The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-11-10
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There has always been some
thing about Admiral Sims and
his calling spades, spades, which
appeals to the rank and file OF
Americans. Even granting that
he is at times indiscreet, they
have believed what he has said.
Now at the age of siXty-two he is
automatically retired and, we
might add, unmuzzled. Now he
has nothing to fear from official
rebuke. His dislike of red tape
often got him in wrong with the
bureaucrats, for he liked to get
things, which he thought ought
to be done, done right off. When
he saw things going wrong, he
was a little impatient of those
who would cover them up. He
has energy, enthusiasm, courage
and ability and has served his
country we'll. The country will
be disappointed if we do not hear
from him frequently, fearlessly
and for the good of the service.
East Corinth has been fortu-
nate in her sons and daughters,
some of whom have gone out IN
to the wider field without losing
the love of the. birthplace. The
Blake family has more than once
shown a practical interest in this
town but the latest gift of the
family, through Mrs Almira B.
Fenno-Gendrot, is one which IS
going to prove a boon to citizens
of that town down the future
wears. She has endowed bed IN
Mary Fletcher Hospital in Bur-
lington for the use of residents
of her native town thus ensurlng
to many a future sufferer expert
care, when such care might other
wise be beyond their means. The
Almira and Charles Blake Free
Bed is a memorial, which has
heart and soul in it-a living
thing as it ministers to those in
pain or need.
1t has been suggested by some
members of the next Senate that
Miss Edna Beard of Orange, the
Senator from Orange County,
would be a very good president
pro tenn of the next Senate. OF
course, she would be the first
woman so honored in Vermont.
Her previous legislative expert
ence shows her to be a woman OF
sound judgment and excellent
common sense, two fine attrl-
butes for this position. So far
as we know, Miss Beard is not
seeking this Office, and she may
not even know that there is a
suggestion that she should have
the office. 1t would be an honor
which Orange county would ap-
preciate. Miss Beard would be a
credit to herself and to the state
in this high, office.
Dr.. Lyman Abbott, who has re-
Gently died after more than 80
years of life, said on the APP
proach of his eightieth birthday,
Il look forward to the Great Ad-
venture, which now cannot be far
off, with awe, but not with ap-
prehension. | enjoy my work,
my home, my friends, my life. |
shall be sorry to part with them.
But always l have stood in the
bow, looking forward with hope
full anticipation to the life be
fore me-" Doesn't this speak for
a vast number of the race, that
sees in death nothing to fear but
the severing of known ties, the
cessation of known activities for
a future with untried POSSIBLE
tiles.
Lloyd George says that if Great
Britain owes us a billion the
United States owes England for
Wesley and Whitfield. Evident
ly Lloyd George would levy tax
on intangibles. 1t is agreed that
Wesley and Whitfield had great
effect on England and her Am
erican colonies and that because
of these great teachers, America
gets much the same reaction on
moral questions as do our Eng
fish cousins. We find on ques-
tons of civilization we stand
shoulder to shoulder with Britain
without either country premedit-
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