The Springfield Daily Republican from Springfield, Massachusetts (2024)

August 31, 1930

Publication:

The Springfield Daily Republicani

Location:

Springfield, Massachusetts

Issue Date:

Sunday, August 31, 1930

Page:

7

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TODAY UNION AND REPUBLICAN SPRINGIELD MASS: 31? 1930 1 5 de when of 'Claremont dangerous condition be had by the state to do so This cross the main arteries be and York state bulk neat pass WHIT1NGHAM BEADY OR ITS ANNIVERSARY it is very scarce Among Mr Brow collection are envelopes bearing the frank of Dolly Madison Anna Harrison Mary Lincoln two ot Lu cretia Garfield Julia Grant Ida McKinley rances Cleveland Preston Mary Lord Harrison two of Edith Carow Roosevelt lorence Kling Harding and Edith Bolling Wil son Those missing are Martha Wash ington Louisa Catherine Adams Sarah Polk and Margaret Smith Tay lor all of which are very scarce All of these 15 women were enabled" touse the free use of the United States mails by writing their signatures In the upper right hand corner ot the envelope Several of the franks also included the word with the sig nature Ida Saxon McKinley did not use the word but invariably used before her signature and she was the only one who enjoyed this privilege A wedding of local Interest took place a few days ago at St I 4 tttr a A ciiui uii txv cm vu I Mrs RHza "Lambert 63 becamethe bride of Joseph tain 71 of Woodstock Vt Each had been married twice Mr LaMountain is superintendent of the Woodstock Aqueduct company and is a life long resident of that An attendance of 2500 and proceeds' amounting to more than $2000 mark ed the street fair conducted by the Woodstock Episcopal church a few days ago The entire village park was given over to the event The summer residents contributed many novel fea tures for the entertainment program and also liberally patronized the booths All of the farm buildings on the Keenan homestead on the Cold River road owned by Mrs Tyler Hart were burned this week The cause of the fire is unknown The loss esti mated at about $7000 partly covered by insurance Wearing 'the brilliant costumes of 15th century Italy a group of Rut land amateur Italian actors and act resses presented Ciece Dr Sor (The Blind Girl of Sorrento) at the playhouse a few nights ago the lines being spoken entirely in Italian About 500 Italians of Rutland and the surrounding towns witnessed the performance Gray Knapp of Middletown Springs has been appointed recoivsfr of the West Rutland Trust company which closed its doors on July 17 The ap pointment was made by Judge red Bicknell on the petition of Robert Clark state commissioner of bank i Ing and insurance In his petition Mr Clark stated that the affairs? of the bank were In 'such condition? that receivership seemed the vbest method of handling the situation The com missioner stated that the indications: axe that depositors will eventually be paid nearly in full Allard of this city this landed what is believed to be the big gest Tish caught this season at Chit tenden dam It was a 20 lnch rainbow trout weighing three pounds and five ounces Edward Walsh of this city has brought suit in county court against A reeborn of Proctor to recover $7500 for injuries received when the Walsh and reeborn cars collided 'at the junction of Columbian avenue and State steret Ellefi Houlihan of Rut land has sued Mary Robillard also of Rutland for $5000 damage for In juries received while the plaintiff was a passenger in the car William Knlpes of Clarendon has brought suit for $20dt damage? against Sherwin Brown of Glens alls for injuries sustained by? the son James 12 who was? struck by car Miss Ida Mae Matthews' of Middle towmlSprings won first prize at style show conducted recently at Bur lington under the direction of the state 4 club Asa result she has been chosen to represent Vermont at the national 4 club congress to' be held at Chicago in November contestants who wore? tha complete school outfits they had planned and made were adjudged according to the style taste workmanship and econo my of their apparel i A peculiar accident befell Gerald Markman of Proctor One' night thia week while he was on his way home from Rutland in hia car A dark ob ject down from above to ward his windshield and the next thing he realized was stopped the car and that there was a large hole in the windshield in front of the steering wheel Markham heard a fluttering noise tn the rear of his car and discovered a large owl which in his excitement he threw from the window of the car The driv er was slightly cut 'about the face Therd are 3632 children of school age in Rutland the girls outnumber ing the boys 1883 to 1742 Last year there were 3438 children of school age The 4 clubs in seven counties are to compete in the various depart ments of club work at the Rutland fair next week a large two story building having been erected this summer to house the exhibits Duschelwicz of 'West' Rut land has brought suit In county court against Bruno Slayer of this city to recover $3500 for injuries received by his young daughter who was struck by an automobile by the fendant Two new cabins have been by the Green Mountain club Long Trail lodge at Sherburne eight miles east of this city One is a few feet northwest of the main lodge on the site of Undercliff which was burned a few weeks ago It fol lows the rustic style of the razed building and logs from the surrounding forest having been used to a large extent in the construction work The other cabin which is a memorial to oh Woodfin of this city was built with funds provided' by Mr and' Mrs rank White of Rutland It stands just? north of the' new 'Undercliff down a slight slope It too Is rustic as to general sur roundings and furnishings The cabin is