The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-10-06
ABOUT THE STATE
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST FROM
DIFFERENT SECTIONS

HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST FROM
DIFFERENT SECTIONS
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Chicken thieves in st. Adams relieved
r. G. Burnell of II in one night recently
Rev. n. f. Levoy resigned last Sunday
from the passionate Of the Baptist church
in Townshend.
Business at the Bennington postoffice
for the month Of September exceeded
that of the same month in 1914 by Sl25
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry e. Bond observed
the 50th anniversary of their marriage
at their home in Brattleboro Sunday,
although there was no formal celebra-
tion.
A passing automobile in Brattleboro
ran over a stone in such way as to
throw it against plate glass window in
the office Of the Twin State Gas & Elec-
tric Co., breaking the window.
Dilar Givonne of Readsboro was ar
rested Saturday on the charge of killing
songbirds and hunting without a license.
He was fined S25 and costs Of $3.50 for
the offense. Another man with Giyonne
escaped.
About $4,000 worth of shoes are pur-
chased yearly for inmates of the state
institutions of Vermont, and it is prob
able that contract will be closed with
the Durham Bros Co. of Brattleboro for
the supply.
A 30-foot dam is being built in Brat
tleboro, which will raise the water inI
Sunset lake, which covers about 100
acres, two feet. This is done to increase
the storage capacity of the lake in case
of need of larger water supply.
Rev. Howard j. Chidley, a graduate OF
the Burlington high school and while
there prominent in Y. M. G. A. and So
cial work, has accepted the pastorate OF
The Winchester Mass, Congregational
church. Mr.. Chidley has been pastor OF
the Congregational church in East
Orange, N. j., for three years.
Miss Beulah Bates, daughter of Judge
and Mrs Edward L. Bates of Benning-
ton, has received the appointment of
field secretary for the Young Peoples
Society of Christian Endeavor for the
state of Maine, with headquarters at
Lewiston, Me. Miss Bates has been the
Vermont secretary of the Y. p. S. c. i.
for several years.
George LEcuyer, the ll-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Alphonse LEcuyer of
Winooski, who has been missing from
his home since Thursday noon, when he
left for school, has been traced to st.
Johns, Que. His father went there Sun
day to get him. The boy said that he
walked to st. Johns from st. Adams.
Rev. George p. Knapp, missionary in
Bitlis, Turkey, died there in August, ac-
cording to news Just received by Rut-
land relatives. His father, Rev. George
Knapp, ST., was ordained in the Rut-
land Congregational church and went
soon after to Turkey. where the son was
born. Most of his life has been spent ,
in Turkey, although he received his edu-
cation in this country.
Henry NJ. Conover, auditor from the
home office in New York of the New !
York Life Insurance Co., was found dead
in his bed at the Hotel Vermont, Bur ,
lington, Saturday. His death was caused
by acute Indigestion, an attack of which /
he had suffered day or two previous. !
Mr.. Conover. whose home was in Upper
Montclair, N. j., was 40 years old, and !
leaves wife and two children.
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At the last Sunday morning service OF
Che First Congregational church of st.
Adams, il was unanimously voted TO !,
federate with the Congregational society
pf Georgia. The Georgia church has been s,
without a pastor for over a year, but
through the help OF the 81. Adams church :
1t is thought services can be maintained
regularly. The Georgia church had al a
ready acted favorably on the question. =
The 2h.year-old daughter Of Mr.. and 3
Mrs. J. Blumenthal of Winopsk, ate !
some rat poison while in the Blumenthal Il
store Saturday afternoon and was quite q
I'll Saturday night, but is doing well now a
and win recover. The child dropped Z,
some grapes on the floor where rough :
on.rats had been sprinkled and Il il =
thought that a bit Of the poison was n
gathered up with the grapes. The little y
girl received burns about the lips and n
one eve was swollen as a result Of rub.
hing her hand on her face. i
So