The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-09
VERMONT NEWS.

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Ex-Governor f. G. Smith of st. Al
bans has been nominated for mayor of
that city.
The ninth annual meeting of the Yer
mont society of engineers is being held |
today at Burlington.
The Granite City Amusement COM
pany OF Barre will open its new theatre |
IN that city March II. The house seats
Timothy Tohey. a baker of Benning- |
ton, was arrested Friday after a miscel- |
laneous assortment of booze had been
found in his establishment.
The reunion of the legislature of 1901
will take place at the state house at
Montpelier this evening, with banquet |
later. Congressman Frank L. Greene is |
expected to be present and preside at
the occasion.
The high wind of Saturday blowing
a piece of steel in his eye while he was
trying to fix d SemaphOre signal on the
Rutland railroad is responsible for the
loss of an eye by Archie Stone of North
| Hero.
Three Yermonters were in the big golf
4 bbtLA AAeA44tuL 1T the L lIeIuISl. ~. -.
| links. The Vermont contingent finished
close together. DIR. NJ. c. Twitchell of
! burlington and Charles II. Pray of Man
chester tied at 103, L. w. WEIGH was
100.
Rev. b. L. Lehigh, of Barre, who re-
ceiyed a call from the First Baptist
church of Amherst, Mass, to become
| pastor of the church in that city an
nounced Sunday to his audience in the
| Baptist church in that city that he had
declined the call.
Ernest Kimball. an operative of the
/ United States Bobbn mill at Willoughby,
had his right arm badly crushed Mon
day afternoon while at work at the mill.
DIR. Allen of st. Johnsbury amputated
all the fingers of his right hand. Kim
ball lives in Barton, and has a wife and
two children.
/ Nahum Kamber of Manchester has
brought suit for $4,000 claiming that
he has been slandered by Mr. and Mrs.
George Belisle and Mr. and Mrs. George
{ led up to the alleged slandcrous utter
ances are alleged to have taken place in
. hambers store.
Royal r. Fassett. who had been in the
Soldiers home at Bennington. since
July 20. 1920. died there Saturday, aged
q wears. He enlisted from Lunenburs
in Company VI. 18th Vermont. March
y, 1854, was transferred to the veteran
reserve corps Feb 21. 1860, and was
mustered out Sept. >, 1865.
4 veteran of the World war bv the
name of Wilmer Noles appeared in New
port municipal court Monday charged
with having forged two checks, one for
$40, the other for $50. He was placed
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being unable TO furnish it was remanded
to jail to await trial in the present term
Of Orleans county court.
Further information received by Sec
rotary of State Harry A. Black relative
to the conviction of Andrew Henning at
st. Johnsbury last week shows that the
automobile Which. he was operating was
without proper number plates and con
tanned - cases of liquor valued at So
600. The car was later stopped at Con-
n cordE ~, IkfTNytegestlf9 liquor was stized.
The legislature of 1912 held reunion
ut the Pavilion last evening Sixty for
mer members Of the house and II former
members Of the senate were present.
Charles 4. Plumley, former speaker and
= now president of Norwich university,
a presided. Redfeld Proctor of Proctor.
president. of the reuniOn organization,
read letters and messages from absent
members and introduced the POSTMASTER
I DIR. Guy Potter Benton of New York.
former president of the University of
\ Vermont. was elected president of the
\ University of the Philippines yesterday,
at a salary of $4,000 annually. with an
allowance of 81. 800 additional for house
rent. DIR. Benton signed a contract for
one year, with the privilege of renew.
ing it for nine years additional He ar.
rived in the Philippines six months acc
in the capacity of educational conSultant
for the Philippine district of the United
States army.
Walter u. Kipp of Newport has beer
reappointed commander of the Vermont
battalion of the United States naval re
n serve force. The organization of tht
State of Vermont into seven naval re
Y serve divisions was made as of Jan.
1921, but was not officially announced
until Feb. 20. Copies of the order max
ing Lieut.. kipp commander of the Greer
Mountain organization were received
Monday. The Vermont Naval Reserve
battalion with its seven divisions. con
SistS of 401 officers and enlisted men
Il over all of ,FFhnDa ipftf Kim -.