The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-20

The doors OF the store of Willis Chap
man, which has been operated under the
name of Chapman Brothers in the Hazer
block, were closed last night upon civil
process and to-day Sheriff f. II, Tracy
was in charge of the store The attach.
ments are understood to have been made
by firms which have sold groceries and
provisions to the store.
Five sailors from Vermont will be en-
tertained by the Rocky Mountain club
OF New York at their club rooms in New
York on Christmas and New Years. The
| club invited five sailors from each state
| in the union to attend a similar enter
tainment at their club Thanksgiving.
They also had as their guests Mt that
time sailors from each Of tEa nations al
lied with the United States in the war.
John Hays Hammond is the president of
the club and Gov. Graham sent a well
come to the boys from Vermont who
were entertained Thanksgiving
Commissioner of Education M b. Hill
legas has called in all the lantern slides
which have been under supervision of the
union superintendent for use in the ster-
eopticon lanterns in the different schools
of the state, He will redistrict the state
and then the slides and lanterns will be
sent from his office instead of being in
charge of the superintendent This will
give better check upon where the slides
arc being used for educational purposes.
Frank Reynolds, who was at the Lyndon
institute the first of the week, saw Sc
ries that have been prepared upon the
Vail school which probably will be used
later in the educational work
Mrs. I. M. Benway and daughter left
this morning for Schenectady, N. ",
where they will join Mr.. Benway, who is
employed by the General Electric Co.
Mrs. George Deyette, who has been
here since the death of his sister, Mrs. |
Drury, went to her home in Benson to-
day.
Dennis Coryea is constructing double
roof on the house of Mrs. S. b. Leland.
Chief w. A. Pattee, who has been i'll |
for few days with hard cold, has re- |
sumed his duties in the fire department |
Henry Laird of Tufts dental school is
spending the holidays with Mr.. and Mrs |
f. l.. Laird, his parents.
Stacey Clark and Clifton Smith of
Norwich university arrived home on
Wednesday afternoon for the. holidays,
They both expect to try for the basket
ball team which will be developed after
The vacation
Gov, Graham, in complying with re-
quest from Mrs. o. B. Johnson, has sent
% the sailors from Vermont who are be-
ng entertained by the Daughters of Yer
mont at the Hotel Vendome in Boston, /
/ message of cheer. Mrs. johnson wired
iov. Graham, stating that 40 Of the sail :
II boys were to be entertained by the .
Tub from to o'clock this afternoon
nd asking for a word of good cheer
which could be read to them, stating that
t would count whole lot for the young
men in that service. The following let
err was sent to Mrs. Johnsons: Greet
ngs to our Green Mountain sailor boys
nd sincere best wishes from every Yer
nonter The mother state of ten ad-
nirals is proud of her volunteers in the
ANY. We pray for your success in our
ountrys service May God be with you
nd with your families, May He protect
on and bring you back safe tie us. Hor-
ce T. Graham, Governor"