The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-07-01

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Gated reports come to the effect that
the H. j. Heinze company Of Pitts
burg, Pa, Is in a fair way to secure
control of the plant of the Federal
Packing company at Enosburgh
Falls. Should It prove true, Heinze
milk would be the 5Sth variety.
Frank M. Rich, the supervisor of
schools for Vernon, Guilford, Hall
fax, and Dummerston, Is to hold a
summer school in West Brattleboro
at time to be announced. No
charge for tuition will be made to
the teachers in the union school
district or to those who apply for
positions in the district. The aim of
the summer school will be to give to
some extent the advantages of nor
NAL training or at least to bring
them into touch with modern meth
DDS of teaching. To this end 1t Ia
proposed to cover a review of those
methods, with y discussion of the
psychological principles deemed
necessary, also modern methods in
use in teaching arithmetic. reading,
geography, history, English and
physical education. A large enroll
ment is anticipated
The Onarga, ILL.,, Leader of June
Is announces the death in that place
on June 10 of William Porter Pier
son. who for some time has been
regarded as the oldest living grad
uate of the University of Vermont
Mr.. Pierson was born in Leroy, NJ
Y, December 8, 1911, working in
the summer and going to school in
fall and winter, doing chores for
his board while in school. He en-
tered the University of Vermont in
1888, and after six years Of hard
labor, two of which were spent in
teaching, he graduated in 1899. At
ter his graduation, Mr.. Pierson
went to Kentucky. where he taught
school and read law. practicing for
seven years in Danville after his
admission to the bar. He was sub
sequently pioneer farmer in Iowa
and later merchant in Onarga,
ILL.,, until he retired in 1873, from
active business. He was interested
in education and in church affairs.
and gave literally to both. The
Leader refers to him as man of
strictest integrity and uprightness
in all his dealings with men
Ethel the 17-year-oid daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. H. c. Sheldon of
Georgia, is missing and it is believed
that she has eloped with William
Hastings, of Milton. The girl was
employed as a domestic at the farm
of Dudley Rood, of Buck Hollow, in
Fairfax, and since the day, about a
week ago, when she left the farm in
the company of Hastings, ostensibly
to return to her parents, no trace
has been found of either. The girl
but a few weeks ago underwent an
operation at the Mary Fletcher hos
pital in Burlington for appendicitis
and after remaining at home but
two weeks went to work at the home
Of Mr.. Rood. About one week ago
Hastings drove up to the Rood farm
and said that Mr.. and Mrs. Sheldon
had sent him for their daughter and
since that time all trace OF them
has been lost. The Sheldons did not
know but that their daughter was
| at the Rood farm and Mr. Rood did
| not know but that she was at her
own home and the disappearance
was not noted until two days ago
when Mr.. Sheldon telephoned to in
quire for his daughter and he was
informed that she had left there sew
eral days before. States Attorney
Elmer Johnson was informed OF the
matter by the parents but as they
confessed that they did not fear any
harm to the girl and were of the
opinion that she was as much in love
with Hastings as he was with her.
Mr.. Johnson will take no action.
The Sheldons have secured legal
advice and an attempt will be made
to locate the couple. The records at
Georgia and Milton have been ex-
amined but 1t was found that no
marriage certificate has been issued
to the couple. Hastings has an uunt
in Wolcott and one in Richmond and
an uncle in Calais, and these places