Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1920-11-19

paratory schools in Vermont and Mon.
day announced the record upon which
it bases its claim 1t admits Rutland
Brattleboro and st, Adams are also
close competitors or the honor
Spaulding has scored 1876 against it.
opponents II points St. Adams 1871
against 81 Rutland 1850 to six; Brattle-
boro III to 40 by its opponents. 7
Each OF the other three claimants
are as certain OF their right to the title
Rutland High will play Brattleboro
November 81.
Chinaman Studies Springfield Industry
T. c. Chung arrived in Springfield
Saturday from Pekin, China. to take
the cooperative course in the high
school and the Jones & Lamson plant
lie was selected by the Chinese gov
ernment to come to America and study
American machine shop practice and
teaching methods. On the recommen-
dation of the Vocational board at
Washington, d. c, this school was
honored by being chosen as the best
place for him to get that training. After
passing three years in Springfield. Mr.
Chung expects to return to China and
Introduce our methods of industrial
education. He IS a graduate of the
Pekin Higher Normal college and has
taught in the Chinese schools
Auto Kills Rutland Child
Mildred, four-year- old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs John Pitts of Rutland.
was struck and instantly killed Satur-
day afternoon by an automobile while
crossing the street with her mother
The machine is owned and was driven
by John W. Blanchard, a lumber deal
er, of that city, The accident happen
ed in front of the Howe Scale Works
which the mother and child had lust
left after taking Mr.. Pitts dinner to
him. 1t is said that the child saw
the car near at hand and running rap
idly became excited and started
ahead of her mother across the street.
When the driver applied his brakes
the automobile swerved across the
street to the sidewalk, the little girl
having almost gained the walk when
killed Blanchard was not arrested.
Sheriff's Sale of Trolley Property
Notices appear on the car barn of
the Barre & Montpelier Traction &
Power Co. to the effect that a sheriff's
sale will be conducted the 26th of this
month for the purpose of selling GER
tain personal poverty upon which an
attachment has been placed This ac-
ton is brought to recover the judg-
ment in the case of Robert !. Stewart
VS.. the company as the result of an
accident recently in Barre in which thu
Supreme Court recently sustained
the judgment of the lower court for
$500. This was the verdict which the
jury gave Mr. Stewart when one shout
der was injured by pole of the com
pany breaking window of the trolley
car and hitting Mr. Stewart.
Continuous Wedding Bells
October was a popular wedding
month in St. Adams, as shown by the
records i'll the office of City Clerk B.
NJ Hopkins There were 10 marriage
licenses issued during the month, more
than twice the number, eight issued
i'll September Four of the October
weddings took place in other towns
and one of the September licenses was
used in another town
During October there were II births
and II deaths The girls largely out
numbered the boys in the birth record.
as there were eight girls and only three
boys The same was true in the death
records, as II of the deaths We { t.
male' and three male In September
the birth record showed a total of l9
of whom 10 were boys and six girls. !
The deaths for the same month num-
bered ID of whom seven were female
and eight male.
Will Improve Harlow Hill
Plans are under way to improve !
the Harlow hill on the road from Stowe
to Smugglers Notch. 1t is the first
steep hill as the driver of an automo-
bile approaches the mountain and is
the one upon which so many machines
have been stalled. S. B. Bates has
sent to the selectmen of Stoves a pro
n .Sed plan ior Strengthening the hill
and lowering the grade as shown on
blue print made by Earl Hayden, the
district highway commissioner. He
recommends reducing the present Fl
per cent grade to ID per cent for the
remaining 800 feet of the 1900 feet
irst 500 feet and 1875 per cent for the
ength of the hill. The elevation is
S7 feet in 1900 feet. He has also sent
another plan which would make a 10
Der cent grade the entire length of the
ill. but it would be much more ex-
)ensive The new road will be 20
eet wide when completed