The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-11-20
VERMONT NEWS
Items of Interest from Various Parts
OF State.

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Mr. and Mrs Charles Bixby OBJ
served the 5Oth anniversary of their
marriage in North Springfield Nov r.
James e. Leonard Of Pittsford died
suddenly of heart disease last week
as he was carrying party OF men to
Holden in his automobile
Arthur Gilman, one of the first
young men in Tinmouth to volunteer,
was killed in action in France Oct
a. He was in the battle that
turned the Germans back from Paris
The last quarantine for influenza
was removed from St Johnsbury
Nov 16 During the epidemic there
were in that place nearly 1900 cases,
with 81 deaths. either from pneu-
monia or influenza.
On Nov. 8 Guy d. Blood of Grafton
caught in his traps fur bearing ami
mails whose fur was worth over $3.50
at present prices They included
four red foxes, one mink. two rae
coons, three skunks and one muskrat
! w II Burns of Cambridge has re-
ceived news of the death of his son.
Robert, who had been in a hospital
in France since Aug %, suffering
( from shrapnel wounds One knee was
badly injured and the leg below the
knee considerably mangled
! Carl Williams who has been in fail
ing health for two years and who died
at his home in Leicester last week,
had held most of the Offices Of the
town. representing it in the legisla.
ture Of 1908 He was Justice OF
the peace at the time of his death
The store of II A. Pond in East
Berkshire was entered recently and
about $50 in money was taken, 500 OF
which was Woodmen dues. few
watches iackknives and two or three
pairs OF trousers Entrance was
made through a window in the Office.
Jesse f. Haynes. the Bratteboro
man who was struck by a bullet dur
ing the peace celebration there, has
returned from Boston, where he went
10 consult nerve specialist The
bullet Is lodged in a place so danger
Gus that II was deemed unsafe TO
probe for it. Mr. Haynes can move
I his right arm a little
Miss Ella NJ Marvin of St Adams
has reported at Camp Mills. Mineola
I l.. T.. where she will be a Red Cross
nurse, and Miss Sarah L. Nichols. a
graduate from the st. Adams hospi-
tai training school four years ago.
sails soon from New York for work
overseas She was stationed for 10
months in Ancon, Panama
The Colonial house in Bellows Falls
which has been successfully operated
4 for the past four years by Mrs. Nettie
/ Hodges. has been sold to Mrs. G. +.
Ainsw0rth The new proprietor has
for the past summer been the mana.
ger OF the i'm at Saxtons River. The
house accommodates about 60 board
ers
A cablegram was received Wednes-
day by Arthur F. Stone. editor OF The
CaledOnian. from William Dudley Pei
ley announcing that he would return
60 St Johnsbury in two weeks The
message was sent from Toxic, Japan
Mr. Pelley went abroad last June and
has since been travelling In the far
East and Siberia When Mr. Pelley
left home he intended to circle the
globe and TO he absent for a year
Burlington authorities are inyesti-
eating the circumstances surrounding
the injury and death OF John b. Mat
thews MIR. Matthews was found be.
side the road a week ago and ii was
not until he had been at the hospital
two days that he was identified When
found he was badly cut about the
head and the theory is that he had
been struck by an automobile the oc.
cupanis of which sped on When they
learned what had happened He'was
~ years old He lived until Friday
morning
Mrs Frank Beagle and Mrs. Asa
Salmon. the two North Bennington
women who were injured In an auto
mobile accident az North Hoosick. y
f. y. last week, were more badly hurt
than was thought at FIRST Mrs
Beagle cannot use her lower limbs
aud 10 Is thought her spine is injured
Mrs Salmon who was taken 10 the hos
pital in Troy A. w. was so badly
hurt no operation was performed The
pelvic bones were crushed and there
were serious internal injuries. Ne
homes ale given OF her recovery The
automobile in which they were riding
crashed into the side OF a bridge.
Two houses in New Haven, those
of Virgil Benedict and the Julius See
ley estate. were burned to the grounC
Nov H. with total loss of abou
$1,000. as there was no insurance
The Benedict house had been moc
cupled for some time, but the Seeel
house was occupied by Willard Rey
nolds and family. Part of their fur
'Hiture was saved There was no fir,
protection in the part OF New LA
ven whore the houses were locate,
and help was called from Mlddlehury
10 was with difficulty that the woodel
bridge across the river was saved, a
the BENEDICT house stood just at tn
end OF he bridge.
The trustees OF Heaton hospital
Montpelier. have announced that Mis-
Bertha Nj Low has been appolnteI
superintendent OF lleaton hospita
and Miss adelaide ellis assistan
superintendent and that they have aC
copied the appointment Miss 10,
mas been in the employ Of the Lyn
hospital for eight years a part OF tn
time as superintendent Of the ubel
culosis hospital. al present superb