The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-11-10
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purse of 5000 in gold was presented
them.
Early in December the First Con-
gregational church in Bennington
township, which has the double dis
tinction of being the first church
built in the state of Vermont and the
reputation of being the most beauti-
full example of colonial architecture
in northern New England, will cele-
brate it's 106th anniversary.
Miss Joyce G Bisbee of Moretown,
VT, assistant librarian of the Lynn
Public Library since 1921, was unani-
mously elected librarian by the board
of trustees Nov. LIST. She will fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation of
Clarence E Sherman, who resigned in
August to go to the Providence, R. L.,
library. The office carries with it a
salary of $4,000 year.
] B Genin, aged &c, noted inventor
of railroad appliances and for many
years a resident of st. Adams, died
Oct. 26th in a Montrea hospital after
being in poor health for some time.
His death oddly enough, and sad as it
is, comes as a double blow to- the sur
viving members of the family, for
but few hours previously word-had
arrived here of the death of his son
Romeo Genin, at Marion, Ind.
The jury in the case of D P Lete-
byre VS.. Central Vermont Railway
company in Washington county court
returned verdict in favor of the
plaintiff to recover S13,335.20 at
about $50 p. m. Oct. 80. The jury
considered the case about four hours.
Mr. Lefebvre sued for damages result
ing from a crossing accident at West
Berlin on June II last, in which his
wife, Grace Lefebvre, and his daugh-
ter, Miss Glenna Lefebvra, were kill
ed. He charged negligence on the
part of the railroad in failing to give
a proper signal, in failing to keep a
proper lookout, and in building and
maintaining an obstruction in the
highway in the shape of a cinder
platform or ramp leading up to the
station platform He brought suit as
administrator of his wife's estate.
Fire last week Tuesday night gut
ted the upper store of the two-story
wooden building owned and occupied
by the Wheeler Pharmacy, and the
connecting building in the rear, own
ed by Herman Spaulding of Chester
and occupied by Sheehan's restaurant,
with loss estimated at $4,000. The
burned building is on the most
prominent corner of the square at
Springfield and was landmark, per-
haps the oldest structure in the bust
ness section.
Mrs Alkaline Ball. for more than SO
years a we'll known music teacher OF
Bellows Falls, we'll known in music
circles of % years ago, died Oct. n
at the home of her daughter, Mrs
Josiah C Villas at Livingston, Mont,
at the age of SO years. She was the
widow of Thomas C Ball of Bellows
Falls, who died in 1878.
A valuable saddle horse owned by
General N G Williams of Bellows
Falls. which had been for several
months used by Eugene S Leonard, II.
and in his care was injured on We'd
nesday evening by collision with an
automobile driven by Captain Harold
H Cadv so severely as to become
necessary to kill it. Temporarily in
charge of Charles Lawlor it started
for the barn alone and blinded by the
automobile lights ran into it. The
automobile had nearly stopped but
was badly smashed by the conclusion.
Col. James M Tracy, for many years
a resident of Middlebury, died at the
soldiers home in Bennington Oct. 26,
at the age of II years. He was a
Civil war veteran, having enlisted in
the 143d Ohio regiment in 1864. he
was a charter member of William Il
Russell post, G. A. R., of Middlebury
and one of it's past commanders he
twice served on the staff Of the ma
tional Grand Army, commander ana
colonel. After the close of the war,
he engaged upon farming in Corn
wall, removing from there to Middle
bury For a year and half he had
been at the soldiers home.
At the Rockingham hospital, Bel
lows Falls, John A Hitchcock of Hud-
son, N, Y, died last week Wednesday
a few minutes after reaching the in
stitution, following injuries received
when he was struck by northbound
freight train at Charlestown, N. II.
He was railroad baggage master. 30
years old, and, having brother at
tending Vermont academy at Saxtons
River, was going there for his vaca-
ton. He was walking on the track
when struck by the train.
Charles Beaudette, 81 years old, |
who lives between Quechee and Hart |
land. in court at South Royalton We'd !
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