The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-05

ABOUT THE STATE
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST FROM
DIFFERENT gEcTIoNs
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Thirty fowls were stolen from th
henhouse Of Walter Balch in Coldriye
shrev sburyl one night recently,
Next Sunday is the l25th anniyersar,
Of the Congregational church at Char
lotte, and a special program is TO b
given.
Dr. William Stlekney Of Rutland ha
been ordered 10 Fort Upton, ysphsnk
L. l., where he is TO be chief of surgica
service in the camp hospital with ranl
of lieutenant.
Burlington has case of polio, the i'll
ness of Mary Ellen, 26-month.old daugh
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. George G. Munson
having been diagnosed as that last Sat
urdsy. The case is a very light one.
DR.. NJ. G. Benedict, former principal
of St. Johnsbury academy, has accepted
position with the Ward law school
at Plainfeld, N. j., private school for
boys. He had been with st. Johnsbury
academy for eight years.
Mrs. Helen Martin of White River juno
tion has been made supervisor of music
in the public schools of that place, sue
ceeding Miss Adella Estabrook, now of
Leominster, Mass, who had held the
position for nine years.
Miss Elizabeth Blake of st. Johnsbury,
formerly of Peacham, has taught so
terms of school in eight counties and
has attended summer school ten different
times. She received her teachers certifi
cate when but Is years of age.
Rev r. w. Collins of Moscow observed
the s5th anniversary of his birth Sept.
A. Although not robust in health, he has
worked on his farm all summer He has
pitched on all the hay and helped NOW
it away. He also bound the wheat on
field harvested last week
Miss Elizabeth M. Hennessey, profess
sional nurse in Brattleboro since 1911.
has been engaged as superintendent of
new private hospital in Lyons, n. Y.
Miss Hennessey for a time was assist
ant to Miss Mary f. Schumacher, SUI.
perintendent of the Brattleboro hospi.
tai Her home is in Dorchester, Mass.
George NJ. Smith, who has been SUI !
perintendent of the card room of the
wooden mills at Winooski, has been pro-
NOTED as agent of the new mill of the
American Wooden company at Lowell,
Mass. His fellow workers at Winooski |
few days ago presented him $40 gold
piece, watch fob and a Masonic EN-.
blem as a charm.
James dAivignon of Ausable Forks,
N. Y, has brought suit for $4,000 in Rut-
land county court for loss of services and
money paid out in medical treatment and
hospital bills for his wife, Mrs Zeta
dAivignon, who was injured, it is
charged when the motor of E. T..
Keyes of Rutland went through fence
and struck Mrs. d'Aivignon.
The ordination of Lyndon B. Boards
lee as pastor of the Congregational
church in Dummerston takes place this
evening, following a council of churches
A brother, Rev. c. l.. Beardsee of South. !
ington, Conn, will read the scripture
lesson and another brother, Rev Ray
mond A. Beardslee of Springfield, will
offer the ordaining prayer.
A horse owned by Roy Badger of Dan
vile became frightened while standing
on the street at st. Johnsbury Monday
and ran away. 1t sideswiped an auto Z
driven by John Cook crumpling one \
fender and almost tearing off one mud I
guard. The wagon was completely de- a
molished and the horse was badly cut P
No one was in the wagon when the horse a
-an. d
The rural mail carriers of Caledonia /
county held their annual outing at Joe's /
,ond Monday. At the busiess meeting i
he following officers were elected. P
President, Harris Allen, Lyndonville; s.
ice president, r. C. Willard, Passump. h
lie; secretary and treasurer, V. B. Blake ii
# West Daville; delegates to the annual d
tate convention, V. B. Blake of West W
)anville and d. L. Wells of st. Johns n
Jury. n
A three-year-old Jersey heifer, lost Ii
rom the herd of F. NJ. Small of Nor. T.
isville recently, was found six days "
alter in a hole made by a large tree l.
flowing over, at the foot of steep &c
The animal was nearly
amished, as she was nearly buried in
irt, which had been shaken from the
cots of the tree. After a few DAYS N
are, the Jersey was in normal condi-
ion.
Charles II. Spaulding of Burlington, r
gent for the Burlington Rendering com III
onu hos flad pa+f};on ;,, bo 10