The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-21
BRATTLEBOROLOCA

A large flock of wild ducks was seen
yesterday in the Holden & Martin pond |
on Birge street.
The Brattleboro Military band of %
pieces has been engaged to furnish |
music both days of the Valley fair
The Woman s Relief corps will hold
their regular meeting Thursday evening
at 7.30 O'Clock in Grand Army hall.
Friends of Miss Olive Louise Clapp,
who was supervisor of the Oak Grove
playground in the summer of 1916 and
who spent the greater part of last sum
mer in town will be interested to know
of her marriage on Aug. 10 in Wal
than, Mass, to Francis Edward Will
son.
Howard Alcorn, scenic artist, came
yesterday from Boston and began work
on the scenery in the Auditorium The
scenery, which has been in use for some
| time, will all be done over, making
entirely new settings. Mr. Alcon does
all his painting from the floor and is
one of two artists in this part of the
country to work in this manner. Mrs.
+. Z. harrington, manager of the Audi
| forum, is having extensive alterations
in and about the theater, including
| room off the main corridor which Will
be fitted up for a ladies' retiring room
i The ticket office also win be re-decor-
ated and re-furnished.
i Private Willis Edwin futile, son of
Mrs Edwin Willis futile of Town
1 shend, and Ruth Frances Fifield daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. F. A. 'Fifeld of
, Putney. were married yesterday after
noon at 4 o clock by Rev. A. V. Wood
worth, pastor of the Congregational
church at West Brattleboro. The bride
wore blue travelling gown. They were
unattended. Immediately after the
ceremony Mr.. and Mrs. Tuttle left for
short wedding trip to Townshend, he
E having to report for duty Sunday at
| Camp Wadsworth, Spartanbufg, s. c.
where he has been stationed for several
months with the 57th pioneer infantry
of Vermont Mr.. futile has a large
acquaintance in Brattleboro, where he
worked fer several years in the Hop
!. kins florist shop and where he was ac-
tive in the Baptist church and Sunday
! school previous to his enlistment Mrs
futile after graduating from Clawson
Hamilton business school, was employed
: in Mrs. Brooks s millinery store an(
h more recently as stenographer il
o Lebanon, n. II.
The Z. s. Civil Service Commission
announces an examination for station
: airy fireman on September 9, 1918 t,
fill a vacancy in the position of fireman
laboror, custodian service in the Post
! Office building, Brattleboro, Vt, at
= salary of $3.50 per year. No education
= al test will be given and applicant
: will not be assembled for mental exam
!, mation. The examination will eonss
/ of the subjects of physical ability an
i training and experience. Applicant
! must be citizens of the United State
and have reached their goth but no
y their 50th birthday on the date of e,
10 animation, except that persons hon
70 orably discharged from the military G
20 naval service of the United States b
70 reason of disability resulting frol
i wounds received or sickness incurred i
i the line of duty, will be excused frol
! the age limits. For application blanl
! Form 1900, address The Local Seert
/ tarv, Postoffiee, Brattleboro, Vernon
:. or District Secretary, 18th floor, Gu
e, Z tom House Tower, Boston, Mass, wit
,n whom application must be filed in con
= plete form on or before September
1918.