The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-05-13
STATE NEWS.


Mrs ] N Shaw of South Windhan
has a tomato plant on which is 6
green tomato which measures 81
inches in circumference.
Rev. Edward P Holton, for % years
in the Madura mission fields of south.
ern India, is in this country on g
furlough and is visiting relatives in
Cornwall.
A year ago vote was taken to re-
move the offices of the Holstein-Frie-
sian Association of America from
Brattleboro, but at a recent annual
meeting it was decided to rescind
that vote and let the Office remain at
Brattleboro as they are now.
Frederick T Laing, for two years
connected with the editorial depart
| ment of the Burlington Daley News,
accepted a position with a bonding
house in Boston and commenced work
there May l.
Llewellyn Kent of Grafton went
fishing last week and as a result
pleaded guilty in Brattleboro NUM-
cipal court to taking 13 short length
trout, some of which were but three
inches long. He was fined SIS and
costs of $3.50, which he paid. Kent
had been under suspicion for some
time.
Bennington village and the village
of North Bennington have set their
clocks ahead an hour and are operat-
ing on the daylight saving plan. The
change of time will continue until
the last Sunday in September. The
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of the majority of the people of the
two villages.
The funeral of Charles R Crosby of
Brattleboro, vice president of the
Peoples National bank and head of
the wholesale flour and grain firm of
E Crosby and company, who died the
evening of May 7th of a bullet wound
inflicted with suicidal intent was
held in his home on Monday, May 9th.
The body of Miss Marion Butter
worth, secretary to Miss Emily Proc
tor, who had been missing since
Tuesday evening, May Sd, was found
Saturday May 7th in an abandoned
quarry pit in 100 feet of water. The
discovery of the body followed the
finding of the young woman's hat
late in the afternoon. Drowning was
the cause of death.
Judge Charles A Prouty, director of
valuation of the interstate commerce
commission, has come from Washing
ton, d. c., to his home in Newport
for an indefinite stay. Mr. Prouty has
been very ill for a month and came
to Newport in the private car of
Thomas w Hume, general real estate
agent of the Pennsylvania railroad.
Governor James Hartness has re-
ceived and accepted the resignation
of Frank H Brooks of st. Johnsbury
as a member of the State Board OF
Education and has appointed Mrs
John Redwood Fisher of Arlington to
succeed him for the remainder of the
unexpired term which ends January
/, 1922. Mrs Fisher has accepted
the appointment. The new appointee,
the first woman to serve on the State
Board of Educ alton, is we'll known
throughout the country as the author
of many books, essays and stories
Her pen name is Dorothy Garfield
Fisher. s b..
Mr. Hume accompanied him.
Instead of there being from Is to
% graduates from the Newport high
school this spring as usual, there are
but eight in the graduating class,
Harry Savage, son of Mayor E w
Savage of Newport, president of the
class and captain of the basketball
team, won high honors in scholar
ship. He will be awarded the S100
honor scholarship which the Univers-
ity of Vermont gives to the senior
boy who stands highest in the class at
Miss Natalie Albee is
the girl with highest standing in the
class and also wins a 500 scholar
ship from the U. V. M. |
Mr. Cross, a surveyor of Clarendon, |
got lost recently while on the noun
tain in East Wallingford doing some
He did not appear at dark
so a party of about 20 men with |
lights went to look for him. Mr.
Cross came out near Weston and /
reached a telephone as soon as pos
sible to let the people know he was
X. Signals that had been agreed
upon were given, but the men on the
were unable to hear them.
70 about midnight they returned
nome somewhat wet and tired.
Because Charles II Resseguie of
Bennington addressed a letter intend
ID for Worthwhile, N. Y, to "York
state" it went all over the United
States and to several foreign coun-
.ries and came back to the sender a
'ew davs ago with the information
hat the place Of address could not
,e found. The pcstmarks showed
hat the letter had visited Argentine.
Peru. Chilli and practically all the
tates in our own country. One
3hilean postmaster had written on
he face of the envelope. mot here:
nv the United States of America.
Martin A Brown of Wilmington was
lected n-e-ident of the Brattleboro
rust Germany May 3rd at a meeting
4 the directors, succeeding the late
Arthur B Clamp. Charles A Bovden.
reasurer. was elected vice presi-
lent to succeed w Moran, resigned.
ir Brown is treasurer and general
manager Of the Parker, Young com ,
anv and the Woodstock Lumber COM
any. which concerns have their head ,
flee in Boston The Parker, Young
orpany. which manufactures paper