Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1922-10-20
BRATTLEBORO.

chapel service at the Retreat Sunday
afternoon at 3 o'clock.
The Fort Drummer cotton mill began
running on full time this week, or 90
hours a week. About 275 hands are EN-
ployed.
Marcena Roberts, about 40, of West
Gloucester, Mass. who underwent an
| operation at the Memorial hospital three
weeks ago, died Wednesday.
The following marriage intentions
have been filed at the Office of the town
clerk: Porter Newton Spencer, bank
teller, of q Chaplin street. and Miss
Beatrice Augusta Scovell of 10S High
| street.
= While trolling with spoon Wednesday
| afternoon ut the mouth of Broad brook
| James Frasier of 200 Elliot street caught
"A northern pike weighing 11l5 pounds
! Ii was one of the largest fish of that
variety taken hereabouts this year.
The University of Vermont at Burlng-
ton announces the pledging of freshmen
and other new men in the fraternities of
abe university. the list including the
names of William II. Moreton of Brat
| tleboro and Nathan Dauchy of Town
shend to the Phi Mu Delta.
The Maple Street Book club held its
annual meeting Tuesday evening at the
home of the president, Mrs. Franklin p.
| SEARS. Inc IOllOWlnR officers were
elected: President, Mrs, Franklin =.
Sears; secretary and treasurer, Miss
| Edith Bennett; chairman of book com
mittee, Mrs. S. i. Purinton.
| Mooseheart Legion held a whist party
Wednesday night in Red Mems hall
with ~ tables at cards. The prizes
were won by Mrs. j. l.. Rathbone. Ed.
ward Curtin. Mrs. Harry N. Holland
| and Martin Cutler, ir. Refreshments of
| sandwiches, cake and coffee were served
| and a musical program was given.
A telephone alarm was sent to the fire
station from 204 Elliot street Wednes-
day and when the chemical truck re-
sponded chimney was found to be
| blazing merrily. The house is occupied
| by Milo Moon and is owned by John II.
| Kaine. The blaze was extingpished in
| about 10 minutes and no damage was
done. The alarm was sent in at $40.
| Neighbors' night was observed Wednes-
| day by Protective Grange, when about
40 members of Newfane Grange were
present and gave very enjoyable enter
tainment, consisting of readings and
vocal and instrumental selections. Fol
| lowing the entertainments an excellent
oyster supper was served by Protective
Grange. There were about 125 present.
o. e. Moore was pleasantly surprised
Wednesday night at his home on Main
street, the occasion being his I'D birth
! day. About % friends came to spend
! the evening with him and presented him
| many membranes of the day. The
rooms were attractively decorated in
| Halloween colors, ported plants and cut
! flowers. Refreshments were served.
Mrs. John ]. Vevier of West River
road was awakened about 11.30 Monday
evening by the smell of burning wood
ard Immediately aroused Mr.. Vevier
who went to the cellar and found the
chimney on fire between the sheathing
the partition about three feet and by
prompt work was able to extinguish the
! fire without sending in an alarm.
ii. o. Beckman, proprietor of the Brat
telboro Baking Co., which went out OF
business soon after l.. II. II, Wagner
bought the Cutler block, in which it was
located. has filed voluntary petition
of the United States district court at
Burlington. He gives his liabilities as
! S11.37622 and his assets as S223.96, OF
which $1O5 is claimed as exempt.
L. w. Jackman of the Strout real
estate agency recently sold the following
property: To Charles r. Tets of Nor
folk, n. J., the Charles A. Perry farm in
New York city the Francis. II. Arnold
farm in Townshend to which he will
move next spring; to Denton NJ. Robin
son of New York the William G. Ripley
farm in Willamsyille, where he ha'
moved; to Byron Pebbles of Tilton. n
H., the Henry Sage farm in Soutl
Wardsboro.
The body of John r. Frost, %, wh'
died in Pueblo, Col, Oct. 8, was brough
Saturday for burial in the family lot il
Prospect Hill cemetery. Mr.. Frost wa
former resident of Brattleboro. bein
for time in the grocery business wit
( his father, John w. Frost. He is SUI
vived by two sisters, Mrs. w. II. Mino
2 of New York and Mrs. G. b. Goodell 9
$ Portland, Ore, and one brother, 10: Z
e Frost of Worcester, Mass. Mrs. Mino
+. Mr.. and Mrs T.. G. Frost, and Mrs. '
$ II. Lansingh of New York were here
I attend the burial service.
I The F. j. Fairbanks Bakery compan.
u Inc. of Brattleboro has filed with III
secretary of state an affidavit of PR
e posed issue of three shares of capit'
2 stock at par value of 500 per shai
g for cash. The company is also to issr
t 1877 shares for property owned by Floy
g j., Florence NJ. and Ernest A. Fairbank
" OF the 200 shares. 100 are to be issue
it to f. j. Fairbanks, 20 to Florence \
y Fairbanks, and 30 to Ernest A. Fai
Re banks. The balance of the authorize
W capital stock is to be issued from time
O. time for cash at par,