The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-17

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The Congregational church at Morris
Vile has received bequest OF 81 ,S0
by the will of Mrs, Ida Jackson, late o
that place
Warren n. Parkhurst, a fireman at thu
Poultney blaze Thursday, fell from q
ladder and broke five ribs and his collar
bone was fractured in two places.
The Gift of a load of wood from the
Croseett farm permitted the opening Of
the public library in Waterbury, which
had been closed for lack of fuel.
A suit over parcel of property ocat'
ed in Castleton and involving $1,000 has
been brought in Rutland county court by
Ellen A. Bragg against Frank A. Wood
bury.
Anthony Brennan, the Fairfax boy
who was found guilty of forging a check,
has been taken to the industrial school
at vergennes to spend the remainder of
his minority
A farewell reception was given last
Seamans of Rutland. Rev. Seamans is
to become pastor of. the Boston Advent
Christian church in Roxbury, Mass.
The Baptist, Congregational and
Methodist churches of Brandon have
voted to hold their services in their re-
spective vestries during the winter, and
commencing with the first Sunday in
January, the evening service win be
union one.
Prof J. J. Lamere, principal last year
of the West Rutland high school, is re-
ported to have been blinded at Camp
Devens. Aver, Mass, recently while en-
gagged in target practice. He enlisted in
the aviation corps.
One Rutland store has advertised sug.
ar al 9A cents pound for last week,
9 cents a pound for the week ending Dec
% and Ss4 cents for the week ending
Dec. %, closing with the suggestion to
buy only weeks supply at time.
service flag, the first hung by any
fraternal organization in White River
Junction has been flung to the breeze by
United DfetHItH louRt, NO 81, L. anu
A. NJ. The flag bears IA stars in honor
of the Ia members who are serving in
the army and navy, all Of whom are vol
unteers.
Twenty new local health officers |
have been appointed in Vermont during |
the past year to fill vacancies made by |
death, removal from town or other rea
-
the year and one of the new appointees
also died, leaving second vacancy,
which was filled.
Arthur Slocum, an employee in the r.
C. White factory OF North Bennington,
received injuries Dec. IA that will result
in the loss of his right hand. While
operating glueing machine, his hand
came in.contact with the knives and was
badly mangled. He had worked at the
factory only three weeks.
II. A. Morse of the Bellows Falls opera I
house has announced that because of
bad business this year he is giving up
his theatre He says there is too much |
work and expense and too little returns
Almost without exception each of his
attractions this year has meant inan- I,
cial loss. I
$500 diamond, a 500 diamond stick :
PIN and $500 fur lined coat were I
missed recently from the room of w. X. y
Jackson in the Arcade, restaurant and a
rooming house in Winooski, An Arme- L
man was arrested charged with the theft. i
The fur coat was found in the Arme- v
aIof e in III 1..J
Rutland citizens will be asked al the lp
March election to vote on the question ,
IF appropriating comparatively small 10
sum of money toward the support of S
district nurse for the city the year i.
'ound Heretofore the Rutland Mission e
Try association has supported a nurse b
Turing the winter months. 81
The Jones & Lamson Machine com
'any, in Springfield, which has hereto. &c
ore employed men only at its plant. r
will establish department for WON. p
N war workers. Machine processes on Il
which women could work will be set Ell
part on the second floor and it is ex. ldi
'ected that the new branch will be in IL
working order inside of a month. About 81
90 women win be employed and their
ay will be the same as that of men who OF
ave been doing the same work. es
Regarding Eugene Derosia and George SC
Dwell, who pleaded guilty in Newfane r
curt some time since to a charge of lar. er
eny, but whose sentence was suspended pl
y Municipal Judge t. E. O'Brien on the dI
ondition that they enlist in the navy. al
lord has come from the young men that A
he courts order has cured them already. fo
'erosia writes that he has bought $50 al
liberty bond and has taken out $4,000
life insurance
Eugene Allen of Luzern. n. V, has
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