The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-08-12
VERMONT STATE NEWS
Happenings Of Interest From Differ
ent Sections.

GFl OCSbSHos
The Baptist and Congregational
churches of Derby have voted to
unite for one year.
Grasshoppers are doing much dam
age to grain, especially oats, in the
vicinity of Vergennes.
Under the will of Mrs. Ernestine NJ
Kettle of Weston, Mass, the New
England Kurn Hatin Homes benent
TO the extent of $4,000.
The Cascadnac house at Royalton
! is now in the possession of the Inter
state Trust Company Mortgages. with
John L. Waterman as caretaker.
The large barn on the Armon Os-
good farm in Westford was struck by
lightning Tuesday night and destroy
ed by fire. Many tons of hay were
,os:.
Rev. Benjamin Wheeler of Calais,
81 years old, took part in the church
services at South Woodbury. last Sun
day. He is active and his faculties
are well preserved.
Donald Brush of Herkimer, N. Y,
has been engaged by the Montpelier
school board as acting principal while
Principal Frederic Edwards is in Y.
NJ. c. A. work in France.
During an electrical storm that
passed over Vergennes the first of the
week, three horses belonging to Er-
nest Begnuch were killed. They
sought shelter under an oak tree.
Roy W. Peaslee of Concord, n. H.,
has been chosen to succeed +. Il.
Churchill as agricultural agent of Chit
tenden county Mr.. Churchill has re.
signed to enter an officers training
school.
Mrs. Maggie Harrie Odel of Pownal
fell on rock while berrying on Lin
coin ridge" last Friday and broke her
leg. She was brought from the noun
tain by two other berry pickers.
Charles w. Danforth. who was
4 working with lumbermen on the Dew
ey farm in Royalton, was seriously in
iured few days ago by a falling tree
He has a broken rib and other in
juries.
James Mcdonnell Of White River
Junction recently picked from his
garden a cabbage the head of which
= measured three feet and four inches
in circumference and weighed 13 -
pounds.
Miss Alice Bancroft of Calais, n
teacher in Lyndon academy for sever.
al years, has resigned and left this
week for Camp Lee, Va, where she is
to be an assistant in the commissary
, department.
Mrs. Bertha King of Jericho. who at
tempted to shoot w. c.. Brooks OF that
place last Sunday, after a short. hear
ing was ordered committed at the
state hospital at Waterbury for oh
servation as to her sanity.
Frank McGill of East Burke found
his driving horse in his pasture with
one hip shot to pieces and had to kill
Il and B. F. Warner of the same
, place found his family driving horse
dead in the pasture Thursday.
Miss Dorothy Amor, who left Wood.
stock June % to enter reconstruction
work in the hospital service OF the
Canadian army, is now located at the
Vancouver General hospital. military
annex. Her military warrant desig-
, mates her as first lieutenant in the
, Canadian army.
The three barns on the Pratt place
! in East Burke now owned by Mr. Rex
, ford were burned Thursday afternoon
burning his wagon, harness and farm
ing tools Mr. Rexford had a few
+, tons Of hay left in the field. 1t Is
: thought that the Are must have start.
ed from the heating of green hay.
Audrey Marion Whitcomb, two.and.
4 a-half-year-old daughter of Walter II.
Whtcomb of East Charleston, is in a
serious condition at Brightlook hospi-
tai in ST. Johnsbury. her whole body
o mass OF burns which she received
. when her mother was washing and
while she was out of the room the
J child sat down in a pail Of scading
/ wate:.
j Cadet Philip NJ Whitney of North.
! field, who is q cadet at West Point,
!. recently made the highest score in
/ rifle shooting on the target range
). winning the medal for his class
!. Official announcement has been made
r that the class of 1921. of which Cadet
]. Whitney is q member, will be gradu
II ated June II, 1920. year in advance
:. of the scheduled time.
The Vermont wheel club of Brattle
9. boro is about to begin a campaign fol
new members to take the places Of
those who have entered the service
The club. which is 80 years old anC
fills an important place in the com
munity life, now has q names on tn,
= honor roll and as they are exempted
from dues there has been a shrink
age OF S4S6 in the past year in th'
clubs revenue.
When the war began there were q
BARRIERS employed in ST. Johnsbury
Now there are only Is and only TIVE
shops where more than one barber i
at work. St Johnsbury has contr
bnted over 200 men in the army an,
navy and other branches of the gov
eminent and over 100 more have lef
town for work in muniton factorie
and plants engaged in war Work
Richard Quinn of West Rutland an
Clarence Shedd of Rutland City, VIII
have just returned to their homes al
ter a voyage overseas. visited Will
in France the grave of Pvt. Grant Hi
Cutler, son of Mr.. and Mrs. w. {
Cutler of Rutland, that city's FIRST so
der to die in action. The cemeter
where he is buried Is about tire
miles from Brest and the graves ar
tenderly cared for by French girl