The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1913-09-12

prizes have been offered for the best record
made by the club members.
There is no change in the infantile
paralysis situation at Hardwick, no new
cases being reported and those suffering
from the disease making as rapid recovery
as could be expected. DR.. G. $. Cavcrly,
president of the state board of health, and
Doctor Ladd, Inspector were in town re-
Gently, looking over the situation, and
meeting was held at the HardWick Inn,
attended by about 20 doctors and health
officers from surrounding towns, for the
purpose of talking over the situation and
considering means of dealing with it.
If no new cases develop the danger of an
epidemic will be considered practically
over in a few days.
Oliver Gindeau, a chauffeur, was in
stantly killed, Mrs w. G.. Ross of Mon
treal suffered a fractured leg and hip and
James VanWagenen of New York re-
ceived fatal injuries when their automobile
a large touring car bearing a Canadian
number, went over an eight-foot embank-
ment on the East Montpelier road about
four miles from Montpelier, Aug. 29tb.
The cause of the accident is unknown
though it is believed that the car struck
hole in the road. Mrs. Van Wagenen and
Miss Alice Ross, daughter of Mrs. W. G..
Ross, escaped with slight injuries. Mrs.
Ross and Mr.. Van Wagenen were brought
to the Heaton Hospital in Montpelier. !
The Van Wagenens were guests of the
Ross family and the party was on the way |
from Breton Woods, n. H. to Bluff Point, !
NY.
The program for the seventh annual |
meeting of the Vermont Association of |
Local Fire Insurance Agents being in |
Burlington September IL and u is as |
follows: Thursday, Hotel Vermont Roof |
Garden Business meeting at O'Clock; |
+. Root, secretary; |
Walter A. Clark, treasurer. Banquet in
the main dining room of the Hotel YER !
mont; Speakers, G. II. Woodwork, of
Buffalo, n. Y. One of the first 20 who
the National association, w. II.
Wart, of Portland, Me; +. +. Graves, of
Waterbury. Social entertainment, wo-
mems informal reception, main parlor of
Hotel Vermont at 2 o'clock, followed by /
tour about the city. Friday
Morning S:45 o'clock. The members,
special agents, speakers, and guests with
their women friends will board the steamer
Vermont for Fort Frederick where there
will be ample time for picnic lunch and
10 examine the ruins of the old fort built
Dy the French in l76l; also Fort Amherst
which was erected in 1859 by Lord Geo
frey Amherst who also founded Amherst
College in Amherst, Mass. Returning to
Burlington at 5 p. m. in time to get trains
both north and south over the central
Vermont and Rutland. Henry H. Hickok
If Burlington is president of the asso-
,iation.
In connection with the convention of .
he New England section of the National
Electric Light Association, which is to be
leld in Burlington September IL, Is, and |
10, the committee appointed to arrange for
he entertainment has reported very
program, which includes var
GUS outings and excursions not only for
he delegates but for the women who at
end the convention. The convention
will open with a reception and dance on the
oof garden of the Hotel Vermont, which
will be largely attended. On the follow
ng day automobiles will take the visitors 4
iround the city and into some Of the most
attractive suburbs; also personally con-
lucted sightseeing and shopping trips
will be arranged for those who care for
hose diversions. Friday afternoon a
wo-hour sail up Lake Champlain will be
IlONtu Mllu an llOfllltl ullllleT AT Nut
iotel Champlain. 1t is also hoped to
ave an interesting speaker at the dinner.
The committee also has other features of
which are being developed,
ut which are not yet in form to be an
ounced. On account of a change in
me by the railroad the convention special
ill leave Boston at IL O'Clock Wednesday,
eptember Ia, instead of ll:l5 as pre-
iously announced. The time of arrival
! Burlington has not been changed.
An accident which resulted in the death
George Schmidt, the weIl-known Yer
lont aviator, marred the last hour at the
utland fair Sept ID, when Schmidt and
IS pass1nge-, J. Dyer Spellman, a Rlt-
nd attorney, fell 100 feet just as taey
ere TO make a landing after a flight in
,hmidt's biplane, Red Devil. Various
Dries as to the cause of the accident are in ca
rculation, the most probable being that
Dellman became nervous and grabbed the VI
The aviator was pinned be c