The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-20

ABOUT THE STATE |
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST FROM
DIFFERENT nEcTIoNs
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Bishop Hughes, well known Metho
dist prelate, Is attracting large .eongre
gationsabout the state.
A state mission program Is to be car
red out ut given hour by every Baptist
society IN Vermont Sunday.
Articles are drawn up and ready "a
sign for the uniiication of the Methodist
and Congregational churches in Hines.
burg
Recent frosts caused so much damage
TO corn fields near Brattleboro, that the
Snowflake factory has been compelled to
dismiss its Gamers.
Thomas J. Egan, who recently enlisted
at Burlington as sailor in the u. :.
navy, formerly belonged to the famous
BLACK Watch" regiment.
Concord, N. H., police held Clifton Nj
block for the alleged theft of an au-
tomobile when they learned that the man
was wanted in Windsor.
Grief over the loss of his son, a sol
der in France, is believed to have has
tened the death OF Peter Tougas of
Winoosd and Montreal.
F.. G. Fleetwood of Morrisville has
been appointed by the supreme court
a member of the board of examiners to
succeed Z. c. Mower of Burlington, re-
signed.
Exhibiting decided reversal of form,
Lee Maxwell of Sleepy Hollow lost to
George Murphy of Wollaston in the golf
contest for the Equinox cup at Man
chester.
Burlington is to have a representative
I'm the Pulitzer School of Journalism.
Columbia university, in the person of
Philip Rubin, graduate of Burlington
high school.
After an extended controversy, Rut |
land aldermen have voted to turn over |
some $500 appropriated by the voters
to the school fund, to be used by the |
school board
The Brattleboro board of trade has |
offered silver cup to the Windham
county creamery which shall make the
greatest record of improvement in neat
ness and cleanliness,
School gardens at Athletic park, near
Burlington, were being persistently
robbed until the the police investigated.
Edward Gonyeau was held in connection
with the thefts.
Lieut.. Horace Corbin of Grand Isle,
U. s. aviation corps and the second old
est holder of license, addressed the
drafted men of Grand Isle county at a
banquet given in their honor.
George G. Dixon, publisher of the Lon
donderry Sitter, purchased at public auc-
ton the Wilmington Times, which has
not been issued for several weeks. Both
papers will be published in Wilmington.
Parents of Frank Robinson, formerly {
of Stowe, learn that he Is recovering
from injuries received while fighting '
with the Canadians at Vimy Ridge, al !
though he will have to wear wooden l
leg.
Under the auspices of the Y NJ. c. A., C
soldiers at Fort Ethan Allen recently 0
staged some rapid fire minstrelsy. Foot 1
ball teams have been organized and the ?
men in khaki are to mix hard work
with sport.
The annual meeting of the Vermont !,
Credit Mems association was held in Y
Burlington Tuesday, but the election of q
officers was postponed because of large "
banquet for conscripted men in progress \
1t the hotel where they gathered.
Hope Colby Colgate, third daughter of h
Mr.. and Mrs. James G. Colgate, and Will h
lam Travers Jerome, jr., were married
n Bennington Tuesday. 1t was war m
Wedding and simple one, as the groom CT
$ attached to the Y. NJ. c. A. at Camp W
Mills. el
h.
A new patriotic flag song that is be- NJ
ng very fsvorably received is entitled, 81
The Only Starry Banner in the World" ct
rhe words and melody are by Edwin L. al
foster of the Vermont journal, with
'iano arrangement by Herbert L. Wood L
The song is published by the Vermont
fusic company of Windsor, at the popu- n
ar price of 10 cents per copy. -
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