The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-13
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL

The FIRE truck was called to 10 Organ
street about 10 o'clock this morning for
a chimney fire. No damage was done
An important meeting OF the executive
committee OF the Red Cross will be held
in the Red Cross rooms in the federal
building tomorrow afternoon at $50
o'clock.
The annual meeting of the Woman :
Guild of St Michael's Episcopal church
will be held at 3 o'clock tomorrow after
noon at the parish house. Dues are pay
able at that time.
The membership committee elected at
the preliminary meeting of the Woman :
day evening consists of Mrs. Sylvia Miner,
chairman. Mrs. G. W. Lane, Mrs. f. G..
Vail, Mrs. +. W. Chapman.
Arrangements have been made for
electric cars to stop in front of the First
Baptist church this evening after the ID.
A. r. musicale. Miss Mary Potter OF
Newark \. j.. who is to sing, arrived
this morning and is stopping at the
Brooks house.
Arrangements have been made with
Judge Harland 3. Howe whereby Earl
Colby will be released this week from
the Washington county jail at Montpelier,
TO which institution he was committed
last week for violating the Mann act,
under conditions which will allow him to
return to his home in Wilmington.
Phe annual meeting of the Centre Con-
gregatiOnal church will be held in the
church at 80 o'clock tomorrow evening.
1t will be preceded by a baked bean sup
per for all members of the church. with
their wives and husbands. The Conquest
club will conduct a sale of homemade
candy during the supper hour and the pro-
ceeds will be used for missionary pur-
poses.
Harold 2. Whites one of the local
agents of the Metropolitan Life Insur-
ance company, closed last week a record
week for the Windsor. VT, district. Is.
+. Casavant, the other local agent was
second. falling short a few points behind
Mr. White. The fact that the inSllr-
ance business is good would INDICATE
that the general condition of business in
Bratleboro is good also.
At the regular meeting of Triumph
lodge. S. F. of A.. Wednesday evening,
the following officers We're installed by
Deputy Carl H. Anderson Past presi-
dent. c. w. Bjorklund; president, Mrs.
Ada Anderson; vice president, Anna \.
Anderson; chaplain. Ellen Hertzberg:
marshal, Ebba Kugge; sec, E. G, Gustaf-
son; fin. sec. Ivan Augustson; treas.
ThOrwald Johnson inside guard, Mrs.
Christine Harrington; outside guard
Christopher Hertzberg. Refreshments
were served and dancing enjoyed after
the installation.
The funeral of Miss Mildred Amidon
who died in Boston Sunday, was held
yesterday in Bond & Sons under
taking parlors. Rev. Clark t Brownell
pastor of the First Baptist church. Off
stated Mrs. w. II. Bond sang Sometime
Wen Understand and My Jesus As Thou
Wilt. The body was taken to West
Chesterfield for burial in the family lot
beside the bodies of her father and mother.
Those who came to attend the funeral were
Mrs. R L. Crafts of Springfield, Mass,
Perley Jones of East Jamaica, Robert
Jones of Worcester Mass, and Mrs. K
Is. Jones of Boston.
The funeral of Lewis y. Harris was
held yesterday afternoon at $50 O'Clock
in his late home on High street. Rev. ID,
+. Trout. pastor of the First Universal
list church, offciated. and as part of the
service read the poem, The Saviour of
Men. The bearers were Mr.. Harris 5
! four brothers Alfred of WOllaston, Mass,
Frank of NTillers Fails. Julius J. of Shell
hurne Falls, and William Harris of West
Brattleboro. The burial took place in the
family lot in Morningside cemetery. Those
who attended from out of town were Mr..
and Mrs. Julius J. Harris of Sheiburne
Falls. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Harris of Mill
ers Falls, Guy Sawyer of Wheelwright
Mass, and Mrs. Charles F. Sawyer of
Vernon.