equipped with a fireplace Bedsteads made 'of logs with the bark on and tables fashioned from forest material are included in the equipment cabins were built by Paul Thayer of Wallingford architect of the lodge Ernest Leonard 28 "of 'North Hampton was committed to the Rutland county jail this week after he had pleaded not guilty to a charge of passing a worthless check' for $210 to eParle Towne of Sher burne Vt in payment for cattle Leonard bought the cattle on Septem her 9 1929 He was taken Into cus tody at Concord after he had completed a sentence of 11 months tor another offense William White26 of this city' was sentenced this week to serve from one to three months in the County jail on his plea of guilty to a charge' of driving a car while Intoxicated Edward Yell 19 of Whitehall was fined $100 and costs on a driving charge his car having beep' overturned in an accident Carlton Howe principal of the Adams (Mass) High school was ah raigned in city court week on a charge of careless and negligent driv inc He pleaded not guilty and was released ninder $100 bail His case will he heard on September 20 The charge is passing a 'car on the brdw of a hill' Sacramento Cal hag voted a $150 000 bond issue for a municipal A cargo ptercosting $4000000 will be erected by Canada at Vancouver been restored to his war time rank of full admiral A Tlie revenue from tolls at the Lake Champlain bridge? for the first 11 months amounted to $6588985 and tbo revenue for 'tho first seven days of Augftst was $337875 A regional Red Cross conference will be held dt Barre on September be ing the first of 56 similar conferences to be held in the last year In 1927 Vermont won the Red Cross banner for the state having the highest per centage oft enrolments A battalion of GOO officers and men of the 7th United States artillery is taking a 300 miIe practice march from ort Ethan Allen through Vermont and New Hampshire and back which will take two weeks Col Hand is in command Other army units are taking similar practice marches through New England The Insurance commissioners of tne United States are to make a tour through after tHcir coix vention at Hartford Ct September 8 and 9 On September 10 they will stop at the Long Trail lodge at AIndon mountain on the Rutland Woodstock highway and will come to Montpelier the afternoon where dinner will be served by the National Life Insurance company in the auditorium A com mittee of Montpelier men will look aft er the comfort of the 150 guests and be lodged in Montpelier Bar re and Waterbury hotels The next day the party will go to the White mountains 21 On Saturday the 30th the new $3500 schoolhouee atSouth Cabot was dedicated The Barre city council on Tuesday night Voted unanimously to call a special meeting within 10 days to vote on a proposal to Issue bonds or short term votes to carry out a program of hard surface road improvement and thus aid in relieving the unemploy ment situation Ileal estate valuation in Montpelier as a result of the quadrennial apprais al recently completed shows a gam of $62598 BENNINGTON SURVEYS VOTING LIST CLOSELY graduates by the training class and taculty i News was received by Mrs Sisco of Cedar street Wednesda morning of the death at Willimantic Ct of her uncle Maurice Turcotte who was struck by an automobile He had been employed at the Central Vei moot railway shops here at one time He was a resident of this city about 30years leaylngi her about 25 years ago I James Murphy Bugg street Democrat Tuesday evening filedehis 'petition with City Clerk Hopkins for the office of city representative at the next Legislature Tuesday was the last day to file for the of city representative and Mr Murphy was the only one to file He has never held a politicaroffice His petition had about 150 signers Six automobiles three Cadillacs and three ords fell into the hand of customs border patrols in one day this week The machines four of which were seized iby the Newport patrol and two by the Richford officers contain ed in all 2500 bottles of beer wine and hard liquors One car was loaded with home brew and was turned over to state officers In every case the driv ers raced the patrols until 1 woods ot tered a chance to make a getaway on foot Then they abandoned their loads and fled At customs headquarters it was stated that a 'Barre bootlegging ring was a heavy loser in the seiz ures BOY SCOUTS ORGANIZE IN CHESHIRE COUNTY' Masters and Executives orm Association at Meeting atKeene Torn Our Correspondent rf Hinsdale II Aug The Cheshire County association comprising representatives from the four Boy Scout troops tn this countyWas organized at a meeting of scout masters and executives at Gordon Bissell Legion post headquarters at Keene 'Wednesday rederick Mitchell was elected president and secretary The executive committee Includes Rev Coulter of Win chester Ernest Croteau of Marlboro and Norman Perreault of Keene With all scout organizations in the county working together 'it is felt that work among the scouts can be greatly advanced Plans have been made for a combined meeting of all scout troops on beptember 19 An in vestiture' ceremony will be held and awards will be made to tenderfoot scouts The public schools will open on September 8 with the following teach lug staff: High school Cl Johnson nead master Lucian Lerandeau sub mas ter Elsie uller English and history Helen Hawley commerce Marion West Latin and rench Dorothy rost home economics Gladys Mac Nabb giade 6 Depot street Mabel Temple principal grade 3 Maude Sargent grade 1 Helen Curley grade 2 Annie White grade 4 Isabel Briziski grade 5 Monument school Jennie Yaloff of Laconia Plains Helen Piper of ranklin No child may be admitted to the first grade in September unless he is six or will be six before January 1 1931 