The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-04-19
ABOUT THE STATE
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST FROM
DIFFERENT SECTIONS

HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST fhom
DIFFERENT SECTIONS
Middebury voters last Monday even
ing decided to purchase a motor truck
for the fire department, to cost $3.50.
Snow on some of the mowings in An.
dover is still nearly foot deep and in
some places the stone walls are nearly
covered.
George w. Farr, Bristol's tax collector
settled with the village treasurer this
week and turned in all but $500 of the
village taxes
Robert W. Simonds, state commission
or of industries, has sold his house in
st. Johnsbury and purchased one in
Montpelier, where he will move May l..
1t was decided Monday night to in
stall a new fire alarm system in White
River junction, the present bell system
being replaced by an automat air
whistle. The cost will be approximate
ly $500.
The picture entitled, "The Boy of
Spring" in the May Woman's Home
Companion, is photograph of George,
little son of Raymond Greenbank, for
mcrly of Danvile
AS a result of community canvass
Saturday by the Brattleboro branch of
H. aLo nc H.
Red Cross, $500 was taken in, and this
added to 1925 pledged already makes
total of $685. available for the work.
Miss Elizabqeth Blake Of st. Johns
bury has commenced her Slst term of
school as teacher and received her first
teachers certificate when she was Is
years old. With the exception of two
years when she was i'll, she has been
teaching every school term since.
Mrs. George X. Cherrie of Newfane
received telegram on Sunday morn
ing calling her to New York because of
the serious illness of her husband, Prof
Oherrie. He underwent in New York
recently an operation on his nose and
Mrs. Cherrie understood that erysipelas
had set in.
Pittsford boys and girls are volunteer
ing in the Volunteer Army of Sod Bus
tiers, and already 1877 have entered the
contests. Most of them have joined the
garden club division, 81, with canning
next, 81 members. Poultry, handicraft,
potatoes and maple sugar each have
twelve enlisted in the ranks and other
divisions have fewer enrolled.
Mrs. w. B. Mayo entertained the doc
tors of Northtield Sunday at surprise
dinner in honor of the 40 years of serv
ice as physician which her husband |
DIR. W. B. Mayo, had given to North |
field and vicinity, beginning April l5, |
1877 The doctor, who was much sur
prised, received over $50 post cards and
was presented silver loving cup by /
his friends
Rev. Edward Stannard, who left the
pastorate of the Methodist church in
Mokton because he could not make a
ilNlHT at IL lOl ulS 10 az WIN
in the Bristol casket factory. Mr.. Stan
nard received S675, including the rent of
the parsonage, as salary, but through do
nations, etc, he sometimes received $772.
There is membership of 40 in the
Monkton church. The church property
is valued at $500 and the parsonage at
81 900.
DIR. G.. +. Dalton, secretary of the state
board of health, has sent notices to ev-
cry health officer and board of health in
the state warning them TO keep watch
for the next two weeks for any cases of
smallpox which might result from con-
tact with the woman who was afflicted
with the disease and who travelled on
the train from Palmer, Mass, to Essex
Junction Thursday, April IL, Any per-
sons who were on the train due in Es
sex Junction at $40 p. m are urged to :
saccinated at once.
The junior chamber of commerce of
he Burlington high school has secured
.wo lots on which planting will be car
led on to a large degree. A time book
S to be provided and all accounts will
De kept, so that the amount of work put
n by each student will be credited to
lim and at the end of the year the prof
is will be divided according to what each t
las done. One Burlington woman has t
decided to raise lettuce, radishes and
mall vegetables on her roof, instead of !
lowers Dealers report an unprecedent-
ID demand for seed.
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