The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-02

or, has purchased and presented 10 ehen
OF her pupils a government thrift stamp
The annual May breakfast Of the
Congregational church in Rutland is t.
beomitted this year as a conservation
measure.
Miss Caroline /. Bell OF Ithaca. \. Y.
will teach French in the st. Adams high
school, taking the place of Miss Mar
garet Powers, resigned.
Williams. Donabue & Co of Boston
took possession yesterday of the plant
of the A. S. Mcleod Milling company
of st. Johnsbury, which it recently pur
chased
January was one OF the quietest
months in many years in Rutland police
quarters, only five arrests being made.
During the same period five marriage
licenses were issued.
Harry Liberty of Brattleboro, charged
with being a Stacker, is in Jail al New
fame to await the opening of county
court on Feb. 20. Bail of $500 he was
unable to furnish.
J. o. Kimball, one of the original board
Of directors of the First National bank
of Enosburg Falls, resigned at the reg.
ulsr meeting Jan. 30. f.. +. Greenwood
was elected to take his place.
Robert ID. Williams, for nearly seven
years choirmaster and organist of Trim
ity church in Rutland, has resigned to
20 to the historic ST. Georges Episcopal
church in Newburgh on Hudson, n. V,
as director in music.
Nearly $50 women of Bratteboro met
one day last week to sew for needy fam
lies of the place. The demand for aid
has been more than the regularly or
gsnized relief agencies could supply.
Stores in White River Junction have
gone back to their regular closing hours,
after closing at 5 p. m. as an experiment
for fuel saving The manager of the To-
cal power plant said not enough coal
was saved to pay for the inconvenience. |
The Crew Leyick company, wholesale |
and retail dealers in gasoline and other |
oil products, is closing its big storage |
plant in White River junction for an
indefinite time. transportation diff.
culties is given as the reason for closing. |
The will of Col. Ilsley, in addition to
requests already mentioned, gives the
sum of $25 900 to the village of Middle
bury for a public library, $4,000 to Mid
dlebury college and 100000 outright to
the widow, besides many requests TO
friends.
A stranger tried to pass a S45 check,
stolen from the center of check book
owned by Frank X. Norbert of West
Rutland, at the Wilson Clothing store in
Rutland few days ago, but made off
when he heard telephoning regarding the
same.
An entertainment given by the Parent
Teachers association of Rutland, with
the parents and children, realized s5075,
which was divided between the Knights
of Columbus and fund to assist in
clothing children of French and Bel
gian refugees.
A 46star service flag has been dis
played at the entrance to the Church
of the Sacred Heart of Mary in Rutland,
representing the number of men in the
various branches of the nations service
out of church population of 1000 men,
women and children.
Among the people killed Jan. 10 by
the falling of the $50 foot chimney at
the Sprague box factory in Lynn, Mass,
was Mrs Flora Everleth, aged SO, daugh-
ter of Rev. A. J. Mcneil. at one time
pastor of the Pentecostal church in
johnson.
The Fair Haven fuel commission has
issued notice that what coal there is
in the village will be given out to resi-.
dents only, and that none will be deliy-
cred outside to any person who has any
wood on his premises that he can use,
whether green or dry, cut or uncut
Albert S. Phillips, for 40 years en-
ployed by the Howe Scale company in
Rutland, died there Jan. 30 at the age of
81 years. He had been i'll for 5 months.
He was a member of Vermont lodge, No
!, Knights of Pythias, having been one
Of the last four living charter mem
hers.
Z. J. Savage, for several years freight
agent of the Canadian Pacific railway at
on Feb. ! took over the office
Of joint agent of the b. & NJ. and c. p
r. freight work. Frank Burns, B. & NJ.
freight agent, has resigned and will de
vote his time to the management of the
Hotel Newport and the Premier theatre.
rhe United States custom work former
" done in the b. & NJ. office has been
aiken over by G. $. Emery & Co., Gus
ON brokers.