Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1922-07-28
CRe OermOnt Nbenix.
BRATTLEBORO.

broke his collar bone while playing foot
ball July 20.
N. N. Darling of South Main street
caught rat this week which measured
IL inches from the tip of his nose to the
end of his tail
j. w. lizard has sold his house on
Pine street to Will Il. Combs, who buys
for home. The sale was made through
John l.. Towards real estate agency.
Mrs. Walter Hudson Lipc of Cana
joharie, n. Y, formerly of Brattleboro,
announces the marriage of her daughter,
Virginia, to Robert Bartlcs Wilcox last
Saturday, July %, OF Lake Placid, N. Y.
Mrs. Florence (Akeey) Perham,
daughter of Henry r. Akeley of Brattle.
boro, and Joseph Richard Erwin of Enos-
burg were married Tuesday morning at
the town clerks Office by Carl S. Hop
kins, justice of the peace
Mrs II. A. Staten of Vernon enter
tanned Tuesday at her home - members
of Past Matrons and Past Patrons so
ciety of the Eastern Star. The party
went there in the afternoon by automo
bllcs and enjoyed supper at Mrs.
Staten's home.
Frank A. King of 80 East Alvord
street, Springfield. Mass. and Miss Grace
NJ. Severance of 30 Hadley street. South
lladley Center, Mass, were married at Z
o'clock Monday evening at the parson-
age of the First Baptist church by Rev
DIR. Clark T. Brownell.
There will be u session of United
States Court for the purpose of receiv.
ing declarations of intention and peti
tions for naturalization at the Clerks
office in the Federal building in Brattlc-
boro, Friday, July 2S, 1922, at nine
o'clock in the forenoon to continue all
day.
Mrs. c. b. Lamson has sold her two
on1 half ,,t,
ton street to Il. L. Fitch, who buys for
home. Mr.. and Mrs. Leon White, who
have occupied the house, will move next
week to Bennington, where Mr.. White is
stationed for the Twin State Gas & Elcc-
trio GO.
Mrs. G. II. Smith is converting the So
called CresSy house at the corner of
Whipped and High streets into a two
tenement house. The interior of the
house in the rear of the Greasy house
has been torn out and is being rebuilt.
An entrance will be made on Whipple
street, making the tenements much more
desirable.
of William j. Kennedy of Searsburg
died Friday night in the Memorial hos
pital, where she had been five weeks fol
lowing an operation. Death was due t.
cancer. She was born in Searsburg, in
1865 and was "A daughter of Thaddeus
anu sally 'NnlpIpNJ cutter. line body
was taken Saturday to Searsburg, where
the funeral took place Sunday.
Announcement of the death at her
home in Lima, o., of Mrs. Viola Farms
worth Gates, a former resident here
daughter of the late Mr.. and Mrs. Ro-
bertus Farnsworth, has been received
Mrs. Gates was born in Shclburne Falls
and for many years lived with her par
ents here. She leaves two children, Will
liam +. Gates of Independence, O., and
Mrs. Walter NJ Scott of Lima, and one
niece, Miss Julie Il. Brown of Brattle-
borO.
William Holt of the Headquarters Co.
Hns becH cpgaged by the village commits
sloners as hotorcycle policeman to patrol
the village highways in an effort to stop
automobile speeding. The advisability of
engaging such an officer has been under
consideration for some time. Mr.. Holt
was in conference on Tuesday with A
"A. Griggs, chief inspector for the state
automobile department. and was given
some pointers with respect to what is re-
Qulred of a motorcycle officer.
A. S. Warren has sold his house and
lot at II Belmont avenue to w. j. Bige-
low, who has sold the property to Frank
A. Dewitt of Newfane. Mr.. Dewitt
buys it for home Mr. Warren expects
to go to Colorado in the near future for
the benefit of his health. Mrs. Dewitt
wiz 'piHt mere 10 i've on account OF their
children attending school here, but with
me exception of the .wcck-ends, Mr.. De
witt VIII remain in Newfane, where he
is treasurer of the Windham County
Savings bank.
Mr.. and Mrs. John l.. Roess of
Springfield, Mass. formerly of Brattle-
boro, have sold their farm in this town.
known as the Luther Dustin farm. to
Thomas T. Hill of Carmel. \. Y, q re-
tired lawyer, giving deeds Wednesday
mr.. 1homass son, Fred NJ. Hill, and
the latters wife and their three children
nave moved to the farm this week. COM
ing from Springfield Mr.. Hill plans to
engage in farming and fruit growing.
The elder Mr.. Hill is considering max
ing his home in Vermont. The sale was
made through John l.. Towards real es.
tate agency.
Secretary Dennis r.. Tasker of the Val
ley Fair association received Friday
10 slides to be shown in moving picture
houses advertising the fair Sept % and
-: Each slide is a reproduction of the
colOred picture which was used exten-
siyely on advertising cards. envelopes and
other material last year The slides
We're made by the Lelasl Studios in
New York. and were shown for the
brneht of the fair officials at the Latchis
theatre Friday afternoon. The slides
will be sent to theatres in Kcene Rel.
be used the two weeks previous to the
fair.
A special meeting of the First Ban
fist church was held Friday evening to
see if the church would authorize the
trustees to sell part of the DR.. Henry
-. Holton property. DR.. Holton wlled
the residence at the junction of Main
and Walnut streets to the church for
parsonage, and the barn on the Wal
nut street side for parish house, but il
has been found inadvsable to locate
the parish house at that point 1t was
voted to leave to the trustees the mat.
ter of selling the barn and the land
adjoining it on the east, although thew
have no customer for it at the present
time.
The funeral of Arthur J. Adams, who
died Wednesday, July 10, in his home on
Homestead place, was held in the First
Methodist church at 2 o'clock FRIDAY
afternoon, Rev. Charles c. Chnyer. pas
tor of the church, officiating. Walter s
Stearns sang Crossing the Bar, and
Beautiful Land on High, Mrs. Arthur
=. Carpenter playing piano accompani