Teachers will children" to the first grade only upon admission card furnished by the superintendent of schools These cards will be issued only to those of the proper age who have compiled with the provisions of the vaccination law Superintendent Douglass will be at the Depot street school on Wednesday Septem ber 3 from 2 to 4 to issue such cards and willbe glad to confer with parents at that time about any matter relating to the education of their children The first 4 forestry contest In the University of New Hampshire forests at Durham showed that Cheshire county boys and girls could ptack up with any in the state according to a Jist of awards received by Mrs Ruth Weston county 4 club agent She announced entrants from this county had third in in dividual competition "and third in class work Tn the twig and leaf collec tion contest Harry Morse of Rich mond placed third with a showing of 96 specimens and was awarded a bronze medal The judging team of the Cheshire county 4 orestry club also landed third place in the team work Mem bers of the team each of whom vas given a bronze mddal were George Despres of Marlboro Harvey Swett of East Sullivan and Lucille Plante of itzwilliam The contest which was under the supervision of Barrclough state extension forestry agent is the "first of its kind in the world according to Mrs Weston who trained the contest ants from this county Mrs Weston was particularly proud of the fact that Lucille Plante the onlygirl among all the entrants from counties throughout the state was a member of a medal winning team i first glider port ha i been dedicated to Peaces WaiJace girl aviatrix Porto Rico ships nine tenths of its molasses to the United Htates to be used in distilling industrial Ucohol gone out from the hill down and helped make history for the larger towns two of them coming to Brattle boro years ago and taking a large part in community affairs One of them William A aulkner was cashier of the National bank here 50 years ago and Parley Starr was presi dent of the bank for several years The latter was several times mwh representative and state senator and held many important town offices The Whitingham dam built a years ago has attracted thousands of visitors and today people are visiting it in almost unbelievable numbers the Ihterest in the 'largest earth dam in the world never seeming'tcwane But that structure is artificially made wonderful as it is and shows what genius may achieve But Whitingham contains another point of interest in its natural scen ery which also has attracted many to what might be called a of The island of Sad awga is really one of the most curi ous of the unusual sights The island contains? something like 100 acres amt is not attached to the main land or a part of the lake In 1889 a stone dam was built ar the outlet of the lake over six feet high raising the lake a little more than six feet When the water was raised the ques tion of the island's really floating was settled for the Island rose with the It required about two days to raise the water to the top of the dam but when it was completed the island presented the same appearance as be fore There has never been more than two or three feet of the island above the water so it would have been covered if it did not float In fact the island has floated more easily Portions sometimes break away and go off on little excursions of their'own sometimes two or three acres gaining independence' that way The prevail ing winds are from thesouth and west' therefore a strong wind will some times drive the island welj toward the east shore Tamarack trees have flourished on the island and cranberry bushes in years past have grown there also alder bushes and a collection of native weeds Judge IT Ballou a native Of Whitingham in an interview about 40 years ago told many interest ing facts about the floating island as he had observed it" the 50 years pre ceding or in other words facts dating back well toward 100 years ago Judge Ballou said that the island was known locally as the "swimming land" He saw trees grow there from small bushes and thought the island had in creased from about 50 'acres to 100 The soil is composed a soft vege table mould and the boys used to cut holes through about two feet in di ameter to fish for horn pout The water was then about six feet dep but was raised to about 2 feet In Judge day the island was about one mile or more long and about three quartersof a mile wide In the widest places' The lake and village of Sadawga were supposed to have been named from an Indian chief of that namewhn summer camp on the shores of the lalte more than 150 years ago Judge Ballou who would now be over 100 years old couldre member seeing a man who saw the old chief and the story was that when Sadawga and his band of" Indians camped there 'there Was no island in the lake Many arrow heads have been found by a pileof stones where the old chief had his wigwam One day Sadawga wefit down the Deerfield river in his canoe leaving his summer home and was never seen again in that vicinity whether or not he was drowned in the Deerfield is not? known Two large tents have been erected on the old common which will be used on Monday one for the afternoon pro gram which1 will include an historical addrOss by Edgar Brown of St Johns bury a native son and descendant of Leonard Brown historian besides that of Paul Chase The other tent on the site of the old hotel will be used for the clambake dinner in charge of of North Adams Tn the morning at 10 there will be a flag rais ing in charge of the American Legion Whitman Wheeler who lives on what was once the village common had harge of clearing away the bruslrand arranged a for the purpose "Itthe small world of past deserted that part of the town years ago a portion