The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-19
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

The junior auxiliary of st. Michael s
Episcopal church viii meet Thursday I
afternoon with Dorothy Piper
Miss Lucy G. Swift, home demon
stration agent for. Windham c4lnty will |
give a demonstration before the Grange +
Wednesday evening on wheat and meat
substitutes.
! Song sparrows i'll full song were seen |
| yesterday at the home Of William c. |
Horton on Brook street. Bobins also |
were seen. Mr.. Horton says sthat in |
| his 70 years Of observation of birds |
he never has seen sparrows So numerous !
wheH tht' sh3N wis 30 1ecf!sss.f -.
One of the men who came here last
week to take the physical examina
ton as required by the local board was
taken i'll with German measles n day or
two later. \ good crop of cases of
this disease in various parts OF the
county would be a natural result of
this one.
Sedgwick Woman 5 Relief Corps ask
ali ladies interested in Red Cross work
to knit squares for a second afghan
Enough squares had been sent in at the
last meeting for the first afghan, and
half enough were on hand for q second
one to be ready to put together at the
next corps meeting, March 2s. The
blocks are to be eight inches square.
Richard LeRay OF 100 Chapman street,
Greenfield, Mass, formerly of Brattle-
boro who entered the employ OF the Ma
tional Express company Saturday. met
with an accident not long after going to
, work at the railroad station. He was on
loaded truck and was injured when
! train struck it. He was taken to Franklin
1 County hospital having received scalp
i. wound and internal injuries.
$ The knights Of Columbus. with la
! dies invited. held an informal party
! last evening III their rooms on Elliot
. street in honor Of St. Patrick $ day.
Music on the vietrola, which the
! knights recently placed III their rooms,
) was enjoyed. also vocal selections b.
: George O Conner and E. J. Lavelle. Re
! freshmcnts of ice cream and cake were
! served.
Mrs Julius j. Estey has appointed
> Mrs Fremont Hamilton chairman Of
Il the committee or collection of clothing
y for the relief of suffering allies in Bel
l. gium and northern Frence Mrs.
a George f. Barber and Mrs. Maverette
q A. Fisher also are members OF the com
n mittee. The committee announces that
te the war chest headquarters will be open
Is tomorrow morning at O'Clock to re
g. ceive contributions of clothing.
y The next meeting of the Brattleborc
u Woman's club will be held tomorrow al
$40 D. 1n in the Unitarian parish house
The speaker for the afternoon will be DR.
Henry Neumann, leader of the Brooklyn
= Society for Ethical Culture. His suhiec
a viii be, Aims and Methods Of the Ethica
ry Culture School All teachers, whethe
n members OF the Brattleboro Woman
u club or not, are invited to attend tn
he meeting BrattIeboro people will have
yn personal interest in this talk as one o
of the Brattleboro high school graduates
in Miss Minnie D. Brasor, has taught il
he this school for some years. Its method
ed are unique in many particulars.
m 4 school Tor tractor owners and other
as who may be interested in tractors, vi
At be held in the Brooks House parlor
re- Thursday and Friday mornings at
ull o'clock, largely through the instrumental
les ty OF Warner L. Thomas OF this towr
fer 1t will be entirely free and in charge
ew capable instructors, and will take up tn
ar reason why an engine operates, wha
takes place within the cylinder of an Ell
CINE, how to look for trouble, and othe
subjects with view to making possib
the increased production of food wit
an the least difficulty. 1t is not SALE
uld school,
ind
tn Tuck's Easter cards and booklets.
on. nice assortment TO select from. TIL