The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-08-20

ABOUT THE STATE |
Happenings Of Interest from
Different Sections-
Almar A. Pond, aged Y, died il
Brandon Wednesday.
The Vermont and New Hampshire
checker clubs will meet at the Apollo
club rooms in Montpelier Aug 30.
Middlebury COLLEGES summer schoo
closed Thursday. Its 1871 registrantc
made the largest attendance in the
schools history.
C. p. Crowell OF Brattleboro was
elected Thursday one of the three vice.
presidents of the American Rogue
league at Norwich, Conn
Thieves entered the henhouse of John
Ludwig of Pownal on Friday night
and stole % hens and chickens, cut
ting their heads off in the coop.
John Clark, aged SO, who slashed
his throat and wrists Tuesday, is at
the county hospital in Westmoreland,
N. Fl, He refuses to explain his act.
. Herbert A. Richardson of Burlington
has filed writ of attachment against
the Perfection Overgaiter Co. of that
city, claiming $2,533.5S Is due him as
a balance on back account.
Rev. William Fl. Cassidy was given
formal welcome Thursday evening
to Proctor, where he is to become pas
tor of st. Dominic's church. Many
citizens of the town joined in the wei
came.
Fire destroyed the historic Morgan
Price house in Hydeville Thursday aft
ernoon when one of the eupolas was
struck by lightning. The house was
built so years ago at a cost of APP
pYoximately $4,000. Tt was occupied
lately by Clifton Norton.
Curtis Mower, a student in the Uni
versity of Vermont, and George Spar
hawk, a Dartmouth student, both resi-
dents of Burlington, have just returned
home from flying trip to Europe,
having shipped on the steamship Man
churia as apprentice seamen and COM
ing back on the same boat.
For the second time in a week Wi
nooski could not get together enough
voters to fill vacancy in the south |
ward as trustee. Only two voters |
from that ward were present at spe.
cial meeting Thursday evening. Two
voters appeared at the first meeting,
being different persons from those who
showed up the second meeting
The 1921 ministers conference and
school of methods of the Vermont
state Baptist convention win be held
at Saxtons River, Sept, 81. Vermont
academy, the preparatory school which
opens this fall after a Ave year sus.
pension, will entertain the ministers
and missionaries, whose railroad fares,
and charges for lodging will be paid
by the convention.
Sixty five Civil war veterans and
200 members of auxiliary organizations
attended. thursday, the annual reun
ion of the Rutland County Veterans
association at Brandon. Charles r.
Stone of Fair Haven was elected presi- !.
lent, James Randall of Fair Haven, ,
rice president, c. H. Granger of Rut- 7
and secretary, and Edwin Horton of !
chittenden, treasurer.
Horace Leach Of Pawlet, who was .
injured in collision with an auto q
mobile while riding a motorcycle, died
Sunday night at the Putnam Memo.
ial hospital at Bennington. The boy,
Who was only IL years old was !
brought to the hospital in a serious Il
condition, One leg was SO badly r
rushed that amputation was necea- q
AIRY. He failed to rally from the q
hook and died about Il o'clock.
Alleging that George Plarnos, own ,
r of the new Star restaurant at Bel,
ows Falls has violated a sales agree.
nent with Jack |. Hmelinko, fellow s
;reek restaurant keeper there, counsel h