The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-30
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MONTPELIER
Montpelier Legion Defeated Last Years
Championship High School Team.

Championship High School Team.
The Montpelier American Legion bas.
ketball team defeated the championship
team of New England high schools last
wear. in the armory Wednesday eve
ming by score of 81 to %. In the
first period the Legion outplayed the
school boys Il to and in the last two
periods the Legion team did their work
by practicing in passing the ball and
not trying to any extent for baskets
1t was a clean game, only three fouls
being called, and these were not per-
sonal ones. The baskets were made by
Bartlett 7, Gross 5, Clark 4, Smith 2.
Laird was the other member of the
Legion team; by the M. s. graduates,
Odell 4, Lamperti, Mills 3, Donnolly,
while Conf was the fifth member of
that team. Bartlett and Lamperti each
threw a foul. Referee, Pape; time
keeper, Milo; scorer, Shepard.
The Montpelier Savings Bank and
Trust Co. has been appointed by the
probate court as trustee of fund cre-
ated from the last will and testament
of the estate of Albert Johonott, late
of Montpelier. c. b. Adams of Water
bury has been appointed administrator
of the estate of William =. Corliss,
late of Duxbury. O. d. Clark has been
appointed administrator in the estate
of Betsey Ann Clark, late of Montpei
ier. Mrs. Anna j. Wylie has settled her
account as executrix of the estate OF
Eli d. Richards, late of Barre.
C. DeForrest Bancroft, who has been
travelling in the west, has arrived home
for two weeks or so and possibly long
er. Mr.. Bancroft is the official reporter
of the Senate and will act in that ca
pacity until his successor is appointed
but Mr.. Bancroft's appearance at this
time has upset the ideas about the
State House, there being a rumor this
morning that he would seek his old po-
sition which il was supposed that w.
j. Bigelow of Brattleboro had tied up,
The news end about the press tables .of
the legislature will probably be hand
led the coming session by Mr.. Crane OF
the Free Press and Miss Lena Hamilton
of st. Albans, who will represent the
syndicate that last session handled
the work, along with some assistance
that will be given BY different persons
who will be. at the legislature.
John S. Buttles, commissioner of in
dustries, has returned from Windsor,
where heSheld a hearing on compensa-
tion matters and, incidentally, spoke
upon the work in his department.
+. E. Campbell of Waterbury was
in the city to-day.
Henry Ford of Warren was in the
city to-day.
Miss Dorothy Harvey has gone to
Washington, ID. c., accompanied by
John n Harvey, her uncle.
c. III. Dempsey, commissioner of edu-
cation, left last night for Hartford,
Conn, where he speaks to the school
supervisors in the state to-day relative
to the Superintendent as Prophet" F"
The committee of the state board of
education, to whom was referred the
matter of drafting the report TO the
legislature, met last evening and went
over the report before he left.
The board of control is in session to-
day, probably for the last meeting of
the board as it is now composed.
For sale: Three slightly used talking
machines. 1872 Main street.-adv.
Alberta Eldred, the little girl who
suffered the amputation of both legs
as a result of a moving machine run
ming against her last fall, Was yester-
day afternoon committed to the care
of the board of charities and proba-
tion, the parents being willing TO re-
linquish the child and the court ad-
Judging the child a dependent and neg
lected child. She has been at the hos
pital in Montpelier since her injury and
will go to a home temporarily until
such time as she can be placed in a
hospital for crippled children. A fund
of some 81 ZOO has been raised now for
her care and support. 1t will be mate
rally increased before she is much old
er.
Cards announcing the marriage of
Harley Heath and Miss Mary Darling,
the latter a sister Of Miss Ruth Darling,
who was formerly a teacher in God
dard seminary, have been received in
the city. Professor Heath, a gradu-
ate Of Montpelier seminary, was for a
time an instructor in Goddard semi
nary.
L. G. Mulholland has returned from
an inspection of markets in New Eng
land and New York He finds large
quantity of Danish butter is being
shipped into this country. II is nice
quality, frmer than tb~t which is
made here and a very L.ee color. OF
course, it is not any better than the
American product but it is finding a
good market. He also finds that Den
narl- Il sbinniur ouanff4v of cheesa