The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-06-14
CHELSEA.

Mrs Mile Tracy and Mrs. Gertrude
Sprague We're in Barre City and Mont
pelier Friday and Saturday.
Col. II. 0. Bixby, president of the Old
Home Week association, has appointed
Willard p Townsend, Benjamin II
Adams and Ernest A. Corwin.
Mr. and Mrs. A. II. Talpey and wife
and son, Trafton, left Monday afternoon
for Boston, where they viii spend sew
eral weeks with friends and relatives
Rev. j. A. Lawrence preached "a most
able baecalaureate sermon before the
graduating class OF the high school at
the Congregational church Sunday even
ing.
George NJ. Medcalf has commenced ex-
tensive repairs ON his house and barn,
Messers. Calvin n Dearborn and Charles
A. Bacon being the carpenters in charge
of the work.
Wallace Lover, who rented his farm
in the spring to Charles f. Doyle and
went to northern New York to live for
a year, returned to town Saturday on
brief business trip,
viii H. Cook, who had been visiting
friends in town for about a week, left
Saturday for his home in Providence, r.
l., where he has responsible position
with telephone company.
John w. Moore Of British Columbia,
who, with his wife, was here a few days
several weeks ago, and who have since
1 hanu viaitino, IN Daxtnn MaCo WAS in
| town on brief business visit Monday.
Hale X. Darling and family spent
Sunday at his old home in East Cor
NTH and his eldest daughter, Miss Paul
inc, sang solo that Mr.. Darling's moth
er sang in the same church many years
ago.
Charles NJ. Hunt, the senior member
of the firm of Hunt 4 Dearborn, propri-
etors of the local meat market, sold his
interest Saturday TO his partner, Ray
Dearborn, and Mr.. Dearborn on Monday,
sold the business TO our new townsman
Titus II. Wilfore.
Rev, John A. Lawrence, William f.
Burbank, Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall Car
penter, f. Raymond Thorne and Miss
Helen f. Thorne. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew
L. Sprague were in East Brookfeld last
Thursday to attend the convention of
the Sunday schools of Orange county.
Henry +. Gates has sold one-half in
terest in the freighting business between
Chelsea and South Royalton TO L. W.
Bugbee, who took possession on June |.
Mr.. Gates is now moving to the Gates
farm, about two miles south of this
village, which is owned by himself and
his brother, Frank Gates, and Mr.. Bug.
bee will occupy the house vacated BY
Mr.. Gates, which is owned by Amasa P.
Button.
At a special meeting of the Congrega
tional society, held at the church yes
try Saturday afternoon for the purpose
of electing officers to I'll vacancies
caused by the death of Deacon Willard
IS. Hatch, the following officers were
elected: Willard p. Townsend, treasur-
er, and Nora f. Taylor, chorister, for
term OF six months Richard II. Bacon
and Oliver h. Burgess were elected dea
cons for a term of five years each,
AT the special town meeting held at
the town hall Saturday afternoon for
the purpose of seeing whether the town
would vote to purchase gasoline fire
engine, IL was evident that a majority
who lived outside of the village labored
under a misrepresentation as to what
the plan to be laid before the meeting
was and the meeting had but hardly
opened when a motion was made TO adj
journ and those who labered under that
misrepresentation were of sufficient
strength to carry the motion and the
meeting was adjourned.
The Chelsea Electric Light and Pow.
err company was last week sold: the
plant and machinery being sold to AL
fred H. Talpey and the electric light
poles and wire being sold to 5. Curtis
Fletcher of Boston, who is the owner
of the plant at Royalton, and Mr. Fetch
er will build line from South Royal
ton to Chelsea, lighting the village of
Tunbridge and introducing the meter
system. The new line is expected to be
completed by the first of October, when
the new proprietor will take over the
electric light business here, and Mr.. Tai
pey will continue the manufacture OF
bobbins
The prize speaking by members Of the
high school will be held in the opera |
house Wednesday evening and as this ia |
a new feature of our commandments il |
should be encouraged by large attend /
ance; on Thursday evening the alumni |
banqeut will be held at the hotel and I
on Friday evening the graduating exer-
cises will be held at the opera house. |
On the occasion of the alumni banquet |
it is planned to form an alumni associa-
ton, followed by an election of officers,
which is commendable project, and /
it is hoped that a large association will /
be formed which in the future viii yield /
strength to the institution which, with |
the recent assurance of new building /
is beginning to realize the dawn of
new day.
Chelsea camp, No. l245l, OF the Mod.
ern Woodmen of America, was recently I
organized here with a charter member I
ship of 80. AT the organization meet
ing w. A. Kelly, district deputy head
consul of Bradford, was present and con
Quoted the meeting and was assisted by /
Assistant Deputy Consul O. J. Letendre 1
of Bradford Following the organization |
Of the camp the officers were elected for
the ensuing year, and are: Consul, Eu- |
gene II. Kennedy; adviser, Ernest VI. I
Young; clerk, Leon r. Grant; banker,
e. Ralph Walker; escort, Fred H. Stan.
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