The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-04-26

ishment at Middlebury of the Middle
,ury Savings Bank s. Trust Co., under |
Act $50 of 1915.
Caledonia lodge at st. Johnsbury has
been celebrating through the week the
Tooth anniversary of the founding of the
Odd Fellows order
Miss Louise Morrill, of Mortified has
from overseas. Miss Morrill, was
a U. S. army nurse with the American
forces In France
The Gary Maple Sugar company of St
Johnsbury has an order for 100000 ma
pie sugar cakes from tobacco firm,
which are to be used to advertise a GER
tain brand of cigarettes.
st. Adams has invited General Edwards
to visit that city some day in May, at
which time a special honor will be ten
dered to the boys returned from war
service, and the general has stated his
willingness to come.
The junior class of the Bellows Falls
high school held the annual junior dance
in Union hall Friday evening. This is the
first effort of the class toward accumulat
ing funds for their trip to the national
capital which is planned for next April.
Frank A. Drinkwater, road commission
er and overseer of poor of Roxbury
dropped dead while at work on the roads
in Roxbury last Tuesday. He was ap-
parently in perfect health up to the time
he was stricken. He is survived by a
wife and three children
H. S. Wands of Rutland has been APP
pointed by Commander George A. Met
calf of Brattleboro as sergeant major of
the Patriarchs Militant, department OF
Vermont. This is branch of the Odd
Fellows, of which Mr. Wands has been
a member for "a years
Miss Clari1da Gregg, who passed her
18th birthday anniversary April II, was
presented a SO gold piece and gold ban
pin by her fellow employees at the paper
box factory in Bennington. Miss Greg
has been employed continuously in the
factory for the past As years
John J. Chimney, A., water commission
er of Montpelier, who was on leave of ali
sence from duty because of illness, dice
| Friday after being in poor health To-
more than eight months from tuberculo
| sis. He was man of considerable prop
erty and was very we'll known in that sec
| ton
Miss Ellene Lawrence, daughter of Tru
man Lawrence of st. Adams, who ha
served overseas for two years with tn
| Red Cross, has returned to this country
She was made lieutenant just before sal
ing for overseas and during her absenc
was stationed in the southern part c
/ France near the Italian border.
Twelve large United States motor truck
arrived in Burlington "Wednesday morn
ing and proceeded to Fort Ethan ALE
where they will be used in the constru,
ton of the new roads there The truck
were driven by members of the mote
transport corps of New York city an
these men will be stationed at the foi
until completion of the roads.
Frederick A. Demond, -, died Wedne
day at Bellows Falls after a long illne:
, with Bright's disease at the home of h
daughter, Mrs w A. Bailey, with who
, he had lived for three years. lie W;
! born in Boston but for 80 years lived
Cavendish. He was veteran OF the Civ
, war and member of the Springfield
\. II. post. He leaves seven children.
r Mrs. Marianne Gibson of HYDE Pan
Z reached her l03d birthday Tuesday Co
sidering her great age she is quite we
She was born in kileven, Ireland, App
: y, 1916. and had lived in this count
I about 40 years, the last Is in Hyde Par
; She has several children, grandchildr
!; and great grandchildren. She receiv,
; many callers on her birthday and W
}, the recipient of several gifts.
Il Ada Allen. eight-year-old daughter
Mr. and Mrs Charles Allen, of Rutlan
was the victim of an automobile aceide
Thursday evening, when she was knock
down by the fve-passenger Buick aut
mobile owned by Giovanni Barbaga1
II while crossing Merchants Row. She W
i taken to the Rutland hospital where
was found she was probably suffer,
from internal injuries and her exact ca
IS dition could not be determined althou
$ ID is serious.
Fire broke out in the ell part Of t
Frontier hotel block on the corner
If Main and School streets at North Tr
Ie Wednesday and although part of t
b. frame was left standing the building "
practically destroyed Some of the &C
: tents were saved. The building was ere
ed about 1872 and had long been a W
known hotel. 1t was owned by the W
ow of b. p Gilbert, who was burned
death by gasoline explosion FIVE We;
ago. The cause OF the fire is not know