The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-11-29

hroken into the other night ana Souu
II clothing and furnishings stolen.
For the first time in the history OF
Ludlow. the poor have been remem-
hered in a will, bequest Of $1,000
being provided in the will OF Sypil
Smith Roberts.
inst over the line in Claremont, y.
RI. there was born Nov. II to Mr..
and Mrs. Lemuel r. Barton their 10Th
child, son, the tenth son IN the lam
ily. All the children are living.
John Jaoskela, lumberman at Lud-
low. was hit in the head the other day
when the head Of an axe being welded
by companion broke. He Is believed
to have suffered conclusion OF the
skull.
Several hundred dollars damage was
done last week to Oak Grove seminary,
the Pownal school, by fire caused from
an oyerheated fiue One side OF the
building had to be chopped into and
the roof cut open A hose company
from Williamstown, Mass, came up
to assist. The building was insured.
Nellie Mott, seyen-year -old daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Mott OF
Brandon, had a narrow escape from
serious injury Saturday while coasting
on River street. She slid under an au-
tomobilc, but the only injury was a
cut ON her chin which required several
stitches to close.
DR.. D.. NJ Bosworth OF Bristol was
thrown from wagon Friday, when
his horse ran away, but was not in
iured. His horse, however, landed in
the river between two rocks and It re-
CURED considerable work to extricate
the animal It's condition was such
that il had to be killed Saturday
morning.
Dr.. L. q. Blaisdell of Bridport is
this month celebrating the 50th ami
vcrsary Of his practice Of medicine in
that town. He is prominent citizen,
has represented his town in the legis
lature. been a deacon in the Congre-
gational church and for 81 years has
been clerk and treasurer OF the Con-
gregational society,
Whether or not Vermont disabled
veterans viii receive any part Of a
fund of $4,000 remaining from a war
time fund Of the w. G. T.. q. turned
!. over to the Legion could not be stated
at state headquarters to-day. The
money is to be used for immediate re-
lief of sick and wounded ex-service
men.
The Pownal Center store was broken
into on a recent night and on the ar
rival of the proprietor in the morn
ing the cash register was not to be
found 1t was later located in brok-
en- condition in back room, having
been robbed of the little money it con-
tanned, q cents The stock Of grocer
les and merchandise was unmolested
Rev. F. r. Champlin of West Hart
ford, who had accepted a call to the
pastorate of the church at Windham,
finally declined because he could not
come at the salary offered. There
was some misunderstanding between
organizations in the church of the
amount available for that purpose.
lRev. Eugene B. TreFethrer Of Ipswich,
S. d., will supply the church during
the winter.
C. RI. Dempsey, commissioner of
education; John Whittier, supervisor
of elementary schools, Miss Katherine
Aaeesen. supervisor of teachers train
ing courses, and NJ. ID. Chittenden
superintendent Of high schools in the
state. leave the last of the week for Bos
ton, where they viii attend the regular
meeting of the New England Superin-
tendents' association. which viii occur
in one of the committee rooms OF the
State House
As Alfred Lavalley and his brother,
Joseph Lavalley, were returning Sun
day evening to their home in Winooski
from Essex, they stopped to put lights
ON their vehicle and were run into by
Ford car, number 5255, registered I'M
der the name of Leon Hall Of Jericho
Center. Alfred Lavalley was struck and
carried about eight feet by the ma
chine, bruising one leg and one arm
and his face so that he had TO have
the attention Of physician. The driv-
er of the car did not stop, but Ford
which was following gave chase and
secured the number of the car. hives
tigation viii follow. The Iayalley
team was stopped at the extreme right
of the road. and under an electric light.
Vermont American Legion Notes.
The American Legion is conducting a
nationwide canvass TO determine the
identity of the last American soldier.
killed in action in France before the
signing of the armistiee according TO ad
vices received by state headquarters of
the Legion at Montpelier. Il is stated
that a New Haven, Conn, post has put
forward the name of Thomas J. Wal
pole. jr.. in an outpost engagement.
stice day in an outpost engagement.
The French government is TO erect a
monument TO the soldier found to have
been the last to die before the Armi-
stice.
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