The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-27
BETHEL
Danger of Freshet from Ice Piling Up
Was Passed Last Night.

Was Passed Last Night.
The ice went out of the White river
last evening almost as quietly as it
disappeared from the branch "a hours
earlier. The water steadily increased
| in volume yesterday and about q
o'clock shove occurred which left the
river clear down TO a point below the
River street bridge. Later in the even
| ing another shove finished the work
and all danger of an ice freshet in 1920
was past A few cakes of ice were
left in the low place on Bridge street
and in few other low places but SO
far as appeared late last evening the
much dreaded damage by the breaking
up of the tremendous masses of ice in
local streams had failed utterly to
some prospect of rain and in the alb
sence of frost a freshet was still
possibility, but without the dreaded
ice complications.
Walter Washburn is laid up with
partly amputated forefnger resulting
from an accident while splitting kind.
lings.
Henry c. Persons has returned from
six months visit with his sister in
st. Johnsbury,
The Bethel Tannery, inc, is setting
up new 81 200 72-ihch tleshing ma
chine manufactured at Winchester,
Mass Two new buffing machines are
expected soon. A large consignment of
China hides arrived lately from New
York.
Charles f. Shepard was in South |
Royalton Thursday, called by the Sc
rious and sudden Illness of his mother, !
who was i'll only part of a day before |
her death. She is well known here, |
both by her long residence in South |
Royalton and frequent visits TO her |
son in this village She is survived ,
by four sons. daughter, 10 grand
children and two great grandchildren, /
Harrison and Charles Shepard of this
village. She was rs years of age and
was the widow of John +. Shepard,
Civil war veteran, who died eight years
ago. Besides G. F. Shepard, the chill
dren are Mrs. Arthur Fowler of An
dover, Mass, George S. Shepard of
L IUN iueuCe, n L. JoHh ~ bHcpdiu Va
Norway. Mass, and Fred J. Shepard
Of South Royalton. Three of her
grandsons were in the recent war The
funeral was to be held this afternoon.
w. C. LaRock, A. L. Dinsmore and
Stanley Richards are putting a new
eof on the large storehouse at the
tannery.
Mrs. James Bird of Stockbridge was
lere yesterday TO visit relatives.
Miss Ellaween Sandspra was in
yesterday for visit with
Ter grandparents.
Nine old watts in the tannery are be-
ng replaced by six new ones OF larg
II size
The six month.old son of Mr.. and
sfrs. Arthur j. Miner was critically i'll
yesterday with bronchitis and whoop-
ng cough.
The roof of sugarhouse at the
fisher farm in Royalton collapsed un.
er its weight of snow few days ago,
the evaporator almost be-
.ond repair. Another evaporator on
he farm will be operated alone this
ear Last year two were operated.
Nine head of registered Hostein
ows and yourg stock We're taken to
to-day from the Fisher
arm to be sold at the regular Holstein
uetion.
Mr., and Mrs. Fred @. Williamson
ave been visiting friends here and in
They are moving this
lonth from Cornish, n. H., to Spring
cid, Mass, and went yesterday to
isit Mr. Williamson's father in Brat
eboro, on their way TO their new
ONE.
The newly equipped Stanley steam
car of the White River railroad was
sed yesterday after coming the day
,fore from the car shopsNa Laconia,
H.
Roland W Newton is home from the
of Vermont for a short re- =
SIS. He has passed all his eXamina
ons up to this time.
William Batchelder is home for the
aster vacation from Drummer acad :,
nv at South Byfeld, Mass. NJ
Mrs. Mary Burrell is at Windsor as OF
sting in the care of her sister, Mrs. IT
lam Maynard. who is seriously i'll. bt
Miss Mabel Miller is i'll at her board d.
Q place in Pennington, \. H., and
av not be able to resume teaching co
is spring. Her sister, Mrs. b, L, il
wis of Manchester, ~ H., is with 81