The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-07-16
DORSET

MIS-. JOnn DaItOn mas Deen quite III
the past week.
Rutherford Stone of Manchester
with his mother and sister, visited
his uncle F. C. Stone on Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. H. West and chill.
dren with Mr. and Mrs. George N
Chambers, spent Sunday al Lake st.
Catherine.
Carl Baldwin and family OF Essex
Junction is visiting his father, JOS
eph Baldwin. They are touring in
their own car.
Ruth Gilbert has been confined tc
her room for several days by Illness
and is walking with clutches, owing
to an injury TO her foot.
Members of the church clubs pre-
scented their play "Mr. Bob" in Paw
let last week and were received with
great applause. Dorset eagerly waits
for another and final appearance OF
this troupe in the near future.
The death of Thomas Tobin of the
north part OF the town occurred last
week Wednesday. The funeral was
conducted at his late home ON Fri
day. He was an old and respected
resident and survived by a son, VIII
liam, who resides on the Homer VII.
liams estate.
Residents of this place have been
greatly depressed by the recent auto
accidents in this vicinity. when a
young woman's life was taken on Sun
day i'm a collision and, the day follow
ing, a child was crushed to death
when she fell beneath moving car
Confidence, mwarranted by all past
experience, is expressed that the
recklessness among drivers will now
cease Reports have been current for
a long time of the carelessness exhi
bited on all sides by owners and driy
ers of cars and many minor accidents
have occurred that have not become
generally known There has been a
persistence on the part OF some tc
drive after dusk with no lights what
ever This can be classed as nothing
but criminal negligence, for II ones
lights won't work" there are Ian
terms, at least. available at any house
on the road that could be borrowed
in an emergency to give one warning
to bicyclists. pedestrians or drivers
of various vehicles. Attention has
repeatedly been called TO the fact
that the street corners at the village
are particularly bad ones to turn un
less auto horns are continuously
blown. yet never a day goes by that
someone is not negligent of this
slight service, This is notably a
Ford" community until the more pre-
tentious and powerful cars are driven
i'm by city summer boarders, who duh
the Ford cars, "road-lice" and threaten
to hook into" them If their drivers
and owners show any inclination not
to be run off the earth. by the big
cars. The accident on Sunday occur
red at a point on the Pawlet road
where there was ample room for pass
ing. but the driver of the Ford car
who Is reputably a careful driver
and who had five passengers besides
himself. had signalled the big car 10
hold back for some distance. as he
had said he should not 90 fast nor
turn out TIL he had plenty Of room.
Then, IL is reported, the big car
hooked in" with the result that
Mary Korhnen, a Norwegian maid,
was instantly killed; and Louisa
Ladd and Henrietta Sanford of Dorset
we're seriously bruised. and the other
maid Of the Crane household was bad
ly injured. The car was overturned
several times and finally hung on a
fence. The funeral of the young
woman was held from the residence
of Frederic Crane, where she was a
faithful and admirable employe. Her
parents live in Norway and two sis
ters are in America. She was a niece
OF Frank Morrison, chauner of the
Inflated car. and was seated by him
when the collision occurred and she
was thrown through the windshield.
the glass severing an ear and the
blow OF the frame fracturing her
skull On Monday. over the same
road on which the above accident &C.
CURED. a man driving carefully along
in company with his wife. ran over
and killed a little girl who had run
into the road. tripped and fell under
the car. BY this singular misfortune.
the chauffer. Mr. Blessing. OF SYRIA
cuse. is held in $4,000 bail for trial for
manslaughter No suit was brought
against the fret parties.