The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-18
WATERBURY
Public Meeting Tomorrow Evening In
Interests Of Red Cross Drive.


A fine spirit of optimism prevails
throughout the community regarding the
part which Waterbury has been asked q
assume In the national Red Cross drive
scheduled for next week, Waterbury
share of the Sl00O00,000 fund Is VI 900
and the chairman of the drive, A. IL.
Smith expects, with the aid OF his en-.
thusiastie corps of assistants, 20 put
Waterbury "Oyer the top" before the
week i half gone. Among those who
have already volunteered 20 assist in the
drive are {. b. Adams, Stowe street I,
j. 4. Smith. w. +. Davis, ID. W. Cooley,
&. c. Graves, South Main street; L, W.
Aiagnus, Randall avenue. DIR. and Mrs
T. j. Allen at the hospital; Miss Joslyn,
North Main street; Frank Perry, Farrar
addition; Charles Perry, Union street;
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Atkins, Wnoosh
street; Mrs. Kimball Stowe street; Al
ton Wheeler Cobyvlle. DIR. w. l.. Was
son, Guy Thayer, r. s. Brisbrin. V, l.,
Perkins and William Parks will donate
the use Of their automobiles 10 assist IN
the work outside the village. 4. 5 New.
comb win take charge of the work at
the Center. Other assistants will be as
signed to other localities as rapidly rs
possible. Chairman Smith intends toI
have everything in working shape by to-
night, so the drive may commence NJ all
points on Monday the day scheduled for
the start.
Tomorrow evening public meeting
will be held at the opera house at :
o'clock to arouse interest in the Red
Cross drive which starts Monday. The |
program is as follows: Prayer, Rev. |
Verne l.. Smith; selected readings, The |
Rhymes of a Red Cross Man." by II. ID. |
Hopkins of Montpelier, county manager |
of the drive The address of the evening
will be by the Hon. Frederick &, Fleet
wood of Mosrisville. There will be an
other patriotic song and collection TAX
en- TO defray the expenses of the evening
Waterburys share in this drive is 81 900.
Tomorrow morning the pastor of the
two Protestant churches, Rev. Verne l..
Smith, viii preach in the Congregational
church at the usual time. The Center
churches will hear in the evening Rev.
o. I. Anderson of Aliddlesex on the edu-
cational jubilee.
Services at st. Andrews church as
usual.
Miss Barbara Brown left last night for
Washington, ID. c., where she has cleri
cal position for the summer in the bu-
reau of war risk insurance.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. b. Wallace and daugh-
ter, Virginia, of Syracuse, n. Y. are
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. B. L. Wallace.
Mr.. Wallace, who is the son of B. +.
Wallace, has a fine position with the :
Syracuse Dry Goods Co. !
Those who have enlisted from here as
mechanics and 90 to the L. V. NJ. for
special training are Dan Howe Corse,
Thomas j. Flannery and Louis Arthur !,
Decell j
Letters from Charles Canerdy to his 9
parents show that he is in the aerial
school and is working on the aeroplanes o
at Kelley Field, Tex. This seems like
quite an honor for the young man, who
las been there only few weeks, to be
aiken so soon from the ordinary car
,enter work to this high grade work,
Herbert Canerdy, who is in France. also Z
iolds responsible place in clerical work l.
n the hospital unit to which he belongs. Il
Monday afternoon the Waterbury
members of Marquis de Lafayette chap v
er, ID. A. r., entertain the members of g
he chapter at the home of the local
chairman, Mrs. Florence f. Atkins. Oh