The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-01-14

treasurer all that time. The bank
people presented him on that day
$1,000 a gift of $500 from each in
stitution. A luncheon was also
rendered him and the employees
presented him an automobile thermos
kit.
Ralph E Smith, a Bellows Falls
boy and graduate from the high
school there in 1917, now student
in the school of fine arts, crafts and
decorative design in Boston, won
third prize of 500 in recent COM
petition at the Pennsylvania Acad-
envy of Fine Arts More than 400
drawings were sent in.
James Carter, 12-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs B Carter of ST. Adams,
last June sold to H Hilliker of Swan
ton four tame rabbits, one of them
being distinguished from the rest by
a scar on it's nose. The Carter boy
had owned the rabbits for two years.
Recently, on his way home from
school, young Carter saw a rabbit
near his home, whistled to it and
the rabbit responded by running to
him at once. On examination it
proved to be the bunny with the
Scared nose, which had found its
way back from Swanton.
Six more ex-service men were
granted scholarships to colleges by
the state education committee of
the Y. M. c. A. at meeting recent
ly in the state Office in Burlington.
Those to receive them were: Charles
E Howard of Middlebury at Middle
bury college; Raymond E Howley of
Barnard at the University of Ver-
mont; Paul d Gibson of South Royal
ton, at Michigan Horticultural col
lege; Charles V Tousley of Burling-
ton at the Y. M. C. A. college at
Springfield, Mass; Alfred G Leas of
South Royalton, at the University of
Vermont; Reginald E Stancliff of
Morrisville, at Montpelier seminary.
Since the Inauguration of this scheme
the Y. M. c. A. has spent S14,535 of
the sum of $15,858, with which it
started, in distributing free scholar
ships.
Burlington has without doubt the
unique distinction of having as one
of its inhabitants the tallest man in
the state of Vermont He is Max
Bogue, formerly of Austin Garage
company, on St. Paul street. Mr.
Bogue is seven feet two inches in
height. He is the tallest of fam
lily of seven children, all above the
average height. One brother, only
Is years of age, is now six feet and
10 inches in height. Mr. Bogue has
had several offers lately to join
carnivals but has refused all of them,
saying that he would rather remain
at his trade, which is an automobile
mechanic. He has, however, travelled
in nearly every part of the United
States with an exposition show.
The receipts of the st. Johnsbury
postoffice having reached $4,000 last
year, the office automatically steps
into the first class, along with Bur
lington, Rutland, Montpelier, Barre,
Bennington and Brattleboro. Offices
are graded according to their postal
receipts and the goal was reached in
st. Johnsbury largely through the
greatly increasing mail patronage of /
the Maple Grove Candies, Inc.
w A Shaw, meteorologist in charge !
of the United States weather bureau
at Mortified, reports a mean tenn
perature of % degrees during Decem-
Der, which is three degrees above the |
normal for the month. The highest !
was as degrees, on the 14th and the !
lowest was Is degrees below zero, on
the 26th. The greatest daily range |
was 81 degrees, on the 18th, and /
the least range was four degrees, on
the 9Th. The precipitation (rain and
melted snow) amounted to Abs inches,
the normal for the month being
2.71 inches The prevailing wind
was from the south, the total move
ment 1922 miles, the average hourly
65 miles, and the maximum
80 miles per hour from the
southwest on the 23d. There was
only one clear day in the month,
with three partly cloudy and 81
cloudy days. Precipitation in guam
tity sufficient to measure occurred
on Is days. The snowfall amounted
to 1876 inches, practically all of
which remained on the ground at
the end of the month. There was a
on the LIST, solar halos
we're noted on the Sd and 26th, and
a lunar halo on the 21st.