The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-05-05
VERMONT news
items Of Interest From Various Part.
Of The State.

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L. W. Leonard of Glens Falls, n.
Y. who had been engaged by Mayor
7. c. Dunn as commi ssioner OF public
works OF Rutland. having decided not
to accept the appointment because
IF more reriunerative one in Flor.
da. the city has engaged Donald &.
Snyder of Albany. n. Y. for seven
years assistant engineer of public
works for that city. Mr.. Snyder is q
graduate OF Rensselaer, Polytechnic
institute
Carl j. Blenner. noted artist OF
New Haven, Conn. and New York
City, has been selected by the COM
mittee OF alumni of the University OF
Vermont. to paint the portrait OF
George Henry Perkins, dean of the
college OF arts and sciences, and act
.ng president of the University Of
Vermont. who this year completes his
50th year of service in that institu-
ion.
Joseph Morisseau of Manchester,
Y. H., deputy internal revenue col
lector and located at Rutland when
taken i'll, died at his home April 26.
Miss Lillian A. LaVallee, an army
nurse who has been in Siberia since
last September, has returned to her
home in Rutland. Miss LaVallee
was located at Vladivostok.
In appreciation of the. services OF
Miss Mollie Hack OF Orwell during
the Influenza epidemic, some of those
whom she served have presented her
silver spoons to the value of s22.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter G. Maloney
were killed by train at Warwick, r.
l.. April q, when trapped on trestle,
having no time to escape after they
saw the train coming A daughter
Mary, lives with Mrs. Maloney's
father in Rutland.
Mrs. Josephine Latour of Burlng
ton narrowly escaped death Sunday
when she took a large dose Of a disln
feetant instead of cough medicine
Mrs. I.atour had severe coldA and
therefore did not discern the differ
enee in the odor OF the two liquids
She was In a serious condition for O
time.
There is prospect that a New
York shirtwaist manufacturer will 10
cate branch plant in Bellows Falls
with at least 25 operators at the start
and more as the business becomes
established.
| f. A. Cassidy, who has sugar or
chard OF nearly GOO trees in Enosbnre
Falls, tapped them over last week aud
I.made nearly 1000 ponds Of sugar
from the weeks run OF sap. q
Mr.. and Mrs, G. 9. Bicknell observ
ed their golden wedding anniversary
at their home in Jericho April 81
/ Mr., and Mrs. s. II. Packard OF the
same town celebrated their 5Oth an
niversary in February. -,s----. .4''.---
Harry Dickens of Orleans has pre-
scented the junior-senior high school
of that place French primer, which
he found in the ruins of a house II
| the destroyed city of Armentieres u
northern France in November, 1918
Anna SIENNA OF Underhill, 10, has
been sent 10 the industrial school al
J yergennes for the remainder OF hen
minority, having pleaded guilty fc
| being party TO the stealing OF
/ dress valued at s35 from Mrs. E. S
Scribner OF Underhili.
With about 80 cities or towns II
Vermont engaging district nurses, tbs
state is about as well equipped IL
this line as any, according to popuia
| ton. The latest village to take on Il
| Middlebury, and at a meeting hello
there Tuesday a district nurse assoc
alton was formed and it was voted tt
go ahead with the project.
The ashes of Rear Admiral George
w. Beaman, retired paymaster II
the United States navy. who died il
MAY. 1917, and OF his wife, Rebeccs
Goldsmith Beaman, who passed ava!
last February, were brought to Rut
land this week for interment Ad
miral Beaman was a member OF al
old Vermont family and his wife wa
formerly resident of Rutland.
The Frontier hotel block in Nortl
Troy was destroyed by fire April ~
Most OF the contents we're saved. TIL
: structure was built in 1872 and hat
Hong been wellknown hotel, owne'
: by the late B. p. Gilbert, who was &C
cidently burned TO death by a case
line explosion FIVE years ago, AM
; since that time belonging to hi
widow. Had 1t not been a still night
the whole "fatiron" section OF tn
: village would have been burned also
as many blocks and residences are In
closed in a triangular. shape. TIL
, cause OF the fire is SUPPOSED to hav
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