The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-12-20
4BOUT THE STATE
Happenings of Interest from
Different Sections.


The state convention Of the Parent
Teacher association is to be held Ma.
II. but the meeting place has not ye
been announced.
Miss Matte 7 Wheeler, aged 4
years and for more than 30 years Of
panist at the Rutland Univefsahs'
church, died this week.
The annual meeting Of the Green
Mountain club will be held IN Rutland
Jan. 10. This club has LOSS mem.
ber<. Charles P. Cooper OF Rutland
is president.
Tobey. nine year old son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. George A. Churchill Of Burling-
tom while sliding and using fence
hoard for sled, sustained fractured
skull when the board slowed and threw
the boy against building. He was
unconscious for two days.
The lowest number issued this year
from the secretary of states Office Tor
automobile number plates, 100 went TO
Alonzo A. Hopkins of Cabot who made
Ais application last Octobe' Charles G.
Warren Of Waterbury, who has had NO.
! for many years, will have for 1873
Nos. 10l and l02
MIR. and Mrs. j. Stanford Morse OBJ
served their 50th wedding anniversary
Moaday at their home in Brattleboro.
Mrs. Morse is Is years old and Mr..
Morse is 81. His mother lived to be
more than 100 years old, dying Jan.
3, 1917. For Is years he has been EN-
ployed by the town of Brattleboro on
road construction work.
s. B. Thomas, who died few days
AFRO at his home in Sheldon at the
age OF 70 wears, was high bailiff for
more than 30 years, represented the
town in the legislature Of 1912 and
for several years was overseer OF the
poor and school director. He was pres
ident Of the Franklin County Bar
association for two years.
A. K. johnson Of St. Johnsbury, for
% years affiliated with the st. J. q
L. G. railway has been retired from
active service and placed on the pen
sion list IN the nearly half century
Mr. johnson was in the railroad busi-
ness he was never in a serious acct
dent. although "a years ago he lost
his left hand between cars while
switching. He became rs years old
last October.
John McGill, chief of the st. Johns
bury fire department, in attempting |
to swing onto the side of the motor
truck as it was on its way to fire,
slipped and fell. one wheel of the |
truck passing over his right leg be-
tween the knee and body He con
tinued to the fire and directed his men |
but afterwards was taken to the hos
pital and it is feared his leg is frac-
tured. An X-ray will be used to de-
termine the exact injury.
Muriel Stafford. six-year- old daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Lotus f. Stat
ford of Brattleboro, while coasting
few days ago, was thrown from her
sled when struck by an automobile,
which saved the child's life, as the
car ran over the sled and cut 1t in
two. The girl was somewhat bruised.
1t is alleged that the driver Of the
machine, said to have been truck,
was looking behind him when the coll
ision happened and continued after
wards without an attempt to ascer-
tain the extent of the injury.
A proposal has been made by Man
ager Philbrook of Canaan, y. II. of the
tell bridge between Barnet and Mon
oe, N. H., that the last mentioned
towns purchase the bridge and then
make ii free thoroughfare Mr.. Phil
Lrook has made reasonable prize on
the property and It is expected the
subject will come up in the next legis
lat,ires Of Vermont and Now Hamp. {
shire. Siich a bin is to be introduced
in the Vermont legislature by Repre-
sentative John Roy of Barner end in
the New Hampshire body by Oscar !
Frasier Of Monroe e
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