The Bethel Courier from Bethel, Vermont • 11

11 APRIL 26 1928 Randolph THE BROOKS WASHBURN CO A Few Bank Notes Are all that any man should have on his person or at his place of business DEPOSIT THE SURPLUS IN OUR SAVINGS DEPARTMENT 4 co Bank Closes at Noon Saturdays May to October BETHEL VT WHITE RIVER BANK Allen went to Boston Tuesday i on business Dr and Airs AV Scott are spend- ing several days in Boston going yes- ter day AI Totman and Lewis Tetreault I went to Higligate Tuesday on a few fishing trip Alisses Doris Eddy and Gladys Bingham of South Royal ton were in town Saturday visiting relatives and friends Air and Airs AV Leonard are occupying their newly furnished house on Highland avenue at II A rA I week which were well attended there being many visitors from out of town including Airs Blanche Stoddard of South Itoyalton district deputy and Airs Ella Dow of Belmont state warden Air and Airs Paul AA'ilsou and son Herbert left Aliami Beach Fla April 22 by boat for AVasliington C- where Air AA'ilsou expects to get treatment for arthritis in the AValter Reed government hospital His condition remains about the same with his arms and legs affected by the arthritis The many friends of John Beckwith carrier on mail route No 4 are pleased to learn that he has sufficient- ly recovered from his recent illness to leave the bed and be about the house I In the same house as Air Beckwith there litis been ill John Alorse who is also gaining The latter is under the care of a trained nurse Airs Carl Linn of Pleasant street A caucus of the Republican voters of Bethel has been called for Alay 5 at 2 for the purpose of electing four delegates and their substitutes to 1 attend the state convention at Burlington Atay IS at which time there will be elected delegates to the Republican National convention at Kansas City Aio June 12 to nominate candidates for president and vice president The town caucus will also elect a committee for the two coming town i i NATIONAL Bethel Local Intelligence GOOD NEWS! Style Quality Low Price and Young Two Trouser Spring Suits $2500 To beat all competition to knock the agent or house-to-house canvasser for a goal ve hare procured these special value 2-pants Suits to sell at $2500 and we are doing it You have only to see them to know why All wool splendidly tailored and of neAvest fabrics with 2 pairs of pants they are easily the best values ever offered in this vicinity at this Ioav price and you can see what you are buying before you take it See these and our special All Wool Fast Color Genuine Wausuk Blue Serge at S2350 NOW A Suit for the graduate that is a real special New Spring Styles Are Ready Hats Shoes Shirts Neck-GIoa'cs No larger or finer Each chosen for smart Everything Men Wear wear SAveaters Hosiery selection in this vicinity style Avear and value SUITS Style Quality and Everything Boys Avant 2 Pants S850 to SI 500 GUV WILSON Local Editor Nice seed barley $130 bn 3w Seymour Bros Randolph Wanted: Work by the hour Mrs Mary Rogers Child Block Lumber mill for sale aetf Bass Bethel Yt Eddy optometrist-optician office next to bank Phone 49-3 ae For Sale: New milch cow 7 years old a good one Bowen Bethel It 2w ae For Sale: -Three new milch Jersey cows also registered Jersey bull Lewis Bros Bethel Yt It 3 2wae For Sale: Small building suitable for henhouse or granary Must be moved away at once 3w Bass Bethel The public is warned that I will not pay any bills contracted by Lawrence Kidder after April 20 1928 Mrs Wesley Magivney Roxbury Vt For Sale: Ed sou block at a price that will make it a fine paying proposition Inquire of Arnold Bethel or Rogers West Lebanon aetf Wanted Foreign and stamps also stamps on envelopes complete also entire collections A I Bullard 38 Bristol St Springfield Mass 4wae For Sale: Rutland wagon with whiffletrpes Gild lieckyoke and two bodies all in fine condition Also two-horse dump cart complete 3wae Martin If you want to plow both furrows alike and turn them bottom side up try the John Deere Syracuse plow There is a difference Bethel Mills Talcs and Service 2w BROOKS WASHBURN CO The Store of Good Values VERMONT THE BETHEL years The New York papers of April 19 announce that St Stephens College at Annandale-on-the-Hudson had been absorbed by Columbia University of New Y'ork Dr Nicholas Alurray Butler president of Columbia becomes president also of St Stephens The new arrangement provides that St Stephens will remain under the influence of I Seventh Regiment the Episcopal chnrch with the Bishop teer Infantry for of New Y'ork as the chairman of the board Among the faculty of St Stephens who have been transferred to become members of the Columbia faculty is James AA'ilson professor in Romance languages a native of Bethel and graduate of AVhiteomb High and the University of Vermont Airs Gertrude Spooner was in town Alonday and elosed the traus- action of selling the home farm of her