The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-13
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

The first meeting OF the junior aux
iliary will be held III the Episcopal
parish house Friday at p. M
The Junior Christian Endeavor Of the
Centre Congregational church and their
friends between the ages of s and IA
years will hold Valentine social in the
chanel Friday afternoon from 8 to 5
O clock.
A meeting of the parents and teach
ers and high school pupils will be held
III the high school room tomorrow.
Thursday. evening at clock. Mat
tiers of high school interest will be dis
cuesed. Everyone interested in the
high school is invited to be present.
especially the parents.
l.. II. Barber received a telegram this
morning from Mra Barber telling of
the death Tuesday of her brother,
Frank r. Allen, 63, in the Roosevelt
hospital in New York Mrs. Barber was
called there yesterday, but her brother
died before she reached the hospital.
The body will be brought to Brattle-
boro for burial
S. +. Douglas, draughtsman for the
S. A. Smith Mfg Co.. today bought
the Tenney house on Walnut street of
Ebert c. Tennev, through John L.
Howard S 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 Tennev
house for home.
Miss Mary Cox s children s dancing
classes have been discontinued to con
form to the fuel committee s request.
Miss Cox had planned to complete her
courses with a class today, and give
complimentary party following. The
party was given up last week and now
the final classes have also been given
up, as the fuel committee declined to
give any special permit for holding
them.
Elmer Birch, Fred Benway and John
Natalie, all of BrattlebOro. were exam
ined today by Lieut. Stuart Cheney of
White River Junction, having enlisted
through Capt. f. w. Gibson for army
ervice. All men who wish to induct
themselves into the service NAV do so.
but on arrival at Camp Greene they
will be assigned to the 4th division.
About 100 indicted men went through
here last night from the northern part
Of the state, bound for Camp Greene
The funeral of Mrs Johanna John
! son, s., who died in New Bedford.
Macs. and who was the mother of Mrs
\. w. Phelps OF this town, was held
in Bond & Son s undertaking parlors
this afternoon at , o clock Rev A. O.
| Peterson, pastor of the Swedish Con.
! gregational church. otficiated and Mrs.
| Peterson and Mrs A. j. SweuSon sang.
The body was placed in the tomb in
! Prospect Hill cemetery. Th2 bearers
were Albert Johnson, 4. w. Phelps
! Alex Larson and j. Il. johnson.
! The United States court session in
the federal building closed last eve
mng, as 1t was necessary for Judge
Harland b. Howe. to 90 today to New
York. One Of the eases postponed was
/ that OF q. B. Hughes. trustee of the
! bankrupt Vermont Last Block Co. Of
! Brattleboro against the Brunswick k
| Bake -Collender Go. of New York,
which is an action to have the mort
| cages which the Last Block Co. gave
the defendant declared void on the
| ground that they worked a preference
! over other creditors. 1t IS claimed that
there is due the defendant $27 900 TO
! $4,000 and that the property covered
! by the mortgages is worth about $40
! 600. Harrie B. Chase appeared for the
! trustee and Attorney F. +. Barber for
/ the defendant.