HARDWICK – A telephone has been installed in Wade Benjamin’s home on Cherry Street this week.
Work of repairing the suspension footbridge across the river near the Roy and Fulford saw-mill, was begun this morning.
Workmen have been busy the past week, repairing the broken cement wall at the rear of The Hardwick Savings Bank & Trust Co. vacant lot between the bank building and the fire station, on the bank of the river. This wall, or a part of it, was broken down during the flood of February 31st, last, and work of grading the lot is now going on rapidly. The work of erecting the new gasoline filling station is also attracting a great deal of attention.
The sextons of the Main Street cemetery will begin next Monday to remove the bodies in the vault and place them in the various lots in the different cemeteries of the town.
Wade Benjamin and W.A. Dutton were in St. Johnsbury this forenoon, to attend a hearing of the Public Service Commission, relative to the bus line from Hardwick to St. Johnsbury, and a like hearing at Montpelier this afternoon.
courtesy The Hardwick Gazette, April 23, 1925
Local fishermen put in several evenings last week before the snow-storm in fishing for smelt, which were running pretty good in the brook at the head of Big Elligo Pond in Craftsbury. Some got good catches. The regular trout fishing season opens on both ponds and streams on Friday, May 1st.
An unusual snow-storm was experienced Sunday last, when in a single day, nine inches fell, and older residents claim, not for half a century has the ground been covered with that depth of snow in one day so late in April. The snow began falling about eight o’clock, and continued intermittently throughout the day. Before this storm came there was very little of last winter’s snow left, but the new fall gave us the appearance of winter again. Today most of the new snow is gone.
EAST HARDWICK – A Chevrolet coupe left standing in front of the residence of G.H. Allbee at East Hardwick, started down the hill toward the river of its own accord sometime during the night and kept its course over the railroad track and down the highway, as if guided by human hands, until it reached the foot of the hill, where it went through a section of the guard-fence to the left of the bridge and into the river, 15 to 20 feet below, landing right side up with the front end of the machine headed toward the place where it started from. The automobile was removed from the river Tuesday and to outward appearances had been little damaged. The windshield was broken and one lamp was bent and the lense broken. The section of the fence through which the automobile passed, was knocked down as cleanly as if it had been opened up on purpose, and the car being on its wheels and about face after the sharp drop, was also cause for wonderment.
Schools opened April 20th for an eight weeks’ term.
Mrs. Hartwell is having her home wired for electric lights and is making other much needed repairs.
Will Dimick has been working at The Belfry for a few days.
Charles Ward of Hardwick, who is wiring Mrs. Hartwell’s house, spent Wednesday night with his brother, Walter Ward.
Charles Willis has taken the job to build the bridge near the Stratton place, the old one being carried away by the recent flood.
NORTH WALDEN – The ladies met April 15th at the home of Mrs. Nicholson and made two quilts. A third was completed at the home of Mrs. W.E. Hatch the next day.
Many of the farmers are carrying their milk to Greensboro Bend themselves, because of the high cost of cartage.
Henry Dimick is working at The Belfry.
Leonard Anair has purchased a new Overland automobile.
Fabian Michaud has finished his visit in Greensboro and returned home.
Editor’s note: Style and spelling in “Weeks Gone By” are reproduced as they were at the time.
