Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1919-06-20

neru or the HIS VIII be SHOWN IN TN
Auditorium beginning next Thursday
June 26.
Application for q charter for Brat
tleboro post, American Legion, wal
forwarded yesterday to Maj II. Nelson
jackson, who is state chairman of tn,
American Legion. Thirty.two names
are attached TO the application, which
was II more than the constitution re
| quires.
The funeral Of Arthur F. Hughes wa
held Sunday afternoon at / 'clocl
in Moran & Rohde s undertaking rooms
Rev. d. E. Trout, pastor of the First
Universalist church, officiated. Thu
bearers were Elmer johnson, Harry lie
Ray, Arthur Wilder and Carl Bracket
The burial took place in Meeting House
Hill cemetery.
In the meetings of the Masonic grand
bodies of Vermont in Burlington last
week G. B. Crowell Of Brattleboro was
elected grand junior warden of the
grand lodge, and A. V. ID. Piper of Brat
tleboro was reelected district deputy
grand master of the eighth Masonic dis.
trict, in addition to the officers previ.
ously reported.
The 1907 club, which is made up of the
Young women of the 1907 class of the
Brattleboro high school were enter
tanned in the home of Mrs. Orrin b.
Hughes of Highland street Friday night
when John j. Eckels, another member
of the class, gave an interesting account
of his experiences on the European bat
tlefields. Refreshments were servd.
Miss Edith l. Wright, librarian at the
Brattleboro Free library, has resigned her
position here to accept a position in a
library in New York city. Her resigna-
ton will take effect July TO- Although no
appointment has been made it is known
that the committee has one or two names
under consideration. Miss Wright came
to Brattleboro from New York in the
spring of 1918.
When John T. Kennedy, who is en-
ployed by Swift & Co. returned to the
beef house near the railroad yard about
10 o'clock Saturday night after attend
ing a moving picture show he found
that someone had broken into the office
and stolen about So worth of postage
stamps. A desk was damaged in an
Intellectual attempt to pry it open. The
burglary was committed by breaking a
rear window on the river bank.
Leon Henry Whidden and Miss Der.
nice Pelkey, both of Brattleboro, were
married Thursday, June 10, at 2
o clock in the Baptist parsonage, Rev.
Clark T. Brownell officiating. They
were unattended. A single ring service
was used. Mr.. Whidden, who is en-
ployed as brakeman on the railroad,
running from here to New London,
Conn, recently received his discharge
from the navy. They will make their
home here for the present.
A regular meeting of Protective
Grange was held Wednesday An invi-
tation had been received from the Spaf-
ford Grange to attend neighbors night,
and it was accepted, the date of the
meeting to be announced later. A short
program was given, which consisted of
piano solo, The Star Spangled Banner,
by Mrs. C. e. Farnum, followed by the
flag salute: The Grange Husbandman,
edited and read by Mr.. and Mrs. P. E.
Franklin; piano solo, Mrs. II. f. Moffitt.
The younger children of st. Michael 3
Episcopal church enjoyed a picnic Sat
church at 2.30 and automobiles took
them to the McVeigh farm, where they
were entertained by Miss Elizabeth
McVeigh. Delicious refreshments were
served This was the last of series
of parties given to the young people Of
the church by the Woman g Guild, with
Mrs. w. R. Daley, Miss Mary r. Cabot
and Miss Violet Fidler as committee in
charge
Nearly 800 delegates of the Knights
Of ,l,po
ners Falls and Springfield, Mass, Keene,
n. H., Bellows Falls, Rutland. Burling
ton, Bennington and Springfield (Vt)
came to Brattleboro to automobile Sun
day to attend meeting of Leo Coun-
ell. Massachusetts State Deputy Dav of
Boston presided at the meeting, which
was held in Festival hall at $50 clock,
when the third degree was conferred on
80 candidates. Most of the visitors re-
turned home that night.
The automobile business of the late
Kenneth f. Mosher was sold Friday
TO Richard d. Bowen and Ebert C.
Tenney of this town and will be con-
Quoted under the name of the Mosher
garage. The new firm has taken
lease of the Flat street garage property
and will do a general automobile sales
and repair business, Mr.. Tenney having
turned into the firm the repair depart
ment which he bought of Mr. Mosher
last fall. The sale was announced by
the Brattleboro Trust Co., executor of
Mr.. Mosher's estate.
Secretary of State Harry Black of Mont
pclier suspended the automobile opera
tors license of Ansel j. Pierce of Brat
tleboro as the result of an accident which
happened a week ago last Sunday on the
West River road, when cars driven by
Mr.. Pierce and Edward Best came to-
oether. The accident was reported to
Mr.. Black by State Attorney Gibson
The license was suspended because Mr..
Pierce failed to report the accident
to the secretary of state. Both the Best
and Pierce cars were laid up for repairs,
but nobody was hurt seriously.
An official telegram Wednesday night
to Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas j. Manning of
1872 Elliot street stated that their son,
Private John Joseph Manning, who was
reported missing in action since Sept.
is, was now reported killed in action
on that date. A telegram was received
by his parents Dee. 90 stating that he
was severely wounded and another was
received ADril 3 that he was missinp in