The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-09
CHELSEA
Members Of the School Senior Class Plan
TO Visit Washington, d. c.

10 visit washington, ID. Z,
| The members of the senior class o
the local high school have decided Il
make pilgrimage 10 the nations capi
toll this spring and will leave here OF
the cath of March and return the 3lsi
OF March. They 90 TO New London by
rail and from there TO New York by
boat, proceeding from New York te
/ Washington by rail via Philadelphia. II
is expected that there win be about
twenty-five in the party.
! Mrs. Amos b. Wright, who has been
taking "A short vacation, during which
she has been visiting friends in town and
| in Washington, returned Monday to Hor-
ace Monkeys, where she keeps house for
Mr.. Monkey and son.
| MIR. and Mrs. Calvin n. Dearborn were
in Brookfcld Sunday to attend the flu
neral OF Mrs. Albert ID. Rood, who was
a cousin of Mrs. Dearborn.
Mrs. Hattie Dickinson, wife of the
late Allen Dickinson, died at her home
at the head of Wallace avenue last
Thursday morning, following brief i'll
ness with pneumonia. The funeral was
htlu IfoU ntt ldLt nolilt SATURDAY dlNti
noon, Rev. j. A. Lawrence officiating,
and interment was in the family lot in
Highland cemetery. The bearers were
Walter II. Emery, II. N. Mattison, w.
II. Sprague and j.. c. Ordway. Mrs.
Dickinson is survived by one sister, Mrs.
Nation of West Corinth, and three
children, Mrs. Moron of st. Johnsbury,
VIII A. Dickinson of North Randolph,
and Mrs. Ernest Luce of this town, all
of whom were present at the funeral.
Mrs. Fred L. Goodwin and two young
est sons went to Washington Saturday
to remain at the home of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. ID. Tillotson, the latter
of whom has been seriously i'll for sew
eral weeks.
The members of the Chelsea Farmers
Exchange are requested to meet at the
high school building Saturday, Feb. II,
lat 80 p. m. to consider the cooperation
OF buying their seed for the coming sea
son. All farmers who are interested are
invited to attend.
News has been received here of the
death of 'Jabin II. Corwin of Athol, Mass. |
on Jan. 81, at the age of So years, Mr.. |
Corwin was native of this town. He |
is survived by two sons and two daugh- |
tiers, Herbert NJ, Scion c.. and Miss Eliza
j. Corwin of Athol, and Mrs. j. L. Adams |
of Groton, Mass.
The Ten Pin club held its second whist
party at :. of V. hall last Friday even
ing, at which there was a good attend
ance and all had a pleasant time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred G. Waldo and Mr..
and Mrs. Truman H. Spear were in Fair
lee last week Tuesday to attend the
funeral of. Perley S. Willis, the only
brother of Mrs Spear and Mrs. Waldo.
Miss Lena Spear and Benjamin III. Adams
from here also attended the funeral.
Byron n. Clark of Burlington will give
a lantern lecture in the town hall here
Friday evening of this week under the
auspices of the Boy Scouts.
DIR. 4. r. Marshall was in Boston re-
Gently to attend the wedding of his sis
ter, Miss Jeanette NJ. Marshall. to
Ralph w. Hazen of Edgewater, n. j.
Mrs. Hazen has many friends here, who
extend hearty congratulations.
At a special communication of George
Washington lodge. No. 81, F. & A. NJ,
held last Thursday evening the follow I
ing officers were installed by Past Mas
ter Oliver Il. Burgess, for the ensuing |
year: Worshipful master, Leon +. !
Grant; senior warden, Hiram n. Matti-
son; junior warden, Augustus T. Mar Q
shall; treasurer Herbert o. Fay Allen; ]
Junior deacon, Harlie f. Whitney; senior :
steward, Ralph II. Stanton; junior stew I
,rd, Everett +. Spear; chaplain, Oliver y
Z. Burgess; marshal, Leon c. Ordway;
yler, Charles r. Durkee. Following the b
light refreshments We're 0
erved by the stewards, after which +
ocial hour was enjoyed by the members $
md their invited guests. y
The town officers were busy last week
ettling their account and getting the
anne in shape for the auditors TO verify
md prepare for the printer who has al !
eady got the work of printing the an. i
ual town report well under way. The :
'helsea Job Press. under the new man :
cement of Underhill and Allen, are do :,
ng the work.
George Hettrick has hired out to Eu.
enc Sleeper and son of Tunbridge TO
FORK on their farm for year, and has
lready commenced work.
Perley S. Willis, notice of whose death
ppeared IN THESE columns last week,
fas a Chelsea boy, the only son of the
tie Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Willis, who re- 81
ded on the West Corinth road, on the
arm now occupied by Truman II. Spear. dl
Ir. Willis lived at home until he nj
cached his majority, after which he
larried Miss Spear of Vershire, and W
ley settled in Vershire, where he fol-
,wed the occupation of farming for 81
everal years, and few years ago
loved to Fairlee, where. he purchased al
nice valley farm which he carried on re
nd dealt quite extensively in live stock.
e had suffered an attack OF the grip til
ON which he was thought to be recov-
ing slowly but died suddenly. His b
re was fifty years and he is survived in
7 ,hs wife and the two sisters men, CT,
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