The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-03-01
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL

The citizenship class which was to meet
tomorrow afternoon has been postponed
to Tuesday, March 8.
A robin was heard chirping his spring
song this morning near the home of Mrs.
+. A. Wells at l07 High street.
The offering in the Centre Congrega-
tional church yesterday morning for Near
East relief amounted to $l45.
At meeting of the executive board of
the Brattleboro Red Cross branch Mrs,
the home service section in place of A. P.
Simonds, resigned.
The emergency hospital, which has
been open week, will be closed this
afternoon, Seth White of Maple street
who had been i'll there with pneumonia
having been discharged today.
Glass No. 10 of the Baptist Bible
school, the Annah Gale class, is invited
to the home of Mrs Sarah Wilson, 81
Green street, tomorrow afternoon. il
being her birthday anniversary. 1t is
hoped that a large number will be
present.
Tony Bardelis, proprietor of pool room
and bowling alleys on Elliot street
pleaded guilty in municipal court this
forenoon on the charge of employing a
boy IL years old after o'clock at night
He was fined s. and costs. States Attor-
ney E. w. Gibson appeared for the state
The funeral of Miss Gladys E. Yeaw
was held Sunday afternoon at l o clock
in Moran & Rohde's undertaking
rooms Rev. D. E. Trout, pastor OF
the First Universalist church, official
ed. The body was placed in the re-
ceiving vault in Prospect Hill GENE.
terry.
In the municipal court Saturday after
noon the jury returned verdict for the
plaintiff, Thomas T. Britain, to recover
S6256 from Arthur Fl. Wilson. The
plaintiff sued for $l6l09, a balance
claimed to be due on insurance policies
The case had been on trial before Judge
A. Z. Cudworth since Thursday morning
Owing to the scarcity of painters in
Brattleboro during the season of 1919
with no better prospects for 1920, the
master painters have decided to increase
the wages to take effect March /. This
decision was taken to try to induce the
painters here to stay and to bring others
The scale is 20 cents an hour and eight
hours a day.
Fred H. Harris and sister, Miss Evelyn
Harris, were participants in the winter
sports at Lake Placid, n. Y, last week
and on Friday there was an exhibition Of
ski jumping by jacobson, Wylder anC
Harris, professionals. In the events o.
one day Miss Harris and Mr. Harri,
we're second in the one-legged race anC
first in the human skibob, and Mr. Harri,
was first in the proficiency race and oh
stacle race. The three highest poin
winners We're: Harris, IS; A. Yates, IA
Miss Candicus, 10.
The funeral services of Hartwell Pix,
were held in the Universalist churcl
Saturday afternoon at go o'clock, Rev
| ID. i. Trout officiating. Walter
Stearns sang two selections, Abide Witt
Me and Lead, Kindly Light. The bear
ers were Charles a. Smith. Charlie
Brown, Frank Bement and Frank Pratt
The body was placed in the tomb il
/ Prospect Hill cemetery. Sylvester Pix
and Timothy Bestick both of Bridgeport
fConn., were among the out-of- town rela
tives at the funeral.
Members of the Eastern Berkshir
Congress will convene in the Brook
House tomorrow for the election of off
lcers and other business of the annua
meeting. A good number of speaker
have been secured to give addresses. TIL
annual sale will be held Wednesday
opening at 10 O'Clock in the forenoon
at the Purebred Live Stock Sales Co
pavilion on Vernon street. Luncheo
will be served at the pavilion this yea
as is done at the cattle sales. A larg
number of swine have been consigned fo
the sale.
Merton Emerson Bent, SO. of VIII
chester, " H., died yesterday mornin
in the Memorial hospital He was Dor
in Winchester, n. H., April 80 1S6
a son of Frank J and Mary Davis
Bent. He was sawyer and worke
at one time for F. A. Larrow on h
lumber job in Marlboro The bod
will be placed in the tomb in Prospe,
Hill cemetery, the funeral services b
; ing held in the spring at the tin
of the burial. Mrs. Walter Barrett
Keene, sister of Mr.. Bent, and NJ
Barrett were here today.
After few hours illness Mrs. Hest,
H. Cook died Saturday morning, Feb.
: at the home of her daughter, Mrs. c. Y
Worthen and DR.. Worthen, on Fairvie
Terrace, White River Junction. She W;
born in Dummerston, April %, 1874
She was the last of family of 10 chi
dren. There are left two sons and OIL
daughter, Don c. Cook of Lowell, Mas
George H. Cook of Chelsea, Mass, al
Mrs. c. w. Worthen of White Riv
Junction, also two grandchildren, Mari
RE and Marion Worthen. There are al
two nieces, Mrs. w. c. Bailey of Sprin
field, Mass, and Mrs. +. Z. Holmes
Brattleboro. Funeral services were he
in the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Worthen al
the burial took place Feb. "a in Sprin