Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1918-02-22


building and repaired the roof of the
Central Vermont freight house on Yer
non street, which was crushed under the
heavy weight of snow.
Joseph Leroy of Brattleboro has
been classified by the draft board of
Springfield Mass, where he registered
last June, in class a., division A, mar
ried men whose wives or children are
mainly dependent. .-....
The Junior Christian Endeavor of the
Congregational church held valentine
social Friday from 3 to 5 in the
chapel. There were 30 children present,
who enjoyed valentine games until 430,
when refreshments of cocoa and bread
and butter sandwiches were served.
w. G.. Shaffncr of Brattleboro was
the recipient of the pig disposed of at
the Foresters' meeting in Hinsdale
Tuesday, Feb. Il. The pig brought
$l2S.75 for the Hinsdale branch of the
Red Cross, and Mr.. Shaffner donated
the porker to the branch to be sold
again.
Charles A. Perry Of 81 Oak Grove
avenue opened a real estate and insur
ance office this week on the third floor
of the new Barber building on Main
street. His son, DR.. w. b. Perry, den
list, is fitting up a dental office in the
building and plans to open it in about
week.
a new plate glass window has just
been set in the south store Of II. G. Bar
ber's block on Main street, making the
eighth window set to replace broken win
dows in that store and the one north of
it since the first one was put in last fall.
The eight windows broken cost in the
neighborhood of 800.
John L. Howard, the well-known real
estate agent, has engaged rooms in the
new Barber building and will move
there from Crosby block on or about
March l. His main Office will be on the
Main street side, two doors south Of
Piper's law Office, and he will have
another room directly across the hall,
both on the second floor.
a load of logs got into difficulty Sat
urday on Main street in front of John
B. Manley's house. 1t plunged into
a deep dip-hole and when the front
sled emerged on the other side the
kingbolt came out, letting the front
end of the load drop down. 1t was nee
essary to unload, and the task of load
ing again was anything but easy.
Postmaster NJ. j. Moran, who has
some naval recruits on the waiting list,
has just been notified by the Burling-
ton Office that no more enlistments can
be accepted and transportation fur
nished before March l. He is asked,
however, to keep the names on file, and
any who wish to be in line for accep
tance are requested to communicate
with Mr.. Moran.
Every member of troop No. l of the
Boy Scouts was present February Ia in
the Centre church house, when Scout
master H. E. Stiegler gave the tender
foot examination, and every Scout
passed the examination. The patrol
will be known as Lynx patrol, and it is
expected that before long another pa
troll will be formed in the same troop, as
q number of new members are in pros
pect.
Fifteen women friends of Mrs. A. G..
Arcand gave her surprise farewell
party Friday evening in her home on
Clark street Mrs. Arcand left yester-
day for Walpole, Mass, to join
Mr.. Arcand, who recently took a posi-
ton with the F. II. Morse Lumber COM
pany. The women brought bountiful
supper, and after supper they presented
Mrs. Arcand a silk umbrella. The eve
ming was spent in q social way.
An order from the office Of the post
master general says: "Postmasters will
limit acquisitions for letter boxes and
posts to cases of extreme necessity and
emergency. Prevailing abnormal con
ditions in transportation render observ-
ancc of this order imperative. 1t is a
waste of time to urge the Fastening OF
deliveries. This indicates that Post
master NJ. j. Moran may not be able to
replace the mail boxes at the railroad
station, which were smashed recently
as promptly as he wishes.
II. A. Mayforth, who was catcher in
| 1912 on the Brattleboro team in the
Twin State baseball league and later
in Northampton, Greenfield and Bel
lows Falls, has been commissioned Q
lieutenant III the aerial service. He
was in the first class to graduate, last
| November, in the school of aerial OBJ
servation at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, anC
was sent to Garden City. He sailet
JdH' o Iol EUROPE, ne was recommend
ed for a commission by President Guy
Potter Benton of the University OF
| Vermont.
The funeral of Miss Maria Greer
was held Tuesday, Feb. IA, at II
o clock in the home of her sister, Mrs
NJ. II. Streeter of 80 Walnut street
Row. Richard II. Clapp, pastor of tn
Centre Congregational church, ofliciat
ed. The bearers were members of TIL
family. The body was taken Thursda,
to Marlboro, where the burial tool
place. Those from out of town VIII
attended were Mr.. and Mrs. A. G
Ames and two children of New Britain
Conn, and Mrs Lizzie Huntley Of Yves
Dummerston.
Edward H. Squires of Brattlebor
and Miss Mildred Augusta Halliday
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Halla
day of Dummerston were married Mon
day safternoon at 3 O'Clock at tn
home of the bride Rev. l.. S. Boards
ley, pastor of the Dummerston churcl
performed the ceremony, "A single rim
} service being used. The bride wor
a taupe travelling suit with black We
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