The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-31
BETHEL
Robert f. Bundy Gave Memorial Day
Address.

Address.
The Memorial day observance was o
Sabbath quetness but there was per
ceptible depth II feeling more impresslN
than noise OF display, Eight veterans
the Civil war Ia the forenoon were car
ried in the ears Of citizens 90 Cherry III
and Fairyiew cemeteries, where IN
graves of comrades were decorated Will
flags and wreaths. Dinner was serve'
nj the hall 10 large number of th'
wives, widows, sons, daughters and othel
relatives of soldiers, the Woman's Relief
corps admirably doing the part OF host
esses. Al ? o'clock the line of march
was formed, headed by the East Bethe
band of 10 pieces and proceeded up Main
street to the town hall, where a good
sired audience assembled. Rev. W. G.
Harvey was master Of ceremonies. The
eight veterans had seats on the platform,
A chorus Of boys and girls led by Mrs
+. c. Putnam, sung two patriotic hymns
and the meeting broke up after singing
MY Country IT'S of Thee" Miss Anna
Durham read Lincoln's Gettysburg ad.
dress and Miss Frances Southworth read
Logan's order James. Mccullough re-
cited Robert T.. Bundy of this place, a
signal corps volunteer, who is IN training
at Burlington, gave the address ana
pleased his audience by his familiar, yet
scholarly, appeal to the home folks Tor
the support of the war
A valuable COW belonging TO c. l.. San
ders came into contact with high power
wire which had fallen to the ground
Tuesday afternoon and was killed in
stantly. The attention of the Sanders
family was attracted first by sound
like an explosion and then by smoke ris-
ing from the cows body. When they
reached the place il was found that a
second COW, also of high value, had re-
ceived a shock and rolled down into the
brook. Other cows inclined TO come near
were driven away. The Sanders herd OF
Holsteins is one of the best in town
Jack Mitigliy is suffering from the Sc
rious lameness of lower leg resulting
from a blow upon his shin inflicted in
play last Sunday with Lee Lavere.
Eva, the younger daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Middleton, died about mid
night Tuesday after severe illness OF
several weeks She was II years of age
and will be missed in the home, where
she had much of the care of three young |
brothers She also is survived by a sis
ter and three older brothers. The fu
neral was held yesterday at the home,
Rev. j. Wesley Miller officiating, with |
interment at Fairview cemetery.
Mr.. and Mrs. C.. +. Hoisington of Low
ell, Mass. formerly of this place, are
guests of Mr.. and Mrs Sumner Hoising
ton.
A party of 10 from Brandon, accom-
panying the remains of the mother OF
State Treasurer Walter f. Scott to Barre,
was at the Bascom house Tuesday noon.
Rev Louis T. Holway of Barnard
learned Wednesday of the death of his {
mother in Truro, Mass, and went Thurs
day to Portsmouth, n. H., to visit his {
son, Raymond, who is recovering from a
minor operation at the naval hospital |
there, later going on to attend his moth
IRIS funeral Saturday.
Walter Washburn is suffering from
ameness caused by being thrown from !
iis motorcycle when it collided with H. {
I. Fifeld's dog in the highway near the /.
1ifeld place Tuesday evening. The dog, ,
valuable shepherd, was considerably
iurt.
An abundance of ripe field strawberries
n May is one of the proofs that this is
In unusually advanced season.
Robert Middleton learned recently by
etter of the death of his father in Shelf s
ield England, at the age of 10 years.
'Ir. Middleton had not seen his father
ince coming to this country at the age
if is, 81 years ago,
Robert Castle has returned to Pitts
ed and Alfred Manning has returned
o Barnard
Whitcomb high school lost its last
anne of the season in Rutland Wednes-
ay by score of Rutland high school 10,
high school /.
Walter H. Baker, former resident,
as here from his home in Somerville,
lass, over Memorial day,
The annual convention of the Womans
oreign Missionary society of the Mont
eier district will be held in the local
[ethodist church next Wednesday, June
with forenoon. afternoon and evening
,ssions. Miss Clementina Butler. daugh
n of the late Dr. William Butler, mis-
onary TO India, will be the principal ,
,eaker.
William Moore. in recent letters to his
tber written from France, stated that
, was in the reserves, not far from the
yhting front.
G. i. Durham is making good recov
v from a recent hard attack of pneu
onia.
Mrs r. f. Bundy, who works in Ad
Us coal office in Burlington, came with
n husband for short visit at her old
me on his trip to deliver the address
Memorial day.
Congressman Porter Fl. Dale will speak
a meeting in the town hall next Sun
v evening at s o'clock. His reputation
an authority on the war probably will =
sure him a large audience n,
Mrs. Lucy Gilman is in New York to
tness the graduation of her twin
lighters. Misses Edith and Esther Gil
an, from Columbia teachers college
ter a four years course.
Miss Margaret Graham of Boston, for |
,rly of this place, is at the Bascom
use for a few days,
The four-acre lot ON the playground
is planted with potatoes Wednesday
volunteer workers, many of them
men.
Benjamin Howe King, younger son of
: and Mrs. w. Trott King, who enlist
Jan. % in the aviation section of the
ny, left Wednesday afternoon for
mp Dix, Dallas, Tex Over 200 men
m different parts of the country were ~
led at the same time, including one