The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-02

cHiy Two veterans were present a.
the Memorial day exercises in Coventry
Over half of the so students in the
Hinesbmg high school are working or
farms in that vicinity.
l.. ID. Latham, Milton attorney, has
been ill for several weeks with measles
and is not improving materially
Scott Harvey Gochee died at his home
in Barnet Sunday after an illness OF
but three days with acute goitre.
Between 300 and 400 recruits are
studying French under the direction of
Professor Norman of the University
of Vermont
Rev. Chauncey A. Adams of Danville,
who sailed from New York May 10 for
France, to join the ambulance corps, has
arrived at Bordeaux.
lively blaze was started in the church
at New Haven Sunday night when the
lighted chandelier fell. A bucket brigade
extinguished the flames.
Mrs. John Purcell of Bennington has
developed painful case of blood poison
ing, which came from a slight cut sus-
tanned while she was sharpening a lead
pencil.
Pneumonia and cancer each claimed
four victims out of rs deaths in Rutland
City for the month of May. There were
25 cases of German measles there at the
same time.
AS Edward Hawkins was ploughing
up an old strawberry bed at his home in
Hydeville recently, he found nest of
seven young rabbits, about the size of
young kittens.
Mrs. William B. Spencer of Hydeville
has tomato plant which she has been
growing in the house that has reached
a stature of over four feet high and is
full of blossoms.
st. Johnsbury's flag on the athanaum
is Illuminated at night by powerful
searchlight on the roof of building OPP
posite, so that the emblem is visible
from distant points.
Private Wilson of Co. A, lst Vermont, |
of Middlebury, who had been doing guard |
duty at the Brooksville bridge, broke one
of the bones of his right ankle while
he was getting over a fence.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stukely Smith of Adj
Olson celebrated their 10th wedding an
niversary at their home Sunday Mr. |
Smith is 90 years old and his wife is
90. Both are in excellent health.
Rutland men who took advantage of
the Memorial day respite from labor to
climb to the top of Mount Pico found
snow from two to five feet deep for the
last mile and half to the top.
Edward Wakefield of Stowe died in
Brightlook hospital, St Johnsbury, May
29 at the age of SO years. Mr. Wake
field was for "a years employed by the
st. Johnsbury & Lake Champlain rail
road
Norbert, nine-year old son of Mr. and
bury, in his eagerness to take in all the
details of the flag raising there Sun
day, fell from a telephone pole and
broke one leg.
Employees at the Warren Leather com
pany plant in Morrisville have had
raise in pay of about $3.50 week, which
went into effect May 81 This is the
third time within year that raise in
pay has been given.
The death of Cyrus Rhodes, at the
age of 65 years, which occurred at his
home in Newport May 30, was caused
by a fall downstairs few days before,
in which he sustained broken arm and 4
internal injuries.
Elgin Braine, an expert American au-
tomobile driver, who has spent his sum-
mers at the family home in Marlboro,
is to drive motor cars for Major Cen
sral Pershing and his staff at the front =
N Europe. Gen. Pershing had the Sc !
ection of his own men.
r F. Flynn of Ludlow, for nine years
stationed at Preside, Philippine islands, 4
With the slst company, United States
,oast artillery, has come to Vermont to
,nhst in the United States army He Z
'isited his mother in Ludlow and enlist
ID in Rutland.
Orrin A. Durgey, janitor at the Bran
lon graded school, was given surprise
Nay 81 when all the students and teach =
RS of the high school and grades {.
marched to his home, sang songs and
resented him purse of money. 1t was
lis 18th birthday anniversary.
The United States is said to be the
My nation now at war with Germany
which has not changed the names of
owns which have German titles, and in
list prepared by an exchange, it is
sserted that Vermont has but one town
those name comes from Germany, and
hat is Berlin. There are said 10 be
2 towns in the United States by that
anne.
The Central Association of Universal
rs and Unitarians will meet in Stowe :
une and 7 for its annual convention.
he Green Mountain association, com
rising Windsor and Rutland counties.
i'll meet at Barnard June 10, the Wind