The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-18
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL

The American Legion auxiliary will
hold its annual meeting in Grand Army
hall at 40 o'clock tomorrow night
Officers for the ensuing year will be
elected and chairmen of committees will
be appointed.
Raleigh Drake of Idaho will be a
guest during the holidays of Perry May
nard of Washington street. Mr.. Drake,
who IS q well-known celliSt. will give a
concert Friday evening. Dec. %, in the
Baptist church. lie will be assisted by
Ernest Barre, baritone and Mrs. w. G.
Bryant, reader, Of Greenfield.
The funeral of Henry ]. Prouty was
held Saturday afternoon at / o'clock in
Moran Rohde's undertaking rooms on
Grove street. Rev. 4. +. Wood, pastor
OF All Souls church. ofiiciated. The
burial took place in West Dummerston
The bearers We're Floyd Prouty, Joseph
Bavis, Julius Prouty and Guy Prouty
Mrs. May Holden of Townshend was
here to attend the funeral.
An automobile OWNED by Henry G.
Pearson of FitehbuPg Mass, formerly
OF Brattleboro, struck and killed Edgar
EstabrOok, %, on the Lunenburg state
road Saturday morning: The chauffeur.
who was on his way to Boston with Mrs
Pearson and her sister Miss Ida Waite
was held blamelesS after n police inves-
ugation, it being found that Mr. Esta-
brook had become confused by the APP
preach Of two cars and stepped in front
OF the Pearson machine.
Mrs. Sabra j. adams, wife OF Altman
G. Adams Of "a Spring street. Keene. \.
H., died early Saturday at her home.
tier age was o. years. She had been q
resident of keene nine years The
funeral service was held in the Aldrich
chapel this morning at 10 O'Clock.
The burial viii take place in West Brat
tleboro. Mesides her husband, She
Brattleboro and Orville f. Ward of
BrattleboTo andOrville Z. Ward of
Nestmoreland. n H.. and several
neDhews and nieces
According TO a London cable to the
New York Herald, a London firm is
oherlng for sale for 500 guineas the
manuscript of story claimed Ia bax.e
been written by Rudyard Kiplinp and
entitled At the Pits Mouth Mr., Kim
ing says he does not remember having
written such 4 story, and he has refused
10 give permission for its publication
IL was written in 1884. when Mr.. Kin
ing was doing newspaper work in India.
- lhe saie y carried out court action
may result
The Greenfield Recorder Of SATURDAY
contained the following Greenfield news
fem Through Mrs l.. +. Holden IF
Brattlehoro. national vice president gem
RAJ. Dorothy Quincy Hancock cbaDfer
- 4 IL, mas presented to the public IL
hrary SIX copies of manual of the
nited States for the information Of i'm
migrants. each copy in different
language. Il is published in English
Spanish. Italian. Hungarian. Yiddish and
Polish by tie National society of the D.
X, Tor the information Of immigrants
10 assist them in becoming Patriotic
American citizens. Each Immigration
rival al port Of entry Is given ?
manual book"
Recent issues of the Chicago Tribune
md Chicago Journal contained large
haftone pictures OF Miss Madeline
Shilds. daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. g.
Frederick Childs Of Chicago tAfr. Childs
formerly Of Brattleb0rol. in connection
with a charity bail The Journal said
9f her., ;'She will have q leading part,
IN the debutante dqnces Of lie RAJ Fam
tastique. the leading charity bali az the
winter. which Will take Mace Tuesday
syening IN lie Trianon the new danc-
'ng place at SiNty-sec0nd street and Cot
toge Grove avenue The Tribune said
She viii be presented 70 society at
p. !"