The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-04
CHELSEA

, Mrs. Harry l.. Hayward spent seyera
days with her aunt, Mrs. Martha Waldo
last week. Mrs. Waldo has been suffer
ing a severe attack of erysipelas.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred +. Atwood of Bos
ton spent last week in town as tn
guests of the formers mother and aunt
ON Maple street.
Mrs. Charles A. Robe, who has beer
the guest of friends in town of late, ha
returned to her home in Montpelier. He
mother, Mrs. Ellen Scales, viii remain
here for little time before returning tt
Montpelier, where she makes her home
with her daughter.
Our village furnished four Memorial
day orators this year, as follows Judge
Stanley G. Wilson spoke at Williams
town, exLieut. Gov. Hale X. Darling
spoke at Richford, Rev. Robert Heseltine
spoke at South Royalton, and Atty. Mill
ward c. Taft spoke here at Chelsea.
Mrs. Mary L, Alulford of Archer, Neb.,
arrived in town recently and will spend
the summer here, having engaged room
and board of Mr.. and Mrs. Wilder III.
Dearborn.
Arthur Taylor, David Taylor, George
Taylor and Bert Taylor, sons of the late
Alonzo f. Taylor, have enlisted and went
to Burlington last week, where they
passed the examinations and have en-
tered the service of Uncle Sam The
older of the four brothers, Arthur, viii
not, however enter upon his duties until
after a certain amount Of dental work
required by the government to give him
a passing mouth" has been done.
Harrison E. Smith, who has recently
moved his family from West Springfield,
Mass, to the farm on the west hill which
he purchased of G. |. Hood, left the first
of the week for Pennsylvania on bust
ness trip.
Judge Clinton A. Adams of Post Mills
was business visitor in town last Fri
day.
Leslie A. Bragg, who has been spend
ing couple of weeks in town, left Sat
urday for his home in Milford, N. II.
McAllister brothers of Williamstown
are making weekly trips here with fresh
meats, making the trips with their auto
meat cart, which at present is manned
by /, NJ. McAllister, whose place will
likely be filled by someone else later, as
he has enlisted.
Atty. Millward C. Taft who had been
ut his former home in Bristol, for |
a week looking after business interests |
there and packing his goods fer removal
here, returned to town early last week,
accompanied by his wife and child, and |
they have taken apartments in Mrs. Liz
,ie P. Smiths house formerly occupied |
by Mr.. and Mrs. Harry r. Wishart
Miss Neva NJ Bohonan, who is teach
ng in Norwich, spent the weekend re-
'ess at the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Leslie II. Bohonan.
Chester NJ. Davis, who has been very
eeble for the past three weeks, seems
o be gaining strength and improving
rery slowly.
Reginald Hill, member of the fresh
nan class in the University of Vermont,
5 spending few days in town with his
'arents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Hill.
Harold Corwin, the oldest son of Mr..
nd Mrs L. A. Corwin, left for Boston
Thursday, having gone there to inyesti
ate a position which has been offered
i'm in a bank, as well as some other
business possibilities.
The attention of all our young men
etween the ages of 81 and 81 is called
o the important duty imposed upon
hem by the provisions of new law re-
emily passed by the powers that be at
to present themselves at the
own hall in Chelsea as well as in all \
Their voting precincts in the United
tates on Tuesday and register, and fail
re to comply with this important duty j
,nders all who violate such law subject 4
, prosecution and imprisonment. I
Aiken Edwards, one of our oldest citi .
sns. died at the home of his son, John !
+. Edwards, on the west hill Friday, May /
), following decline in health of sew d
'al months duration. The funeral was 0
ED from the west hill church Sunday, d
lay 81, Rev. Robert Heseltine offciat-
g, and interment was in the family lot \
the cemetery near the west hill !.
lurch. Mr. Edwards had followed the
.cupation of farming during his entire i,
fe and had been a resident OF this town =
II upwards of 40 years and was little
ist 80 years old at the time of his
'ath. He was a man of genial DISPOSE il
on, kindly heart, rugged honesty and A
erling integrity, which characteristics
the respect, confidence and @
Imiration of all who knew him. He is II
rviyed by five sons, George w. Ed
ards of Williamstown, Joseph f. Ed =
ards of Brookfeld, Henry r. Edwards T.
Mortified, John A. Edwards of this
wn, and Fred r. Edwards OF Charlotte, .,
sides many grandchildren and one aged :,
other, Fillmore Edwards, also a resi- !;
mt of this town. Among those from
{ of town who were here to attend the
neral besides the sons and their fam =,
es were Mr.. and Mrs. A. !. Hull of =
IRE, VIII Lasor of Charlotte and Mr.. =
d Mrs. Guy j. Newell OF Mortified.
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