The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-19
H4RDWICK

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ing to the breeze or displaying in some
public or conspicuous place town serv-
ice flag or honor roll containing the
names of Hardwick boys who are in the
service or who have been in the seryicef
As near as can be figured, Hardwick has
entered around l25 or more men in the
several branches of the service and as
they begin to come home from day to
day does it speak very well for Hard
wiek's patriotism that no such emblem
is displayed anywhere and what must
be the feelings Of those boys when they
discover that such is missing. Other
towns have these flags or honor rolls
why not Hardwick? Whether this should
be matter to be taken up as a town
or by the citizens themselves, we do not
venture to say, but that something
should be done in this direction and at
once goes without saying. Let's bestir
ourselves and honor the Homecoming
boys. Hardwick has over 40 men in
France and the others scattered here and
there on land and sea; a proud record.
The scouts are planning to erect flag
pole on top of their headquarters build
ing on Brush street very soon, and will
have it so arranged that their flag can
be raised or lowered from the ground
floor, making a height of between rs and
100 feet and will make an excellent place
from which to float the Stars and Stripes
to the breeze.
Sam Currier has returned from Grove
ton, n H., where he has been working
for some time.
D. B. Parks and wife are visiting in
Woodbury. this week.
At an adjourned meeting of the W. R.
C. held at the Memorial building last
Thursday afternoon, Mrs. Gertrude Bish-
op was elected presidents Mrs. Edith
Mix, senior vice; Mrs. Luceba George,
junior vice; treasurer, Mrs Nellie Han
ford; conductress, Mrs. Fred Richard
son; chaplain, Mrs. Elizabeth Slapp;
guard Mrs. Henry Gray. The appoint
i've Offices are being filed and viii be
announced later
The fire company was called out at
ll:l5 Monday evening for the first time
in many weeks, the alarm box 81 near
the Carr feed store on Wolcott street
summoning them to that vicinity, where
stubborn chimney fire in the small
house owned by +. f. Foss and occu-
pied by W. V. Hoskins, did considerable
damage; but four chemicals and gar
den hose made the use of the large hose
unnecessary. The night was very still,
otherwise more damage would have re-
suited.
The Red Cross membership drive is
now on and solicitors will call on every
person in Hardwick during the week,
and is hoped that each and every one
will respond to the appeal for new mem
bers and the old ones no doubt viii re.
new. That Hardwick viii do its share
in this great drive goes without saying.
William Lyons is assisting in the La
JOY store during the holiday season.
Bertrand Corey of the s. A. T. G. at
Burlington has been visiting relatives
here the past week.
L. NJ Frechette is acting as book
keeper at the johnson garage for the
present.
Miss Leone Mitchell and Miss Mildred
Hooker are home from the University
of Vermont at Burlington for the Holt
days.
Miss Esther Domey was a guest of
friends in Morrisville over Sunday.
The basketball season will be opened
in Hardwick at the gymnasium this
week Friday evening, Dec. 20, when the
local academy team composed of Mitch
ell and Robb, forwards, Sylvester, cen
ter, and Weeks and Clark guards, will
line up against team to be called the
S. A. T. c., which is really the alumni
team. This team is made up of Mer-
ton Carr, of the Norwich university S.
A. r. c., Clifton White and Leslie Dun
nells of the Mddlebury college unit, Ser
geant Roderick Mcleod Of the u. V. NJ.
unit, and others are expected home be-
fore Friday, and this team will make
the local lads hustle some to win, as all
are in the best of physical condition,
made so by their military training. Let
us all turn out and give the boys a good
send off. The H. A. team is practically
the boy scout team, and it will play
! this season under both heads, as the oc-
casion requires and should make all WIS.,
| iting teams travel.
The continued thaw of the latter part
of last week and the rain of last Satur-
day night caused the ice above the
Shipman mill pond and the ice in the
pond to go out, but it jammed up just
above the Main street bridge to the
height of the banks, but did no damage.
Lieut.. +. NJ Crane started Monday
evening for Florida, going to Benning-
| ton, where he joined Mrs. Crane, and
| they will leave soon for that state to
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