The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-05
ABOUT THE STATE
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST FROM
DIFFERENT SECTIONS

DIFFERENT SECTIONS
The grand list of Bristol this year i.
$l4,76026, as compared with $l4,560.7-
last year, One hundred and forty eight
women registered as voters.
Rutland had secured $500 members Of
the Red Cross society at the close of the
campaign Saturday, She had been asked
to secure 5000 as her per cent.
Miss Nora Griffin received a fractured
rib and minor bruises as she was cross.
ing the road in West Rutland Sunday
when she was knocked down by Ford
car.
Rev. DR.. Richard L. Swain of Bridge
port, Conn, has been secured as acting
pastor of the South Congregational
church at st. Johnsbury for the month
of August.
Merrill Haskell of Brattleboro sails
this week with the Amherst unit for
service in France, where he will drive
a motor ambulance. He is q years old
and an old athlete
The Rutland Woman's club gave a
benefit entertainment last week from
which they cleared $1,000, to be used
for an emergency fund for Vermonters
in the federal service.
Mrs. Charles Bronson of johnson had
an attack of heart failure while attend.
ing play at the opera house one night
last week and died before she could be
taken to doctors office.
Robert Hughes finished planting his
garden in Hoydeville Wednesday and
Thursday morning seven head of young
cattle came along and took frolic
through the garden, making sad havoc.
A Buick roadster owned and driven by
Gustavus Whalen of the Strong Hard
ware company of Burlington was de-
stroyed by fire recently while on the
way from Middlebury to Burlington.
There were 500 registrations at the
rest room in st. Adams during the month
of May, representing 40 towns in this
state, as well as Quebec, Connecticut,
Massachusetts,, New York and North
Carolina.
The Pittsford branch of the Red Cross
society numbers among its members two
persons with difference Of 100 years in
their ages-Mrs. Dixie, who is l04 years
old, and little Thomas Condor, aged four
years.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank w. Sault observed |
their l25th wedding anniversary at their
home in St Adams Friday evening. At
the request of the women guests Mrs. |
Sault donned the wedding gown of 25
years before.
Mrs. Lillian Thompson of Hyde Park,
daughter of H. c. Fisk and niece of Sen
ator Page, is in Washington, d. c., paint
Mrs. Thompson is an artist of note, hav-
ing painted a portrait of the famous
pianist, Leginska.
At meeting of the Parent Teachers
association in Rutland Friday, plans |
were made for buying $500 worth of
Liberty loan bonds. The association it,
self will buy a 500 bond, and one bond
of 500 and two of $50 each were pledged
at the meeting.
The body of an infant, wrapped in oil
cloth, was found recently in Lake Paran,
at North Bennington 1t was sent to
the state laboratory for examination to
learn whether the child was alive or not
when the body was placed in the water.
w. P. Jackson, superintendent of the
Memorial club for boys in
st. Adams, has been asked to serve in
the national war recreation department
which has charge of communities ada
cent to military camps. He is subject
to call
East Arlington is soon TO have a new
as one of the best known glove
in the country, which has
at Gloversville, Schuylervile
and Granville, N. Y, will open another
one at East Arlington. From so to so
girls win be employed at first.
Between 30 and so men have volun-
teered and been accepted for members
of the Red Cross ambulance corps, which
Is being recruited in Vermont for serv-
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