The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-18
WILLI1MSTOWN


The Rebekahs will hold a card part
in Odd Fellows hall on the evening o
Thursday, Feb. 81. Everybody is invited
l.. Marshall Jackson. who moved las
week from Fred Ayers farm on sout
r hill TO a tenement in the Poole house
is at work for Mrs. II. c, Waldo and i
| is reported that he will rent her farm
for year
The men of the VI. T.. church will serv
an oyster supper at Lynde hall Wednes
day evening, Feb. ~. This is not planned
to induce people to eat an extra meal
, but rather to give a change in the hom
menu by emitting the home supper ant
coming to this instead There will be al
entertainment after the supper by hom'
talent.
Mrs. Harley I. Martin arrived al home
on the 18th, after a visit to her children
Ruth and Richard. students at Brigham
academy, Bakersfield
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac kecor returned last
week from stay of about two weeks
with daughters in Barre and South
Barre
Agreeably to warning by the chairman
| of the Republican and Democratic town
committees. the voters of the town met
at the town hall 'on the evening of the
10th and organized by choosing George
! t, Colby as chairman and Glen f. Nc
1 Allster as clerk. Nominate ions were then
made for the various town officers to be
/ elected at the annual March meeting.
| Among these were Fred Prize and J. r.
/ Jamison for selectman, James X. Pirie
| for school director for three years, and
| w. NJ. Williams for the same office for
one year Most of the other nominations
are for the parties now holding office.
The meeting of the community chorus
last week Tuesday evening was not well
attended, the ladies of the soprano be-
ing notieeably absent. Let every member
be present this week so that the con
cert that is planned may be up to the
high standard set by the chorus last
year.
Hiram 4. Thurber il printing the re-
ports for four different towns and his
son is home from Massachusetts to help
him in the work.
1t is not expected that Rev G. w.
Keeling, pastor Of the NJ. Il. church for
the past two years, viii be returned
here after conference. 1t is stated that
ference farther south, where he will pur-
sue his studies further and probably
have charge of parish at the same time
He has made many friends in town that
will be sorry to have him leave.
II being found out that the first eau
Gus was perhaps not in all respects lc-
gal one, a second was warned for Satur.
day night, which duly convened and rati-
fled the work of the first, with the ex-
ception that in the case of the nomina-
ton of selectman for three years, but |
one name, that of Fred Pirie, was pro-
posed and placed in the nomination for |
that Office.
= The following letter from Private C. |
L. Fuller, Co. NJ, l03d L. $. infantry, |
was received by his mother, Mrs. Otto |
Edison, Williamstown:
Somewhere in France, Dec. 26, 1917.
Dear Mother and All Yes, got your
other two letters O. X. Cousin Charlie /
is only about II kiIometers from here.
1t is nice young winter here tonight;
it has spells Of showing quite hard but
don't last long. | hope, for their sake,
the boys will stay where they are this
winter When we get paid / sure viii
have to get my picture taken.
| am driving team myself now, but
not the same as the French do. | have
four mules and real harnesses: have
been driving about four weeks. You
know | was always happy when | was
pulling ribbons, but 1 am afraid it is too
good to last. | wish | never had to 90
back into the ranks again for | like this
better. l think the next time go away j
will stay at home Every time when |
ret home | have two or three new rels-
ives. If nothing happens ! viii do my
hare towards finding relatives.
Tell Eugene to write any time he can ,
ind time, letters are almighty welcome !
lere. | sent the morey To Forrest to put .
n the bank for us. :
We had a corking good Christmas din !
Ter, turkey and all. and a real cigar :
ave read THE Heart of the Desert" -
Ii Otto still sits there asleep, pinch !
i'm for me. We each had package OF to- i
acco from the Penn tobacco fund and i;
anne in mighty handy, though il Is
asier to get than it was. .
1t has been pretty cold to-day on the
cam, though we only have TO make one
rip of about eight or nine miles the =
ound trip. Tonight all hands around 81
fent over and took warm shower bath ii
o we are all ready for church to-mor =
pw, if l can find time.
Daisy said in her letter that she had !"
mt me Christmas box, but | am still
'oking for it. If they took care of the q
1ads in that country the way they do >
ere. working for the town There Is
aly about four inches OF snow, bat they Y
ere scrsping the roads this mTning. =
Teli. there Is rot much TO write about,
, will close for this time. {. l. Fuller lrs
r. NJ uawF T. = rs.. Ahu