The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-01

trict, born at Springfield, Mass, %
years ago today.
VERMONT NEWS.
Mr. and Mrs Alfred L. Bragg of st.
Johnsbury observed their golden wedding
anniversary Saturday in the house where
they have lived for the past - years and
which Mr.. Bragg himself built.
Arthur Rogers of Montpelier was ar
rested Saturday on charge of stealing
a bicycle. The wheel was owned by
Glenn McKinstry. who left it in front
of the store in which he is employed
J II. Blakely of Bellows Falls, who has
been in France during the past year as
a \. NJ. C. \. worker, arrived at his home
there Saturday. He is To resume his bust
ness in Bellows Falls as lumber dealer
Immediately.
Fire started Sunday afternoon in the
barn of Michael Rosen in West Rutland.
1t quickly spread to the barn Of J Ire
panier and both barns were burned to
the ground The flames also spread to
the Rosen house, which was considerably
damaged by fire and water
Rev s. ", Anthony, pastor of the First
Congregational church Of st. Adams, read
his resignation at the morning service
Sunday. He has not announced his plans
for the future Mr. Anthony returned
to this country a few weeks ago after
several months work with the Y NJ c.
\. in France.
| The improvements on School street il
Bellows Falls made during the last six
slonths by cutting the grade and by build
ing a cement stairway from the square"
to School street were completed III the
last few DAYS when the local electric Light
| ing firm placed four large street lights at
the landing Of the stairway
Montpelier citizens took their last drink
| for souvenirs Monday night at 10 o'clock,
when the bars closed Under orders Of
the Washington county license board all
licenses We're suspended, and the suspen
sion holds while wartime prohibition i
in effect The saloons closed with M
more disorder than on a Saturday night
The directors Of the Caledonia FAN
Ground company have decided t. hold /
county fair there this fail, on Sept. 23
p and % No fair was held during tho
war and a debt Of $1,000 stood in the
way Of future exhibitions, until SD Cos
additional capital was subscribed ~ tie
people of the county
| Col Wait c. johnson. mentioned II
an Associated Press despatch Monday as
having received the decoration of officer
OF the legion Of honor at Pecshing stadi
um, France. Sunday. ut the opening al
the interallcd games. went to school in
Rutland and graduated from the CnivaIs.
ity Of Vermont He Il son Of Nj. and
| Mrs. +. S johnson OF the Proctor road.
whore he was born.
While filling a large automobile tire
with air Sunday morning at the Chester
garage Jay Graves of Chester was badly
injured by the tire bursting. the force
of the lion rim breaking both bones in
his let wrist, besides iniuring his feet
and right le-. Mr. Graves was thrown
several feet by the explosion. lie Is enl-
ployed as one Of the clerks at the Fuller
ton hotel
Secretary Of State Harry g. Black an
rounced Monday the suspension Of several
automobile operators licenses which in
clude T \ Sladcr of Rutland for failure
to report an accident it being further
alleged that lie was under the influence
Of liquor when the accident occurred;
Louis A. Carter Of Rochester, for reckless
and incompetent driving: Uric T. Chat
fee Of Johnson, upon complaint Of the
states attorney.
The matter Of the sentence az Mrs
Sadie Roberts is still with the Washington
county court, the woman having pleaded
guilty to cruelty to her adopted son By
beating him with a whip. 1t appeqrs
that she bought whip Friday and that
she whipped the child 50 that 20 rides
were found on the boys back when he
disrobed that the officers might see how
much injury he had suffered. The com
plant was made BY the neighbors. who
heard the wells of the child several times
Friday and investigated
Ratification OF the federal woman sui
irage amendment by Vermont is being
given great impetus at series of meet
ings arranged by the Vermont Equal Sur
frage association and for which two rep-
resentatives Of the National American
Woman Suffrage association have come
from New York. Mrs Flalsey ". VIII
SON. recording secretary Of the associa-
zion. and Miss Marjorie Shuler. chairman
Of the news department % the Leslie
Woman Suffrage Commission. and asso-
eiate editor Of the Woman Citizen
The llth annual session OF Middlebury
college summer school was opened Mon-
day Prot. Edward d. Collins will be the /
director for the session and large NUM-
her Of registrations have been made. |
Their viii he six instructors in TIE |
French department and nine in the SDan-l
lsh. most Of the instructors in both de-
partmcnts having been here in previous
years. There are the usual number of
instructors in the English and other de- +,
partments.
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