The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-22
VERMONT NEWS.

ERMONI NEWS
About 100000 has been expended in
concrete paving work in Bennington this
season.
| A Ford touring car bearing the number
| 1875 and belonging to George Hendee
of Rutland was stolen while left on the
streets of Rutland sear1y Wednesday
evening.
William X. MacMurty, %, of Corn
wall died Monday of injuries received
week agoin an automobile accident, when
! his car was overturned. Internal injuries
caused his death. He was graduate of
Middlebury college.
The golden wedding anniversary of Mr..
and Mrs. Walter w. Barry was observed
at their home in Saxtons River Wednes-
day, when many. friends presented the
couple with gifts of money and other
tokens of good wishes.
| A meeting Of the New England assoc
| ciated alliance of the ladies of the Uni
tarian church was held at the Church of
| the Messiah in Montpelier Wednesday
and was attended by about 90 guests
from adj parts of New England.
Frank X Beard, who has been assist
1
at Barre, has resigned his position. r.
| l.. Woodwork, who has held the position
of auditor, was elected assistant cashier
to fill out the balance of Mr.. Boards
term.
Maurice J. Kendall, principal of the
junior high and grammar school of
| Lebanon, n H., has leased for five years
| the farm property of Charles r. Moore,
| Newport, located on lake Memphrema-
/ gog, consisting of about 80 acres. This
! VIII be used summers for a girls camp
and will be the first on Memphremagog.
George F. Winch, 20. one of the best
known business men of Barnet and Cal
! edOnia county. and n native of Brook
| field, died at his home in McIndoeS early
| Thursday morning. Mr. Winch had been
| in failing health for several months and
! had recently returned home from the hos
pital after a serious operation.
The life of Marion, little daughter of
G. l.. Nichols of Enosburg, was saved a
| few days ago only by the efforts of an
employee on her fathers farm, who, see
! ing that her clothing had caught fire
from a bonfire. stripped off her clothing
before her burns proved fatal. She is
recovering.
Several hundred listened to John
Spargo of Bennington, internationally
known as Socialist speaker and author.
Tuesday evening when he was introduced
as the first speaker on the winter sched-
ule of the Bellows Falls Woman's club.
Mr.. Spargo spoke earnestly on affairs in
Russia, entertaining his audience for
nearly two hours.
Adit. Gen. H NJ Johnson states that
no orders or letters of any kind regarding
preparation of the. National Guard for
possible duty in connection with a rail-
road strike had been issued from his
Office. He said that the LIST Vermont
regiment could be ready in two hours if
necessary. and further said: eff we are
called out to man trains we viii do our
part"
\ bird apparently of a rare species
was shot last week by Walter Medor
Mt the mouth of the river in Swanton
He thought the bird to be an ordinary
lake duck, and shot it on the wing 1t
proved to he dark green with a chest
nut breast, hook bill and dove tail 1t
resembled very much the shoyelin, a
kind of river duck to be found in ssme
sections of North America, but quite
rare i'll this section.
Wednesday afternoon next. October
18th, Governor HartneSs will present the
medals won by the Norwich University
Rifle Team, National Intercollegiate
champions in the years 1920 and 1921 in
the Indoor Small Bore competition
There will be a parade followed by a
complimentary review in honor of the
governor. The exercises will commence
at two o'clock and will be held on Sabine
field. The public. is cordially invited to
be present.
Fire. which was discovered about 10
% clock Wednesday evening. destroyed
the two story wooden dwelling owned
by Mrs. G. =. Cook and occupied by
John Smith and family and the adjoining
wood"n dwelling house. owned and occu-l
pied bv Mrs. SherTie Burt at Elydeville.
A portion of the furnishings belonging
To the Smiths were burned but the fur
nishings in the Burt horse were saved
The fire is thought to have orioi0ated
from a bonfire in the rear of the build
ing.
William Bingham Of South Royalton
was taken very seriously i'll last week,
the Illness being caused by accidentally /
eating food which contained arsenic
which had been prepared for rats. He 4
was at his home when the food was
taken but returned to Lake Mitchell, |
sharon Dir. Fish was called Immediate
w upon his arrival at the Lake house |
and was able to relieve Mr.. Bingham of /
his intense suffering, He has since been !
critically III and his recovery is eX-
tremely doubtful
That Vermont women are slowly forg- |
ing ahead in medicine is evidenced by |
the state department of health, which SAYS
that there are now four women practic-
ing medicine in the Green Mountain
state. Their names are: DR. Grace
Sherwood of St Adams. DR.. Charlotte
Fairbanks of St Johnsbury. DIR. Mary NJ.
Plat of Shoreham. and DIR. Grace W.
Burnett of Brattleboro. Women We're
admitted to the study of medicine in the
state university only last year and the
enrolment for the current year shows
that there are now three women in the