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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-06-29
PATRIOTIC SERVICE.

\ Patriotic Service will be given in
Mt. Pleasant Church on Tuesday eve
ming, July 2nd. Special program pro.
vided. Rev. Geo. D. Jones will deliver
the address. Music, vocal and instru.
mental, and r|ecitations. Service be
ginning promptly at 8 o'clock.
This will be followed by a Social
Service in the Hall where refresh.
ments will be served. When? July
Second. Help these Women.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-06-29
WILLIAM c. SULLIVAN
NEW SUPERINTENDENT
Resignation of DR.. William Whitney
Accepted and His Successor Named
at Meeting of School Board.
OTHER TEACHERS ARE ELECTED

An adjourned regular meeting of the
Board Of Education of ~Pleasantyille
was held Wednesday evening in the
High School building with President
Stiles presiding, and Members Weay-
er, Thompson, Bradley and Penhallow
present.
It was moved and seconded that
Miss Emma Ford be employed in the
school offices during this summer at
a salary of SIS per week. Carried.
It was moved and seconded that the
Secretary be authorized to advertise
according to law for bids for coal for
coming school year. Carried.
It was moved and seconded that the.
Secretary be authorized to draw an
order for so for postage and supplies.
Carried.
It was moved and seconded that the
resignation of DR.. Vim. Whitney as
Superintendent of Schools of date July
LIST and effective on that date be ac-
cepted. Carried.
It was moved by Mr.. Penhallow,
and duly seconded, that Miss Anna
Stephens be elected as a teacher in
the High School for the school year
of 1888, at a salary of 5000. Carried.
1t was moved by Mr.. Bradley and
seconded by Mr.. Thompson that Mr..
William c. Sullivan, now supervising
principal of Mt. Holly, n. J., be elected
Superintendent of schools for the year
1888 at a salary of $2400, payable
$500 per month. Carried unanimous
ly.
It was moved by Mr.. Penhallow and
seconded by Mr.. Bradley that $3.50 be
added to Mr.. Emory Helfrich's salary
for the mex year provided he will
take charge of the gymnasium work
for the boys in addition to his other
duties. Carried.
1t was moved by Mr.. Thompson and
duly seconded that Mr.. Weaver and
Mr.. Penhallow be appointed a COM
mittee to investigate the matter of
preparing our high school gymnasium
and purchasing necessary equipment
to prepare to do the work required by
the State Law. Carried.
1t was moved by Mr.. Thompson and
seconded by Mr.. Bradley, that Webs
ter Price be elected custodian of
school moneys for the year of 1888.
Unanimously carried.
The Secretary read a communica-
ton from Atty. Lee F. Washington re-
garding services of Mrs. Enoch Leeds
as Janitress of No. 8 Bldg, which was
referred to the city solicitor.
The secretary was authorized to
have 1000 copies of Teachers Con
tracts drawn to conform to opinion of
City Solicitor as rendered under date
of June 10.
Upon motion the resignation of
Samuel o. Myers was accepted as of
date of June 5, 1918. said resignation
to take effect on date of July 1, 1919.
Carried.
Moved by Mr.. Bradley and seconded
by Mr.. Penhallow that Miss Florence
Anna Morton be elected Special Draw
ing Teacher for the school year of
1888 at a salary of 5000. Carried.
The newly elected Superintendent,
Prof. Sullivan, is and for the past ten
years has been superintendent of the
Mount Holly schools. and has an eX-
ceedingly fine record as a builder of
school system and enrolment in his
many years experience in this WORK
His contract with the local board is
for the coming year, commencing July
IS, next.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-06-29
MT. PLEASANT PARSONAGE
WILL SOON SHINE

Mt. Pleasant parsonage will soon be
shining with a new GOA of paint.
Money enough has been raised by the
c. e. Society to start the work and the
President of the Society is laying
plans to raise the balance.
The Convention which was held two
weeks ago, was, as usual, a decided
uccess This is a Society which new
er fails.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-06-29
ST. JOHNS M. p. CHURCH.
Rev. w. I. Shoemaker, Pastor.
Sunday services as follows:

