The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-01-05
ABOUT THE STATE
Happenings Of Interee. from
Different Sections.

I w. G. Carney Il the new commander
! OF the Legion post, Bellows Falls
Burlington's evening school has an
enrolment Of 4l2 and an average at
tendance of 1927.
Mr.. and Mrs Chauncey Hay Of West
Rupert recently celebrated their 0oth
wedding anniversary.
Playing tag with boys while skating
Myron Maynard, is, Of Brattleboro'
fell and was badly cut on the face,
Marjorie. little daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. ID. A.. Sanders Of Orwell, was
badly bitten Oh one leg by dog as
she was coasting near her home Mon
day.
Deacon George X. Montgomery OF
the Congregational. church, Rutland,
never failed to serve as clerk Tor the
annual meeting in SO years until Mon
day night, when illness kept him home.
Rev. Weston "A. Cate has resigned
as pastor Of the Church Of the Messiah,
Universalist, in st. Johnsbury, to ac-
cept the call to the Universalist church
at Woodstock. Mr.. Cate would like
to begin his new passionate April !.
A one-story building in Gilman,
owned by the Fitzdale Paper company
and used for moving pictures and
dances, was completed destroyed by
fire early Tuesday morning. The loss
was 81 900 and the building will be
rebuilt.
Last Saturday night 20 hens were
stolen from r. D. Booth of Ferrisburg
town treasurer, and like number from
HI. j. Carpenter of the same place.
Those taken from Mr.. Booth were
Grated and taken away in an automo-
bile, as evidence Of this was found.
While at work on pole of the n.
e. 4. & T. Co. at Ascutneyville the
other day, Roy NJ. Pollard of Windsor
fell Is feet to the ground. belt
which was holding him to the pole,
broke, but he escaped without broken
bones because OF the snow on the
ground.
C. r. Moore of Newport, twice tried
on charge of having quantity Of
alcohol. was found guilty last week
bv Jury in Newport and fined Sl,ooo.
The case was the Outcome OF his quar-
tiers being visited by federal officers
Nov. 30 when AS bottles Of alcohol
were found hidden in sacks.
Word was received in st. Adams on
Tuesday OF the death Of Miss Mabel
Zwcers. 20-vear-old daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. Washington Zweers Of that
city. III an automobile accident the
day before i'll Bristol, Conn. She left
St Albans about two years ago Tor
Bristol, where she had been working.
The infant daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs
Frederick Robinson Of Rouses Point,
y. Y, died in East Ryegate New
Fears day after swallowing some
strychnine tablets. Mrs. Robinson and
baby were visiting her parents, Mr..
IA Mrs. c. H. Wilson, and the baby
in creeping about the house got hold Of
the tablets. She lived only a lew min
utes.
CORPORAL Robert B. Grant, l72d in
fantry regiment, Vermont National
Guard. and a resident of Northtield,
has been designated to take the West
Point entrance examination to be held
beginning March Z with a view to adj
mission 70 the academy July |, accord
ing to war department announce
ment received at headquarters first
corps area.
On Sunday night, the house on the
Henry Churchill farm in Morrisville,
occupied by Ellis Harris and family,
was totally destroyed by fire. The
Harrises were at neighbor's when the
fire broke out and when discovered so
much Roadway had been made that the
flames could not be put out. The
house and contents were totally de-
stroyed.
Miss Marjorie Gertrude Leavitt,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Elijah Leav-
1T of Newport, and Theron Lance
Meader, son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Sydney
+. Davis of the same place, were unit
ed in marriage New Years morning.
the ceremony being commenced in the
Congregational church just one min
ute after the clock had chimed the hour
of midnight.
The farmhouse on the Charles ;. Al
bee farm in Rockingham, about a mile
and a half from Bellows Falls, was
completely destroyed by fire Monday
afternoon The Bellows Falls fire de-
partmcnt was called out by still
alarm. but arrived at the scene of the
disaster too late to be of much assist
ance. II is believed the fire started in
the roof near the chimney. The loss is
estimated at $4,000.
About 25 business men of Bel
lows Falls have formulated plans
for a gymnasium class which viii be
conducted three times a week by Coach
Earle Tylcr Of Vermont academy. Two
handbali courts win be built at the
rear Of the main hall beneath the bal
conv. A tennis court will be laid out
on the main floor. Medicine ball work
and army setting up exercises three
afternoons week win open the course
which viii extend into the spring.