The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-08-21
MONTPELIER


Il day.
4 The funeral Of Mrs. Winnie Max
ham, who died Saturday, took placi
from the little church in Shady Ri
at o'clock Sunday afternoon, Rev
| Il. O, Sherbnrn officiating. The serv
! ices were largely attended. some q au
tomobiles being used in the procession
to the grave. There were many flora
| tributes. Mrs. Rufus Bagley sang two
selections. The bearers were Arthur
1 Markham, G. H. Rumney, Benham Wal
ton, Henry Daley, John Leslie, w. f.
4 Folsom. The interment was in the
north branch cemetery. Mrs. Markham
was born in West Berlin, June %
1884 daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
win Rumney. She was married to
Elery Markham Dec. 30, 1902, and they
have lived in Middlesex since that
! time. Besides her parents and hus-
band, she is survived by four sisters,
Mrs. Arthur Markham and Mrs. Henry
Ballard OF Middlesex, Mrs, Benham
| Walton Of Lebanon, N. H., and Mrs.
John Leslie Of Montpelier; also by ten
children, Edwin, Howard, Ruth, Har,
| old, Doris. Bernice, Ivan, Edith, Flor
ence and Helen, and brother, George.
She was member Of the church at
Shady Rill and the Willing Workers.
She was esteemed by large circle Of
friends.
The fire department was called out
about o'clock Sunday evening for a
small fire which was burning In an old
piece Of wood near the Taylor street
bridge. The fremen threw the wood
into the river and returned to the fire
station.
Mr.. and Mrs. ". s. Smith have re-
turned from an outing at Bay View,
Me.
Alderman Robert Fraser and Walter
Jellyman have sold their granite bust
ness on Barre street to Menard and
Emo, who will take possession the
first Of the coming month. Mr.. Fraser
sells because Of poor health, but Mr.,
Jellyman has the privilege Of retain
ing two bankers In the shed for a
year. The pl rchasing firm bave been
in business about 10 years.
Mrs. Ebert Colburn, who has been
visiting with Mrs L. A. White at
Wakefield, Mass, has returned home.
Mrs. White came here for q visit with
her parents.
James Kanaly, conductor on the
Central Vermont railway, who has
been suffering with trouble in one
knee for some weeks, leftsiast eve
ming for Battle Creek, Mich, to take
the baths. Charles Simmons, who has
been associated as conductor with Mr..
Kanaly for years, accompanied him
established, probably getting home The
latter part Of the week
The evening maih train from the
south over the Central Vermont rail-
way was two hours late Saturday eve
ming, due to trouble on the Boston and |
Maine railroad south OF White River |
junction.
The attitude OF the board Of con
troll in regard to the salaries of state
employees is explicitly stated in reso-
iuAtOn OHtltU bf fNtlHtfa f. ATtE}tHr ~ 1
the meeting of June p, of which final
record has been made. The resolution
Is as follows. "That as policy, this
board should favor reduction rather /
Than an increase in salaries and wages,
but believes that efficient service
should be well rewarded and that il !
should be the price consideration.
w. L. Walker and party of the
state engineers department have gone
10 South Burlington TO make pre-
iminary survey for a federal aid road H
rom the Burlington town line to the II
Nilliston town line. j. 4. Davis has
zone TO Rupert on highway work. On
he South Burlington project, the sur II
icy begun will be used as basis for
slams, specifications and estimates. If
he legislature votes the money for
ederal aid project, il is understood
hat q hard surface road, probably II
'ement, viii be put in through South
Probably very little work
would be necessary outside the sur II
acing.
Mrs George Whalen has gone TO II
p @, TO visit for few
weeks. She was accompanied by Mrs.
:. B. Parker, who has been visiting
Iere.
The concrete work on the culvert
ust beyond Montpelier Junction has
zen finished, and the road will be
pen 10 travel in about week.
Or. A.. J. DeFossett of the state de-
'artment of agriculture will give an
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