Sunday services as follows:
$50 a. M, Glass Meeting; George
Mathis, class leader.
1880 a. NJ, preaching by the pas
tor and Memorial for Chas. w. Price,
who was killed in action in France.
2.90 p. m, Sunday School; Charles
T. Collins, Superintendent.
Mems Bible Glass. God wants men.
Z p. m, c. E. Society, Mrs. Carly.
leader.
7.45 p. m., Preaching by Rev. F. w.
Varney, D. D., President of Confer
ence.
Wednesday, Bible Study and Prayer
Service. Bring Bible. All welcome.
Come out with us. A hearty well
come awaits you. All visitors are well
come.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-06-29
-OCAL ATTORNEYS TO ASSIST
WITH QUESTlONNAlRES

A member of the local bar will be
present in Council Chambers, Pleas
antville, Friday and Saturday eve
nings of this week and Monday, Tues
day and Wednesday evenings of next
week, from 7.3O to $50 o'clock. also
this Saturday afternoon from 2 to )
o'clock, t o assist the 1918 registrants
in filling out their missionaries.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-06-29
WESLEY CHURCH NOTES
Rev. Dewitt C. Cobb, Pastor.

Sunday services as follows:
$50 A. NJ, Glass.
1870 a. M, sermon by pastor. Ser
monette to the children.
2.90 P. NJ, Sunday School; classes
for all ages.
7.15 P. NJ, Epworth League.
500 P. NJ, stirring song service, fol-
lowed by sermon by the pastor. Ser
vice one hour-from s to 9.
Wednesday, 7.45 P. NJ, Prayer Meet
ing, conducted by the pastor; the Ep-
worth Choir in charge of the singing.
All members urged to attend.
Friday, 7.45 P. NJ, Holiness Glass.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-06-29

AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE. T. B.
Wootton, successo to Campbell &
Wootton, 10 N. Main st.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-06-29

Five large auto truck loads of per-
sons, mostly children, ayailed them
selves of the Sunday School picnic to
Mays Landing last Tuesday, and a
rousing good time was had by all.
The only sorrow of the youngsters is
that the picnics do not come oftener.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-06-29

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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-06-29

MORTGAGE MONEY and applica-
tions. T. B. Wootton, successor to
Campbell & Wootton, 10 N. Main ST.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-06-29

The Ladies Aid will hold a cake and
pastry sale this Saturday afternoon
at Crawford's Drug Store. Encourage
the ladies in their noble work by pur-
chasing the goodies from them.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-06-29

Men, don't forget the Bible Glass
meets every Sunday afternoon. Your
presence is desired and you owe it
A pleasant room and agreeable sur
roundings await you. Don't let US
look for you in vain.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-05
CONSORTIUMS
Syndicating Buying in Foreign Mar
kets to Prevent PROTECTING

Washington, October A. What
amounts to cooperative, syndicated
buying in foreign markets has been
adopted as a war measure by French
manufacturers who get raw mater
ials abroad. Commercial Attache
Pierce Williams, at Paris, points out
that French industries, therefore, are
rapidly being centralized in syndi-
Gates acting on behalf of the French
government.
These importing syndicates are
known as consortiums. Their CAPT
tai stock is fixed by the government
and each manufacturer requiring the
raw materials is permitted to take
a certain amount based on his pre-
war imports.
The consortium is permitted to dis
tribute the material to the members,
at price determined by the Minis
try Of Commerce. 1t is expected that
wasteful competition will be prevent
ed in markets which also must sup
ply Frances associates in the war,
and that profteering by mushroom
firms will be eliminated.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-05
THE PROBLEMS OF THE GRIP

The epidemic of pneumonia pre-
sents two problems which are diff
cult to investigate at present be-
cause of the war. One concerns it's
connection with influenza in Europe
and this country, and the other its
possible connection with the epidemic
of the pneumonia plague in Mongo-
liza and China The outbreak of that
dreaded pestilence, which is invari-
ably fatal, caused not a little appre-
hension last winter because of war
tiae conditions that might favor it's
spread across Siberia and central
Asia into Europe. Early in the
spring a few cases reached the Girl
mea, but the plague was checked
there. At about the same time, how
ever, we began to hear from the
Crimea and other points on the
Black sea coast of mysterious cpl
demic of pneumonia, the accounts of
which were vague. We may not I'M
reasonably assume that this was the
beginning in Europe of what has
come to be called Spanish influenza,
though in Spain it is attributed to
Germany, and in Germany to the
eastern front. But influenza has APP
parently never before been associat-
ed with pneumonia as a pandemic
disease, except in connection with the
pneumonia plague, the most deadly
of all diseases. 1t is at least curious
that this and epidemic pneumonia
should have run together in Asia and
Eastern Europe, and epidemic pneu-
monia and influenza from the Black
sea to the United States, while in the
Philippines the influenza has appear
ed without the pneumonia. It gives
medical science large problem
Springfield Republican.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-05
HEARDDURINC The DAY

