The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-05-01
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL

| Ernest NJ Goodenough, electrician, has
/ hired one of the two stores In a house
/ on South Main street which Charles
| Vaetsch recently bought and IS remodel
| ing. Mr.. Vaetsch viii occupy the other
| store for bakery.
The marriage of Henry Lawrence
/ Bartlett and Mrs. Anna May Davis both
/ of 20 Flat street, took place Saturday
evening at the Baptist parsonage on
North Main street, Rev. Clark T. Brown
| ell d. D., officiating. u 81 -
The Brooks House pharmacy has added
four new 'Seat-MOre tables and chairs 10
/ its store equipment. The tables, which
are of mahogany, have plate glass tops,
underneath which is space for displaying
toilet articles for advertising purposes.
Several complaints have been made by
persons living on western avenue and
High Lawn road that distributors of milk
have habit of throwing broken milk and
cream bottles into the gutter and streets
in that. section. Boys bicycle tires con
tinually are being punctured by the bro
ken glass and no doubt automobile tires
are damaged.
Resident members of the summer col
ony on Ames hill will be interested in the
announcement of the marriage of Miss
Miriam Grover. daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. James Grover of Springfield, Mass.
to Julian Lowrie Dean of Hartford,
at home after June l. The marriage
occurred Saturday, April -.
News has been received here of the
marriage of Mrs. Elizabeth Retting of
Mount Clemens, Mich, and Franklin b.
Lee of Elyria, Ohio, which took place re-
Gently. They are at present making their
home in Elyria, but will go May Is TO
Mr.. Lees summer home at Lorain, Ohio.
Mrs. Lee formerly lived in BrattlebOro
and is the widow of Leopold Retting.
Frank Ira Wilder, who lives in. the
Ullery building, is the owner of a framed
copy of the New York Daily Gazette
published May ], 1889, 1873 years ago to-
day, which contains in full President
George Washington 5 inaugural address,
delivered the previous day. April 30, in
New York. 1t originally was owned by
his great grandfather. Ira Scott, then
by his father, Ira Scott, ir.. and came
| to him from his mother Mrs. Sophia
| (Scott) Wilder. 1t is a four-page paper
of about the size and style of other
! newspapers of those days.
Miss Elisabeth Brasor, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank BrasOr of Pine street,
| gave supper party Saturday evening to
Is young women friends, at which time
she announced her engagement to Arthur
Birchard Dewitt, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
| John G.. Dewitt of this town. The table
decorations were beautiful and were of
sweetpeas and bride roses. At each place
| at the table was a ring encircling a small
! ladyfnger. Inside the ring also was tied
a card containing the two names. At Miss
BrasOr'S place was her engagement ring
In the evening hearts was played. Mr..
Dewitt has. a position in the engineering
department of ellis & Geoghegan. heat
ing and ventilating contractors, of New
York city.
The body of John E. Calvin of Dor
chester, Mass. formerly of Brattleboro,
arrived in town last evening, accom-
panied by his three sisters; Mrs j. A.
Wheeler, Mrs. \. T. Kerlin and Mrs.
/ W. Z. Sheehan. and Mr. Sheehan. all OF
Boston. The funeral services were held
this morning at o'clock in st. Mi
chaePs Roman Catholic church. Rev
James p. Rand officiated. The burial
took place in the Calvin family lot in
st. MichaeIs cemetery. The bearers
were John Manning. Bernard Dunlevy
! Leo Haus and Edward Bowler Those
| who attended the funeral from out of
| town aside from those previously men
! toned We're Mrs. J. *. Dwyer and f. d
/ Calvin of Middlebury and Miss Julia
Calvin of Hartford. Conn.
!. The funeral of Mrs. Francis A Bagg.
| who died Thursday. was held in the
sirst Methodist Episcopal church at ,
, o'clock Saturday afternoon. Rev.
Charles c. Chayer. pastor of the church,
oficiated Mrs W. II. Bond sang Lead.
! Kindly Light. and My Jesus. as Thou
! Wilt. The burial took place in the fam
! lily lot in the Bernardston cemetery. The
| bearers We're Floyd J. Fairbanks. San
| ford y. Daniels, Erwin T.. Smith and
! John W. Howe. Those who came from
! out of town to attend the funeral were
! Fred Bardwell of Stormville, y. Y.
| Charles IL. Parsons of Maynard. Mass.
! Mr.. and Mrs Fred Parsons and daughter
| Of Greenfield. Mass, Mrs. Frank Foster
and Miss Winifred Foster of Bernard
sion, Mass, Mrs. Merrill Moore OF
| Mortified. Mass. GUY Bardwell OF
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