of the world at large is expected back on Monday and that locality 'as veil as Jacksonv ille will once more be a busy place ranklin Pierce of Putney ob served his 95th birthday Monday with a family dinned party His son Her bert Pierce and daughter Miss Jen nie Pierce both of Putney were present also his younger on Dr Eu gene Pierce of Canton super intendent of the Molly Stark sanita rium Mr Pierce was born in East Putney and practically all his life has been spent in that town He vas en gaged in the lumber business for many years his specialty being the manufac ture of chair stools Mr Pierce comes of a long Hvfed family his mother liv ing to the age of 90 years and anaunt lived to be 107 years old He has two brothers 82 and 80 years of age red 1 erick Pierce of Warren Mass and i Allen Pierce of Portland Me" He was deacon of he Putney Congrega tional church from 3 372 until '1J28 1 when he was made deacon emeritus He IS very well reads much and does some garden work In 1861 he mar ried Jane Bennett who die in rom this January 1915 Brattleboro oidge or ioiks nw Largest Attendance On Rcc ord Is Reported at Gather Abandoning of ormer Lack of Care Largely Due Influence rom Our Special Correspondent Bennington Vt Aug The board of civii authorlty has' held cue meet ing to make corrections in and addi tions to the check list to be used at the primaries on September 9 and will hold another meeting a week from today Members of the board will make a special effort this year Yo prevent aliens Trom exercising the right enfranchise In recent years the officials have not exercised any? too much caution in this direction and as a result a considerable number of res idents have succeeded in placing their names on tlie check list and have been admitted to the booths at the places of election Action by the board is largely due to the influence cf Probate Judge Mary IL Adams a comparatively new member Mrs Adamstwas for a long term of years assistant clerk of Ben nington county court before her elec tion to her present office and nearly all foreigners who have acquired the right of citizenship last decade have passed their applications through her hands on their way to the' United' States district court Be cause of this long experience and per sonal contact she "knows who has (completed the formalities preceding (citizenship and who has taken only first and second steps This experience too has given her a more serious comprehension of the rights and prlvilegesconferred by cit izenship and at every election and primary she insists that the officials shall conform to the law Allens who have appeared at the polls in recent vears are not entirely at fault in the matter Whether naturalized or not they are required to pay a poll tax through a law that went into effect 'when Vermont 'adopted suffrage amendment The statutes also provide that no citizen shall be permitted to vote unless he or she has paid the preceding tax The aliens havetaken it for granted that inasmuch as are? required to pay a tax they are privileged to appear at elec tions and vote on questions directing how their tax money shall be expend ed It is difficult for them to dissoci ate citizenship and taxation This year however the board officials Ar holding Over the unnautralized the threat of tjie statutory fin? of $100 and are preparing to enforce the elec tions regulations Chamber of Commerce officials haVe come to the conclusion that it would be inadvisable to prepare a program for the opening of the new county highway on Labor day next Monday for the reason that Rutland fair will at tha date start its week of ac tivities The Rutland fair is the one gathering of its kind in Vermont readily accessible to J3ennin8wn vv ple and the opening day attendance front the village has always been large" The heavy traffic of the holiday likewise would Interfere With any set program 'and the celebration is be ing postponed for a week and per haps longer Residents here are anx ious that the opening be given iome official recognition for the reason that it would take into account the build ing of the last link in a stretch 51 34 miles of continuous concrete from the state line at Williamstown to the vil lage cf Manchester Center Vt th longest in the Persons inter ested in the celebration are advocat ing an automobile parade over the entire route the cArs assembling at the Pownal WiHlamstown line and pioceeding to Manchester? Local politicians cannot regall a bi ennial year in which so little interest is manifested in the coming primaries next month The contest over the nomination of a congressman to suc ceed Elbert Brigham of St Albans and that of Stanley Wilson of Chel sea 'W 'Arthur Simpson of Lyn donvillev for the governorship has awakened some discussion but other wise there to little' condern over the outcome of the balloting In the entire county there Is only one contest in the Republican party that between Charles Leach 'of Rupert and R' Campbell of Dorset for the nomination to represent the north end towns in the state Senate The assist ant judges of county court the sher iff and the attorney and the judge of probate have? filednomina tion papers without opposition Nom ination on the Republican ticket in Bennington county is equivalent to election There has been but one Dem ocratic county official in 20 years and his election was brought about through an unusual agitation among the women voters Mrs Cecil KilliOTi a former Ben nington young woman and daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Powers had been privdte secretary during the last 10 years Prof Henry Rogers Seager of Columbia university who died last week in Russia a country GROWTH IN MILK MARKETING SEEN tTwo Thirds of Supply Ship to Boston Comes rom Section Butter Cheese 5 Decline 