A son was born October 1 to Mr..
and Mrs. Adelard Leclerc
Miss Lila Hicks of Concord is to
be employed in the home of c. c.
Bingham.
Mr. and Mrs Arthur Day, Mrs.
Fred Hammond and Charles Bartlett
of Concord, N. H., are guests of Mr..
and Mrs. A. S. Bartlett.
Mrs. Mary Carr Fisk, wife of
Charles A. Fisk. died at Brightlook
Hospital Saturday morning of pneu-
monia.
Peter Thorley, who has been work
ing in Springfield, Mass, has been
called home by the illness of his wife
and children.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emilio C. Barquin
are in Barre, helping care for the
families OF his brother and sister,
who are very i'll.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roscoe Fairbanks
Potts were called here from New
York by the illness of Mrs. Potts
mother, MIS-. Henry Estabrooks.
Health Officer Hartman received
reports OF 1853 cases of the grip
Friday. There are many serious
cases of pneumonia in town.
George W. Hooker received word
Saturday morning that his grandson
Raymond Hooker Batchelder, who
enlisted from Springfield, Mass, died
in France September IL from wounds
received in action.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ Perham have
returned from Willoughby, where
they have been for the past two
weeks. Mr. Perham has been sur
veying for Mr.. Belden of Connect
i cut
Mrs. Mary Deoteaux has received
7 word of the death of her son, Prvt
Arthur Decoteaux, who died at CAM
Colt, Pa, Oct. 3. He was 81 year
old and left st. Johnsbury in July
The body is now on the way to st
Johnsbury.
Misses Grace and Florence Rous
were called to Richford Saturday b,
the death of their grandfather, Viii
liam Samson. The funeral will b
held Sunday. Mr.. Samson was in hi
89th year and has always lived il
East Berkshire He was the inven
!, tor of the Samson tread power an
grain threshing machine, will know
throughout New England.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-05
ARTHUR S. WHITNEY

A telegram was received Saturday
morning by George I. Green announc-
ing the death at Springfield, Mass,
on Friday of his brother-in-law, Ar
thur S. Whitney.
Mr.. Whitney was the son of Mr..
and Mrs Alvin Whitney and was As
years old. He had been employed in
ST. Johnsbury by both the Twin State
Electric Company and the New Eng
and Telephone Co. For the last
seven years he had been in the en-
ploy of the Boston & Maine railroad
with headquarters at Springfield. He
was member of the old Company
D, First Vermont Regiment, and had
served in the Spanish-American war.
He is survived by a wife, Mrs Mary
(Green) Whitney, and a son, Harold,
Who is now in France.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-05
STATE PRACTICALLY
is CLOSED TIGHT
Toll of Deaths from Influenza In
creases-Morrisville Order
Drastic

Montpelier, Oct. 4-Vermont is
practically tight to public gatherings
of any kind according to reports al
irving here of the progress of the in
fiuenza epidemic in the towns and
cities of the state The toll of deaths
is mounting rapidly higher and the
disease throughout the state shows
no signs of abatement despite dras-
tic closing orders and efforts of
health boards to stop its ravages. A
steady flow of deaths reported from
army and naval training camps in all
parts of the United States shows the
Green Mountain state being hit hard
from without as we'll as within it's
borders. Vermonters have responded
to this crisis as it has in others of the
past, according to Dr. c. F. Dalton,
secretary of the state board of
health Scores of men and women
have volunteered their services as
nurses in the stricken communities.
Twelve deaths were reported from
Barre yesterday and temporary wards
have been erected in the hospital A
temporary annex has been establish
ed at the Vincita Club. 1t is believed
that in Barre the disease has reached
it's climax and that the worst stages
of the epidemic are past All night
service at drug stores has been found
necessary in the Granite City. Dur
ing the past week the death list has
reached total of so.
Perhaps the most drastic order re-
sulting from the spread of influenza
in Vermont is at Morrisville where
the local board of health requires
that persons arriving there from an
infected portion of the state be held
under six-day quarantine.
mfromJ Cite Fl CHIC
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-05
NOT SO SERIOUS
Burlington Better OFF than Many
Other Places
(Special1


