The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-14
ABOUT THE STATE
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST FROM
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DfffERENT SECTIONS
j. y. w Pritchard refused the tow
cerkship Of Bradford after serving 4
years IN that capacity
Mr. and Mrs. j. ID. Stafford of Pleas
ant Valley observed the Goth anniyersar,
OF their marriage this week.
w. II. Williams of Rutland caugh
through the ice the other day at LAX,
Bomoseen a red herring, said to be ,
remarkable piseatoral feat in Vermont
J. J. Lane of New York is to becom,
manager of The Tavern at st. Abaa,
about April l, succeeding Walter Eccles
who goes to the Old Orchard house AT
Old Orchard, Me
An extension of the open season OF
taking pickerel from Lake Dunmore has
been made by the state fish and game
commissioner, and the season will extend
through March. 1t is supposed to end
March 10.
The eight-months-o daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Spaulding of No. Troy in some
unknown way had the socket of one
shoulder broken, the inability to lift her
arm causing the discovery of the frac.
ture
The body of an unknown man was
found in an old creamery building in
Pownal Tuesday morning, believed TO
have been tramp 1t was found by
another tramp, who went in there to
rest
Jack Lawrence of New York, convicted
of smuggling heroin into the country,
was sentenced to four years in the fed.
eral penitentiary at Atlanta, Ca, fol.
lowing his trial in federal court at Bur-
lington.
Grace Methodist church in st. Johns
bury is raising money for memorial
window for Rev. Peter Black, pastor
of the church from 1910 to 1914, who
recently died in Boston. The window
will be dedicated on Easter Sunday.
Mrs. Paladee, Elizabeth and Ezra Pal. |
adee were made very i'll at their home in |
Essex junction last week by eating fish, !
which poisoned them. Mr.. Paladee, who |
was not at home for dinner, was the only |
one of the family who was not ill., All |
will recover.
The golden weddings of Mr. and Mrs.
w. H. H.. Goodell and Mr.. and Mrs. Ly-
man /. Camp were observed in Morris
vile Monday evening in 6. A. r. hall.
The anniversary of Mr.. and Mrs Camp
occurred on March and of Mr.. and Mrs.
Goodell on March TO-
Profound dissatisfaction with the
of town affairs was evident
in the refusal by strong vote to accept
the reports of the officers at the Spring
field meeting. 1t was said the reports
were several hundrs of dollars out of the
way and could not be explained.
The voters at the town meeting in
left it with the selectmen to
,ppoint road commissioner, and they
ave re-appointed Arthur A. Wallace,
he present commissioner, at salary
# $1,000. Mr. Wallace's salary was
Il 800 last year and he had refused to
erve at that price this year.
Mrs. Alfred LaNeau, an employee at
he Fort Drummer cotton mill in Brat
leboro, attempted to commit suicide
Iarch IL while at the factory, by drink
ng iodine. She was taken to hos
ital in serious condition. Mrs. La
yeau is % years old and il is reported
hat she and her husband have not been
wing happily together.
Three Burlington boys, who have been
lightfngered in the past
ew months, were taken yesterday to
he reform school at Vergennes. They are
aid to have stolen jewelry, shoes and
ny article they could get hold of. They
re Leo Sumner, Ia, Cashimir Lomiski,
4 and the third was an inmate of the
ONE for Destitute Children.
Requiem mass was sung in the Cath
ic church in Brattleboro Tuesday for
dward NJ Baker, l6, who died in France
eb 49, The altar was draped in mourn
g and on either side were the Stars
I'd Stripes. Although the body was in
rance, the ceremony was carried out
if it had been present, and the form
casket was draped with a United
ates flag. A eulogy was given by Rev. -
:. James p. Rand, who announced that
llogies were unusual in the Catholic n
urch, even being prohibited except on |
occasions, of which this
as one. /
Human Carlisle Seeger, for 30 years i
wn clerk and treasurer of Addison |
ed at his home, where he was born /
id had always lived, March IL. He /
as prosperous farmer and had held /
any town offices, being health officer |
er since that office originated. In /
l4-l5 he represented his town in the |
,islature. He also was director of the /
rst National bank of Vergennes. The Il
who survive are the sixth L
neration of the Seeger family to live /