The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-31

The Old Ladies' home in Rutland has
received a bequest of 81 sos from the es-
tate of Mrs. Laura Wright of that city.
Fred Perry Of Shelburne Is reported as
making more than 500 day trapping
muskrats this spring The skins bring
on an average Of So each.
Frank Houghton, master mechanic for
the Springfield Electric Railway com
pany, died March 20 of double pneumo
MIA He was 81 years old,
Carol M. Pike, y. " M. 10 has been
appointed director of the Theodore n.
Vail agricultural schools and farms to
succeed Rollo G. Reynolds, recently re-
signed to take up educational work in
France with the Y, M. G. A.
The Burlington public schools viii
have school gardens again this year, but
must secure a new supervisor, as Miss
George p Devine, who had been in charge
of them the past two years, has declined
to take up the work again this sum
mer.
7. G. Spellman, II, who died in Spring
Sed March 10, was an employee in the
old Springfield cab shop for rs years and
was the last survivor of the original EN-
ployes. Then for dozen years he ran
carriage shop and for the last 20 years
had been employed by the Parks &
Woolson company.
Beginning tomorrow, Burlington ply.
sicians are to have an increase in charges
A day visit will cost not less than So and
a night visit not less than SIS. The mini
mum charge for an office consultation
will be SO and minor surgical dressing
at the physicians Office win be from
So up.
Harold n. Gordon, 20, johnson man
ager of the American Mineral company,
died March 81 in Chicago, where he was
on business trip. Mr. Gordon WIS tax
en- i'll in Buffalo, but went on to Chi
cago, where he and his wife had rela-
tives He is survived by his wife and lit
tie son.
Motorists who went to Burlington for
the automobile show and remained over
until Friday, continued to remain on ac-
count of the storm. At least so persons,
who planned to stay over for one day
and then motor home, were unable to
leave with their cars and would not
leave without them.
The lease of the long closed Shrine
theatre in Rutland has been concluded
by Alfred S. Black, representing cor
poration with movie houses in Maine,
New Hampshire and Massachusetts, the
property being leased from the Clement
National bank 1t win be refurnished,
renamed and opened shortly, it is an
nOunced
Brattleboro suffered from high water
on Friday, the roads being washed
somewhat, although the damage was
greater on the Hinsdale side of the riv-
er, A boom Of the American Realty COM
paay broke at the mouth of West river
and many logs went down the Connect
cut, but another boom was constructed
farther down to hold them. There was
landslide in Hinsdale, which left a
hole 80 feet long and 20 feet deep.
A. W. Robinson, az, assistant super.
intendent Of the Jones 4 Lamson plant
in Springfield since 1909, died March 81
Of influenza. Mr.. Robinson had been en-
ployed by the firm In one capacity or
another since he was Is years of age He
was talented musician and before he
was l6 he began to play the pipe organ
in the Universalist church in Springfield
and was organist there for Is years.
Then he retired for time, but later was
organist there for two years more.
The Vermont State Bankers assoeia.
f&s
tuFe, has made available for the season
of 1919, cash prizes of s., SO and So to
the state winners in each OF the follow
ing IL club work projects. The awards
will be based upon recommendations
by the state leader, boys and girls club
work. Vermont agricultural extension
service, for real achievement in home
garden, canning, pigs, poultry, potato,
corn, calf, sheep, cooking, sewing, handi-
crafts, and maple sugar,
DIR. Stanley Berry, a Jonesville boy,
who is now lieutenant colonel in the A.
II. f., has been decorated with the croix
de guerre. Lieut. Col. Berry was the
commanding officer of the 3l6th sani-
tary train of the ambulance corps Of the
Pacific coast. Contrary to orders, he com
manded the first sanitary train for a
distance Of 35 miles across mo mans
land" and established dressing sta
ton and field hospital at Lyscheldt,
where practically every wounded soldier
was cared for. Lieut. Col. Berry is ex-
pected home from overseas soon.
The house, barn and contents on the
farm in Marlboro owned by Frank A.
Larrow of Brattleboro, were destroyed
by fire March 26. Twenty cords of wood
were burned, several tons of hay large
automobile moving van two sets of dou-
bic harness, furniture and household me-
cessities, several bushels of potatoes, APP
pies, onions and canned goods Mr.. Lar
row and his men were numbering and
some of the help was staying at the
house. Sparks from the chimney caught
the roof. The house had just been thor
oughly repaired ready for occupancy this
summer. There was only small insur-