Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1922-06-07

to secure money to MAINTAIN CaVerly
Preventorium.
Word from Detroit, Mich, states
that the police there have found Will
liam E. Gay and that the man appar-
emily is not in normal mental state.
William E. Gay is the Granville
farmer, whose blood-stained outer
clothing and bullet-pierced automo-
bile were found in field near Mont
pelier Junction May 10, leading to the
theory at first that Gay had been
murdered.
The annual Vermont diocesan con-
vention of the Protestant Episcopal
church, assembled at Montpelier last
week and adopted a resolution pro-
posing to the states a constitutional
amendment to authorize congress to
establish and enforce uniform laws
as to marriage and divorce, with the
proviso that any state might by law
exclude as to it's citizens any or all
causes for absolute divorce.
Rev. w. I'll. Spence, pastor of the
Congregational church at Salem,
Mass, but formerly ppastor of the
Congregational church in Rutland, is
to be the commencement speaker at
the graduation exercises of the class
of 1922 of Edmunds high school, Bur-
lington. Mr.. Spence has had wide
experience in lecturing before groups
of young people and was recently
one of the speakers at the Y. w. G.
A. conference at ST. Johnsbury.
Two packages, the value of which
has not been disclosed by the Amer
lean express company were stolen
from the express car of the Richford
train June 1 while in st. Adams.
The Richford train was little late
Instead of removing the Richford
express Immediately it is said the
express company employees left the
merchandise in the car until the work
on train No. was completed. Later,
when the express on the Richford
train was checked up, it was discov-
cred that two packages were missing.
Comedy sometimes creeps into the
enforcement of the prohibition law
Members of the force at headquar-
tiers in Rutland discovered that in
making a seizure at the place of
Frank Squires in Manchester they
had accidentally carried off jar of
strained honey and as the nectar is
not barred by Mr.. Volstead, it was
returned to him. Moreover, Mr..
Squires, it was announced, is exoner-
ated of the charge of violating the
dry law. He had a permit to sell
vinegar and he has satisfied the pro-
hibition officers that the cider he had
on his premises when they made their
unannounced call was to be used for
making vinegar.
Erwin Batchelder, science teacher
at Vermont Academy, Saxtons River,
has resigned as result of his refus-
ing to eat at the same table with a
colored boy, who recently arrived
from Haiti. The request to resign
made by his faculty was not directly
due to the refusal, but because of al
lodged insolence used to the principal
and lady principal after his refusal.
Mr.. Batchelder is graduate of
Dartmouth college, class of 1921. His
place has been filled by a senior from
Middlebury college.
Rev. Fraser Metzger of Randolph,
appointed by Gov. Hartness to repre-
sent Vermont, attended the second
annual meeting of the National
American Council, held at Hotel AS
tor, on Wednesday,, May 17th., The
council attracted representative
from several states of the Union and
various national organizations such
as the American Federation of Labor,
the American Legion, the League of
Foreign Born Citizens, Sons of the
American Revolution, the National
Education Society and other organi-
cations concerned with American
ideals.
The officers elected for the en-
suing year of the Vermont state
council, Knights of Columbus, whose
oath convention was held in White
River junction last week are as fol-
lows: State deputy, John FL. Cow
dy, Montpelier; secretary, Peter A.
Hincks, Middlebury; treasurer, Frank
M. Grace, Fair Haven; warden, John
F. Smith, Rutland; chaplain, Rev.
Thomas J. Leonard, Middlebury; del
egates to national convention to be
held in Atlantic City, N. j., E. j.
Howard of Bellows Falls, J. Ell. Cow
DIV of Montpelier and James p. Lean
ey of Rutland; alternates, d. P.
Healey of White River Junction, S.
M. Driscoll of st. Adams and ]. H.
Gallagher of Hardwick. The present
of the order in Vermont
is 1898, a gain in the past council
year of 208.
In connection with the Memorial
day exercises at Chester, prominent
hill rising abruptly back of the vii
lage was christened Mount F lamstead.
Flamstead was the original name by
which the township of Chester was
chartered. AT the last annual March
meeting the town voted to have this
promontory dedicated and hereafter
called Mount Flamstead. Since then.
on the face of large rock have been
cut in letters about eight inches high.
the name. About 800 people gathered
Tuesday for the christening. Rev.
George w. Perry delivered an adj
dress. Little five-year-old Mary
Richardson, granddaughter of Rev.
Mr.. Perry, dressed Enthusiastically to
represent the state of Vermont, broke
on the rock bottle of clear spring
water, and in this way the hill, or
mountain, received the name by
which it will probably always be in