The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-01
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Thanksgiving Cheer Every
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Yesterday
KING TURKEY
REIGNED SUPREME
Attractions for All Who Wished in
Homes, Lodges, Theatres and Football
Field-Firemen Called Out for Chin
ney Blaze i'm Morning.


Thanksgiving. the day when King
Turkey reigns supreme, has again passed
into history. The day toward which
everyone had been looking provided its
wealth of good things TO eat, afforded
time for the happy reunion of families
and furnished an opportunity for con
genial visits. among friends. In many
homes, particularly among the older peo-
pie Thanksgiving held true to the early
precepts and meant a day when thanks
is given for the prosperity and benefi-
cence bestowed upon each individual
family ;>to the younger folks, il was
day of general rejoicing and revelry, and
TO the small but sturdy boy il was a day
when tummies are filed TO capacity fol-
lowed by the usual distressed feeling re-
sulting from eating too much turkey,
squash pie and candy.
All in ALL Thanksgiving was enjoyed
in Brattleboro by everyone who was free
for the day, and that meant almost every
body. There WIS enough attraction
throughout the day to interest those who
wanted to keep on the go; for those who
desired day of quiet and rest, there was
not enough doing to make any inroads
upon their tranquility.
In the morning, there was a football
game at Pratt field, which attracted
good number of those interested in that
sport In the afternoon and evening, the
Marcus Oh Baby show held forth at the
Auditorium. playing to a capacity audi
ence in the evening. The moving picsure
theatres received large patronage and at
Festival hall late in the evening there
was an unusually large crowd of dancers,
attracted there largely by the presence
ba 7fAapS of ha Qah faaC xrh
joined in the dance with the regular
patrons.
There was large number of guests at
the Brooks House, some of them being
local people and others travelling men
and parties who were too far away from
home to go home for the day Many local
people entertained out-of-town guests,
conspicuous among whom were college
boys and girls who came 10 Brattleboro
guests of those students whose homes
are here.
At the Masonic and Odd Fellows
temples there was Il generous sprinkling
Of lodge members through the day. At
the Masonic temple in the morning a
fair sized audience was present 10 watch
the bowling game in the regular tourna-
meQt, and at the Odd Fellows temple in
the evening a similar match was held
before a good sized audience. Many
members and their friends strolled down
10 both places after the Thanksgiving
dinner and enjoyed an hour or two of
pool or bowling.
All the stores banks and places of
business We're closed for the day except
the fruit and candy stores. drug stores
and the restaurants. The postoffice was
open only between the hours of 10 in the
morning and noon. There were no street
deliveries. but the outgoing mail at the
postoffice was pouched as usual.
Railroad traffic was light yesterday
morning and during the early afternoon,
but from & O'Clock on all trains running
both north and south were practically
taxed 10 capacity with people returning
from the visit made at home This
morning traffic also was very heavy with
people who elected TO spend the entire
day yesterday at their homes or wher-
ever they were guests.
The only spot that was cold and
gloomy during the holiday was the lookup
on Elliot street There were no guests
there for the day or last night, and the
town was comparatively free from intox-
icated persons.
The firemen. however. did not spend
the day without a rude interruption. At
$50 yesterday morning they responded
10 still alarm at is Homestead place,
to a house in which Mrs. Sylvia j. Adams
lives. A blaze starting in the chimney
spread to the adjoining partitions in a
blind attic and the firemcn were obliged
to cut "A hole in the roof in order TO get
1t AAN AldlAAtN. Ht AVuttHtS VI three
chemical tanks were used To good effect
and the fire extinguished. Damage to
the extent of about $50 was done.
For a THANKSGIVING day the weather
was the finest in many u year. The air
was comparatively warm and many
townSpeople took advantage of the
Springlike atmosphere TO take one more
automobile ride through the country dis
tricts of southern Vermont
With Thanksgiving now relegated to
the past, all eyes are turned TO Christ
mas, which is only three weeks from next
Monday