The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-30
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL

The free kindergarten will open
Wednesday, Jan. 3, after the holiday
vacation.
The first meeting of creditors in the
bankruptcy case of {. l.. SanderSon was
held this morning in the municipal
court from before Referee. in Bankruptcy
John f. Gale.
The funeral of Frank \. Cook. wis
'Eeti Thursday. will be held at - o'clock
Monday afternoon az AitchelTs funeral
@ome. Rev. Edwin L. Wood of All Souls
church will oticiate and the body will De
,aken Tuesday to Springfield tYt.) for
burial.
On Sunday evening the Swedish Luth-
eran church, Rev. Oscar Casting pas
tor, will hold Watchnight service in the
church from 8 O'Clock until midnight.
Y hen the new year will be welcomed.
Refreshments viii be served. The usual
morning service win be held The church
; planning to hold New Years service
Monday evening, beginning Mt 730
o'clock
The high school alumni dance in Odd
Fellows temple hast night was fairly we'll
attended and was an interesting and
pleasing occasion. 1t was under the man
dgement of committee of which Eliza
eth Schwenk was chairman Before the
dancing various college students spoke
concerning the colleges which they at
tend, telling the high school students
things which the latter might wish to
know if they contemplated attending col
'rge. Philip Wheeler spoke for Wesleyan
university. William Moreton for the~J-ni-|
vel-sijy Of Vermont. Helen Woodwork
aud Marion Laughton for Middlebury
college and Howard Rice for Dartmouth
college.
NJ. =. Maurice of Brattleboro. who re-
Gently argued a ease jim nited States SUI
~ In Lost
ming on different matters pertaining to
his profession Mr.. Maurice is much in
tcrested in the recent decision handed
down by the United States supreme
court relative TO the licensing of insur-
ancc companies in Arkansas, in which
the highest court of the land held that
the Arkansas laA taxing insurance com
p5hIes that are HOt licensed to do bust
ness IN Arkansas fee Of five per cent of
The premiums written in on business in
that state - uncOnS;itu ioual and he
holds that Vermont law which is a two
per cent tax. based, he claims. on the
Arkansas state law. is affected by this
recent decision. Mr. Maurice recently
argued similar cnse in the Vermont
supreme court. 1t is understood that
Tax Commissioner f. H. Thomas dos
rot take the same view of the decision
rs Dir. Maurice enjoys. - MontpeIic.
Argus.
The funeral Of Miss Mary Pcllcrin
who died Thursday, was held at O'Clock
this morning in St. Michaers Cath
Ollie church, Rev james T.. Rand saying
funeral mass. The service was largely
attended, members of the Ladies Catho-
lie Benevolent association and OF the
Children of Mary Sodality being seated
ia body. Employees of the Vermont
National bank, by which Miss Pellerin
was employed. also attended The burial
in TiC% oo1'
hearers were James Baker. Daniel
Lyons, Lawrence Sheehan, Harold
Shea. James Long and Josenh Austin
j he pail bearers were Misses Loretta.
Baker, Marion Miles, Elizabeth Griffin.
Anna Fleming, Marguerite Haus ana
Alice Manning. Those here from out of
town 10 attend the funeral were Mrs.
Lucia Gosselin, sister of Mrs. Pellerin.
and Mrs. Pellerin's niece and husband,
Mr.. and Mrs Anthony Page. all Of Man
chester, y. IL, and Miss Marion Miles
Vf Springfield. Mass