The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-10-04

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has been appointed first lieutenant in
the medical corps
President Thomas Of Middleburv col.
lege has left for Camp Zachary TAYLOR
Louisville, KY, whore he win enter the
army. training school for ehaplains and
after q five weeks course will 90 over.
sens. Prof, Charles Baker Wright be.
comes acting president Of the college
Rev. Frank A. Stockwell. formerly
pastor Of the UniversaHst church in Nor
risville, and Miss Mabel L. Durkee. for
several years employed on the Morris
vile Messenger staff, were married by
Rev. g. +. Fortier Sept "a Mr.. Stock
wen has been working with the Y. NJ.
.. a. in cantonments in this country for
some time and will report Oct. at the
chaplain's training school at Camp Zach
airy Taylor, Louisville, Ky Mrs. Stock
well will make her home in Morrisville
for the time being.
Robert ]. Walker, for 10 years mem.
Der of the st. Adams police force, re-
Gently died ait the Sherwood sanitarium,
following an illness with pneumonia. He
was one of the star players in the DAYS
OF the old Franklin county baseball
league.
Rev. 7. r. Mcmahon, a former Brattle-
boro pastor, recently graduated from the
chaplainis training school at Louisville
Ky, with the rank of first lieutenant.
was one of $50 graduates, $50 of whom
have been assigned for overseas duty.
Lieut.. McMahcn is at present visiting a
short time with Rev. J. VI. Brown in
Rutland, where he was engaged as an
assistant to Rev Mr. Brown previous to
his enlistment.
Rev. William Fl. Spence, formerly pas
tor OF the Neutrality-suspicious. church,
who recently resigned as pastor of the
congregational church at Hinsdale. H.,
has accepted pastorate for the present
with the Tabernacle church at Salem,
Mass
The ceremonies which were to have
taken place ait the taking over of Middle
bury college as a military post by the
government Oct ! were not carried out.
owing to the epidemic of influenza. The
quarantine and the college grounds are
under guard, with number of students
acting as guards on Main street, to de-
tect anyone, who may slip through the
guard at the college grounds.
AT meeting Of the board Of directors
of the Chicago and Western Indiana
Railway company in Chicago recently, C.
G. Austin, jr., formerly OF st. Albans.
was elected viee-president and general
counsel.
According to advices received by rela.
tives in Winooski Lieut.. Henry Homeis-
ter OF that place has been promoted to
the rank of captain. He is at present.
stationed at Camp Hancock, Ga. where
he is taking advanced work in machine
gunnefy. Capt Homeister has seen sery.
ice on the battlefields of France.
The Twin State Gas and Electric Co.
of st. Johnsbury has advanced the |
monthly lighting charge from 90 cents to
Sl.00.
Prof, John Whitmore Of Concord. N.
H., has been obliged to give up his work
as an Instructor ait Norwich university |
at Mortified and has returned to his |
home.
Sergt, Stillman Stevens of the 57th |
pioneers, which has been stationed at
Spartanburg, s. c., has been discharged |
from overseas duty and has returned to |
hsi home in Mortified.
There were l49 new cases Of the grip
reported to the health authorities at st. |
Johnsbury Tuesday. Previous to this.
there had been 997 cases reported
Misses Kate A. Moran, R. n. and
Josephine A. Diette, R. ~, both of whom
are graduates from the Brightlook hos
pital at st. Johnsbury and have been
practicing in that place for some time.
have enlisted in the Red Cross seryie.
They recently left for the United States
army hospital at Fort Myers, Virginia.
where they have been assigned to duty.
The horse barns Of N. c. Vidito of Jeffer-
sonville were saved from being DESTROYED
by fire early Tuesday morning by the
quick response of the village people, the
alarm being gixen over the telephone.
Smoke was discovered in the hay NOV.
the origin of the fire is unknown.
T.