The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-10-04

rows House Friday evening wrccked
the room and for about Is minutes
il was question as TO saving the
building. Prompt action by Mr.. Bar.
rows and other members of the house.
hold saved the premises and by the
time the Village fire department ar.
rived the fire was out Our boys de-
serve great credit for their prompt
response TO the fire call. They were
there with the hose in less than ten
minutes after the alarm had been Civ
en- by the telephone operator from
Manchester Center. May they al
ways be as ready and prompt as they
were last Friday evening. The actual
damage to the Barrows House was
confined to the rear of the building.
The Red Cross Society will meet as
usual for sewing on Friday afternoon
Of this week at 2:30 o'clock. The
Dorset Branch has equipped all its
men selected for military service with
a complete comfort kit, housewife and
two suits of pajamas. This has kept
few of the members of the society
very busy as the work has fallen on
very few. 1t is earnestly requested
that all members of the Red Cross,
and any others who are interested,
show their loyalty by helping at these
meetings, sewing for the Red Cross.
The sewing at the coming meeting will
be concentrated on getting two outfits
ready for the two volunteers from
Dorset who recently went so unex-
pectedly that the society was unaware
of their going. Will all those who are
especially interested in these two
young men come and help prepare
complete outfits for them and bring
anything that would be especially lik-
ed by them. Let's all help do our bit
by either taking work home or COM
ing to the meetings and sewing or pre-
pairing articles for the use of the Ma
tional Red Cross. Many of our people
are helping by knitting and we wish
there were many others who would
take up this very important work. 1t
is greatly needed, especially as the
cold weather is now coming on, and
you may rest assured it will be greatly
appreciated by the recipients. There
is plenty of yarn on hand for all who
wish to help in this way.
Monday morning the Dorset Inn
closed its doors for good so far as it
concerned the Pratt management.
The season has been fairly good one
Four years ago Mrs. V. T. Pratt and
her daughter, Miss Elma Pratt, came
to Dorset and opened the Inn. They
followed one who had not done well
there and as result they had to con-
tend against a poor reputation. Moth
ing daunted these ladies took hold
with a vim and before the end of their
first season had established a reputa-
ton that filed the Inn the following
year and up to its closing this week
In 1915 the M. K. Gray house was
added as an annex and was used con.
tinuously till the close this year.
About month after the Inn closed
last year Mrs. Pratt passed on to the
"Great Beyond" while in Florida and
the care of the Inn and its affairs fell
on her daughter Miss Elma Pratt.
In June of this year Miss Pratt open
ed the house with her cousin, Mr.
Grady, to assist her, and through the
past season has run good country
hotel. Dorset has indeed lost greatly
by the passing away of Mrs. Pratt,
who in her intercourse with the resi-
dents made a host of friends. Miss
Pratt will also be greatly missed as
she had not only taken great interest
in her hotel work, but had devoted a
great deal Of her time to the Church
Clubs and Camp Fire Girls and also in
trying to interest our young girls in
things worth while. Always smiling
and with pleasant word for all, Miss
Pratt will leave this village with the
warmest and best wishes for her sue
cess and comfort wherever she may
decide to make her home. All who