The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-07-16
FELL FROM RAFT
And DROWNED.
Dolphus Blanchard, Aged
10, Lost Life in Pond at
White River Junction
TWO OTHER BOYS
WERE RESCUED
Blanchard Boys Body Was
Found in About Seven
Feet of Water


of Mr.. and Mrs. Seth Blanchard of
White River Junction, was drowned
| Thursday afternoon about 4 o'clock in
| Smiths pond on the g. r. Blanchard
! farm up near the state fair grounds.
The Blanchard boy, with two other
| lads, was on a raft padding around
the pond, when, upon reaching the mid
die, in some unknown manner, the raft
upset and threw the boys into the wa
| ter.
! A young man working in field near.
by heard the boys cry for help and
went to the rescue He managed, by
wading into the water, to save Edward
| Walsh and Eugene Ring, but the
Blanchard boy, by being frightened,
let go of the Ring boys hand and sank
| into seven feet of water. His father,
who lives near the pond, was notified
and he FASTENED to the place where the
| boy had gone down but it took them
one hour before they could rescue the
boys body.
Mr. and Mrs Blanchard are heart
broken over their great loss and have
the sympathy OF their neighbors.
II c. lde of Burlington, representa-.
tive for the state of Vermont for the
American Photograph Co, was in town
Thursday, calling on the Bailey AIu-
sic Go.
w. c. w. Marshall left for New York
Thursday morning
The Lebanon, \. H., baseball team
and the Windsor team played very
interesting game Of ball on the Leb-
anon baseball park Wednesday after
noon, before an audience of 400 or 500
people The Lebanon team was much
the stronger and won by score Of II
to g.
The fremen of Lebanon are holding
big carnival
g. Fl. Miller Of the Miller Automo-
bile Go. was in Rutland Wednesday.
Mrs. Fred A. Stockwell and daugh
tiers, Muriel and Mildred, were in Bos
ton Wednesday.
The body Of George Andrus, the
brother OF Mrs. John Darling OF North
StraHord, who died in San Francisco,
Cal, on Saturday, July s, arrived in
White River junction Tuesday. July
l3, and was taken by automobile to
the home of his sister, Mrs. Darling,
where the funeral was held Burial
took place in the South Strafford GENE
terry.
Mr. Wsdlaw, John Maun G. w
Groom and other officials of the Cen
trail Vermont railroad We're in town
Wednesday on matters pertaining to
the proper management of the rail
road They came down in the admins
tration car.
Mr. and Mrs D, NJ Bond Of Maple.
wood terrace were in Chelsea Wednes
day.
Robert f. Meech is spending his
vacation in Caledonia Spangs, On
tario.
Mr. and Mrs Boyle OF Boyle Bros
are spending a few weeks at Averill
lake.
Howard Pease left town Thursday
for an automobile trip TO Buffalo and
the Thousand Islands
Mr. and Mrs George Burns of Maple
street are entertaining their nephew,
Frederick Burns Of Springfield, Mass
Mr. and Mrs. G NJ Carpenter are en-
tertainng Rev {, O Olmstead Of
Walton. ~ H.,
William Miller, manager Of the Tn
ion station lunch is ON two weeks
vacation in the northern part of the
state John G. Stone is taking his
place during his absence
The baseball event Of the season will
take place next Sunday, July Is at
$3.50 o'clock p M. on the X. OF C. field,
when the junction All stars will play
the Newport team of the Twin State
league The Newport team has several
Holy Cross college stars and former
league PLAYERS in the lineup. The All
Stars will have picked team from the
other clubs in the league, so that fine
exhibition is assured. There is quite
a sediment in this town TO join the
Twin State league for the remainder
o. the season. After seeing this game
the people can form an opinion, as TO
the class of ball and the class Of play
ers in the league Eddie Shevlin Of
Boston has been seleted 10 umpire the
game. and he Is said 10 be a very fair
and efficient umpire Newport will
come mp here with its strongest team,
and the AT Stars viii have the best
men in the league in the lineup.
Miss Mute of West Lebanon enter
tanned as her recent guest James Sims
81 Jersey City \. y
Mrs. Austin Of West Lebanon has
a. her guest Mrs Harry Wilder Of
Lisbon.
Miss Maude Burton is entertaining
Mis-, Mabel Farnham Of Boston
Mr. and Mrs G W. Brown Of West
Lebanon had as a recent guest A. !.
Drown Of Evansville.
John Kelley, an employee Of the West
ern Union Telegraph Co, lies critically
IN al the Mary Hitchcock hospital,
Hanover. suffering from injuries sus-
tanned when railway motor car,
which he was operating, ran into an
omen switch on the Central Vermont
track. near the box factory At White
River Junction The impact threw Mr..
Kelley Is such a distance on the track
that the ear ran over him. breaking the
bones in one Lex and badly crushing
the ankle The reports from the hos
pital within the last day Or two are
more favorable
NIr and Afrs n e. Pease Of Hartford
we're IN Meriden recently
Mrs. Samuel Pingrcc Il Hartford Is
entertaining Mrs. Bishop II brookiyn' ]
y Y
Mr.. and Mrs George Riley q Hart
ford are entertaining Mr and MF.
Prank Riley 81 Manchester. \. y
Nr and Nrs y " White Of Harf
ford are entertaining their daughter I
Arr- Florence Blanchard q Boston
Mr. ana Mrs A g Co'ston and chill
drpn ~ Westchester. Pa are spcndfug