Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1922-09-22
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BRATTLEBORO

The automobile fire truck responded to
still alarm about 1916 o'clock Tuesday
for a chimney fire in the south water
cure building on Elliot street. Little
damage was caused by the fire.
Mrs. c. b. Lamson sold yesterday her
house at ~ Washington street. known
as the Hyde house, to Mrs. Edna Ham
lin of Newfane who buys for home
The shop in the rear will be made into
a garage.
The following marriage intentions
were filed at the Office of the town clerk
Saturday: Henry Eugene Rice, cabinet
maker, Barber building Brattleboro,
and Miss Alice Catherine Manning, 1S2
Elliot street.
News has been received in town of
the death Monday in Larchmont, n. Y,
of Frank ODonnell, who was formerly
a resident of Brattleboro. The funeral
was held in Larchmont at st. Au
gustnes church.
Bingham chapter, No. 80, Order of the
Eastern Star, held it's monthly meeting
or Tuesday night Mt Masonic temple.
Previous to the meeting a family supper
was served. which was attended by many
members and their families.
The annual meeting of the Vermont
Library association will be held in Brat
tlcboro Thursday and Friday, Oct. 26
and u. The program for the meeting Is
now in process of preparation. Libra
rians from New Hampshire have been in
vitcd to attend.
All wool bed blankets made from
Windham county wool have been re-
ceived at the Farm Bureau office and
may be seen there. They are six-pound
blankets and are in four different coors
pink plaid, blue plaid. white with pink
border, and gray.
Fay Hall of Westminster shot two
deer and wounded another in the Con-
nectcut Valley Orchard Cos open zone
Tuesday evening. The animals killed
We're a buck and a doe Mr.. Hall searched
for the wounded deer until darkness fell,
but was unable to find it.
Miss Lcona Mary Wojdyla and Louis
J. Janack. both of 80 Wright avenue,
Northampton, Mass, were married Mon
day at the town clerks office by Carl
s. Hopkins. The young couple arrived
from Northampton shortly after 1870
and returned to that city shortly after
they were married.
About 90 friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
Hugh Viele gave them surprise party
Saturday evening at their home on Frost
street. Mr.. and Mrs. Viele and son will
move soon to Claremont n. H. They
were presented cut glass sugar bowl
and cream pitcher. Refreshments of ice
cream and cake were served
Mr.. and Mrs. William Cushman of
at dinner party in their home Saturday
evening, at which time the engagement
of their son. Robert w. Cushman, to
Miss Viola A. Vaughn, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. r. B. Vaughn of Worcester;
was announced. Robert Cushman will
senior year at the Worcester Polytechnic
Institute.
Onslow Thompson, holder of the Brat
tleboro. Country club golf championship,
had the distinetio1 of getting, into the
Hole-inOne club Sunday when his tee
shot at the seventh hole struck fairly on
the green and rolled into the cup. Mr..
Thompson is the second member of the
local club to accomplish this feat ii. H..
March sinking his tee shot on the same
hole two seasons ago.
Work has been begun by r.. NJ. Hol-
den, contractor, for G. f. Allen on new
house on Clark avenue. 1t will be of the
bungalow type and of concrete construc-
ton and will contain five or six rooms.
Mr.. Allen states that if he receives a sat
isfn ctory return on his investment he
may build several more houses on the
same street, where he already has good
number of building lots.
A false fire alarm was rung in from box
4G Monday evening, at the junction of
Frost, Elliot and Williams street. The
fire department responded but found no
body near the box and could locate no fire.
On the return to the headquarters the
driver of the fire horses made too short
n turn toward the engine house and ran
into DR.. Thomas Rice's automobile, which
stood on the north side of Elliot street,
west of the station, and damaged one
fender.
Mrs. Emily l.. Grafam. wife of
Charles f. GRAHAM, has sold her house
on Chaplin street to William r. IIeus-
It's, through John l.. Towards real es-
tate agency. Mr.. Hcustis now lives on
Cedar street and is partner in the Il
l.. Fitch Plumbing Co. He buys for a
home, taking possession Oct. 10. Mrs.
GRAHAM has no definite plans further
than that she will make home for her
daughter, Dorothy, who has position IN
Boston and for Mr.. GRAHAM, who is a
druggist in Concord Mass.
Manager w. II. Richardson of the
Brattleboro Office of the Twin State Gas
& Electric Co., was notified Friday that
at the annual meeting of the New Eng
land division of the National Electric
Light association at Hotel Griswod
New, London. Conn. he was elected q
member of the executive committee, tc
represent the state of Vermont Martr
j. Insul, head of the Middle West IT'LL
ties Co. of Chicago, of which the Twr
State Go. is a subsidiary. is president
ex-oflicio of the National Electric Ligh
association.
The. funeral Of Miss Ella Houghton
who died Sept. II, was held Saturday
afternoon at $50 o'clock at the HON,
of Miss Sarah i. Winslow of "a Pros
pect street, where she had lived severa
years. Rev. Herbrt p Woodin. d. d.
pastor of tn Centre Congregations
church, ofiiciated. There We're many
beautiful flowers. The burial took plac
in the family lot in Prospect Hill GENE
terry. The bearers were Luther Hough
ton, John Waite, Houghton Seaverns am
Louis A. Whitney. Don Houghton o
Norwich, Conn, came to attend the fun
eTal.
Street railway traffic was delaye
two ours Monday forenoon becaus
of a broken trolley wire, the break oo
curing when a telephone pole broke an
fell upon it. A member of a gang o
special telephone linemen. who are her
to move some poles on Western avenu
near Guilford street, where road wor
is going on, was on the pole when it fel
having climbed up to cut wires. Th
lineman was not niured although h
doubtless would have lost his life b