The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-27
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Rev Fraser Metzger Of Randolph il d
deliver the Memorial day address a
White River Junction.
c. w. Bliss Of West Fairlee during In
sugar season made 50 pounds Of suga
from five trees, besides some mapl
syrup.
Mrs. T.. r. Donoways camp, Idy
Ease, at Grand Isle has been rented bN
her as an auxiliary training camp fol
some of the boys at the University o.
Vermont.
Marshall Dixie and Michael Butler
both Of Starksboro, were arrested re
Gently for having short trout In Their
possession. Both pleaded guilty and
were fined sib each. with costs Of sos
A thief stole about 100 pounds Of ma
pie sugar from the premises of w. IL
Jeffords in Enosburg Falls recently and
Clarence Stetson of the same locality
lost six gallons of syrup the same night
Prof Russell T.. Skinner Of the Brad.
ford academy has been called 10 the col.
ors and Prof. C.. II. Mann of Chelsea has
been engaged for next year and TO com.
plete this years work.
Miss Almira Newton of West Rutland.
while shopping in Rutland May %.
slipped and fell in one of the stores and
broke her left leg below the knee and
fractured her knee pan.
One hundred and seven bushels Of pc.
tatoes have been planted by Burlington
school children within the past two
weeks. Three thousand cabbage, caui-
flower and tomato plants are ready TO
set out.
A meeting of police chiefs of Hanover,
Lebanon and Claremont, N. H.. and
White River Junction was held in the
latter place May l6, when all agreed TO
deal uniformly with those breaking traf-
fic laws.
Wilbur Brown. son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Adelbert Brown of Middlebury, was bad
~ injured May % when pumping air into
an auto tire. The tire burst and cash
was cut in Browns forehead above his
eyes, which required several stitches TO
close
Next Saturday is the date of the ded.
cation of marker in Greensboro TO COM
memorate the location of the barn in
which was held the first Sunday school
convention in New England, in 1917. The
monument was set near the home of A.
L. Jacksoni last Friday.
Mrs. Esther Ballou died at the home
of her son, Rev. Henry BRllou, in Ches. |
ter May % OF heart trouble. She had |
spent the greater part of her life in Wal |
lingford and had been a member of the |
Congregational church for So years. Her
two sons and one grandson are ministers
Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Sweetzer of Nor
risville have received word from their
son, Percy A. Sweetzer, bugler, with
the American eNpedtionary forces, that
he is in hospital and will probably lose
his sense OF hearing as n result of shell
shock.
T. A, Summerskill, superintendent of
motive power of the Central Vermont
railway for some years, died at his home
in Montreal May %. Mr.. Summerskill
at the time of his death was connected
with the Canadian Steel company. While
with the Vermont railroad, he lived at
St Adams with his family.
Corp James G. B. Lighthall, whose
death was mentioned in Thursdays cas-. |
ualty list left wife and son two years /
old in Brattleboro. He was % years old ,
and was born in Cohoes, n. Y, coming
to Brattleboro six years ago to work in {
the Fort Dummer cotton mills. Last ,
year he went to North Adams, Mass, :
to work in a cotton mill and enlisted /,
there, going to France from Syracuse, I
n. Y, last November q
Because his duties as state fish and
game commissioner take all his time,
Linus W. Leavens has given up his store :
IN Cambridge, which has been doing bust
ness "a years, and with one Of his for
ner employees in the store, Miss Ruth ,
Chandler, will devote himself wholly to
he work of his state position Miss
Chandler will be employed in the office