The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-18
VERMONT STATE NEWS
Items Of interest from All Parts Of
State.

uIiNen Dy parties from Newport ant
bound for Burlington, went over
bank in Underhill Sunday when tn,
driver mistOOk the aoeelerator for ths
emergency bake The car turned
completely over, breaking the radia
tor. fender. steering wheel and wind
shield besides considerably damagins
i otherwise. The driver sustained d
bad cut in the eye. one woman re
ceNed scalp wound and another
passenger was somewhat injured.
Dr. Vera G. Consdon OF Bellows
Falls has applied for acceptance as a
member Of the aviation corps OF the
british army. Miss Congdon has been
dentist In Bellows Falls and at
tempted TO join the army dental corps.
Dut the authorities would not consid.
er her application. Then she applied
Tor admission TO the aviation corps.
kev. James Duke King. pastor az
me congregational church In Runert
has left to enter Y NJ c. A. service
overseas He has a leave of absence
from the church OF one year wifi fnIl
pay AT the close of the service June
~ ne was presented a wrist watch by
his parishioners. Mr.. King was born
NOV. 10. 1879, In Corbonear. N. F. and
at the age OF IA came 10 Barre Ua
received his theological training IN
boston university and in 1901 went 10
Nardsboro. where he supplied for IL
months. For two years he was mas.
tor OF the church in Putney and for
the past 10 years had been in Rupert
IN 1903 he married Miss Charlotte
Plimpton, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
NJ V. Plimpton OF Wardsboro.
Vermont is exceptionally free from
contagious diseases, according to the
report OF the state board of health AT
recent meeting. During June the
following cases were reported: Ty.
phold, 6; tetanus, /; scarlet fever %:
dlpltheria, 8; whooping cough. 1ls:
Herman measles, l66: ehickenpox. "a:
ghonorfhea. rs, OF which Is were IN
burlington and In WinooskI: mbeI,
cuiosis, Is; syphilis, "a, Chttenden
county having IL cases.
Ransom s. Morgan Of Rochester
was SO seriously injured in an auto
moplle accident few DAYS ago tha,
lie died that night Mr.. Morgan baSl
tronDle With the car as he was going
up nil and in trying to turn around
ne lost control Of ii and went down
a 2o-ioot embankment. the car tnrn.
ING turtle and pinning him beneath
IT, A neighbor who was moving saw
the accident and with help Mr. Nor.
gan was taken home, but his heart
was weak and the shock and iniurjas
together proved fatal. He was 70
years and eight months old, and the
last of his family.
The employees Of the Ryegate paper
company. located at East Ryegate
nave received an increase In wages
from IL to II cents per hour
Mrs. Lydia Wiley. aged 75 wears
Oh Orleans, who has taken pracficalIy
the whole care OF her garden tbis
summer, on July picked from Il
sreeh peas Tor dinner and also dug
new potatoes for the same meal
Lieut.. Warren T, Hobbs OF Worces
Ter. Mass, a volunteer flyer of the
Lafayette escadrille OF the American
aviation corps, who was killed by Ger
man anti-aircraft fire June 26. was
brother OF Miss Katherine Hobhs
teacher OF domestic science in Spring.
held for the past two years. He left
with The first Dartmouth ambulance
unit for work overseas. He was M
that time honorary captain OF Dart.
mouths athletic team. When the am
oulance corps was taken over by the
forces, he joined the Lafay.
cue escadrille, and only recently com.
pieted his course in aviation. lie was
having engine trouble on the day of
his death and was forced to fy low
making himself a mark for the Ger. :
nan guns. :
While Reginald Leavens of Vest
charleston was playing with iirecrackt
srs July 4, spark went under the
'eranda and soon brisk blade was
N progress, which ruined the whole
piazza before 1t was extinguished. ~
The summer meeting of the Yer
mont Botanical and Bird clubs opensd
n Wilmington Tuesday and continue
o Thursday. The club members met
or an informal evening at Child's
Tavern, which is the headquarters for
he meetings
Frederick Holmes OF johnson. Is
aking an enforced vacation from
'acker and Stearns water mill. While
lnder the mill, oiling the machinery.
lot knowing he was there the ensin.
'er started the machinery and he was
'aught between the belt and tighten
ID. He was famed ana bruised and
escaped being killed.
William d. Barrett, of Montpelier.
VINO was one of tse young men recon-
nended at the officers training school
n Plattsburg for another two months
curse, Will not take the training be-
ause he is only 20 years old and
therefore, could not get commission. q
lie can qualify as a sergeant and may
Mist In the Regular army within a
aw days =
In Brattleboro municipal court cal. :
ert Birch, aged Is years. was given
hearing on the charge of being
elinquent child but Judge A. Il. Cud. :
Worth thought the evidence did not q
Import the complaint and he dis.
hareed the boy. II was claimed chat e
sirch rang the fire alarm the morn.
ne of July 4. The boy declined TO N