The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-10-11

No less than a hundred veteran fire
fighters arrived in Barre Friday morning
for the 18th annual convention of the Yer
llnont State Flremens association More
| delegates were expected before the open
ing sessions of the convention in the af-
ternoon or the banquet in the evening
The members of Rutland Council.
Knights of Columbus, are to establish
a free night school in that city the com
Neenan Cameron, and Alexander OHM
| anthropic program which the coucil is
| to undertake. The classes will be open
to any person without regard to national
| ity or religion.
George Irish, the l4-year-old Burlington
student who tried to kill himself by shoot
ing because his parents objected to his be-
| ing out late at night and keeping com
! pany with girl considerably older than
| himself, was taken to the industrial school
| at Vergennes to spend the remainder, of
| his minority.
| Observance of the Tooth anniversary Of
| the founding of Norwich university
opened Friday with a meeting of the
alumni association and special military
exhibition. The centennial program will
continue through Tuesday. Founders
day will be celebrated Monday with a pill
grimage to Norwich, where a table, to
Colonel Alden Partridge will be unveiled
| Bids for the construction of the new
postoffice at St. Johnsbury have been
opened in Washington. Woodbury. & Son,
! Boston contractors, are the lowest bid
ders. There is available 100000 for the
building. but as the Woodbury. bid was
anthropic program which the council is
possible to start operations unless an ad-
ditional appropriation can be secured
! The third accident to happen to the
Rossier family of Coventry took place
recently, when Emile Rosser, aged so,
lost one arm in a threshing machine He
slipped on ladder and fell onto the ma
chine Arthur Rossier lost his life Aug.
80 while trying to save chum from
drowning in Willoughby lake and Mrs
Samuel Rossier injured one arm badly in
a fall a few weeks ago.
/ Mrs Julia A. Boynton. 50 years old
b. Boynton, one of the Oldest members
and former deaconess OF the Tompkins
Avenue Congregational church, Brooklyn
died Thursday at her home of old age
i Mrs. Boynton ewas l,errp IN ~R-rl e9,,~. tn.
daughter of Rev E. j. Boardman. Her
, father was for many years the pastor o.
a Congregational church in Randolph.
| HoIf af he n h.
lare OF Winooski went on strike Friday
night because the Steamer Hose Co, on
of the two companies of the village, re
fuses to obey the orders of Charles La
valley, newly appointed chief The member
have dismantled the hose house and car
ried away TIE truck and all the furniture
Their stated grievance is that Laval'ey
who was Objectionable to them, was al
pointed chief by the village trustees a
a star chamber proceeding and xas late
, publicly elected The other company 0
the village. the Lafayette hose company
) will remain loyal
Presidents of Is of the New Englan,
colleges will be at Middlebury, Nov /
and Is, to attend the annual conference
| of the Association of Colleges of New Eng
} lahd Inc conierency Is composed OF III
; following institutions: Amherst, Bosto
; university, Bowdoin, Brown, Clark col
lege, Clark university, Dartmouth, Harv
( ard, Middlebury, Wesleyan, Williams
D Trinity, Tufts, University of Vermont an
| Yale. Women's colleges and technica
) schools are not eligible for membersh
3 in this body
S Chief of Police Connolly Of Montpelie
Oh has received letter from Mrs. Ida \
) Chckering of Gloucester, Mass, askin
0 information in regard to two nephews
, George w. Cameron and Joseph ID. Cam
4 eron, children of the late Hannah I
Neenan Cameron, and Alexander job
Cameron, electrician. After the death {
the mother, Mr. Cameron took the chi
| dren from, Eloncorto.. A.. ..-.... l