The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-03
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL,

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The ladies of the Methodist church
will have a rummage sale IN the store
formerly occupied by G. s. Hopkins
Friday and Saturday of this week.
The W. G. t. e. will conduct a food
sale in Quaker costume for the benefit
of the Jublee. fund tomorrow afternoon
in the Congregational chapel at 3 P. m.
News has been received by Mrs. NJ. J.
Larrabee that the funeral of Tracy
Knott, who died in Syracuse Saturday
night, will be held at clock Wednes-
day afternoon in the Methodist chapel
in Westfield, Mass. II
The annual meeting of the Christian
Endeavor society of the First Baptist
church was held Sunday evening. Off
GERS elected are: President, c. Warner
Hopkins; vice president, Pauline Smith,
corresponding secretary, Kenneth
Morse; recording secretary, Edith E.
Thurber; treasurer, James Irish; chair
man of missionary committee, Julia 81
monds; music committee, Mabel Bias
com; social committee, Eleanor Har
mon.
About 80 members of Sedgwick post,
G. A. r., left by automobile this morn
ing for Bennington, going by way of
the Mohawk trail They had dinner at
the Soldiers home, and returning are
expected to arrive here at o'clock
The Veterans are guests of Col. H. E.
| Taylor camp, Sons of Veterans Their
cars are decorated with flags and on the
back of each car is a banner showing |
| that the occupants are members of |
Sedgwick post.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. w. Kuech have re-
ceived an official card announcing the |
arrival of their son, Sergeant julius +.
Kuech, at Camp Merritt, n. J. Sergeant
| Kuech arrived in New York yesterday
and was sent directly to Camp Merritt.
He went overseas two years ago III Jul
/ " as a volunteer in the Mallet reserve.
/ This reserve carried more shells during
the war than was used by the entire
American army. Shortly before the
signing of the armistice he was trans
ferred to Dccize, which is about 25
miles south of Paris, where he was in
[ structor in the motor transport school.
Five pastors of ut-of-town COngre-
gational churches and one missionary
from China attended the meeting of
the Windham Union of Congregational
Ministers held in the vestry of the Cen
ire church yesterday, when the pro-
gram consisted of "reminiscences of the
: state conference at Essex junction, the
/ reading of two articles by Rev. L. s.
Beardsley of Dummerston, one of which
; was of general nature and was writ
! ten by Rev. S. NJ. Crothers and APP
peared in a recent issue of the Atlantic
; Monthly and another by 0 Henry,
: bringing out the idea that ministers
| L, ,4nix-
, were discussed freely. Rev Earl Bal
i lou, missionary in China, who accom-
: panied his father, Rev. Henry L. Bal
i lou of Chester to the meeting here, told
of his life in China. The ministers were
( entertained at the Brooks House as
; guests of the Centre church Others
present were Rev w r. Curtis of West
Il minister West, Rev. t. d. Childs OF New
fame. Rev r. A. Beardsley of Spring
Z field. Prof l.. A Butterfeld, Rev. A
!, 0. Peterson and Rev. II. P. Woodir
: of this town.
"A A preliminary committee was APP
. pointed last evening to discuss plans fol
l. an organization of older girls and young
a women of the Centre Congregations
church with the view of undertaking
4 some definite work The committee con
N sists of Mrs. H. P. Woodin, Miss Edit
. NJ. Stolte, Miss Florence II. Wells, Mis-
= Laura Walhridge. Miss Mildred Edd,
and Mrs Harold w. Mason. The ap
l., pointment of the committee followe
s an intensely interesting and inspiring
talk by Miss Mary Preston on TIL
Young Women S Part in the Work o
World Reconstruction to about .
y young women Miss Preston outline
7" several branches of work which Nigh
- be taken up and explained the need fo
= each both in this country and in otho
ny lands, particularly the Work of tn
women's hospital in Madura, Indi;
- which is in charge of DR.. Harriet
Parker, a native of East Putney. Mis-
Preston was for several years seer,
tary of young peoples work for I'll
Woman's Board of Missions and fl
nearly two years has been in charg
of the conquest campaign. Followin
the talk there was discussion regardin
the formation of a club of young won
en- here to take mp some of the line
of work, and fruit punch and wafei
were served. The committee will me-
next Monday evening at.the parsonaG
to make further arrangements for Il
organization.
The food sale of the W. c. T. L. to
held in the parlor of the Congregation
church, Wednesday afternoon, June
will be conducted by Quakers. The
viii be pies, cakes. doughnuts, cruller
0 bread and the old Quaker speciality, carr
= way cookies for sale Win open at
o'clock and last until sold out Adv 79-'
y Don't miss the supper at the Episc
pal parish house, June ADV.