The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-11
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

\ total OF eight Germans have regis
tered in Brattleboro with Chief Regis
trar George Wilson TO date.
Teams representing the Odd Fellows
and Masons viii roll a match on the
| Odd Fellows alleys this evening. On
the Masonic alleys picked team viii
roll against the Brattleboro Retreat
| quintet.
| The annual convention Of the Yer
mont Shoe Retailers association. which
was to have been held in the Brooks
] House this afternoon, followed by an IN
: formal dinner, has been postponed in.
definitely on account Of the uncertainty
I of railroad travel.
Brattleboro lodge, \. f. o. P, viii
hold its regular meeting tomorrow
evening in Grand Army hall Owing
I - the wishes Qf > tbs fuel cqmWitt99es
there will be no public entertainments
for the present. The card social
planned for tomorrow evening will be
postponed indefinitely.
Members Of the Brattlcboro Won
an = club are notified that it mas
seemed best to their program commit
tee, on account Of the request of the
fuel committee and the inability OF
Hon. Frank l.. Greene TO come here on
, Feb. Is, to postpone both of the Feb
ruarv meetings until some time when
the question Of fuel is not 50 acute
These two meetings are merely post
poned, not given up.
\ letter received from Miss Marion
NJ Rice. who recently returned tc
France, where she il engaged in Red
/ 4, paJ
] l.. Houghton, formerly of this town
y Is employed as secretary in the hos
I pital at Evreux TO which Miss Rice i,
4 attached Miss Houghton graduate
from the Brattleboro high school ii
+ the class of 1896, going soon afterwarC
to Boston. where she was employed un
: til she went to France last summer
: Many have asked the question as t
e who could vote in town meeting thi
II year. The statute on the subject show
{ that for a male to be eligible to vot
L he must be Fl years old, must hav
o taken the freeman S oath and given i
Ii his list, including poll, at the annua
L assessment preceding the meeting an
e paid his taxes before Feb. ID; or
II he has become y since the last ass 81
J. ment, or if he is exempt from taxatio
n from any cause. he may vote. 4 f
male p years old whose list is take
4 at the annual assessment and who's
i taxes are paid before Feb. Is is entitle
II TO vote.
IN Mrs. Archie W Phelps Of Marlbor
le received news Yesterday of the deaf
re Of her grandmother, Mrs. Johann
T. johnson, IS, who died that day il til
Df home of her daughter, Mrs. Willial
O. Henry Of New Bedford, Mass, wheI
y she had made her home the past yea
le Mrs. Johnson was born in Sweden, bu
K had lived in this country about 3
IS wears and had lived in this town seveI
q al years, where she has many friend
ps She leaves beside her daughter, Mr.
&c Henry of New Bedford, a son, Pete
as Johnson of Los Angeles, and anotht
IS son, Leander johnson of Sweden. ST
: also leaves several grandchildren
70 this country and in Sweden 1t is e,
$ pected that the body will be brougl
> to Brattleboro for burial, but the. q
~ engagements are not yet made.
~ The funeral of Harry c. Sargent W;
ho held Saturday afternoon at clock
his home at 81 South Main street Re
y. i. Trout, pastor of the First Tn
versaIlst church, officiating. Walter
ter Stearns sang two selections, Beautif
he Isle of Somewhere and Sometime We
Understand. The Brattleboro hi!
= school class of 1907, of which Mr.. Sa
gent was a member, attended in
). body. There was a great profusion
lat beautiful flowers. His four uncles az
nd ed as bearers. They were Bert L. Sa
he. gent and Charles S. Stoekwell of Bra
in tleboro and Purle Stockwell and G,
ia Stockwen of Greenfield, Mass T
he burial took place in the Sargent Braz
tie family lot in Prospect Hill cemeter
in Those attending from out of town /
nd side those already mentioned were, NJ
Try Purle Stockwell Mrs. Guy Stockwell
etc Greenfield, Miss Alvina Amidon
Cd Springfield, Mass, and Sylvenus Kell
of Putney.