late husband Sylvester AI Spooner The sale did not include the back wood lot The purchasers are Air and Airs Fred Arnold who have sold their Stoekbridge farm and are now in possession of the Sjtooner farm This farm is considered one of the best hill farms in that vicinity a fact arfsiu perhaps from long continuity of ownership in the same families It has practically been owned by only two families iu the past 146 years the Terry family and the Spooner family It was bought in 1782 by Ephraim Terry and remained in the Terry fanii- I ly until in 1861 when Dr Orman Terry executor of the will of Elisha Terry deeded it to Alillis AI Spooner father of Sylvester AI Spooner rio sclerosis was Lewis Joseph and Catherine Alunn of seven children laud only one niece remains barring bis was born in Chelsea therefore nearly I At 17 Air Blakely AA'liile on to New Orleans Of 130 cases of seven to survive that be received after about Fifty years ago united in marriage North Randolph with their four Greaser of Newport Blakely and Airs of Randolph and of Newport and Their married life Bethel and in Randolph Air and pa per hanger employed in the to long as it existed The funeral was 2 at the home Fred Hayward where the remains from Bennington officiated The had charge of the Blakely Fred Another Old Soldier Gone Lewis Blakely one of the few remaining veterans of the Civil war died in the hospital of the Soldiers' Home at Bennington at 6 :45 Saturday Air Blakely entered the Home thirteen years ago but was an occasional so- jou rner here Two years ago he frac-i mred an arm in a fall downstairs and i I failed in health thereafter Since Alar eh 17tli last he had been in the I Home hospital There his children visited him and several of them were i with him when death occurred Arte- the fatal malady Blakely son of Lyman Blakely was one All are now gone living in Dillingham of the next generation own children Lewis June 3 1847 being 81 years of age enlisted in Co A A'olun-service in the Rebellion shipboard eu route he contracted smallpox aboard lie was one but so weakened a discharge for disability a year in the service Air Blakely was to Alice Smith of who survives him children Airs A A't Frank Fred Hayward Aliss Emma Blakely several grandchildren was spent in Braintree for the past 35 years Blakely was a painter also at times was local mills He belonged Grant post A It as held AA'ednesday at of the son-in-law on Highland avenue had been conveyed Rev Day Relief Corps burial service Frank Hayward AY Creaser and Clyde Creaser of Newport were the bearers The members of the family and near relatives mentioned were all present at the funeral Burial was at Pleasant iA'ew cemetery The following tribute to Air Blakely came from the Home the passing from our midst of the late Civil war veteran Lewis Blakely of Randolph who died at the Vermont Home Bennington A't April 21st 1928 his many friends of the Home will sadly miss a man of splendid character "Ilis honesty of purpose kindness generosity willingness and genial dis-position were only a few of his many worthy characteristics "He was a very patient sufferer and never complained and his noble virtues will long live in the memory of those who knew him Sharrock (Nurse) Soldiers' Home Hospital Bennington II Lemery is employed in South Royal ton as substitute boss for Charles Newell who is ill A daughter Jane Ruth was born April 8 to Mr and Mrs Allen Manning of the Lympus district Home Rebekah lodge will hold its regular meeting at Odd Fellows hall Tuesday May 1 at 7 :30 George A Russ has moved from to a tenement house of William Tooiney in Itoyalton village John Anderson called in town last week to greet friends He has recently returned from spending the winter in Honolulu Miss 5 lay Haley of Island Pond is keeping house for Mrs John 1 Wilson her sister assistant to the principal of Mr and Mrs Herbert Allen were called to Worcester Mass last week by the death finite unexpectedly of the mother of Mr Allen Charles Morrell AY 1922 has assumed charge of the C- Ar section gang formerly under the care of his father John Morrell Mrs Anna Bowen has joined her husband at the Cushman home on Graham street after spending the winter with relatives in Waterbury Coun The Rutland bus made one trial trip last week to Bethel but has not been seen since Tlie one trip they did make was full of hard passages through mud and rocks Bass has sold a commodious lot on the west side of Pleasant street to Perkins who plans to build thereon wa rerooms for his extensive stock of automobiles Major Dwight Smith Airs Smith (formerly Miss Mollie Abbott of Bethel) and son Dwight of Stowe left for Vermont April 20 by auto after a two months' stay in Miami Fla The senior class has been drilling for the past month under the direction of Mrs Alice Gay for the presentation early in May of the cal comedy Spanish Rollin Gilson exacts to return to Bethel