The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-02-28
CHELSEA
Ezra w. Hood Compelled to Lose One
Arm but Is Doing Well.

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Arm but Is Doing Well.
, Ezra w. Hood, who has been great
sufferer for many years from the effects
OF diseased bone in the left arm above
, the wrist, upon the advice of his ply
stefan, went to the Heaton hospital at
Montpelier last week and had the source
! lof his trouble photographed by X-ray.
As result, he submitted to amputation
OF the arm Just above the elbow, and
} news from the hospital is to the effect
that he is making a good recovery from
the operation and will soon be able to
return to his home on the West Corinth
road. His son, Guy f. Hood, who is a
travelling salesman for the Williams u
Carleton company of Hartford, Conn,
with headquarters at Schenectady, n. ".
upon notice Of his fathers condition came
home and accompanied him to the hos
Epital and remained with him until after
the operation.
] News has Just been received here of
the death Of Ephraim Hatch of San Jose,
Cal, on Feb. l4tb. at the advanced age
OF eighty-two years. Mr.. Hatch was a
native OF this town, but left here at the
age of seventeen and has been back
here but few times, the last of which
! was during tie summer Of 1911, when
he was present at the 'old home week"
celebration. lie is survived by wife,
one son and one daughter.
| A special meeting of the voters of the
Chelsea fire district is called for Mon
| day afternoon, at D o'clock. March End,
to see if the voters viii vote to author
ize and instruct the prudential commit
tee to purchase a gasoline fire engine to
better protect the property in the dis
trict from fire, and If it shall be voted
Ito purchase such an engine, to see also
III the prudential committee shall be au-
thorized to sell the hand engine now
owned by the district, and to take meas
ures for paying for the new engine This
is an important matter and should in
terest every voter and property owner
in the district and there should be
large attendance at this meeting.
Another matter of Importance which
win be considered at this meeting is the
purchase or renting of suitable place
to store a new engine or the one now
owned by the district.
Let every voter in town realize his
duty as citizen and tax payer and be
present at the annual town meeting TO
be held Tuesday, March 3rd and let
every voter also post himself thorough
" before voting upon the important
questions TO be voted upon that day
with relation to the preferential or di-
rect primary systems and remember
that Il neglect to vote on these ques-
tons is Sinking ones duty as public
citizen, and the neglect to vote viii !
count as one vote in opposition to the |
voters views who so neglect his duty.
George Thompson of Buffalo, N. Y, |
was guest at the home OF his brother, |
Leonard /. Thompson, Wednesday and |
Thursday. Mr. Thompson has respon-
sible position with an express company |
In Buffalo, for which city he left on
Thursday afternoon.
Miss Chorene o. Barnes left last week
for Saranac Lake, n. y, where she spent |
the winter year ago
Miss Edith II. Barnes. assistant to the
principal OF the local high school, was
the guest of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Sylvester H. Parnes OF Barre, from Sat
urday until Monday night.
Arthur Braman, who is learning the
trade at the shops OF the
Sullivan Machine company of Clare
mont. \. H., was an over Sunday guest
Of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred O.
Braman.
Atty. Stanley c. Wilson left Monday
afternoon for Burlington where he APP
pears With March NJ Wilson of Ran
dolph for the plaintiff in the case OF
Harry G. Allen VS.. The Champlain Real
ty Co which "a being tried in the U. $.
district court in that city this week
Mrs. Eunice 4. Adams, who has been
spending several weeks at the home of
der daughter. Mrs Eyarts p Brown, re-
turned home last Friday.
Miss Marion Lord who has taught in
the village school of Sharon for several
years, has completed her winter term.
md is spending her vacation at the
lome OF her brother-in-law, Noah Tay-
or.
Mrs. Holton s. Annis went last week
10 spend few days at the home of her
adopted daughter, Mrs. Edgar H. Curtis,
n Orange.
William w. Braman, who lives just
,ver the line in the town OF Washing
on, has sold his farm stock and tools
o John p. Davis of Lowell, Mass, who
las made his home here in Chelsea for
he past year The consideration was
i've thousand dollars. This is one of
he best farms in that section of the
own of Washington and is in high
,tate of cultivation. Mr.. Davis has
made host OF friends here during his
,rief residence who extend to him the
most hearty good wishes in his new
eld of labor. He is a civil engineer by
Profession and graduate of the Bos-
on institute OF technology.