The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-06-16

Z. j. Strand OF Amherst, Mass, is Il
be principal of the new senior high schoo
which the voters of Hinesburg have de
cided to maintain. Courses in agricul
ture and domestic science will be given
In Bordoville, hamlet in Enosburg, a
bird has chosen the top of stovepipe r
the schoolhouse for nest, and although
there are % pupils in the school the nest
has been unmolested and there are now
FIVE baby birds there.
The Orleans County Monitor numbers
among its correspondents two blind per
sons, Miss Myrtle Aldrich of West Burke
who is also a switchboard operator of
the Passumpsic Telephone company of
that place, and Chaplain Farman of
Westfeld.
The Free Baptist church at st. Johns
bury has voted almost unanimously to
unite with the other Baptist church OF
that place under the name of the Union
Baptist church of st. Johnsbury. Com
mittees from each church will meet to
complete plans.
Mrs. Eliza S. Morse observed her Tooth
birthday anniversary Wednesday at her
home in West Brattleboro. Although
she is dressed and about her room each
day, her health is rather frail. Up to the
time she was 81 years old she cared for
large dairy and made butter.
jeremiah Downey, a noted horse thief,
who has served sentences in number of
Vermont jails, including the house of
correction, is dead at Schenectady, n.
Y The man was go years old A broth
er, Thomas Downey, lives in Montpel-
Ter.
Conductor Fred j. Radford of freight
on the st. J.. & L. c. road. saved the life
Monday of small boy, who had climbed
on the side of a car for a ride, and al the
train gained momentum, was hanging by
his hands. Mr. Radford gra bbed the boy
and threw himself from the train, escap-
ing with only a few scratches and minor
bruises.
The valve business of the f. g. r. Fair
banks company of st. Johnsbury has
been sold to the Fairbanks company of
Binghamton, n Y, the manufacture of
valves at st. Johnsbury will be discon
tinued. 1t has been in operation for 20
years. The 80 men employed in that
room will be given work in other depart. |
ments of the factory.
Mr. and Mrs. Willard c. Basford OBJ
served the Goth anniversary of ther mar
rage at their home in Barton June 5. |
Thirteen children were born to them, OF |
whom five survive, There are "a grand |
children and % great-grandchildren Mr.. |
Basford. who is 81 years old, reads with |
out glasses, and Mrs. Basford, at the age |
of so, has pieced up several quilts since
last Christmas,
Alan Morgan of Pownal was badly in
jTaed recently in peculiar accident. The |
middle and fourth finger of his left hand
were caught between the chain and the
sprocket Of his motorcycle, and the mid
die finger was cut off close to the hand,
while the other was badly torn and cut
by the chain. He was unable to extrcate
his hand from the chain and lay in the
road for some time before anyone came
along to give him relief
Earl Fox, son of Mr.. and Mrs. E. J. Fox
OF Rutland, with party of young people
from Fair Haven, on Wednesday night
ran into the guard rail of a bridge be-
tween Fair Haven and Hampton and bad
" damaged the big Chalmers Detroit au-
tomobile which he was driving. Mr.. Fox
had invited some girls from Fair Haven
for a pleasure spin and while driving
rather rapidly met with the accident.
None of the party was seriously injured.
DIR. Wallace Templeton of Irasbmg
who was showing off his high speed auto
near Lyndon few days ago, unknowing-
~ met Ford containing States Attor-
ney \. A. Norton, and as result, while |
eating dinner with friends at the st. 4
house. he was served with a
warrant for speeding and was obliged
to pay a fine with costs. A. G. Perry, a
Randolph agent. was arrested for speed
ing at West Danville last week and paid |
a fine and costs. =
Good Life Insurance
is Just good. business sense with cash !