Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-02-15
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voluntarily suspended.
Twenty. six members of the Christian
Endeavor society of the First Baptis
church met Tuesday evening with Mis-
Charlotte Barrett of High street
Miss Eliza j. Davis celebrated hel
seth anniversary Monday at her home
in Crosby block. A few of Miss Davis ;:
friends came and took supper with her
She was remembered by several gifts.
The Junior Christian Endeavor of the
Centre Congregational church and then
friends between the ages Of 8 and II
years will hold Valentine social in the
chapel this afternoon from 3 to
o'clock.
Miss Mabelle j. Spaulding was pleas
antly surprised Tuesday night by 10 OF
her friends, who were her guests at a
supper party. The occasion was her
Goth birthday anniversary. The eve
ming was spent with games in a social
way.
Tho marriage of William Z. Haskell,
IT., son of Mr.. and Mrs. w. l.. Haskell
of Brattleboro, and Miss Esther Hol-
brook of Springfield, Mass, daughter
of Mrs. William B. Houghton of this
town, will take place Saturday after
noon at 400 O'Clock III the South
church.
The final lesson and party for Miss
Cox q dancing classes that have been
given up for the present on account of
the fuel committee g ruling will be held
at a later date, after the warm wealth
cr comes, and further announcement
will be made Miss Cox may be ad-
dressed at ll6 Florida street, Spring.
field, Mass.
l.. II. Barber received a telegram
Wednesday from Mrs. Barber telling of
the death Tuesday of her brother,
Frank X. Allen, SO, in the Roosevelt
hospital in New York. Mrs. Barber was
called there Tuesday, but her brother
died before she reached the hospital.
The body will be brought to Brattle
boro for burial.
8. +. Douglas draughtsman for the
s. A. Smith Mfg. Co., has bought
the TennGy house on Walnut street of
Ebert G.. Tenney, through John l..
Howard IS real estate agency. Posses
sion was given at once and Mr.. Doug
las, who lives in the Hines house off
Green street, will occupy the Tenney
house for a home.
A regular meeting of the board of
directors of the Red Cross will be held
in the ederal building today at 3
O'Clock, when County Chairman o. F.
Benson, who attended the state execu-
tive committee meeting in Burlington
this week, will give report of that
meeting. The finance committee has
Just collected the contents of the tin
boxes in various stores and other places
in town and finds the amount to be
$25.53. -.
Elmer Birch, Fred .Benway and John
Natalie, all of Brattleboro, were exam
ined Wednesday by Lieut.. Cheney OF
White River Junction, having enlisted
through Capt. f. w. Gibson for army
service. All men who wish to induct
themselves into the service may do so
but on arrival at Camp Greene they
will be assigned to the 4th division
About 100 indicted men went through
here Tuesday for the northern part
of the state, bound for Camp Greene.
Richard C. Averill went Wednesday to
his cottage at Spofford lake for the pur'
pose of looking after things and to
shovel the. snow from the roof of the
cottage, and he found that he was none
too soon as there was four feet of snow
piled on tho roof, which would have
made trouble as soon as it began tC
melt The other cottages about there
are in similar condition and the heavy
weight of snow may cause trouble il
not attended to soon. The horse barns
al Lakeside are laid fiat, not being sub
stantial enough TO withstand the over
abundance of snow that has fallen thus
far this winter.
News has been received here of thu
death of Miss Florence A. Sawyer, rs
in Kenton, O., Feb. Miss Sawyer TO
many years conducted private schoo
on North street for boys and girls, anC
will be remembered by a host of pu
pills and friends. She was born in New
fame, August 6. 1871, a daughter o
Franklin and Nancy A. Taft Sawyer
She leaves an only sister, Mrs. Mar,
EVELYN Severance, widow of DIR. Charlie
f. Severance, who for many years prac
ticed medicine in Brattleboro, and
nephew, Rev. Kendall Severance. BE
fore teaching in Brattleboro, Miss Saw
YER taught in Arms academy, Shelburn
Falls. Mass, and in Deerfeld academ
in Old Deerfeld.
A daring burglary was Commute
Monday, afternoon at about clocf
when someone entered the home VI
H. Putnam of SO Green street and too
a gold watch and chain belonging I
Miss Eva Creran, the honsekeeper, an
a $5 bill belonging to Miss Edna DaV
ley, Mrs. f. B. Putnam 8 niece. MIS-
Creran, who was at work in the kitchel
heard someone come in the front doc
and go up stairs, but supposed it to- to
Miss Dawley, so thought nothing aboI
it. The thief left the front door ope
so as to be able to make hasty exi
and was up stairs only two or thre
minutes at the most when Miss crera
beard the person come down ana go ou
The watch was lying on the dresser an
the pocketbook containing the none
was on bed IN the next room.
The opening services of the flr
BAPTIST Bible school Sunday were re- re,
dered especially interesting by u
\ presence of some Of the members
' Sedgwick post and by the remarks
Commander Harland r. Hunter
Abraham Lincoln. Mr.. Hunter was {. e
coptionally favored at one PERIOD Oh u
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