The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-21
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Fairfax has one ease Of smallpox. Del
mar !. Stevens being the victim.
On the service dag Of ST. Alphonsu.
church, AT pittsford Mills, are % stars
Orlando w. Bishop, veteran Of th
Civil war, died March ~ at his home il
Poultney, lie was born in Wellington,
July ., lsis.
Edward i. German has been engaged
n leader Of the Proctor band, and j
4. Euno, for % years manager OF th'
baud, has been reelected.
The contract for building the new
Methodist church in Winooski has beer
awarded to Spear brothers of Burling
ton. Seven contractors bid on the job
Owen, the young son of Roger Collin,
~ West Berkshire, was injured recent
" when he was thrown as he was lead.
ing horse TO water. Two of his ribs
were broken.
William French chapter, d. A. r., has
prepared an honor roll for the town of
Rockingham. which so far contains the
names OF 100 men Of the town who are in
their eountry's service.
Everett Abare, seven -year.old son of
Mr. and Mrs. John Abare of Rutland,
fell off roof early in the week and WAS
made unconscious. Rolling off and drop
ping ten feet he struck on his head.
Warren Diekerman, who died in Rut-
land March 10, had reached the age of
~ years. Mrs. lchabod Miles, whose
death occurred in the same city on the
same day, was SO years old
W. c. Horton reports that he has never
seen so many song sparrows IN Brattle-
boro, when the snow was so deep, as
this spring. He has been observing the
habits of birds for 10 years and finds
them early visitors this year
Mrs. Caroline Twombly died at her
home in Derby March IA, Just one day
after her 10th birthday. Her husband,
in his SD year, survives. Mr.. and
Mrs. Twombly celebrated their 50th we'd
ding anniversary in 1910.
Paul Rosen, government photographer
in the aviation service, is one of three
from his company at Mineola, L. l.,
chosen to go overseas soon. Rosen is
West Rutland boy, who has been until
recently ct Waco, Tex.
Rev W Herman Hopkins of the First
PRESBYTERIAN church of Albany \. Y,
will be the commencement speaker at
the University of Vermont, delivering
the baccalaureate sermon May >. Mr..
Hopkins is an alumnus of the university.
Clement G. Moody, a resident of Stowe, I
had a slight shock last week and is still /
partially paralyzed. Mr., Moody had
severe shock on the same side seven /
years ago, but wholly recovered from I
it. He is 81 years old and a veteran
of the Civil war.
Lieut. Joseph H. Scranton, son of Col. +
Walter Scranton of Vergennes, stationed
at Camp Beauregard, La, arrived in
Vergennes Sunday morning and was re-
united in marriage that afternoon to
Mrs. Leona T. Scranton of that city,
the ceremony taking place in the chapel
of St. Paul's Episcopal church.
This afternoon and evening there is
being held in White River Junction an
important Y. M. c. A. conference, which
men from Vermont and New Hampshire
are attending, to be addressed by one
of the national Y. NJ. c. A. secretaries,
J. A. Whitmore, who has just returned
from France.
Miss Marjorie Winnewisser, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Fred G. Winnewisser of I
Bellows Falls, has cabled them from
Italy that she hopes to reach Bellows
Falls in April. Miss Winnewisser has ]
been in Germany for over four years,
and this was the first communication :
thew had had from her for nearly two
years. She is now in Florence, Italy.
Herbert Dexter Bailey, native OF
Chester, died in Troy, N. Y, where he
was one of the leading attornys of that ,
.ity. Mr.. Bailey had been suffering
With liver and heart trouble for two
years, but the end came suddenly. He
vas born Oct. 3, 1905, ana received ms
,arly education at Burr & Burton semi n
lary, Manchester. Immediately after his
graduation from Williams college, in
1855, he went to Troy, where he had [
ince resided.
Mai. George f. Sever of Washington,
}. c., representing the council of nation
Il defense, was in Rutland Tuesday on n
| tour of investigation. 1t is under c
food that Major Sever is making :
borough inquiry into the hydro electric
,ower plants of Vermont and other New I
england states with reference to com
by the government at times
# shortage of power on the Connecticut
liver any surplus power that may be OBJ
aimed from other companies. !,
The body of Daniel L. ST. Louis, who 81
led at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. March e.
4, after two weeks illness with pneu d
lonia, was brought to Morrisville for p
urial, his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. St. o
ouis raaidiuo thnrp Mr. ST Inuis WAS 81