The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-10-16

evening al the nome OF the OHcldtlnS
clergyman. Rev. !. c. Smart, TO Miss
Jennie l. Rowen Of Burlington. The
bride graduated in chemistry From
the university in 1909 and since then
had been a chemist at Morrill, hall
IN thunder shower Sunday morn
ing. the barn on the farm of John
Benson in Shoreham was struck by
lightning and destroyed, with his en-
tire crop of wheat and oats. and some
hay was also burned, together with
his herd OF six COWS.
AS reported from Westfeld, Jay
peak has been white with snow at
times in the last two weeks, and it is
reported that the White mountains in
New Hampshire have been snowcap
ped for three weeks. sas
Bronchial pneumonia caused the
death OF r.. j. Griffin OF Barton at
Camp Colt, Gettysburg, Pa, last
week. His body was brought back
to Barton along with that OF Elbridge
Mahoney OF the same place. The two
men enlisted the same day, went 10
Burlington together, volunteered for
tank service together, were together
in Camp Colt and Griffin died Oct 2,
while Mahoney died Oct 3.
Richard Miller. 26, son of Mrs. Ad
die Miller of Burlington, was killed
in action in France Sept. Is, accord
ing 10 word received by his mother.
He sailed for France May 4, Mr.. and
/ Mrs. Nelson Fl. Riley of the same
city have received word that their
son, Edward Riley, was also killed In
action Sept. Is. He was 20 years old,
sailing for France in the 10th division
I on July s.
Robert Stenson of st. Johnsbury IS
| the victim OF mix-up in regard to his
son, who is in a southern camp. Mr..
I Stenson received word that his son
was very i'll, and on sending back a
telegram received an answer that his
son was not sick. The next mes.
sage received was that his. son was
dead and the fourth that he was well
and in the ranks.
Charles Whiting aker. a member OF
the class of 1918, T. v NJ. died in the
Walter Reed hospital in Washington,
D. c., Oct. s. He was a sergeant in the
department OF military aeronautics
assistant to the chief Inspector Of the
aviation construction camp at Nor.
rison, Va and the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Baker OF Montclair, N
j.
William d. Dean has on his farm in
Springfield several acres OF ever-bear
ing raspberries. introduced from Can
ada eight years ago. He has had
hem under cultivation for six years
and one day recently picked six bush
els of the fresh berries.
Gale Scott. three-year-old son Of
Walter Scott OF West Glover. dice
Oct Z as the result Of being kicked b.
a horse He ran behind some horse:
which were being led into the yard
and when one of them kicked him hi
was made unconscious and never re
gained consciousness, dying Monday
An interesting landmark in Royal
ton Is an old willow tree standing b,
the road in corner where the Georg,
Ellis and the Edmunds land now join
! Ii grew from a willow wand which
Olive Billings used as a whip whei
] Nlit lUut UOi AiOil commences
!. in about ITS TO make her future
+. home with her husband. John Billings
on No. 10 town plot. Royaton. TIT
q stake that marked the divisional cor
Y ner between the Billings and thu
John Hibbard, jr.. pitches was re
moved and the willow wand planted
in its stead 1t is said that it was tn,
first willow in the town.
The resignation of J. Milo Jeffre.
as pastor of the Methodist Episcopa
church leaves the three churches il
Stowe without a settled pastor for tn
first time, it is believed in the histor
OF the churches Rev H. w Gun
mings closed his work as pastor o
the Congregational church in Septen
Der and Unity church has been with
out a settled pastor since the resil
nation OF Rev. F. T. Cram two year
ago. II is understood that Rev MI
Jeffrey has enlisted and will 90 {
he officers training camp at For
Lee. Va.
William Counter. an employe OF tn
Middlebury branch of the Vernon
MdlUlt COMPANY, Was severely uui
about the head. while working abou
saw gang Tuesday His head cam
in contact with one of the saw keys
cutting a cash about one and one.hal
iches long.
Miss Katherine A. Morgan, daugl
ter Of Ed. Morgan. New York banke
and First Lieut.. jeremiah NJ Evarti
U. S. A.. of Windsor. were marie
recently in New York Miss Morga
IS 10 years old and Lieut. Evarts
%. The wedding was held in tn
chapel on the estate of Mr., Morgan Q
Wheatley hill and Rev John Corte
OF Newport. II. l., a great-cncle OF tn
bride, oiflciated, Lieut. Eyarts is
son OF the late Maxwell Evarts ,
Windsor and graduate OF Yale co
lege lie attended Plattsburg for h
military training and has been
France eight months. returning hon
only short time ago In giving h
occupation in the wedding license. h
answered. a soldier.
Sergt Bert A. Barrett of the SIT
Pioneer infantry and a Rutland ma
died at Camp Wadsworth, S. c.. DC
10 OF pneumonia The news of h
death was a great shock to his wifi
as she had received no word OF h
illnaes Ha also lenVpq threa oh