'crom Our Special Correspondent Montpelier Vt Aug: 30 The annual arm and Home conference held last week at the: University of Vermont was attended by 325 persons from all parts of the state this the larg esV attendance on record One qf the important topics discussed was the marketing of dairy products Twenty ears ago southern New England4 dairies supplied the Boston milk mar fiSkctand Vermont milk was manufac into butter and cheese in local Now Vermont has one third of all the "cows of New Eng land and supplies two thirds of the Biarket milk shipped into Boston? In order to protect tats Boston market from western competition' the New 7 England milk producers are seeking to organize an overhead organization in which Vermont naturally' has an im portant part It was reported that the A'ermont oat crop ws larger than: usual the barley crop was normal and the corn crop is likely tor be about 80 per cent of normal Preliminary cen sus Reports indicate a decrease of 14 per cent In number of Vermont farms which Is the smallest decrease of any of the New Englund states AV Graves of AVaitfield Ball of Randolph Center and II A Merrill of Essex Junction were elected directors of the Vermont Certified Seed Pota to Growers" Vermont is leading all other states the save a llfe eampaign in the proportion that automobiles inspected bears to the 'total registration Con siderably more than one half the er mont motor vehicles have already been inspected at approved stations The total registrations 'of A'ermont cars to date is 82192 James Pollard of Chester' a prominent Vermonter died the lStn at 68 He had been a merchant and an automobile salesman He represented i Chester in the Vermont Legislature in 1890 and in 1900 was one of the Winslow county "senators He served Won the staff of Gov Levi 94 with the rank of colonel The Middlebury college summer school enrolment of more than 500 3 was the ever Thirty two master of arts degrees were conferred at the closing exercises 4fto students in rench and Spanish The annual orchard meeting ot the Vermont State? Horticultural society will be held at the Vermont Appleconipan yorchard in Grand Isle Sep tember There will be a demon stration ot oil sprays and an orchard inspection The experimental canning of string beans ot the Essex Junction cannery 'has been so successful that the work continued next year" Corn canning is now unuer At the annual meeting of the Ran i dqlph' State Normal? School Alumni 'association held' at Randolph Center Charles Adams ot Waterbury was elected president August Lorenz for 20 years the sole i occupanVf the Colchester lighthouse on Lake 'Champlain has been retired on a government pension He had been in the lighthouse service on Long is land for eight years before coming to VermoW Martifi Vilas a Burlington law yer who is a candidate for the Re publican nomination for Congress in the 1st district favors raising the al ccholiij percentage in beverages from the present limit of of 1 per centto something higher He would permit the government to dispense liquor in cases of sickness at cost instead (o through and would eliminate the clause restricting a "user to one pint every 10 Hc would abolish the restriction which makes it illegal to have liquor in the home for family purposes Mr Dren nan the candidate is using page advertisem*nts in the newspapers op posing the 18th amendment and Volstead act Gov Weeks thus fhr lias made no speeches and printed no newspaper advertisem*nts It seemsprobable however that Gov Weeks will win easily The vote cast for MrDrennan should give some idea of the militant wet sentiment in the 1st dis trict Max Powell a prominent lawyer and hotel proprietor who was Gov f' opponent in the primaries 4 four years ago has filed asa candi date "for city representative at Bur 'lington Willis Cody one of the If district highway commissioners is candidate for representative at Ma 9 ffirburv and former Senator "William Noonan seeks the same office at This week Arthur SimpSon ttin Rentiblican nomina i ttem for governor Is running full page advertisem*nts and Lieut Go Stanley Wilson candidate for the same of is running a smaller advertise rnent' The contest is keen fot the nomination for attorney general as 1 he time for primary election draws The 20th quarterly meeting of the New England council will be held at Middlebury inn on September 12 and The Middlebury college dorml tories wil also be available A new corporation with a capital of $850000 has been wrmeu i th? Stevens house a well known' genne hotel The articles of associa i tion are signed by McCuen Brown and AV Morgan of BUV Jington Brown AV AV Bristol Haight of A hotel has been maintained on the sitelnce 1800 The name was given by the Stevens brothers who beginning in 1810 conducted the hotel for many years John Brown the antislavery leader frequently came heretfrom his i home in North Elba and after execution following his famous raid on Harners Terry nis noay was brought here and taken acrossLake Champlain for burial at his home In the Adirondack Wendell Phillips the famous ortfbor 'who attended Brown's funeral on his return from Elba delivered an anti slavery address here' Admiral Henry Mayo of Burling ton a retired naval officer senior naval officer during the AVorlil war whohas had the rank of rear admiral since peace was declared under the ttrms of a recent act of Congress has ho had entered with a group of stu dents to study the Soviet govern fivffyear Industrial plan A peculiar bit of information conveyed to Mrs Kllllon related to the hard ships that must be undergone by vis itors in Puasia Her employer vas stricken with pneumonia and fresh fruit was desired In connection with treatment None could be had how ever for the reason that the very plan he was studying