The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-03-12
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL

Rev. E. Q. S. Osgood will conduct the
chapel service at the Retreat Sunday
afternoon at o'clock.
| Charles Oakes's barber shop, which |
was damaged by smoke at the time of /
the fire in the so-called Rice restaurant |
several weeks ago, has received a fresh |
coat of paint and other repairs have been
made.
About so persons attended the Main |
street Parent Teacher association meet |
ing in the high school building yesterday |
afternoon. The association voted to take |
out sustaining membership in the
Childrens Aid society, Miss Eleanor
Black, supervisor of the Mutual Aid as
ISOLATION, gave an interesting account of
her experiences overseas, whence she
went with the first Harvard unit for war
service.
| Neifert, United States weather OBJ
server at Hartford, Conn, whose special
duty is to watch conditions in the Con-
necticut valley, sent a telegram today to
| Postmaster NJ j. Moran i'm which he
i stated that present indications were that
the snow would continue to melt today
and tomorrow with moderate rains; the
melting will be checked Saturday night
to colder will be neither severe nor eX
tended.
q Derwood Boardman, IL, son of Mr.. and
q Mrs. Alden G.. Boardman of q Laurel
! street. died about / las this morning of
administration. The boy was taken
i'll about four weeks ago with grip, and
: previous to last Sunday he had been UNI
: conscious for nearly two weeks. He was
born in Warren (Vt.) June %, 1908.
: Besides his parents he leaves five broth
: ers and three sisters. Mr.. Boardman is
employed by the Central Vermont rail
: road as fireman at the round house.
Il A fire alarm from box 30 shortly after
noon today called fire department
: sleigh from the Elliot street headquar-
8 tiers to the house on the south side of
s Thomas street owned by Miss Esther
Z Thomas. Bedding on a bed which had
! been pushed too close to a stove in the
g upstairs tenement, occupied by Ralph
lie. Scribner, caught fire, but some of the
Fl neighbors threw the burning bedding
.lout through a window, so the fire de-
Il partment was not needed. Mr.. Scribner
81 is employed in Greenfield, Mass.
Fl News of the death of their grand
Fl nephew, Oscar c. Brown, has been re
8 ceived by Mrs. Frances E. Clark and Mrs
Fl Addie c. Van Doom of School street
Fl Mr.. Brown died in Pittsburgh. Pa, Of
g pneumonia Friday night, March s. HI
81 had been in the employ of the govern
= ment. The body was brought to Leba
Simon, y. H.. for burial, the funeral beine
81 held there at 2 o'clock this afternoon
Fl Mrs Clark went to Lebanon to attent
Fl the funeral. Mr.. Browns father, j. War
Zlren Brown. worked for the late Georg
ZIE. Crowell when the latter owned tn
81 Household
E Charming New Zealand, one of tn
81 most progressive countries in the worl
Fl and one of the most wonderful in it
Fl scenic beauty and grandeur, will be tn
Fl subject of the illustrated lecture By Rev
=lD. F. Trout in the Universalist ehurc
6 Sunday at 100 p. m. The lecturh vii
Fl treat of the civic, economic and indus
Zitrial life of the people, and the vita
g part which the government plays in tn
Fl country's progress and development. TIL
Fl views will picture the Thames valley, tn
e geysers spouting steam and boilin
8 water, also the glaciers and mountains
Fl so varied is the scenery in this lanG
8 Special attention will be given to tn
g strange Maori people and their rapid de
6 yelopment New Zealand is wondd
s land in many ways and the lecture an
. slides will acquaint all with this charm
ing country and modern people TIL
8 choir will sing.
Fl A public bridge party win be held
& the Unitarian parish house Monda
Fl afternoon, March 15 at o'clock, fo
81 the benefit of the Smith college Ell
81 dowment fund Tickets win be sol
Fl by Smith alumnae. TIP
:. Flowers have dropped in price; carna
s tions, roses, ap-dragons, lilies, hya
ZIeinths, daffodils, etc. c. n. Bond. TIE
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