Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-03-01
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ernoon at CLOCK IN the FEDERAL build
ing.
Melvin Dalrymple has sold his cot
tage house on Cedar street through
John l.. Howard IS real estate agency tC
James B. Randoll.
The regular monthly meeting of Sun
shine society, branch /, will be held this
afternoon at $3.50 O'Clock with Mrs
Cora G.. Leonard of Chaplin street.
During the high wind Tuesday aft
ernoon one of the flags suspended from
the Hooker block over Houghton & ST
monds s store blew down, breaking the
south window in the north store.
Hugh H. Dunklee, q member of the
board of listers, states that on account
of the demands of his personal affairs
upon his time he will not be a candi-
date for reelection as lister at the
town meeting March 5.
The Asahel Wheeler Co. of Boston has
brought suit through Chase g. Chase s
law office against Mcdonald & Kivell,
the contractors who built the Manley
garage, to recover $740.9S for materials
furnished for the garage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles B. Aldrich of
Clark street entertained four tables at
five hundred Wednesday. The progress
sive prize was won by A. j. Bracket
and the consolation prize by c. w. Puff
fer. Refreshments were served.
Pupils of the eighth grade and pre-
paratory room met Monday afternoon
and organized a junior Red Cross aux
iliary. These officers were chosen.
Pres, Cedric Emerson; vice pres,
Laura Hoadley; sec, Mildred Green
wood, treas, Frank Subway. Thirty
seven children were present.
Miss Dorothy Perry and Miss Helen
Sparrow, students in the Clawson Ham
ilton business college, were hostesses
Wednesday to 10 students of the college
in the home of Mrs. l.. D. Harris
of High street. Music and games
formed the evenings entertainment.
Refreshments of ice cream, cake and
coffee were served.
At the quarterly meeting of the di-
rcctors of the Brattleboro Home for the
Aged and Disabled held in the Yer
mont National bank Tuesday after
noon, the names of the following wom-
en- were added to the board of visitors
to the home: Mrs Richard c. Averill,
Mrs. Clark T. Brownell and Mrs. Rich
ard H. Clapp.
The 4O1st telegraph battalion, of
which Sergeant W. W. Harrington,
brother of Mrs. II. G. Shaw of Brattle-
boro, is a member, passed through
Greenfield Wednesday from Camp Dew
ems, Aver, Mass, on-their way to Camp
Merritt, New Jersey. The late Ser
geant Carleton Halliday of this town,
also was a member of this battalion.
m i,
Auditorium Saturday afternoon and
evening. The sale of tickets already is
surprisingly large and indicates two
irons select their sittings without de-
lay, as to wait until Saturday may
mean annoyance and discomfort and n
poorer chance of obtaining desirable
seats.
Deloris Beliveau was brought into
the municipal court Wednesday by
Deputy Sheriff Fred Cressy, and Miss
Ethel Millngton, clerk, placed him un-
der bonds of $50 to appear next Mon
day to answer to charge of breach of
the peace by quarreling with Carrie
Kelsey on Feb. 10. NJ. NJ. Tucker be-
came surety for him and he was re-
leased.
A special conclavc of Beauseant COM
mandery, No. :, X. r., was held in
Masonic temple on Monday afternoon
when the orders of Red Cross and Mai
ia were conferred upon five candidates
from Springfield, this state. At $50 a
supper was served by the ladies of
Bingham chapter, o. +. s. In the eve
ming the order of the Temple was con-
ferred upon the companions who had re-
ceived orders in the afternoon. Seventeen
Sir Knights, including the candidates,
were present from Springfield.
+. B. Pier has received news of the
death in Ottawa, Kansas, of his sister
Mrs. j.. S. Roberts, At one time Mrs
Roberts lived in Londonderry and later
in Winhall, but for many years she
lived in California. In recent years
she made her home with q daughter in
Mexico, until the family were forced
to leave the country owing to the I'M
settled conditions there She made hei
last trip to Vermont in 1905, when she
spent the summer with friends and rel
atives in Windham county.
George Leon Hall, SO. of West DUN
merston, died Tuesday night in The Mel
rose hospital, where he had been il
four weeks with cancer of the liver
He was born in Colrain, Mass. He leaves
a wife, who is employed at present il
Worcester, Mass, and four daughters
Mrs. G.. A. Pearson, Mrs. F. j. Diego
ma, and Miss Nellie A. Hall, all OF
Springfield, Mass, and Miss Mary T
Hall of Walpole. n. II. He also leaves
two brothers, Wallace Hall of Yves
Dummerston and Henry Hall of Viii
Evansville.
The Ladies Enterprise society wa
entertained at, the home of Mrs F.
Hopkinson yesterday afternoon, bust
ness meeting of the organization bein,
held at 3 o o'clock, when several new
members were taken into the society
The meeting took the form of silve
social and enough money was contrib
uted to complete the fund of $50 whicl
is to be given to the Red Cross. Their
were musical selections by Mrs. HoI
ace Miller and Mrs. Sewall L. Purintor
with readings by Miss Opal f. Hudso
and a recitation by Mrs. Frank B. Pier
after which refreshments were served.
Miss Mary Cox of Florida street
Springfield, Mass, expects to leave mex
Tuesday for Nashville, Tenn, to resum
bar cloSeac in aYnrpcrqion OF tho W. -