St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-08-25
VERMONT NEWS

/ A telegram received at Proctor
from the war department at Washing
ton states that Corporal John VIII
man of Troop c, 18th cavalry, died
Tuesday from wounds received at
SaeneZ, Texas, when a force of Mex
leans crossed the international border
and attacked a United States cavalry
outpost. The body was brought to
Proctor for burial Corporal Whitman
was 81 years old and enlisted as a
private at Columbus, o. On account
of craftsmanship he was made a
/ corporal. He was considered the
crack shot of Troop c.
/ The Deerfield River Power Co.,
which is controlled by the New Eng
land Power Co. interests, which also
control the Connecticut river power
plant at Vernon, has bought the prop
erty of the National Metal Edge Box
Co. of Readsboro, which includes the
paper and pulp mill in Readsboro and
$4,000 acres of land in the Deerfield
River valley. The Box Co. employs
about so hands. The dam at the
Box Co. mill on the Deerfeld river
at Readsboro was damaged by the
freshet of July 8 so that it will have
to be rebuilt. This was a crib work
dam so feet high, and the work of
rebuilding it already is under way.
1t is the intention of the Deerfield
River Power Co. to develop 1000
electric horsepower at the ReadSboro
plant and to put in the electrical in
stallation this fall This is one of
the steps in the development of the
Deerfeld river by the New England
Power Co. The development of that
river began in 1911, and now there
are four hydro-electric plants there
on having a total capacity of $4,000
horsepower in addition to the big
Somerset storage reservoir. The cleo
trica1 development on the Deerield
river will aggregate $4,000 horse
power when completed.
At the 9th annual convention of
the grand lodge, Knights of Pythias,
held in st. Adams last week, Fred A.
Whitaker of Bellows Falls was elect
ed grand chancellor. Several promi-
nent officers from other domains were
present The total membership is
1882 with a loss of SO during the
year. At the 18th annual meeting
of the grand temple, Pythian sisters,
! 16 candidates were initiated. Re-
ports showed 16 temples in the state,
SIT knights and 692 Sisters. The
following officers for the Past Chiefs
association were elected: President,
Cynthia Hoyt, of ST. Adams; first
vice-president, Mettie H. Vance, of
Danville; second ce-president, Adel-
la Lawson, of Hardwick; secretary,
Collie Waite, of st. Johnsbury; treas
urer, Mildred Story, of White River
Junction; marshal Adella Swerd-
feger, of Marshfeld; sentinel, Lettie
Bouldry, of Marshfield; committee to
draw up bylaws for next session,
Adella Swerdfeger, Lizzie Stockwell
and Nettie George. The officers of
the Grand Temple of the Pythian Sis
tiers of Vermont elected Wednesday
afternoon are: Grand Chief, Maude
Howieson, of Hardwiek; grand senior,
Jessie Farrar, of Montpelier; grand
junior, Lillian Zottman, of Burling-
ton; manager, Ada Hardy, of Orleans;
grand mistress of records and cor
respondence, Rachel Sumner, of
Montpelier; grand mistress of finance,
Mettie H. Vance, of Danville; pro-
tector, Emma Brainerd, of Bellows
Falls; guard, Cora Warner, of North
Troy; supreme representative, Ell
nora H. Ewins, of North Troy; alter
nate, Blanche Welcher, of Montpelier;
trustee for three years, Eva Buchan-
an, of Orleans; past chief, Adella
Swerdfeger, of Marshfleld.