The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-09-09
MONTPELIER

| OF the DesMolnes Capltal OF Neuhes-
| days issue that Mrs Kelleher took the
flight the preceding Sunday at Herring
field outside the city 1t appears that
| DR. II. H. DePew Of the Victoria hotel
in that city aspired to be the oldest man
in that state to fly. He is 81 years OF
age and in his earlier days drove oxen.
| 1t appears that DIR. DePew invited Mrs,
! Kelleher to go to the flying field with
| him and that while there Dr. DePew,
his chauffeur and Mrs Keleher took
flights. The following is the clipping re.
garding the incident: An ambition to be
| the oldest man in Iowa to ride in an air
plane cherished for months by DR.. Fl. II.
| DePew, Victoria hotel has been realized.
! In a half hours fight at Herring field,
| Sunday evening, DR. DePew, who is 81
years old, established himself as the old
est birdman-in Iowa and perhaps in
! the United States. Not only that, but
| it developed him, who used to know only
an oxen team as method of locomotion,
| besides ones feet, into an enthusiastic
aviator. why, I'd not hesitate mo
ment to take trip TO Chicago in an
airplane,' he declared, when he came
down from his trip with Aviator William
| Williams Of the Herring Motor company.
! at is so smooth and delightful that I've
| got the fever. ! think that, with IN ex
| perieneed driver, it is as safe as automo-
billing. "The young fellow who drove
the plane didn't expect I'd like IT, He
asked me how high | wanted to 90 and
] told him about 1900 feet. | didn't
want any stunts just plain flying, and
that's what got. 1t was fine" Accord
ing to Williams, the plane went up about
1000 feetas high as any of the pas
| sengers are taken at the field Dr. De-
Pew years ago drove an oxen team. He
has lived to see and experience almost
every kind of riding, excepting in a sub
marine. I'D like to try that, too" he
| says. With him at Herring field were
| Mrs. Isabelle Kelleher of the Vermont
/ Life Insurance company, and his chauf
feur, Ross Clarke, both of whom took
flights
NJ L. Wood II. J. NJ Jones, L. c. Riv-
ers OF Montpelier, w G. Reynolds of
! Barre and John Cross of Mortified re-
/ turned last evening from the ST. Ber
nard club in Canada, where they have
been for week They brought afnice
! display Of trout with them. They drove
| in the rain nearly all the way from
Montreal and saw a great deal of light.
ming and thunder was frequently heard.
| George Mckee has won the golf cup
which the members of the Montpelier
Country club have been competing for
since 1918, the finals having been played
! Sunday when he defeated Franklin Bail
ey in an easy match The scores for the
4 four times around the course were: First
4 . ~ o
/ In 1913 Richard Cutler won leg on the
cup. In 1914 ii. j Leslie got leg. He
also got a leg in 1916. In 1915 Mr.. Me-
kee won leg He repeated in 1917 and
won the cup this year. In 1918 the
finals were not played off Mr. Mckee
is one OF the youngest members Of the
Montpelier golf team and has made some
| of those competing for state champion
ship play fast golf in semi-finals He
will 90 TO Dartmouth college, where his
! friends expect to hear good results from
! his golf playing.
t A marriage license has been issued by
| the city clerk to r. S. Going and Miss
( Margaret Granfeld Of Montpelier Both
are employed in the agricultural office
at the State House.
John Boutwell, Of Burlington a cousin
4 OF T f. Merrill and j NJ Boutwell,, was
/ visiting in the city Monday He is com
mander of the G. A. r. post in Burling-
! ton and used to "trot' Messrs. Merrill
and Boutwell, on his knee
The storms of Monday afternoon and
1 evening only knocked about 30 lines out
4 Of working order in Montpelier Light
ming hit tree on the campus of the
/ Montpelier Union school, while the wind
1 broke off few limbs from trees in some
sections Of the city
/ Pascal Rieei OF Rutland was in the
/ city Monday in connection with his fed
eral aid projects in road work Mr.. Ricci
has two of these pieces Of construction,
| ono at Marlboro. well under way and the
surface almost ready for grayeling. while
about Sept. Is he expects to commence
work on French Hill in WiIliston This
has been the worst hill on the direct road
between the White mountains and Bur
/ lington for many years. Ii is planned
now to straighten the roadway on the
hill and reduce the grade to almost 10
per cent. In places now i is about 40
per cent grade
Merrill Harris has commenced work As
assistant to the auditor Of accounts His
work will have to do with the checking
up of the system of the new form of
bookkeeping, which has been installed
Miss Marion Watson is assisting with
the work on the death records in the sec
Rotary Of states Office in connection with
the investigation that the national tu-
berculosis organization is making
Earl Hayden county supervisor of
hiUhwavs hnds that tho rnad enmr,,is-
sioners in the towns in his district are
closing up their permanent work in good
shape and probably better than they
were able to year ago.
l., II. BiXby, as trustee in the bank
rupt estate Of c. c. Putnam and Son,
has decided property to the amount of
$4,000 to Harry Daniels and Fred S.
Little Of East Montpelier This property
is located at Wrightsyille. The deed was
filed yesterday IN the city clerks office.
i Fay Carpenter, who has been visiting
with G, H. Carpenter, his father, and his
sister, has gone back to Bridgeport,
Conn, where he is assistant treasurer
in the Remington Arms Co, factory.
Miss Mabel Davis has returned to her
work in the secretary of states Office
after a vacation.
Janitors at the State House have re-
moved the two radiators that have stood
in the corridor near the entrance to the
House of Representatives The little
bronze statues have been removed from
the alcoves above the radiators and in
these will be placed flags those of the
Spanish American war in one alcove and
those OF the present war in the other.