provided for the export of all such produce ruit was obtained however through air plane service from Berlin ST ALBANS WILL HAVE SEPTEMBER AIR MEET Tvvo Day Program Planned as Closing Exhibition of the Season rom Our Special Correspondent St Albans Vt Aug 30 Plans arebeing made for an air meet to be held Saturday and Sunday September 27 and 28 as a final exhibition of the season at 'the ranklin' County air port 4 With final? figures in the hands of the treasurer the business manage ment has expressed full? satisfaction over the outcome of the air meet and dedication held the last of July The register shows that 18 planes remain ed through the three day meet and 22 planes were present on the first day ive army? planes and five planes from Montreal were the guests of the airport during 'the meet Late October will be the best time to start improvements at the landing field: According to the directors the runways are to be practically elimin ated and the 'whole area is to be plow ed harrowed smoothed and rolled be fore starting a new turf During the past two years experiments have been made with various kinds of seeds and a combination grass seed has been found which grows abundantly and gives a good solid turf Owing td the gravel in the? soil drainage systems are not necessary Heavy rains improve the field and no excess water is ever noticed on the surface Slnce designation as an intenjatkn al port of entry approximately 84 clearances of customs have been made The field lies practically on a direct air line from the St Hubert airport United States customs and immigra tion officers are within a mile of the port Pilots have expressed satisfac tion the prompt service given and the courtesy of the officers in charge Part Of the office has been turned over to the customs officials Convinced that a pyromaniac is at large at Highgate townspeople inau gurated a period of special vigilance this week to halt the series of fires during past three weeks latest blaze: was discovered and ex tinguished at about 945 Monday night in a shed adjoining the foundry of the "Highgate Manufacturing com pany AVhat was believed to have been an attempt last winter to burn the same shed? was revealed by Deputy Sheriff Jed Diamond who said that a can of kerosene had been found tnere at that time Attorney Lawrence Jones of Rutland expressed his views of law enforcement at the Rotary club week ly luncheon at the Champlain Coun try club on Monday His speech fol lows in part: impartial and vigorous law enforcement is the surest way to sup press crime Sound and consistent law enforcement can be brought abotu only by the combined efforts of the police sheriff organizations ward ens motor vehicle inspectors prose cuting attorneys and the courts All must be backed up by sound constant and intelligent public opinion people believe that the prosecuting attorneys enforce the laws This is not so They merely put into motion the machinery of law enforce ment and the people enforce the law through juries I believe and shall al ways maintain that a prosecuting offi cer should possess? a certain amount of human element in his makeup "No man should be prosecuted for envy hatred or malice neither should a person go unprosecuted for love fear favor or hope of reward I do not believe in Jong sentences for the young first offender I believe in correcting him long enough to steady him and long enough to ascertain his mental capacity with view of giving him hospital attention should be prove to Vxa a rt ar i young first offenders have been placed on probation and are to day working Industriously and making good Leroy Mitchell 85 died at the Sher wood sanitarium "Wednesday night He leaves two daughters Mrs Jolrn Button and Mrs Royal Kimball one son Allen Mitchell one sister Mrs Angelia Searles three grandchildren and six great grandchildren Prayer service was held at his home on Mes senger street riday afternoon and church services at Rice HilL Mrs Jessie Shore Larry wife of Larry of Bishop street died at her liome AVednesday afternoon following an illness of two years The funeral was held at St church ri day afternoon with burial in Green wood cemetery She leaves her hus band one son John two daughters Mona and Betty her parents Mr and Mrs Antoine Shore a sister Mrs Charles Depatie three brothers Her bert and Arthur Shore of Lynn Mass and Henry of Portchestcr Mrs Larry was a member of St Luke's Episcopal church Parish guild Legion auxiliary Eastern Star and the Daughters The play "Aunt was pre sented at th town hall in Swanton Thursday and riday evenings by a cast of 100 Joseph Mossey 80 died Tuesday night at the home of his son rank Mossey of Elm street The funeral was held riday morning Burial was in Mount Calvary cemetery He leaves three sons Louis of itchburg Aiass Horace of Plattsburg and rank of this city three daughters Krs AVilliam Berger of Brigham Mrs Richards of Olean and Mrs Roy Smith ofLunen berg Mass 35 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren Mr Mossey was for many years connected with the St Albans foundry" Charles Herbert Wood died Tuesday morning at his home on Barlow street The funeral was held riday afternoon at his home Burial took place In Georgia Mr Wood was born at Georgia January 18 1855' Ho leaves his widow and six children Mrs A Lutton of Plainfield Miss Ruth AVood of this city Mrs Logan of Pittsburg Pa Wood of Syracuse I Wood of this city and AVood of Derby Line three sisters Mts A Thomas of Randolph Airs AA ilcox of Bur lington and Mrs" Boyden of Cambridge two brothers A Wood of Burlington and A AVood of Mil toiv Miss Dorith Benoit' was tendered a party at Knights of Columbus club house at the Bay evening by tlie St AlbarfS hospital training school and faculty Miss Benoit finished her threc year course at