The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-05-05
GEORGE AMES
BURIED ALIVE
Woodsville Man Lost His
Life While Digging a
Ditch
| COMPANION DUG
HIM OUT TOO LATE
Victim Was "A Years Old
And Was Well Known
in Woodsville

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and were working for the village. They
had been at work about two hours and
were down over seven feet when with
out warning the entire bank caved in,
burying Ames but permitting the 9th
er man to escape, and before any help
could be summoned Ames had been
suffocated.
Ames was "A years old and lived on
the corner of Highland street and Am
monoosuc street with his son. He was
well known, having made Woodsville
his home all his life. The body was
taken to the undertaking rooms and
funeral services win be held from his
late home on Friday. He is survived
by one son only.
The meat market and grocery store
of John Butson has been sold to Lang
and Chamberlain, who expect to take
possession the first of next week Lang
has run cart in this section out of
Munroe, n. H., for several seasons,
while Chamberlain lived and worked in
market here several years ago. In
recent years he had been employed
in Lisbon, y. H Butson, with his
brother, came to Wells River around
1895, opening q market in a room behind
the present postoffice From there he
moved into his present location and
has built up very large business in
meats and provisions in this section.
Reason for his selling is other bust
ness and poor health.
George Bailey of Worcester, Mass,
was in town during the week, having
come on to attend the funeral of y IL.
Fields Mr. Bailey has been in the
Worcester hospital for an operation for
varicose veins, which proved success,
Dine to the brown-tail moth, pulp
wood in this section was re-
fused rail service. II has been trueked
into Wells River, piled on the bank
Of the Connecticut river, and will be
foated down.
William Greenwood and T 5. Dehlois
returned 10 Lyndonville Monday night
70 attend the meeting of the brother
hood.
L. D. Smith was visitor in Mont
pelier on Tuesday.
II has been reported that the well
recently opened by the village was not
success. that there was not enough
water, The man in charge said last
evening that the only trouble was the
filling of pipes with gravel and sand
and that he hoped TO soon remedy this
matter There is plenty Of water This
man Is from New York and his special
II 1oN-
safely believe what he tells us.
At an election of officers of Gamma
Sigma club Of Wells River high school
the following officers were elected:
Blanche Blood, president; Dorothy
Cameron vice president; Theda
Learned, secretary; Elizabeth Latura,
treasurer There will be one more
meeting before the close OF the school
year.
We are pleased to be able to an
nounce that Principal French has been
secured for the coming year and we
know that the high quality of cur
school will be maintained throughout
this session
Last week Tuesday the Business
Girls club entertained at the Coli club
house the Gamma Sigma society, a
club composedi of high school girls
Lunch was SERVED about and a delight
full evening was enjoyed until 9, when
the walk home was commenced. The
clubhouse is about two miles from the
village
j. +. Haie spent Friday OF last week
at Burlington, where he attended the
hotel mems meeting. he came hack
very enthusiastic about the possibili-
ties that the Green Mountain state
possesses.
n. H. Fields, who has been sick for
some time, died at his late home on
Saturday night. Funeral services were
held Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Crabtree are
entertaining a. their guests, Mr.. and
Mrs. Edwin Crabtree of JOlliete, Que
bee.
The Woodsville Reading club was
entertained by the Wells River Study
club on Friday evening last in the
church parlors. The meeting was in
charge of the music committee and
Mrs. Rourke and Mrs. Crabtree gave
some delightful selections.
SCHOOL hfEtN ldHl Nttk va TIC
light saving basis, beginning at $3.50
a. m, and finishing at $3.50 p. m. This
was done on account of the large mum
Der Of out side students who 20 back
and forth on the trains.
Miss Agnes Whitelaw, accompanied
BY her father. is spending some time
in Boston. where Mr.. Whitelaw Is un-
dereoing treatment on account of poor
health.
Sufficient money has been raised by
the people Of Wells River and Woods
vile to purchase for the district nurse
Of these two places Ford coupe
which will enable her 10 render much
more efficient service, inasmuch as the
outlying districts which she has TO
visit are widely separated.
Wells River Alidgets won an excit-
ing game Of ball from a team com
posed Of wha, was supposed to repre-
sent Bath midgets. The local boys con
tinued the game until the ninth, with
the youngsters playing, while Bath
was compelled 10 substitute larger
bows to enable them to keep within
watching distance. In kid fashion. the
ninth furnished real excitement. all
caused by the breaking Of a visitors
bat. When the excitement cleared
away. Bath had left. too. 50 the Wells
River bows claimed the victory by the
score 81 the end Of the eighth, namely,