The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-12
VERMONT NEWS.

VERMONT NEWS.
Representative Harlan Renfrew Of /
Peacham died Monday after a short i'll |
ness.
The knights of Columbus OF Rutland
are to present The Rose Girl, directed !
by Mr. and Mrs Louis Philbrook, March
Il.
Over 700 broze medals ordered by the
city council OF Barre to be presented to
each boy from Barre who entered the
service OF his country have arrived and
viii be distributed as soon as possible
Plans are in the making for a sailors
and soldiers memorial at Barre, probably
to be erected from native granite The
city council. merchants, board Of trade
and other organizations will pool their eff
forts
Charles E. Lord, editor and manager OF
the newspaper at Island Pond, is to sever
Feb 20 to enter the. employ OF the Gale
't'lildil 10 teSfN hldI anu dsSiStdHt 70 ~
d. pelley.
Word was received in Rutland Monday
that Rev Dr. George T. Price, pastor 81
the Methodist church, who has been sta
toned in France as a Y. NJ. c.. 4. secre-
tary. sailed on Feb. 7, ON the steamship
Notthland for the United States
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| The president, has awarded the distin-
! guished service cross to Private Charles
/ Hunt OF White River Junction for the
Mont Ridge, France Oct. 3, 1918. Pri
vate Hunt was with the 4th machine gun
battalion, A. s. No. 74,52S
! Mrs v Fracassi OF Waterbury pleaded
guilty Monday to charge Of illegal keep
ing Of intoxicating liquor. In a raid ON
her home last week four barrels and a
bali of wine, hall barrel of cider and
some bottled wine were seized The mat
Ter Is with the court The case against
Mrs Fracassi for illegal selling probably
will be mol pressed.
Judge f. L. Fish gave IA hearing at
-sAOit JtilEA uCSAAdN ItldtlNe- VI "A DHtitloii
Tor the commitment OF Harold Howes
to the state hospital at Waterbury FOR
the purpose of observation Howes is
the Montpelier young man. enlisted in
the navy, who was arrested ten days age
on the charge Of robbing a Mortified
woman of Liberty bonds. war saving
stamps and money and who. after being
arrested, made confession. it is alleged
. Af lfrff 81.
ock Dawley store in Montpelier.
( Two Wnooski liquor dealers. Frank X
Packard and George J. Bleau. and THEN
: clerks, Theophile Simard and Joseph Gus
son, were made defendants Monday in
> a Chistendcn county court suit brought
' by Mrs. Elizabeth Murray Of Milton wh'
: seeks to recover damages of $4,000. hel
t claim being that by reason Of the defend
/ onts selling liquor to her husband. I'd
ward Murray on Nov /, 1918. he lost hi.
sense Of Judgment and control OF his per
son SO that while operating his automo
bile he ran into, knocked down and l1ille,
0 ha1les Adams on the highway at VIA
ooski.
! School was -declaled off at Stowe lligi
s; school Monday, the faculty refusing :
+ serve as teachers in the schools until put
p lie apology Is made by the school boar
q Tor encouraging characterization anon
tie pupils last Friday evening Severa
( of the pupils on the + II. s. basketba
y team, scheduled for game with Hare
y wick that evening, were under suspensio
n from the school for breaking the curfe,
i law. Principal Metcalf ruled that til
team was not school team and mus
not be cheered as such 1t is elaine
that members of the school board refuse
10 sustain the ruling
Former Governor Samuel Z. Pingre
n inoF in his s7th Year is daily seen upo
the streets Of White River Junction
n the best of health, without his overco,
II. and perfectly erect III stature Recent
Air. Pingree entertained his old.time arm
a eolnlade, Capt. Horace French Of the
+. Vermont regiment, and now III lis 8:
year: Elias IT. Cheney. the live and i
IL tive editor OF the Granite State FIR
al Press. Lebanon. y H., in his SSth yea
and Clarence E. Carr Of Andover, y. T
twice Democratic candidate for govern
e Of that state, at dinner in Hotel Rogel
~ Lebanon, \ f. Mr. Carr is IS and til
the united ages of the quartet was 3
lat years.
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The Movie Tariff.
Harold was told to run over an
see what the prices were for a speci;