The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-10-01
PLAINFIELD
Funeral of Corporal Raymond Parks Held
Thursday.

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Thursday.
The funeral services for Corporal Ray |
mond S. Parks, son of Mr. and Mrs. |
John Parks, who died of Spanish infu- !
enza at Camp Devens Saturday, Sept Il,
were held Thursday afternoon at FL
o'clock at the Methodist Episcopal
church, Rev b. G. Lipsky Of Barre Off
eating. The services were largely at
tended by relatives and friends. The
bearers were Corporal Henry Hudson of
Newport News, Va, Corporal William
Dawson Of Camp Devens, Messrs. Merrill
and Park of Barre and Curtis Holt and
Cutler Dobbins of this town. A mixed
quartet, w. B. Lance, Miss Doris Lance,
Mrs. A. E. Foss and j. Royal Kinney,
sang, Sometime Wen Understand"
| Face to Face" and abide with Me"
The casket was draped with the Amer
lean flag There were many beautiful
floral tributes, among which were flow
ers from his comrades in Co. ID, lst de-
velopment battalion, at Camp Devens,
The Odd Fellows, Mechanics and Sons
and Daughters OF Liberty, of which Cor
poral Parks was member, attended in
body. The burial was in the village
uOob w dtItHu bAC Auhtl0i
! from out of town were Will Smith, John
Tassie, Mr.. Park and son, G. A. Merrill,
Misses Margaret Dover, Jeanne Brown
and Jennie Annie, Mr.. and Mrs. II. +.
Cutler, Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Spencer, Mr..
! and Mrs. II. S. Parks and Mrs. r. L..
Martin, of Barre; Mrs. Fanny Perkins,
Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson Morse and sons,
Pliny and Mark, of Randolph; Mr., and
Mrs. Gardner Spencer and son, Clyde, of
Bennington; Mrs. Fred Davis, Water
bury; Misses Edith and Carrie Holister,
William Holmes and David Spicer, Mont
pelier; George Wheeler, Calais; j. Royal
Kinney, Boston; Mrs. William Bancroft,
Pawtucket, r. l.; Corporal Henry Hud
son, Newport News, Va; Corp. William
Dawson, Camp Deyens, Mass. an
The many friends of Corp. Walter Nc.
Leod will be glad to learn he has arrived
safely overseas.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Batchelder and
daughter, Edith, and Mr.. and Mrs. John
Henderson were in East Calais Saturday
to attend the fair.
/ Mrs Waldo Perkins went to Westville
Friday to visit her daughter, Miss Delta
4 Perkins, who is i'll there.
jeff Bartlett had the misfortune to
break his arm af,ove the elbow recently.
He was helping cut ensilage when the
accident occurred.
A son was born Thursday morning,
Sept. 26, at Barre City hospital, to Mr.,
and Mrs. B. A. Colby OF North Troy.
Mrs. Theodore Clark and Mrs. II, J.,
Conant OF North Montpelier were in
town Wednesday.
Mrs. Malcolm Mcleod and daughter,
Etiie, have returned from visit to her
brother in East Corinth.
Mrs Charles Davis and Miss Elsie Da-
Wis Of Barre were in town Sunday.
Miss Dorothy Smith and Miss Mar
jorie Moore are attending school at Mont
pelier seminary.
j. r. Kinney of Boston spent part Of
last week here visiting relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Bancroft of
Pawtucket, r. T., are spending few
DAYS at Bancroft inn.
l.. NJ. Johnson was business visitor
in Montpelier Wednesday.
Mrs. w H. Martin, Mrs. Blanch Perrin
and Mrs. Merton Whitcomb were in East
Calais Saturday to attend the Red Cross
fair.
MIS-. Ellen fauly Is spending le"
days in Marshfeld with Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Bohonon.
Mrs. A. L. Foss was in Montpelier Sat
urday.
Mrs. Herbert Flood of st. Johnsbury
visited in town last week.
Mrs. Ellen Shorey was called to Barre
. Friday by the illness Of her daughter
Miss Mardella Shorey.
Mrs. Alvin Lewis is caring for Mrs
George Brown.
Miss G. Wheeler, who is teaching here
! went to her home in Burlington last
| week
Mrs. Ella Freeman is spending a few
DAYS in WaitsfeId with Mr.. and Mrs
WILDER Freeman.
: Miss Elsie Cate picked ripe raspberries
from her garden Sept. rs.
Corp. Henry Hudson, who has been
spending a few days in town, returned
! to Newport News, Va. last Friday night
Miss Cobun of Hardwick is visiting
/, her aunt, Miss Mae Wilson.
Mrs. Charles Jackson Of Montpelier is
working in the New England central tele
tphone Office