during the first port of May immediately after the Shrine National convention iu Miami Fla He hopes to entertain Bethel Shriners at this convention The listers are engaged this week in inspecting the damages done to real estate by the flood of Nov 3rd that the taxpayers may have the benefit or a proper reduction this year in their tax appraisal The club will meet with Airs Robert Noble Alonday afternoon April 30 It will lie a meeting" Seeds will be exchanged and there will be a nature exhibit Trans-IMirtation will lie furnished at Bethel Alills the bus leaving at 2:30 in I Home Rebekah lodge held initiation exercises Tuesday evening of last i EAST THETFORD Herbert Stebbins went to Fair- will Ralph Clark of Randolph: used Dodge roadster to Everett Seager of Randolph A AI Battles returned Tuesday from a week's stay in Boston driving up a new ton truck Through II Kilburn salesman for the Perkins Auto Co of Bethel the following local sales of Clievroiets arched entrance on Aler- have been made -New coaches to will present doors leading Brown and Robert Flint new Im-one to the grocery depart- perial landeau to Elmer Keyes new left and the other to the ton trucks to Tewksbury Alayo and room which will include Gordon Labounty used Ford sedan to the large room at the street corner Donald Scribner used Chevrolet and most of the present hallway coupe to Aliss Lillian Wills used Ford which with the stairways up and roadster to Stewart Jamieson down is being removed Large show Charles Howard has a new Essex windows in front will reach to the i sedan floor in each store The grocery will quite extensive be necessary to transform tlie ground floor into a store to which lie will remove his business from its present quarters on Alain street which he must vacate by June 1st The two-story-and-a-half main part and the story-and-a-lialf rear ell are of brick A recessed Row cither way inent at the radio sales Betiiel Theatre Saturday April 2S "For the Love of comedy Wednesday May 2 Cohens and also a two-reel western Whitcomb High School Notes Tuttle Photographer Successor to Hepburn and Housing-er Bethel Yt Landscape copying enlarging transparent oil coloring finishing for amateurs Portraits by appointment Mail orders given careful attention Phone G-8 Bethel aetf The music the musical evening Alay department will present comedy "Aly Spanish at Town hall Thursday 3 under the direction of Miss Florence White is clerking in the fish market of Dewey White Richard Moriaty has been at home the past week from his work in a store in Boston take in substantially all of the ground floor not occupied by the radio section partitions being removed to throw the rooms together An outside stairway from the Inn side will lead to the second floor which will be refitted into a modern apartment for rental A new bathroom will be installed The five rooms here and two chambers in the third floor will le refill ished Air Tilson intends to install a steam heating equipment to serve the entire block Thus coraeth another improvement and business development on square" Randolph Gun Flub The Randolph Gun club held its first shoot of the season last Thursday afternoon April 19tli The large turnout of shooters made the shoot a very successful one but the poor light and I high wind naturally kept the scores low No prizes were given at this shoot but at the next one Alay 3rd two or more will be given The added target handicap method of scoring will be used at future shoots giving new men an even chance to carry home the prizes Following are the scores for the first shoot out of a possible 25 Copeland 19 Lamson 17 Ilulbert 16 Jerd 13 Airs lee Saturday Gerald AA'ilson began work for Standard Oil Co Alonday Robert Vaughan moved his family back to their farm Alonday Paul Sanborn and Alauriee Crawford were at Alills Sunday Lillian Slack was absent front school Alonday with a hard cold Oliver Randall called on his Sister Airs Stella Bacon a few days ago Bessie and Hubert Stebbins and Evelyn Smith are ill with measles Little Philip Rogers is with his grandparents Air and Airs Philip Car-tee Evelyn Smith returned to school last Friday after two absence with measles Dana Smith and family are moving into the John Rice house from John Brown's place Air and Airs Orrie Henry of AA'est Lebanon visited his mother Airs Eliza Batchelder Sunday Plans are being made to send delegates to the Girls' conference at Rutland May 11 12 13 Fred Garey spent a few days at Carl Emerson's last week Charles Berry was also visiting there Lucy of AA'aits River visited at Daniel Slack's Saturday and Abbie AA'atermau visited them Sunday The operetta "The Gypsy will be given by Tbetford Academy students Alay 3rd and 4th at the Grange hall The Ladies' Benevolent society will meet at the home of Alaude Emerson Alay 2 She and Mrs Dana Smith will be hostesses The Freshman Sophomore and Juniors of Thetford Academy will each