The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-06-03
ABOUT THE STATE
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST FROM
DIFFERENT SECTIONS

Oak Ledge camp, the summer home fo'
girls, near Burlington, was formerly
opened Thursday.
A lawn party In Rutland, at which
a calf and pony were sold az auction
NOTED S4i6 for the Red Cross
Mrs Bertha Morrison, who died IN n
Johnsbury Center, May 20, was native
Of Corinth, when she was born Dec. Il,
1865.
Four Brattleboro women took the
place Of men and drove four Buick cars
from Newport TO Brattleboro for the
Buick Sales Co, last week.
Thomas Hanlon of Bristol recently
pleaded guilty in court TO charge OF
having in his possession short trout. He
was fined $50 and had to pay costs OF
S7.45.
Twin sons were born recently TO Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Stein Of East Arlington.
Mr.. Stein is civil engineer in the Amer
lean expeditionary forces and at present
is in France.
DR.. Fl. H Lawrence Of Springfield has
enlisted for service as an army surgeon
and will be one to fill out Windsor coun-
tvs quota of 2l doctors, nine OF whom
have volunteered for service,
Mrs. Sophia Page of Weybridge, wild.
ow of Ezra Page OF Lincoln, who is 90
wears old, has knit % pairs of socks for
the Red Cross beside some other knitting
She reads and knits without glasses.
Rev George r. Pierce. jr., pastor OF
the Methodist church of Rutland, who
has been accepted for overseas service
in the Y. M. c. A. work, will leave Yer
mont June 2 and expects to sail soon
after.
Frank Goodro, aged 70 years, died nj
the Soldiers home in Bennington on the
evening of Memorial day of paralysis.
He was a native of New Haven. Mr..
Goodro had been an inmate OF the Sol
ders' home since April, 1917.
A group of Bennington manufacturers,
who contributed S25 each to a pool OF
1925 for the two pounds OF wool sent |
by President Wilson to Governor Ora
ham for sale in Vermont, won the wool, |
that being the largest amount bid. The
sum bid goes to the national Red Cross |
c, L. Shufelt, who has been confined in
the Orleans county Jail since his arrest
for causing the death of James A. Squires
in Newport last Friday night, while OPP |
Grating an automobile, has been released |
in bonds of $1,000. A session of the
grand Jury of Orleans county has been
called and will be held next week.
Lieut.. Chester Thomas of Fair Ha
ven has returned from the battlefront
and is in New York awaiting further or
ders, according to a telegram to his wife,
in which he asked her to join him there.
1t is supposed he is one of the men sent
home by General Pershing for mission
airy" duty.
GLADYS, six. year old daughter OF Mrs.
Clarence Reddington of Ludlow, died at
her home recently from injuries received
when she was run over by the automo-
bile of A. G. Freedom of Proctor. No
blame il attached to Mr.. Freeborn, as
the child is said to have run across the
road directly in front of the auto
Pvt. Frank E. Henry, son of Byron
L. Henry of Guilford Center, has been
in five different places, opera.
tions being necessary to remove pieces
Of she'll from one thigh, his right breast
and left shoulder. II was while he was
in action April Is that his injuries were
received. He was back in action in IL
lays.
DR.. George E. Price, pastor Of the Rut
land Methodist church, who leaves there
soon to do Y NJ. c. A. work abroad, was
presented wrist watch and a check
for $50 by the people of his church, also
a Scottish Rite pin by Delta lodge of
Perfection. Mr.. Price is a 32d degree
Mason. Rev. Dr. e. P. Stevens of Sara
toga, n. ", is to serve the Rutland
,hurch as pastor during the absence of
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