Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1919-01-31


The Sunshine society, branch l, will
meet Friday, Jan. 81, at $40 p. IN. in
the home Of Mrs. Charles Bingham, .
, High Lawn road. This win be library
! day. - *
A few friends of Mrs, HGG. e. Pratt
gave her a surprise visit Tuesday eve
ming in her home on Putney road, all
appearing in costume. Cards md dane
ing were enjoyed, after which refresh,
ments of ice cream and cake were
served.
| Charles L. Cattanach has sold his cot
tage house on Highland .-street 10
Franklin M. Bemept The sale was
made through the j. l.. Howard real
estate agency. Mr.. and Mrs. Cattanach
have been living the past few months
in Springfield, Mass.
Mrs. Louis Prefontainey entertained
fve.hundred club, of which she is a
member, Wednesday in Odd Fellows
temple. The prizes were won by Mrs.
I A. i. Rohde, first, and Mrs. w. ID. Len
Than, consolation. The club will hold
its next meeting with Mrs. o. b.
Hughes.
MI and Mrs. Henry J. Allen of 81
Canal street invite their friends TO an
informal reception in celebration of the
50th anniversary of their wedding Sat
urday, Feb. /, from 2.30 TO ) O'Clock
in the afternoon and from 7 to 0
o clock in the evening. 1T is, request
ed that no gifts be sent.
Harry Gray, formerly OF. Brattleboro,
who entered the Y. NJ. G. A. secretary
service and was assigned to Mesopotamia,
writes under date of Dec. sfrom Cairo,
Egypt, that he has been given the rank
OF captain in the British army. From
Cairo, where he was for several weeks, he
went to Bombay India.
The body of Mrs. John Cooper, IA, who
died in Brattleboro Jan. 27, was taken to
her former home in Wilmingtona where
the funeral services and burial took place
Tuesday. Rev. n. A. Wood of Whining
ton ofiiciated. She was stepmpther of
Darwin II. and Melvin r.. Cooper and
Mrs. Marshall circuit of Brattleboro and
Mrs. Fl. o. Harding of Boston.
An alarm from box 90 at the corner
of Chase and Linden streets about 4.30
o clock Tuesday afternoon called the
fire department TO that section, to find
that there was no fire, but that the
alarm was false. 1t is believed that
boys returning from skating on the Re-
treat meadow pulled in the alarm AS a
".ioke," but such "jokes'' are punish.
able by law. n
Hariand G. Nourse Of Springfield,
(Vt.) recently employed by the Con.
rnriicut River Power company at
Vernon, was tried Tuesday marning
in the district court in; Greenfield.
Mass, before Judge Henry j. Field and
found guilty upon the charge Of larceny
OF an automobile battery; from c. l..
Page g battery station in School street.
He was fined 500.
Windham county chapter, American
Red Cross, will meet at go o'clock
this afternoon in the Brooks House par
lcrs to elect chairman, secretary and
treasurer to fill the vacancies caused by
the designations of these officers after
! the annual meeting in December. Every
one interested in the welfare of the cha D.
tor is urged 10 attend. Howard Corning
OF the department of organization in Bos-
ton will be present. -
Miss Barbara Foster Of ClaremOnt,
y. H., member of the class of 1920 of
Smith college, has just been awarded
the honor of giving the Washington
commemoration ode at the, formal raj
ly day exercises, which win take place
as usual on the morning Of Washing
ton y birthday. Former Governor Sam
mel Mccall will be the speaker. Miss
Foster is daughter of Frank H., and
Inez, (Fairbanks) Foster, of Claremont
and niece of George f, Foster'of Brat
tleboro. Mrs. Fosters home formerly
was in this town.
Webster Lodge of Perfection, l4th
degree, A. a. S. r., held its annual mid
winter meeting Tuesday afternoon
aud evening in Masonic, temple and i,
proved to be the most interesting meet
ing held this year in n Scottish Rite
Masonry. IN the AFTERNOON the 4th
and 9TH degrees were exemplified and
lat 6 o'clock an old fashioned Masonic
supper was served. AT $50 o'clock
: regular business meeting iof Webster
lodge was held and was followed by
the exempliication of the l4th degree
A large number took the degrees .and
several visitors We're present from out
of town, including L. J. Egelston OF
Rutland.
Miss Lila II. Drown of Linden stree
. has received news of the death of he
: nephew, RAYMOND W. Drown, of Com
pany T., lO3d regiment Of engineers
On Nov. 90, when the engineers wer'
destroying mines left by the enemy, ;
mine exploded, instantly Killing fiv,
MEMBERS of Company f, of whom Mr.
Drown was one. lie is buried at Wig
5 neulles, southeast of Verduni His hom
: was in Philadelphia and he was tn
= son of John Drown, formerly a residen
t of Brattleboro, and had visited her
I. often with his aunt and with Mrs. Eft;
$ Drown and daughter. Miss Blanch
= Drown. He was nephew of the lat
e Charles Drown, formerly of this town.
!, The annual meeting of the local branc
: of the New England Milk Producers as
ISOLATION was held Tuesday forenoon i
10. the board of trade rooms. Various mai
e ters of interest to the producers wer
e discussed and it was thought that tn
e Organization should try to get large
v number of members, also TO get the mill
/. men into the society. w. L. Sylveste
n of West Brattleboro and Ralph Boyd @
Il Guiford were reelected as president an
secretary, respectively. Ascounty moe'
p ing of delegates from each local organ
- ization will be held in the board of trad
{ rooms Feb 10 and at that time q dele