give a competitive class play Friday night April 27th for prize speaking at Grange hall The evening services were postponed Sunday evening on account of bad travelling and storm but will be held next Sunday evening at 7 o'clock at I the schoolhouse The friends of Sherman Daley were sorry to hear of his illness after he had moved to his home in Thetford Center from the George Chase place where he had worked for nine years Airs Alice AI Gay This is probably the most ambitions project that any Whitcomb music class has attempted iu recent years The scene is laid in Holland at tulip time and the plot deals with a tulip show which is complicated by tlie arrival of a group of Spanish dancers The cast includes the entire music class of over sixty gorgeously robed in Dutch and Spanish costumes The play is rich in attractive numbers which give a rare opportunity to the members of the class to display their individual and collective musical ability The Inter-School Prize Speaking contest on the subject of prohibition has brought out a good deal of interest on the part of the Whitcomb students and a goodly number of interesting essays on both sides of the subject have been banded in From among these the AVhiteomb contestant will be chosen at an assembly to be held Fridav PUTNAM Licensed Auctioneer Bethel Vt Will go auywhere in the state and give the best that is in me Blanchard 12 Noble 12 Claflin 1 Booth Slayton 8 tj I Ed Alelntire Sault 5 The following men did not shoot the full string of twentv-five targets: -Dr Sowles 9 out of a possible 16 Harry Hubbard 6 out of a 15 Harold Haggett 3 out of ble 10 8 Ks WEST FYIRLEE CENTER Harold Cliamberlan has been ill but Death of Arthur Cross Arthur Cross died early Saturday morning at his home on1 upper School street of a paralytic stroke suffered the previous evening which affected his left side rendered him unconscious and caused his demise at 2:25 a March 5tli he underwent an operation but from this lie had recovered and was able to be about town for some time prior to the stroke Air Cross was the son of Charles and Delia Cross horn in Brookfield 53 years ago next July One sister Ali-s Button of Tunbridge and one brother A'inton of Russell Alass are left of the family He was three times married By the first union with Clara Smith six children were born A sad i tragedy removed tlie mother and three Saturday on business children They were found in their recovering from his sold one of his dogs Connecticut is working for Fairlee in Orford is working in AA'est Parker Young saw and AI Bail went Al Smith Back Home Alfred Smith is back in New York after his short vacation at Asheville which took on somewhat the aspect of a iKilitical move It is said lie lias won high favor in North Carolina and may receive the support of that state Talk on Agricultural School Principal Judd gave a well considered talk before the Rotary club Friday noon dealing with the Vermont State Agricultural school at Randolph Center of which he is the head Regarding the student body he said it was almost wholly of A'erniout farmer boys who were preparing themselves to return to the farm right here in Vermont This condition favors instruction in some agricultural schools there is quite an element who possess no practical information on or real in- terest in the subject The alumni rec- ord shows over 70 per cent of the grad- nates located here in Vermont about 55 per cent in agricultural work and I 42 per cent actually conducting Vermont farms Graduates become farmers herdsmen cow testers exchange managers etc It is advantageous to have a special instructor for each of the major top- ics carried such as animal husbandry I agronomy farm management dairy- ing poultry and horticulture This 8 A has There is also a good 'plant and adequate equipment for ex- periment and demonstration work Un- der the circumstances high output rec- ords cannot be expected the herds and the flocks are for instructional i purposes However some very good work is done by the students Each hoy at the school must do ap- I pointed farm work a given number of hours without pay Beyond that he is aid for what work he does In addition some of the boys take on projects like chicken raising etc which yield them returns There is a good life at 8 A Athletics and school spirit have their part teams are difficult to produce as they can be kept together but one vein- only due to the short course I i i ADVERTISE AVho knows Sow Fertilizer When You Plant a big saving in time when you sow fertilizer at the same time you plant your potatoes You can make this saving in time without danger of the seed and plant accurately space hills evenly plant at uniform depth with the Hoover Visible Potato Planter is better Dan Russ is recent illness Fred AV Brown to a party in Lewis Blake Harry Davidson of Alonzo Jennings Bradford at the mill Fred Cook to River for the town Air and Airs Roy