The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-06-28
ABOUT THE STATE
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST FROM
DIFFERENT SECTIONS

Gerald Rice of Roxbury, who had beef
in Scotland year with lumber unit
has arrived in New York. the unit beinl
disbanded,
Walter Stetson killed three henhawkl
in one day recently at his home in Hall
fax. The largest one measured A inche
from tip to tip.
Frank Beeman of Burlington has had
new potatoes from his garden. They
were as large as hens eggs, weighed
three ounces and had been planted only
81 days.
Sherman r. Moulton of Burlington has
announced himself as a candidate for the
senatorship of Chittenden county. He
is the third candidate announced TO date
Martin S. Villas and Judge H. w. Tracy
of Shelburne having previously done so.
William +. Lavely, for 30 years an en-
ploye of the Boston 4 Maine railroad,
with home in Lyndonville, died very
suddenly June Is in Boston, where he
had gone with his son and brother.in-
law, who were on their way to Chicago
TO enlist. Mr.. Lavely was born in
Burke, Jan. 20, 1869.
George Lloyd of Massachusetts,, who
had been confined in the Chittenden coun-
ty Jail at Burlington on a charge of vio-
lation of the espionage act, escaped a few
nights ago He was being held in default
of bail for trial at the next term of Unit
ed States court and was at work in the
jail kitchen when he walked out.
Edward Moran, eldest son of Mr.. and
Mrs. NJ. j. Moran of Bratteboro, has
enlisted in the United States naval re-
serves and expects to be called soon. Nor
an is the star athlete in the high school
and his enlistment will necessitate the
election OF president of the senior
class, president of the Students Activi-
ties society and manager of the school
baseball team, all of which positions he
had been chosen to fill the coming year.
Miss Elizabeth C. Mclaughlin, the
only woman delegate to the meeting OF
the New England branch of the Typo |,
graphical union at North Adams, Mass, |
the first of the week, received diamond |
pendant and chain, also a war savings |
stamp in honor of that fact. Miss Nc |
Laughin represented the Rutland union.
At the convention, James G. H. Jary |
of Barre was made vice president. The |
next meeting of the New England branch
will be held in Burlington in 1920.
A. C. Hartman and Walter C. Hackett
of Bellows Falls and Harvey Garapy
and Dennis Brennan of North Walpole,
n. H., were injured near. Charlestown,
n. H., few days ago when the railway
motor car in which they were riding
while doing a job of repairing along the
railroad track ran into an auto truck on
a crossing. All the men were thrown off
the track and down a bank, Mr.. Garapy
suffering from strained muscles of his
back, Hartman with severe bruises and
a cut on his head and the other two with
Slight bruises.
Henry N. Soulia returned Tuesday to II
his home in Burlington, after seeing serv-
ice in France which has left him with
Of the lower limbs, caused from
exposure, he thinks, rather than shell
shock, which the physicians state. He
received his paralytic shock a month af
ter his arrival in the trenches and has
been in eight hospitals since that time,
the last being in the post hospital at
n Y, where he has been four
weeks. At first his entire left side was
but gradually he recovered
The use of the arm He is unable to walk,
Scala has medal of honor from the
French and wears the gold braid des
grating overseas service. He is now on
furlough, but expects discharge.