The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-29

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William Haswell, 90, who died recent
! ly in North Adams, Mass, was a native
| of Bennington and came from an old Yer
mont family. He had worked continuous
| ly at the printers trade for 40 years.
| He had been employed at the North Adj
ans Transcript for more than 30 years.
Cashier F. A. Davis of Bethel has
been requested by the governor of the
/ federal reserve bank in Boston to de-
vote his time to visiting the banks in
! Vermont and New Hampshire and
keeping them in touch with loan move
ments and government interests in gen.
eral.
Miss Roa Eaton, formerly of Bristol,
is to make her debut in America with
the Metropolitan Opera Co. just before
the holidays Miss Eaton was born in
Bristol and passed most of her child
hood there. Her father was Calvin Eaton
of that town, and her mother was Miss
Emma Jane Bissonette, of Hinesburg
Rutland merchants are considering a
Iplan of opening their stores at 8 a. m.
ItNGIN Ntth hb anu Nio7iir ~ " r. ~
every day except Saturday, and at 10
D. m. on that day. The plan will be pre-
scented to the war service department of
the federal government and the action of
the merchants will be governed by the
reply received.
DIR. Fl. L. Pierce of SwantOn, who en-
listed about six weeks ago in the med
haau or1araH IN
for duty within IL DAYS at Fort Ogle-
thorpe, Ga. DIR. Pierce has been located
lin Swanton about eight years, coming
there from st. Johnsbury He is surgeon
at. the plant of the Remington Arms
Union Metallic Cartridge company
DIR. Francis Joseph Ennis, for the last
four years health officer for Burlington
died at his home there Sunday afternoon
of pneumonia. following an attack Of
Spanish influenza Dr. G. F. Dalton, see
retarv of the state board of health, has
commissioned DIR. n. r. Caldwell as act
ing health officer, pending an appoint.
! ment approved by the board of aldermen
! Mai w w Townsend of Rutland
| of the medical reserve corps of the ar
i llllN. NlHllOlltu III 4NtN Il VI N az NiNiNihF
: specialist at embarkation ports, was {
2 speaker at the dedication of Lafayette
o house. a eonvalescent home for Amer
| can soldiers and sailors. at ll2 Contra
s Park. South, New York, which was de
j. scribed at length in a recent issue o
4 the New York Evening Sun
In the last II months. - churches il
IL 80,
gregational, and Methodist denomlna
tions have combined, making a singh
church in each of nine towns. This ha
been brought about by war conditions
there having been 40Nacancies in the pul
, pits of the state in these three denoml
nations In the communities where thes
Il changes have been effected there Is j
general an increased church attendance
n greater enlistment of the community ]
o church work and a larger program 10
d the service of the community.
o Joseph Carafano of Traverse place,
o. long time employee of the Howe Seal
Co. of Rutland, was arrested Sunday
st. Johnsbury by Deputy Sheriff. Pa
cal Ricci and il is expected that warrant
will be issued for others associated wit
the plant as result of the alleged di'
covery of the stealing by the wholesa
As of brass and other metal, finished lun
ne her and other valuable material owned .
t. the company. Rumor has it that an on
to cial of the plant is implicated but II
officers of the concern and the prosec'
ton have nothing to say as to TINS.
of Gov. Horace F. Graham is one OF Il
*. IL governors, in addition TO many fe
rs eral and state officials, who have
ns. cepted invitations TO be present AZ
ch mass meeting in the Auditorium, On
w. cago, Nov. s, in honor of the return
Samuel Gompers to America. Gov. Or
" ham is the only New England govern
as who thus far has indicated his purpo
he to participate in the homecoming
ed ception for the president of the Anne
he can Federation of Labor Arrane
in ments for the affair are in charge
the American Alliance for Labor a
Democracy.