The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-10-20
STATE NEWS.

Mrs Freeman Willet of Burlington
celebrated the 104th anniversary OF
her birthday Oct. 9Th in perfect
health.
Mr. and Mrs E H Hamilton observ-
ed thoir golden wedding anniversary
at tn ,;r home in st. Adams Monday.
Mrs Sarah E Hill, aged 90 years,
and her great-granddaughter, Elean-
or Thompson, aged six years. cele-
brated their birthdays together re-
Gently at the Thompson home IN
Starksboro.
Automobile registration figures
piven out by the secretary OF state
Show that 5000 more cars have been
registered by Oct. l this year than
at the same time last year. The
amount received in fees is over
100000 greater, MI.
The body and top of big Cadillac
touring car, owned by w o Ieno Oh
Middlebury, were practically destroy
ed when the car caught fire Ihurs-
dav evening. Leslie Goulette, the
mechanic at the Zeno garage, was
irving the car out to make ADJUST ,
ments to the carburetor. Whle
working on the car, he stepped on
the starter and the engine started
running in reverse. Goulette jump
cd from the machine and in no time
the machine was mass OF flames;
The memory of General Grenville
M Dodge, railroad builder and gradu-
ate of Norwich university, was honor
cd at the university Oct. 10 by plant
mo of maple tree and the dedlca
lion of a memorial tablet. The ex'
ercises formed part of a NATIONWIDE
program carried out by the Chicago
Rock Island and Pacific railroad WlIL
| which General Dodge was ASSOCIATED
in observance of its 10th anniversary
: A Ford car containing two Wome7f
from Manchester, N. H, turned turtle
; ON curve in Grand Isle recently
: mining both women under the car
: which was badly smashed. one
t woman suffered from badly cut les
2 and the other was badly injured
I about the head. They are said U
S have been travelling so fast that the!
/ could not make the curve.
A state game refuge has recentl.
= been established just north OF AIRING
S +on which takes in the summer hom'
: of w E Bettridge, as we'll as the en-
S five Kent and Wilcox farms which
adioin and a small part of the Mile
farm on the mountain west OF TN
Bettridge place Mr. Bettridge, Wh'
= is president and general manager o
: the Lakeside Biscuit Co. of Toledo
d O.. has taken great interest in tn
y conversation of the fish and gam
e in his section Of Bennington county
t enending considerable money in tn
e buving of Pheasants, many being re
e leased. as we'll as stocking the small
stream shich flows through his prop
erty. Ia,
v Ward Prouty of Newport, eddes
C son of the late Charles A ProutA
o has been re-committed by Judg
n Sherman r Moulton to Green M0uI
! tain sanitarium in Burlington Whel
u he spent large part of the surnme
y Mr. Prouty was first comm tteo
If this institution by the probate couf
n at Newport for being an inebrlat'
i In August, attorneys for Mr. Prout
u brought a petition for writ
n babeas corpus, claiming that he VIZ
Ie nnIawfullv detained, before JudP
D. sherman r, Moulton. Mr. Prouty al
&c neared at the court house and was Il
. formed that Judge Moulton had d
+ cided that the committal had pee
lie lawful and that he would be recon
id mitted to the institution. MIR Frou'
re will appeal the case to the supren
a court. r.. ~
~ Vermont bar were admitted at Il
m session of the Vermont supreme coul
n last week, having passed the exan
W. ination:-Paul A Chase, Bratt,epor
y Deane c Davis, Barre; Mrs Edna
Is Jennings, Barre; George Jone
Rutland; Miss Dorothy LeonaI ~
Rutland; Gelsie Monti, Nortnli me-
to Four other candidates also pass'
~ and will be admitted later. the tin
" Of admission to be determined late
IN They are:-Marcelle Conway, Hy'
J. Park. William H Edmunds, BurlinI