The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-11-04
ABOUT THE STATE
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST FROM
DIFFERENT SECTIONS

Abe Campbell recently located bee
tree in Swanton from which he took 1870
pounds Of honey,
Miss Marion Thompson Of Topeka,
Kan, formerly Of st. Adams, sails soon
from New York to engage in Red Cross
work in France.
William Pocket, is, son of Mrs, John
Weynea of South Hero, recently died at
Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky, of influenza,
followed by pneumonia.
Shelburne's board of health has decid.
cd not to lift the ban on public gather
ings this week Five new cases of inhu-
cnza have developed in one family,
The ban will be kept on Burlington
and Essex Junction for at least one week
longer, although the influenza situation
is clearing as fast as was expected
Sec. Fred Davis of the Vermont State
Fair association raised in his garden at
Hartford this season cabbage that
weighed, with all the loose leaves
stripped off, IS pounds,
Forty members Of the student army
training corps at the University of YER
mont, Burlington, mostly upper class
men, left last week for Camp Zachary
Taylor, Louisville, Ky,
Timothy Manahan of Oklahoma City,
Okla, formerly resident OF st. Adams,
was killed in railroad accident recently.
He leaves relatives in st. Adams and
East Fairfield.
Lieut.. Roderic NJ Olzendam of Wood
stock, who has been an instructor in the
replacement camp at Camp Lee, Va, has
been transferred to the central officers
training school as an instructor.
Edmund Cannon, collector of mail
for the Burlington postoffice, was thrown
from an express wagon one day last
week and his right arm was broken. His
team collided with another in the dark
ness.
The University of Vermont has pur-
chased the oldest frame house in Bur
lington, built in 1890 and adjacent to the
medical college. This viii be used as a
study house or barracks for the s. A.
I. G.
Rev. Robert A. Mum, recently ap-
pointed pastor of the Methodist church
at Brattleboro to succeed Rev. Douglas
A. Guest, who has gone to st. Albans as
pastor of a church, began his new duties
yesterday. He came to Brattleboro from
Shawbridge, Canada.
w. P, jackson has rendered his resig-
nation as superintendent of the Strana-
han Memorial club in st. Adams and it
has been accepted by the trustees. Mr..
Jackson is now in charge of the war
camp community service at Camp Dix,
n. j., and the club has been closed about
a year
Rutland has milk famine, dealers be.
ing unable to procure enough from farm
ers to supply their customers In Proctor
most of the milk is being made into but
ter and considerable from the west side
of the state is shipped to New York.
The dealers have taken the matter up
with state officials to investigate and see
if something cannot be done while the
shortage lasts.
Wilfred Angler, Is, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Angler, and Smith Manning,
II, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Manning,
all of Middlebury, had joy ride to
Bristol Flats Friday behind horse which
they took from field at Gorham broth.
ers' and in a wagon which they bor-
rowed at another farm They were gone
over night, found at Bristol Flats and
brought home. The horse was in bad
condition after its long drive.
Boys in Brattleboro Halloween night
caused damage to property which may
result in legal action being taken. Their
most expensive act was meddling with
the engine to an automobile belonging to
/. p. Copeland, which was left standing
on the street while Mr.. and Mrs. Cope
land made a call. Damages to the ma
chine viii total at least $50. The power
in the engine was turned on, the throttle
left wide open, and the engine was rae
ing. Fences also were torn down, electric
bulbs to street lights were broken, and q
general air of hoodlumism prevailed.