The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-16
ABOUT THE STATE
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ne ~ JOnHsDuEy w OmdHS cluD ma
engaged Miss Anna l. Kubovec as distric
nurse in that place.
The Congregational church of Yer
gennes has extended call to Rev. MI
Fraser of Little Ferry, N, j., to becom
its pastor.
William Depriest fell down through
scutte hole in his barn in Warren re
Gently, tearing several ribs from hi
backbone and dislocating his collar bone
Dates for the Rutland fair have beer
set as Sept. l.5 with special racing at
fractions. The racing program will b.
extensive, with ten events with purses
of $1,000 and $500 free.for-all
Reginald Hoskins, a Jericho youth
broke an arm last week by taking q
headlong tumble while coasting down a
bank on his skis. About four years age
he broke the same arm while at play.
A call for navy beans has come to Yer
mont from Michigan, Port Huron com
pany writing to the Vermont state de.
partment of agriculture that the Yer.
mont seed has been found particularly
good.
Governor Calvin Coolidge of Massa.
chusetts was born and reared in Plym.
outh, the son of John Coolidge, who has
held nearly all of the town offices and
some county and state, likewise. He at.
tended his sons Inauguration.
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Official notice has just been received
by Mr.. and Mrs. LaFrancois of West
Rutland of the death of their son, Pvt
Rowell j. LaFrancois, in action in France
He was % years old and went overseas
in September, 1917.
Mrs. W. H. Blaisdell of Orleans, who
with her husband, left that town Dec
81 for Miami, Fla, where they intended
to pass the winter, died Jan. IL at the
home of her sister in Southern Pines
N. c., of pneumonia.
John L. Roess of Brattleboro may lose
the sight of one eye as result of an ae-
cident that happened at his home Mon
day. Mr.. Roess was carrying wood into
the cellar when he slipped and fell and a
part of set of scales came in contact
with his face near one eye,
LAUNDERING business was never better
in Brattleboro than at the present time
The mills are running at full capacity
and at the Holden g. Martin yard 60
loads of logs were delivered in one day,
IL loads within Is minutes At other
yards there are big consignments.
According to late bulletin Of the
Vermont state board of health, during
the October epidemic of the influenza
Montpelier had 5000 cases, ST. Johns.
bury 2,9S4, Barre 2,6i5, st. Adams $3.50.
The only other town in Vermont report
ing over 1000 cases was Burlington,
which had ] ,234.
J. H, Martin, for 20 years ianitor of
the First Congregational church in New
port, received the surprise of his life
last Sunday evening when, at the open
ing of the church service, the pastor, Rev.
j, Fl, Edwards, called him to the pulpit
and presented him, in behalf of the mem
bers and attendants of the church, fine
gold watch.
Thomas Blanchard Hanna, jr., son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas B. Hanna of Bur
lington, died Monday at the Peter Bent
hospital in Boston Of pneumonia, after
a weeks sickness. Mr. Hanna was en-
ployed in the signal corps, northeastern
department, at Boston. Besides his par
ents, he leaves a. widow and infant son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hanna, sr., lost another
son, Fred, recently in France. He was
killed in action.
Mr.. and Mrs. William F. Norman,
who were married in Burlington on Nov.
"a, 1914, and still reside there, received
Jan. IL package mailed in Glasgow,
Scotland, four years ago and intended
to reach them as wedding present. 1t
was about the time that the war broke
out that the package was started and it
is supposed that it was laid aside either
for inspection or censoring and was not
forwarded until the close of hostilities.
In the intervening time, the aunt who
sent the package had died.