The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-01-14
VERMONT NEWS
Items Of interest From Fourteen
Counties of State

Items Of interest From Fourteen
Counties of State
1t is rumored that Boston parties
who have been looking over the mar
Bile properties in the east part of the
town Of Middlebury have tentatively
arranged to purchase the same and
install new equipment next spring.
At the Both annual meeting of the
Ayrshire Breeders association at the
Hotel Manhattan, New York City, c.
NJ. Winslow of Brandon was elected
secretary and treasurer and f. w.
Spaulding Of Poultney took four prl-
yes during the year, amounting to S55.
Arthur Ploof of Burlington is laid
up with serious injuries, the result
OF being run into by traverse in that
city on Tuesday night. One wrist is
sprained and he has a number Of
other injuries. He was unconscious
for an hour after he was struck. Ploof
with other boys, was coasting and
was going back up the hill when a
traverse coming down struck him full
force and hurled him several feet.
The daughter Of Mr. and Mrs. B. r.
Thornburg, now living in Waltham,
Mass, but formerly OF Hyde Park has
a remarkable record in the way Of
relatives. She has one aunt and
three uhcles, two grandfathers and
two grandmothers, two great-grand-
fathers and two great grand-mothers,
nine greataunts and eight great
great uncles. These are all blood re-
latlons, not relatives by marriage.
George Gardner of Springfield,
teamster, is quarantined with his wife
and nine children on account of three
! Of his Chi dren being sick with scar
let fever The house they live in
was occupied a year ago by a Polan-
| der family and one or two children
died from scarlet fever. Ii is thought
that the house was not properly fu-
migated and that these cases are
traceable to the first outbreak.
A movement has been started look
ing towards the placing OF a marker
OF some kind IN the center of White
River Junction on the old common,
where the soldiers used to drill in re-
yolutlonary days. The idea is to
/ have a large boulder moved to the
spot and an appropriately inscribed
tablet p accd thereon. The origina-
\ tors Of this movement are the Daugh-
ters Of the Revolution but other clubs
and organizations Of the town are
Lunrtfsstrr. fufnrguf.H Ia, L.,
In July Of the current year will occur
The i5Oth anniversary of the charter
ing Of the town and it is hoped that
the marker may be put in position
at that time
Two Burlington men, Willard
Crane and David G. Crane, have come
to the assistance handsomely OF Yer
mont academy at Saxtons River by
pledging $1,000 toward the rebuilding
OF Farnsworth hall, which was des-
troyed by fire December l6. The loss
involved by the burning OF Farms
worth hall is $4,000. A campaign
has been started to secure funds to
rebuild. Already $4,000 has been
paid on a mortgage OF $4,000 on the
building and $4,000 additional has
been pledged The amount pledged
| by the Messrs. Crane Is conditional
upon The remaining $4,000 being
raised. The trustees of the academy
are confident that this amount can
be raised and an appeal will be sent
throughout the state to alumni and
former students David G.. Crane Is
one OF the trustees OF the academy
and Willard Crane is a former men,
her Of the board.