The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-10
ABOUT THE STATE
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST FROM
DIFFERENT SECTIONS

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Miss Alice f. Baird and Mary viii
Rutland nurses. have arrived oversee
for Red Cross duty.
The annual Dog River Valley fair
TO be held at Mortified this year a
usual, Sept. "a, 25 and 20.
Rutland motorists have been warned
not to break the traffic laws, the police
having received many complaints.
A memorial service for the late Capt
A. u Locke, killed in France April 20
was held at Saxtons River Sunday.
There were 2l22 visitors at the Fair
banks museum in st. ,Iohnsbury during
the month OF April. A large proportion
Of the visitors are children, who come e
the museum for study.
Alden G. Boardman Of Brattleboro, a
laborer, has filed a petition in bankrupt
cy in the office in Rutland Of Clerk f. >
Platt of the United States court. He
has liabilities of $22252 and assets OF
800, all claimed exempt.
Miss Susan Delano, graduate of Peo-
pies academy in Morrisville in 1915, has
taken a position as teacher OF home
economies at Hinesburg for the remain.
der of the school year. Miss Delano is a
junior at the University of Vermont.
Rubin Cove a member Of the 302d field
artillery, Camp Devens, was arrested Sun
dav at Middebury for over staying his
leave and was taken to Rutland and
turned over to an officer from Camp Dew
ems, who took him back to his command.
Mrs. Agnes Peabody Eaton. a native
of st. Johnsbury, is in France engaged
in one of the recreation camps in AK
les Bains, Savoie. The great Casino
there. second only to Monte Carlo as
gambling place, has been taken over by
the Y. NJ C. A. as its headquarters.
Clarence Jones was badly burned re-
Gently at the tannery in Morrisville,
where he is employed when he fell into
vat while it was boiling hot. He was
burned from his feet to his knees. Mr..
Jones had failed to cover up a leach of
tan bark and Tell INTO IL.
George S. Gale OF Stowe has purchased
the George S. McAllister farm in that
place Of Mrs. Charles T. Wheeler for
$4,000, and took possession May A. The
farm consists of 1926 acres and keeps 40
cows. 1t was owned by the McAllister
family for more than 100 years.
W. Fl. Fl. Felix. who was found UNI
conscious at his home in Stowe May 2
and died the same day, was SS years of
age, born in Canada, and passed his early
life there and in Montpelier. He was
blacksmith by trade and was in business
in Stowe for GA years.
Col. Ira l.. Reeves, who resigned the
presidency of Norwich university to en-
ter active service in the United States |
army, has been relieved from detail in |
the adjutant generals department and |
been assigned to special duty in the Office |
of the assistant secretary of war.
A. w. Woodwork celebrated his 95th |
birthday anniversary at his home in
Enosburg Falls May 7. He took an au-
tomobile ride to East Berkshire and Wis.
tied the house and very room where he
was born. He recalls that in 1887 the
ice went out of the river at North Fer
risburg the day before he was ID years
old and that he helped to get out the
ferry boat and put it into commission.
Frank Mulskey, aged so years, was
killed by his wife, it is alleged, during
a domestic quarrel at their home in West
Pawlet, May o. Mrs. Mulskey is said
to have fred four bullets into his body
and after she had killed him she hid in
silo until the officers found her a few
hours later. Mr.. Mulskey was considered I
4 prosperous farmer and had $49S in cash
on his person when found.
Winslow Harrison Gates, youngest son !
of ex-Gov. c, w. Gates of Franklin, and
Miss Bernice Melissa Riley, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. Riley of Franklin,
were married in Swanton yesterday by Z
Rev f. Wilson Day. They were at
tended by Harry Houghaboom and Miss