The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-10-10
PUTNEY.
News of New Jersey Airmen.

The Fumor which was prevalent IN
town last week concerning the fate of the
Young aviators who landed in Putney,
was confirmed Monday by the receipt OF
a copy of the Rutland Evening News OF
Sept. 30 This paper contained an item,
the substance of which was that two
airmen. who refused to divulge their
identity but who said they were from
South Jersey, appeared late Satut .1
morning in a Curtss plane. As they
started to take to the. air again the by
ISLANDERS rea lized that they were either
amateurs or that something was the
trouble with the plane as il seemed I'M
possible to get up sufhcient hylps
speed Instead of trying a second time
to get the necessary momentum, the
pilot tried to take the machine up. ana
crashed into a tree at the west end OF
the field then hit the ground. nose hrSt.
The two men were thrown clear OF the
plane and were badly bruised possibly
injured internally, and were taken I'M
mediately to the hospital The plane was
badly damaged. but not beyond repair.
Without doubt they are the same ones
who visited here as they came from ' Inc
land. y J.. in Il Curtiss plane and flew
north from here at 1880 Saturday morn
ing.
Lewis Burditt is working in S. L. Da-
vis's store.
Local hunters report a great scarcity
of cartridges this season.
4 regular meeting of the Eastern
Star will be held tomorrow night.
Fred Scott of Chicopee Falls. Mass.
spent the weekend with \. NJ. COrser.
Mrs. George Sheldon and daughter of
Greenfield were at DIR. Patch,s Monday.
Frances Prouty is i'll with tonsilitis at
the home of her mother, Mrs. Helen a.
prouty.
Harold Bugbee is building a new COW
stable with concrete flooring and Is
also installing new barn equipment.
RAYMOND Bromley and Henry Smith
of BrattIebOro spent the weekend at
MiddletOwn Springs.
Gary Martin and family visited rela-
tives in North Adams. Mass, Saturday
and returned Sunday over the Mohawk
trail.
Arad Fellows has finished as sawyer
for the b. NJ Reed Lumber Co. at its
mill in East Puney and is saving in
Chester.
Ruby Martin of Saxtons River has
come home to care for her sister, Mrs.
Charles Scoville, and mother, Mrs. Fred
Martin.
Walter Kelley has finished work for
the Il. NJ Reed Lumber Co. and is
working for the International Paper Co.
at Bellows Falls.
Mr. and Mrs Charles Park and son.
Avery. and daughter. Mrs. Pearl Stark.
with her two children of Grafton, visited
at Wayland Ayers Sunday.
Edgar Blood entertained nine little
friends Saturday afternoon at his eighth
birthday party. Games were played and
refreshments of cake and cocoa were
served
Miss Katherine Howe. who is en-
ployed in the office of the Robertson
Paper Co. at Bellows Falls. spent the
weekend with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Eugene Howe.
Mr. and Mrs. George Allen and son.
Adrian, of Northampton. Mass. Mrs. Ar
thur l.. Trip and daughter. Dorothy, of
BrattlebOrO were at Mrs Emily d. How
ards auction Saturday.
The people of Putney will be glad to
hear that GA names were registered at
the Putney Tavern in the week from
Sept. 30 to Oct. Z, which is a very good
showing for this season of the year.
Mrs. Abby Kane of Dummerston has
bought the Mary J. O'Neil' house on
High street and is repairing it extern
siyely. She and her nephew, Nelson
Crosby, will move here in the near fu-
ture.
There will be a dance at the town
hall next Thursday evening and the
Putney Tavern will serve an oyster sup
per at 1870 p. m. All guests are in
yited to look over the building and en-
JOY the hospitality of the Tavern.