The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-06
VERMONT NEWS.

VERMONT NEWS.
Miss Helen B. Collins of Rutland has
been appointed an instructor at the IN
ternational Institute for Girls at Madrid,
Spain Miss Collins at one time was a
member of the faculty of the Rutland
high school.
Frank Lamountain of Castleton narrow
ly escaped death Tuesday afternoon when
the front end of the car was hit by Del
aware & Hudson engine at the Parsons
crossing about half way between Castleton
and Hydevile Mr.. LaMountain sustained
severe bruises and his car was consider
ably damaged.
Fred Wood, respected citizen OF VOL
colt, shot himself at the home OF ms
brother, C. NJ Wood, with a 32-eahbre re-
volver. The bullet entered his head at |
the right temple and death must have |
been instantaneous. Mr.. Wood has been |
Respondent for some time, brought on by |
i'll health and over work. He was 81 years |
odd
The Vermont rural dental clinic, d.
vision of the state board of health, su-
pervised by DR.. Dewey s. Darling and
financed by the Proctors of Proctor, has
treated more than 800 children during
the past year. The clinic is now running
at Vergennes, where the $50 children IN
the industrial school are having their
| teeth treated.
That the national Grange. instead OF
the national government, take over the
| investigation as to the cause and remedy
of the high cost of living was the sugges-
| ton of Oliver Wilson Of Peoria, Ill, mas
ter of the National Grange, in an address
delivered before about 300 farmers, their
wives and children at field day arranged
| by the County Grange and Farm bureau
/ held at Rutland this week.
/ The operators license held by Robert
/ Wilder of Montpelier, who was IN an au-
tomobile accident last Saturday aftef
noon on the East Barre road, has been
suspended by Harry A. Black, secretary
of state. The license OF Howard Cover
of East Fairfield was revoked hseause OF
CONVECTION. for the use. of lIgner, while
that OF Arthur Graves of Middletown
Springs was suspended because of reckless
driving.
Once more the Barre granite industry
suffers loss through the failure OF the
Montpelier & Barre Light & Power com
pany to furnish enough power to operate
all the plants of the district Tuesday
a number of plants in the south end OF
the city, all of the plants on Rafnham :
meadow, those on Blackwell street and
the North Barre Granite Co. were shut
down because the power was Inadequate
From the yards of NJ w. Abbott il
Waterbury. so heifers and dry cows
grades, all black and white have beer
. shipped to Newport News en- route t
France and from the Charles Abbott farm
% registered bulls. These cattle were
all bought in Vermont Charles Abbot
starts now on a buyf ng trip through New
Hampshire and Massachusetts. 1t IS ex
pected that a much larger number vii
! be shipped in two weeks.
DIR. William StiekIhey, one of Rutland
y best known surgeons and Miss Jean Ait
d ken, assistant superintendent of the Ru'
land hospital, were married Saturday a
Newcastle, n B., the brides home. Doc
tor Stickney is graduate of Dartmouth
college and is son of Attorney and Mrs
w B. C. Stickney of North Main stree
He served in the medical corps of tn
American expeditionary force during tn
war, winning commission as major. ID
was chief surgeon at Camp Upton, lal
hank, N. Y, before going abroad.
All of the quarries in South Poultne
and West Pawlet owned by the Amer
ii .ln+ al 1 Z
known as the SLATE trust are closed I
result of the refusal of the, eompar
to meet the demands of its employees Il
an increase in wages of 10 cents an hou
The men are now drawing from 30 to
cents an hour and they state that thu
viii stand out for straight 10 cents
hour increase, claiming that they are n
now getting living wage. They ha'
been working nine hours day and tn
have made no demand for shorter hour
The Claremont Power company has I
titioned the Public Service eommissl'
for authority to sell its properties al
franchises to the Vermont Elydro-El'
tric company, a Massachusetts, corpol
ton. The purpose is to merge the ola
mont electric lighting properties WI
those directly across the Connecticut T
er in Vermont and with others IN otf
parts of Vermont The purchasing CO
pany, recently incor porated, will und
take development of extensive hydroel
trio plants in New Hampshire and y
mont. @sfs III $50
A. B. Abernethy of Springfield q
Ford NJ. Thomas eff Bristol have p
chased of w. C. Staples the drug bsisln
known as Dodge's pharmacy This is ,
of the largest retail drug stocks in y
mont, the purchase involving the sam
1000 Mr. Abernet,hy has been masna
for three years for Mr.. Staples who
owned the business for nearly five ye'
Mr.. Thomas is interested in the
mont Box Co. which operates SIX
working shops in the northern part
the state in the ma nufacture OF 81