Source, Rutland Daily Herald--Sat. Dec. 14, 1946. ORWELL, VT. Herbert Ballard, 50, in Critical Condition in Rutland Hospital. Dec.13--Struck by an automobile as he was walking along the highway 500 feet from is home, Herbert Ballard, 50, Orwell woodcutter, was critically injured late this afternoon and rushed to the Rutland hospital for treatment. According to a motor vehicle inspector the operator of the vehicle was Miss Ruth Goddard of Orwell, Hubbardton school teacher. The accident happened about 5:30 o'clock on the main highway in Brandon, one mile east of Orwell village. Ballard was struck by the right fender of the couple. Given first aid treatment by Dr. Paul Lawrence of Brandon, Ballard was taken by ambulance to Rutland. Riding with him in the ambulance was his wife, the former Miss Florence Bullock of Wallingford. Transcribed by, Joan H. Bixby