the hospital Sun da Miss Benoit was presented a hospital pillow the usual gift ta thv Huge Dam atif teen Mile allsiPower ueveLopmeni un me COnnecucui ixiver Hi" vaudeville have entertained through the week the program changing each night A stage was erected at the east end of the grounds which were brilliantly illuminated Several booths have been erected on the grounds at which a variety of things have been sold The 19th annual meeting of the Northern New England lorists' asso ciation was held here Wednesday with registration at the Chamber of Com merce rooms At 10 there was a tour of the 'town and an inspection of the greenhouses of Hopkins Messenger Rond Dinner was served at 1 The business meeting opened at 145 with a welcome by Hazen Stockwell The address was given by Howard Men and of Albajay The premium list for the boys' and exhibit at the Valley fair has been issued and is an interesting Tit tle pamphlet The main exhibitWill be held in the hall under the south end of the grandstand in charge of Bruce Buchanan Windham county club agent and his severaj assistants Competition is open to AVindham county Cheshire' county ranklin county Mass to boys and girls under 19 years of age There will be two classes those over 14' years and those under 14 Entries must be in before September 20 Many prizes are offered by individuals and organi zations A silver cup given by red Harris of Brattleboro will be given to the club having the highest score card the cup to be held one year and winning it three times will give per manent possession The public schools and the parochial grade and high schools will all open Wednesday September 3 A Wig gin will continue his work as princi pal of the public high school and there Xt 1 1 zvl will b3 lew cnanges uie xubm ctuwv but more inthe grades NEW 'ISH INTRODUCED IN REGION RUTLAND irst Graylings In the East Hatched at Holden Put In Shoreham Stream rom Our Special Correspondent Rutland Vt Aug The first graylings game fish ever planted in public waters in the East were lib erated this week in a tributary to Middlebury river by ish and: Game AVarden Noble Birchard of Shoreham The fish were hatched last year in the government hatchery at Holden Vt The grayling is a famous fish unusually attractive and gamy tak a flv rcarlilv nnd rising repeatedly to the cast Its mouth how ever is tender and the landing of a two pounder with a fly rod requires considerable skill In flavor graylings are sail to surpass even the delicious brook trout In earlier classifications the Amer ican grayling was listed as true member of the trout family and borer the generis name of ThymaJIus Re cent classification however has plac ed the grayling in a family of Its own with one genus and three species the Arctic the Michigan and the Monr tana It was and is found most' abundantly in the far North but oc curred locally in Michigan and Mon tana The Michigan grayling has been praised far and wide but there are now few left The Montana species is still abundant" in a few localities AS the grayling is supposed to be very difficult to handle at fish hatcheries it offered an interesting subject fcr vestigatiGh Contrary to 'expectations excellent results were obtained the eggs secured in Montana They hatched well: and except for the first two weeks when the fry were very small and required very fine food and frequent feedings were no more dif ficult to rear than trout AVarden Birchard planted about 4000 fingerlings from "three to six inches long and it is hoped they will prove a worthy addition to the fish population of Vermont waters The ex periment will not be completed until some of the fish reach maturity and reproduce' A few seasons will tell the story and it is suggested that their taking be llftiited to five graylings not less than eight inches long until the fish have had a fair trial Green of Richford was elected president of the Vermont School Su association at the an nual vention held at the Stafcfi Normal "school ht Castleton a few days ago Clark of Richmond was elected vice president and George AV Patterson of Vergennes secretary treasurer The sum of $2000 was voted' for state normal school scholarships for the next school year by the state board of education at a uneeting held in connection with the convention The will be distributed among four teacher training institu tions? Castleton Normal Johnson Normal University of Vermont train ing course and Lyndon Institute Zenos Scott superintendent of schoolsat Springfield Mass was one of the speakers his subject being "Administrative Joseph Davis 95 father of City Treasurer AViU Davis formerly chief of the Rutland fire department and for many years superintendent of the city water works died Sunday after a long period of poor health It was 'said he was the oldest retired fire chief in New England He leaves another son Hugh Davis of Rochester The funeral was held Tuesday at his home on South Main street So great has been the" success of new swimming pdol that Manager AA'alter Gustafson has turned back io the city treasury the $1500 appropriated early in the year for the maintenance of the natatori um Revenue at the 'pool during the summer has not only paid the oper ating cost but has also taken care of improvements and construction About 15000 persons have thus far paid admission On the mornings when no admission? is charged about 10000 people have used the pool 'A move to safeguard the Sheldon crossing nt AVest Rutland has been instituted by State Atty LavVrencc Jo'nes in two letters one addressed to the Delaware Hudson company and the other to the Afcrmont Marble company operators of the Clarendonfe Pittsford "railroad Jones sug gested that the companies remedy the dangerous situation at the crossing by the Instalatlon of signal lights and