Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1919-01-03
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BRATTLEBoRo.

SUN alarm Sunday morning called
,ne nre truck to the home of Mrs. Mary
~ Brown of South Main street to cx.
unguish chimney fire.
Hugh Stowcll broke both the single.
str,ng and three string records ON the
odu Fellows temple bowling alleys Sat
uday afternoon, bowling llS, lis and So,
u total of 35l.
letters have been received in town
RECENTLY from Oscar Swanson. who had
been previously reported among the
MISSING lie is a member of Battery
u, 1920 field artillery. lie was en-.
ployed for time at the Brooks House.
As can of gasoline was being
poured INTO the tank of an automobile
owned by NJ. b. Childs on Main street
sunday evening the gasoline took fire in
some unexplained way and destroyed
the top, which was down. The chemical
nfe apparatus saved the ear from de.
struction.
In the regular meeting of Wantasti-
q}iet lodge of Odd Fellows Monday night
these officers were elected: Noble
grand. Harold l.. Smith; vice grand.
Rev. Dclmar +. Trout: rec. see, Alb.
l., Cobb; treas, Charles G.. Staples. 9th.
officers will be appointed by the no.
C grand at the time of the installa.
IN.
George |. Blanchard and Miss b. Eliza.
Shail'ner the latter formerly of
lttleboro, have settled their account
guardians of Katherine b. Niles.
1ghtcr of the late j. S. Vilcs of Mont.
prIier. Miss Nilcs has passed her 18th
birthday and is coming into the estate of
= father, from which it is understood
e will receive yearly income of about
5000.
Edwin c. Smith. 76. who died in Onon.
aga, Mich. of dropsv Dec. II. was the
iather of Mrs. Della A. Robbins of
Detroit, Mich. and Mrs. Clara +. Hcnkcl
OF Brattlcboro. wife of John G. lIcnkcl,
ir.. and grandfather of William T. Rob
bins of Springfield Mass. The body was
brought to Brattlcboro. accompanied by
Mrs Robbins. and taken to Jamaica for
burial Friday, Dee. 81. .... ....
James Henry johnson. lG of Town
shend died of pneumonia Friday in South
Nardsboro where he was at work balipg
hay. He was born May 10. 1902. a son
of James Land Mary NIeaplyI johnson.
The body was brought to Brattleboro
and the funeral was held. Monday morn.
ing in St NIchael's Roman Catholic
church and the burial took place in the
Roman Catholic cemetery.
The funeral of Edwin d. Brooks was
held Saturday afternoon at o'clock
in his home at 2S Central street. Rev.
r. a. Num-. pastor of the FIRST Meth.
odist church, olficiated The bearers
were his three sons. Clarence f.,
George X, William +. Brooks and A.
J. Stebbins. The burial was in Morn
ingside cemetery. Mrs, Adams, mother
\of the late Mrs. Brooks, was hcre from
Fellows Falls Ito attend the funeral
IThrce boys were in the Juvenile see
y ion of the municipal court Monday,
n 20 of them charged with taking
.N.Srcvovcr from DR.. Grace W. Burnett's
automobile. In order to give Probation
Officer w. a. Subway time to look into
the ease Il little more Judge A. T.. Cud-
worth remandcd the boys TO the custody
of their parents and continued the case
until next Monday forenoon.
George G.. Howe, who runs lunch
cart in Rutland, was in the municipal
tation of having hearing on the charge
of non-suppon of bis wife, but he
agreed TO pay her $f a week and was
ordered to do so by Judge A. f., Cud.
worth, so a hearing was not necessary.
His wife lives in her home in Dummcr-
stou Howe was arrested in Rutland
Saturday morning by Sheriff Frank
Wcllnan and was brought here in the
afternoon, remaining in the lookup over
Sunday.
Triumph lodge, No. 1873. $. f. of A.,
held an election of officers Monday eve
ming in Red Mems hall. after which re-
freshmrnts were served. Following are
the officers: Pres. Leonard J. Ericsson;
vice pres, iulda kugge; chaplain. Ellen
1lertzberg; treas, Thorwad Johnson;
Sec, Sigrid kuggc: fin. sec. Carl II. An
dcrSon; marshal. Dagmar Anderson; in
side guard. John AndersOn; outside
guard. Alfred Johnson; trustees, +. G..
GuStaf,On Gustav Hcrtzbcrg, Werner
Marin The installation will be held
Wednesday evening, Jan. s.
The New Years eve dance in Knights
of Columbus hall was attended by a
large number and was an enjoyable af-
Davenport's orchestra Of four pieces fur
nishcd music for dancing. Shortly be-
fore midnight the lights were dimmrd
in the hall and at exactly midnight
chimes were played. A large sign, in
electric lights arranged attractively, APP.
pcarrd bearing the words Welcome
l0l9' One dance was enjoyed after the
New Year had been tiittingly welcomed
in.
Miss Elizabeth Stalker who died
Monday evening in the home of her
mother, Mrs. Margaret Stalker of 1870
Oak street Holyokc, Mass, had been a
trust worthy cmploye of the Austine
Institution here for five years, working
as laundrcss. She was taken i'll the
Saturday before Christmas while on
her way to her home to spend the holi-
DAYS, She died of pneumonia. She
leaves beside her mother. a sister. Mrs
Charles Morgan, and three brothers.
George of Wilbraham, David of Hol-
yoke, and Private James j. Stalker of
the medical department, United States
army, in San Juan, Porto Rico. The
funeral will take place in HOlyOke