Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1922-08-04
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BRATTLEBORO

Col. f. w. Gibson has moved his law
Offices from Crosby block to room No Z,
in the American building, which is up
one fight.
Axel L. Quist has sold his house at 21S
Canal street to John A. Lindsey, through
William G. Horizons real estate agency.
Mr.. Quist will go to Cannon Falls, Mimi,
about Sept. 1 to take up farming on his
fathers farm.
Rev. Richard H. Clapp, pastor of the
First Congregational church in North
ampton, Mass, formerly pastor of the
Centre church here, willSoccupy the pull
pit in the Centre church next Sunday
morning at 1870.
The Doth annual reunion of the lara
bee-Stacy family will be held at Forest
lake, Winchester, n. H., Wednesday,
Aug. 16. 1t will take the form of bas-
ket picnic. Coffee will be furnished by
A. A. Larrabce. Each member is re-
quested to carry a cup.
The 10Th triennial reunion of Powers
Institute and Bernardston high school
will be held at Bernardston, Mass,
Wednesday, Aug. IS. There will be a
reception in the evening, followed by
dancing. which will be under the aus
pieces of the senior class. 1t is hoped
that all former pupils will attend.
Leroy II. Wagner sold his house at 4
Union street Wednesday to G. Il. Switzer
of Williston street possession to be given
Aug. 10. Mr.. Wagner will move to an
apartment over his Main street shoe
store. Mr.. Switzcr is employed by the
G. r. Bradley Corp. The sale was made
through John l.. Towards real estate
agency.
Due to n short circuit in the wire sys-
TEN, the fire alarm bell at the Durham
Brothers company shoe store on Main
street sounded at 1870 Monday morning
The chemical fire truck and hook and
ladder truck responded to still alarm
but failed to discover any fire. The au-
tomato alarm registered for a fire on
the second floor of the south building.
Mrs. Mary Dwight) Eastman. 81. of
New Britain, Conn.,. died Wednesday
morning in the Memorial hospital, where
she had been since July 20 with a broken
hip. Mrs. Eastman was born in New
York city Aug. l., 1888, n daughter of
Rev. Ornan and Mary (Rced) Eastman.
The body was sent yesterday to Wood
lawn, n. Y, for burial in Woodlawn
cemetery.
Sedgwick Woman's Relief corps held
lawn party Wednesday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. Julia Cooley, s Birge
street There were ~ members and
friends present also nine comrades. Dur
ing the afternoon victrola music and sing
iub were tHJoycu ana SuileS were prayed.
An excellent supper was served which
consisted of various kinds of salads,
sandwiches ice-crcam. cake and coffee.
Mrs. julius j. Estey received news
yesterday of the death of her nephew.
Harry G. Gray. SO, of Cambridge. q. Y,
who was killed in an automobile acct
dent. Mrs. Gray also was injured Sc
riously. The particulars are not known.
Mr.. Gray was the only son of the late
- IF ,br.I
Estey left in the afternoon for Cam
bridge to attend the funeral.
Some Brattleboro persons were much
interested to see a wall-eyed pike finger
ling in Sunset lake Sunday. The lake
was stocked with wall-eyed pike fry
three years ago, but no evidence of their
presence had been seen since then until
Sunday and it was feared they had
failed to survive, but the discovery of
the lingering shows that at least some
OF them are alive and are breeding. Wall
eyed pike are n deep water fish and are
night feeders and so far as is known
there has been no fishing especially for
this breed in Sunset lake.
Postmaster NJ. j. Moran received q
communication from +. c. Ayres, drec-
tor of the savings division of the trea-
sury department, Boston, commencing
his work in connection with the local
sales OF treasury savings certificates.
During the month of July, an amount
of 81 $50 was reached at the local post
office. Mr.. Moran says that the demand
for these treasury certificates is increas-
ing rapidly and patrons of the office are
approaching the Investment advantages
that are being offered by the govern
ment.
Col T.. w. Gibson of the l72d Regi-
ment went Tuesday to Lyndonville by di-
rection of Gov. James Hardness and
Adit. Gen. III. T. johnson to- investigate
the situation with reference to the
strike of the Boston & Maine railroad
employees. A tense situation exists
there, bad feeling exists between strik-
ers and strike breakers. Col. Gibson
had experience in military way in
connection with the strike of the Inter
national Paper Col employees in Bellows
Falls, when the Brattleboro and Rutland
companies were called out to preserve
order.
The cast of Nothing But the Truth
went to Putncy Tuesday evening and pre-
sented the play under the auspices of the
East Putney Community club. The
town hall, where the performance was
given, was packed and the audience was
apprecativc. All the women taking par
were presented flowers and at the clos,
of the play refreshments of ice-crcam
cake and punch were served. On Mon
day evening the members of the cast ant
few invited guests enjoyed a dinner
party at Inwood Inn, at which time tn,
lines of the play were gone over.