bells gates or flagmen He also stated that if the companies were not willing to correct tne recourse would to compel them ing is on'oni of and two fatal accidents have occurred there this season James Brownell postmaster at Woodstock who is one of the most enthusiastic stamp collectors this section has an interisting collection of postal franks of widows The privilege of the frank has been granted to 15 widows of Presidents only Tour of whom are now "living Mrsf rances i Cleveland Preston Mrs Mary Lord Mrs Edith Carrow Roosevelt and Mrs Edith Bolling Wilson The franking privi lege was first 4 granted tor Martha Washington Qn April 1800 She en joyedisner rranx A NEWSOT COMMENTCO INTEREST TO PEOPLE VERMONT VERMONT STATE AND HOME SESSIONS HELD Has Extensive Program or Tomorrow Matters of Brattleboro Interest rom Our Special Reporter Brattleboro Aug 30 Birthday par ties are always pleasant occasions and AVindham county is an espe ciallyhappy season with thn and the more common old home celebration AVhitingham Is having its turn with an old home day Monday which cele brates the 150th anniversary of its birth The settlement was" begun in 1770 by a Mr Bratton and Silas Hamil ton and "the son John was the first child to be born in the town The little settlement grew until 1773 when several emigrants came in from Massachusetts and Connectlcutamong them being a Mr Pike who had a fam ily of 28 children The town was or ganized in March 1780 Eliphalet Hyde being the first town clerk The or ganization of the town was alittle pe culiar from the fact that when the town had been organized '100 years there was no person living who knew by what authority its charter had been granted or even whether the town had any charter at all 7 There were? four' grants given by 3 4 A INew lorK unuer iuc uumc wa uuui berland to different people and prob ably these were: for lands now in the town of AVhitingham In 1880 Au gust 18 when the town was observing its 100th anniversary the charter now In the possession of town a copy of an one found among? land records at Albany was pre sented: td the townby ClarkGillson who delivered the centennial: address In the bld church in the center of the town celebration is to be held on the spot where the centennial address was given 50 years ago The Shelburne alls band will also furnish music as it did 50 years ago The old middle town? common comprises about four acres on the top of Town hill and commands a beautiful view of the surrounding country and a deed to this plot of ground has been held since '1807 The old common was a busy place a century ago and was the central community for a large radius At that time there was an academy 'hotel two churches store postoftice and' several residences The site of the buildings is now found only by old1 overgrown cellar holes with the exception of a good set of farm build ings now owned by and built by GS Goodnow A large and energetic committee has been working on details of the celebration for weeks and one feature of the pro gram is the placing of marker on the spot where was located' the old Community church on? tha common placed on a hill aswas the custom to safeguard 1 against? I ndian? attacks The surface of the town is very un even but there are found many tracks of level land watered in the western part by the Deerfield river? which flows through There are also several small lakes iVhlch not only enhance the beauty of the town but make the land more easily cultivated the time the 100th anniversary was ob served in 1880 the town had a popu lation of 1240 and two years there were in existence 15 eohool dis tricts with 16 common schools em ploying nine menand 20 women teach ers There were 352 pupils attending school with thq entire cost of the schools $221320 A A Butterfield was superintendent i The first frame house td be built in town was that of Ell Starkwell Prob ably the man most? widely known to such as it was xyho has been able to call AVhitingham his birthplace as Brigham Young the Mornjon who was born on road 40 near the center of the town the son of a poor basket maker A few years ago the spot could be located by a part of the cellar walls of the old log house The old church on the common was built by the town in 1798 or rather begun but not finished until 1806 In 1833 money was raised by subscrip tion and a built an da bell hung After a 'time the bell disap peared and was hidden for some ti me Several years later a church was built at Sadaw ga this the Meth odism and the old bell was found bought and hung In the new church In 1880 one side of the old church on the common had been removed but seats were placed in and around it making accommodations for the larg est crowd ever gotten together on any occasion? But the church was taken "apart gradually and finally in 1883 by people living nearby The building was also used as a town house and at one time muitary supplies were kept there On the com mon were held days with Gilbert colonel of the regiment The speaker on Monday will bo Paul A Chase formerly of Brattleboro and Washington but row of Ludlow with the law firm of Stickney Sargent Chase lie is a brother of Judge Chase of this town Their early days were spent in Whitingham their an cestors being among the earliest set tlers the family coming originally from England' wnere jiney offices under the English government David Chase with his five sons went a Ufhinncrhn ttA in LA Lu riJ 1 Hll illft 'x hrnthpr" whose father Charles was also an holding an outdoor fair on the grounds attorney ln AVhitingham arid Brattle of their home and the affatehas drawn i enns and daughters have thousands of Ten acts or ja A A 1 WTTP SPPTNUTEED WW JOt 3C jQOOCjg 1 1 I 171 fl? Mir "KJ ZSS4 GU A WS.

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