AVatson came on Saturday from Spencer Alass to visit her parents Airs Howard Hatch and daughter Theo have gone to her in Rumney II for a visit Dr Allen was called last Friday to attend George AA Cook who has an attack of grip and was also suffering with indigestion which affected his heart Several members of the Community club met at Airs A'ena Southworth's last Friday afternoon and tacked a quilt for Aliss Olive Chamberlan She was also the recipient of many pretty and useful gifts Reginald Lang built a fire in the base of an old dead elm tree that stood about twenty-five feet from the house and the barn the same distance the other side of the tree In a short time there was some fire The fire engine was called from Bradford but they were unable to do anything toward putting it out It was necessary for them to saw the tree down to save the building from catching Special Sale of and Hals AM Hats Reduced To Cost or Close to Cost for $245 Hats Hats Hats were $595 were S495 were S3 95 were S295 Hats home then at Alass dead fix) asphyxiation by gas Xot long afterward the remaining children of whom were twins passed away From his second wife Air Cross was divorced His third wife who was Airs Abigail Hayward Bruce and her son who lives in the home are left Air Cross was a carpenter by trade At different times he lived and was employed in Springfield and Mass Xortlifield and Roxbury A't coining to Randolph prior to his last marriage about six years ago For a time he was employed in the Webster mill Air Cross' only fraternal affiliation was with the local lodge of Modern Woodmen which took charge of the funeral held at the Alethodist church Alonday at 2 Rev A A Alandi-g officiating and also of the service at the tomb The remains will lie taken to Brookfield for burial later The bearers were Dunham Kernie Brown A Dales and Cone Cousins from away attending were ri ving Cady of Roxbury Air and Airs George Cady of Xortlifield Air and Airs Roy Cady of Alontpelier New Store Location Ilarry Tilson has purchased of II Holmes and Airs Genevieve of Montpelier the property known as the Alorton located at the corner of Row and Pleasant street and will remodel it primarily for use in his mercantile business The place has been unoccupied since it was vacated by AV Buck last fall The triangular lot fronts 68 feet on Row 93 feet on Pleasant street and 70 feet on the line next the Inn building from which a narrow alley separates it Air Tilson lias already begun the two You ride behind the planting mechanism You can watch the Hoover Automatic Seed Control at work permitting only a small amount of seed to enter the picking chamber at a time You can see the pickers at work picking out and dropping one seed at a time with almost human accuracy The Hoover furrow opener opens a uniform depth furrow that is closed over the seed by the disk coverers You can adjust planting depth to suit your soil easy to change planting distance simply remove one cotter pin and slip the correct gear into place on the drive shaft This gear control of planting distance is positively accurate The Hoover is sturdily built and will handle your planting for many years All Popular Colors Green Sand Rose Blue Orchid Black Up-to-the-Minute Styles Straws Crochets Viscas Milans Silks Advertising in the local paper makes your offerings known to the 90 per cent who do not pass your store window We hare a Hoover Planter ready to go into your field Car Sales and Purchases The Randolph Garage has sold a new Packard sedan to Charles Tobias of Alontpelier: new Packard convertible coupe to I)r Guyette of Barra new Nash sedans to A Preston of Randolph Loren Long of Randolph Knutson of Barre Ray Clifford of St Tohnsbnrv and Frechette of St Jolmsbiiry new Nash Special Six sedan to Mrs Charles Brown of St Jolinsbury new Nash two-door sedan to Henry Bushey of Barre used Chrysler roadster to Alar-cel Conway of Barre: used Ford coupe to Carroll Lewis of South Barre: used Chrysler sedan to Clarence A Pitkin of Randolph The Battles Machine Co has sold new Chevrolet ton trucks to Carl Pierce of East Randolph and Harry Zimrnel Randolph a new Chevrolet touring to James Alcorn of Barnard: used Dodge touring to Curran of Randolph used Fort I touring to A Washburn All Hats were up to $295 NOW $100 Today Friday and Saturday Only The Brooks Washburn Go BETHEL The Store of Good Vaises VERMONT 1 Bethel Vermont Or 9JAUTT DS FAMOUS INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY New York March 28th 1928 The Board of Directors have declared a quarterly dividend of Sixty (60c) Cents a share on the Common Stock of this Company payable May 15th 1928 to Common Stock! holders of record at the close of business May 1st 1928 Checks to be mailed Transfer books will not close OWEN SHEPHERD Vice-President and Treasurer INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY At this Store You Get QUALITY SERVICE I wr.