss Florence Hemenway-W Wells and
Miss Bessie l.. Farnum.
An object was seen to be moving about
on top of a snowbank near the entrance
TO the Congregational chapel Sunday
night and +. l.. Childs thought it
might be cat and started to assist il in
getting down to the walk, but he soon
discovered that the object was an owl
which flew away, leaving in the snow Il
dead dove. A number of dead doves have
been found around the churches and pub
lie buildings lately, thought to have been
killed by freezing, but it is evident that
the owl has been feasting on their blood
regularly.
Howard Smith of Wilmington has
brought suit against the Hoosac Tunnel &
Wilmington railroad and the Michigan
Central railroad through Harvey & Whit
neys law Office to recover $500 in an ac-
ton of trover. He alleges that an auto
mobile with four extra rims attached and
one box of automobile parts were deliv-
cred in Jackson, Mich, TO person other
than the order of the plaintiff. Sheriff
Frank L. Wellman has attached a freight
car of the Hoosac Tunnel railroad in vii
mington and freight car of the Mich
gan Central railroad in Brattleboro,
Walter w. Simpson, formerly EN-
ployed by the National Automatic Ma
chine Co. i'll BrattlebOro, has received
orders to 90 to France as one of II
picked men in the detachment of tho
American ordnance base. depot il
France. Mr.. Simpson is a former en-
ploye also of the Westinghouse com
pany in Springfield, Mass, and sine,
his enlistment in November has beer
located at Rock Island, Ill. Mr., Stimp
son, who will be commissioned a ser
geant, with other expert machinists
uill work on repairinr puns damaue,