The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-08
BETHEL
Apparent Case Of Infantile Paralysis
Found at Lympus.

Gerald, the FIVE year-old son of Mr..
and Mrs. Willis c. Whitaker, who live at
Bethel Lympus, eight miles from this
village, is i'll with infantile paralysis,
according to the decision of DIR. Moves,
who came Saturday from Burlington to
diagnose the case which the local physi
clans believed to be one of the dreaded
paralysis The boy became ill week
ago with feyerish symptoms and later
paralysis developed in both arms. The
case is moderate one and Dr. Noyes
expressed the opinion that the paralysis
would not be permanent. From de-
scription of the illness of Vernon, a
younger boy in the same family, who has
recovered, he was inclined to believe that
he had mild case of the same disease.
The Whitaker house is quarantined and
also the Reed house, where children live
who had played with the Whitakers.
The funeral of the late Mrs. Eliza A.
Chadwick was held Saturday at the
Methodist church, Rev j. Wesley Miller
officiating There were many flowers.
Among those present we're Miss Hattie
Spaulding of st. Johnsbury, the only sis
ter of the deceased, Mr. and Mrs. John
Spaulding of Windsor, Mr.. and Mrs.
Nathan SpaulGing and son of Lebanon,
N. H., Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Proper, Mr..
and Mrs. Willis Howard and Mrs. A. b.
Bass of Randolph. Interment was in the
Spaulding lot at Fairview cemetery.
Cashier e. A. Davis will attend to-mor
row in Boston meeting of the federal
reserve bank committee or subscriptions
TO the U. S. certificates Of Indebtedness
anticipating the fourth Liberty loan.
Sergeant f. H. Sturk is at home from
Camp Devens.
A. Lee Cady was in Rochester yester
day to attend the funeral of Ransom
Morgan, retired travelling salesman,
who died last Friday.
Cashier G. c, Bullen Of the Federal Re
serve bank in Boston, called Saturday at
the National White River bank.
A number of the young friends of
Sergt. Laroy NJ. Merrill, gave him sur
prise party at the home of his parents
last Saturday on the eve of his 25th
anniversary. Among those present were
his sister, Mrs. Fred Chamberlin, with
two children, of East Randolph, and his
cousin, Mrs. George Naylor of Rochester,.
A son was born July to Mr.. and Mrs
Ernest C.. Brown.
Frank w. Quimby has been home a
few days from his work at Springfield.
Walter A. Honsinger of st. Adams is
visiting his mother and sister at Mrs.
G e. Hepburn's.
Rev Dr. Ransom A Greene and wife
of Medford, Mass, are here for part of
the summer vacation.
Mrs, B. H. Benedict again is caring for
Mrs. Delos Burrell,
Miss Annis Davis has gone to Edger
ton, Wis, to spend the summer at the
home of her uncle, Scott Hatch She
went frst'to Exeter, n H., and travelled
from that place with an aunt
Miss Florence Persons was the leader
at the Young Peoples Christian league
last evening and was elected secretary in!
place of Miss Hazel Williamson, who has
left town.
Mrs. R. L. Persons and Henry Persons
are visiting at Wright Samples in
Springfield.
Rev. and Mrs. George NJ. Davis and
their son, Austin, of Bennington, are
guests at A. G. Perkins Aurice Perkins
came home with them from Hartford,
Conn. where he is employed.
Fred Crowell of Barnard and Leslie
Colby of Woodstock were here last even
ing on their way back to the army school
of mechanics at Burlington.
Miss Marion +. Kendall, who had been
home a few days from high school work
in Chicago, went this morning to Boston
for medical advice.
Recent guests at the Bascom house
were Alex Anderson, w. d. Macdonald,
C. r. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Duncan, Mr..
and Mrs Macrae and Miss Rose Levin, all
of Barre.