Burlington, Oct. 4-The influenza
situation in this city is not serious,
although two more boys at the me-
chanical school at the university died
yesterday, making six deaths in
the past few days. No new cases of
influenza were reported last night
and it is rot believed that serious
epidemic will be suffered here.
Several physicians of the city and
many nurses and medical students
have gone to Barre and Montpelier
to help in the fight there against the
disease. There were Is funerals at
Barre yesterday and IL more deaths.
Ten deaths were reported in Montpe-
lier.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-05
MILITARY SECRET
NOW REVEALED
The Irish Saved the Day at the
Chateau Thierry Battle

Chateau Thierry Battle
Robert J. Jessup of Salt Lake City
contributes the following to the
Springfield Republican:
The truth has finally leaked out
as to what really paralyzed the
Germans in the St. Mihiel salient
drive. and sent them flying like a
swarm of mosquitoes before stiff
gale. When the Teutons suddenly
left Chateau Thierry for pressing
reasons, they left quantities of loot
strewn over the town, including
"stove pipe" hats, startling collec-
ton of millinery, fresh and faded,
parasols of every hue, and a wide
and assorted array of feminine wear
for which they had no use. In the
vanguard of advancing Americans
was the gallant 69th New York of
the Rainbow division, the well known
Irish regiment, and the Milesian
sense of humor was profoundly
touched as these knights militant of
Houston street beheld this chaos of
department store treasure. Without
burdening their minds about ethical
niceties OF proprieties, these wild
| Ilishmen" at once arrayed them
selves in this kaleidoscope attire
over their uniforms, and with a Sc
ries of Donnybrook whoops "went
over the top" at the Germans in a
hurricane of rainbow colorings.
The Teutons gave one terrified
glance at this moving picture edition
of the Ladies' Home Journal, this
militant melange of fashion plates on
the wing. They saw-they shivered
they fed, as the New York East
side swept toward them like dry
goods establishment shot out of q
gun. The Germans did not STOP
running until we'll over into the val
ley of the Rhine, as the parasols OF
the gallant Goth" were waved aloft
Gin gloria in excelsis."
1t has long been customary to
erect on battlefelds impressive me-
mentoes in enduring stone of his
toric and tragic scenes enacted there
Would it not, therefore, be in keep
ing with "the eternal fitness Of
things" to erect on the Chateau
Thierry public square an imposing
granite figure of a typical member Of
the gallant Goth" dashing into {
bunch of fleeing Germans with ma
chine gun in his right hand, the ira
ditional shamrock plug hat on hi:
head, a japanese parasol artistically
balanced in his left hand, and ar
rayed as to his athletic frame in (;
display Of feminine attire suggestive
of lot of fashion plates struck by
lightning.
contend that such a nionumen
would present a strikingly inspiring
portrayal of one of the greatest &C
tons in the war; one that would b,
looked up to by future generation!
of Frenchmen and tourists as a treas
| ll1.n of historic art
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-05
CONSUL
ESCAPED ARREST
Mr.. Poole Got over Frontier with
Two Hours to Good

Stockholm, Oct. Aft the Amer
lean consul-general, Mr.. Poole, had
reached the Finnish frontier two
hours later, when he recently escaped
from Russia, he would now be in the
fortress If st. Peter and St. Paul.
A neutral diplomat, who came from
Petrograd, says that life is unendur-
able there, and that the terror grows
worse and more insensate daily. He
says that Lenine tried to prevent the
wholesale executions of innocent
Bourgeois, but that the extraordinary
commission is more powerful than
Lenine, and that everywhere in the
cities and n the provinces it is killing
the educated classes without cessa-
ion.
The head of the extraordinary
commission in Petrograd is Bill Sha-
toff, late of New York, an anarchist.
According to neutral reports, he exc
cuted all eight members of the i'm
perial family in Spasskaia prison.
There was no trial, but it was prob
ably part Of the reprisal for the
attempt on Trotzky's life, but it is
impossible to learn definitely about
this, as the Bolsheviki have changed
their policy about publishing eXecu-
tons since the American protest to
neutrals.
The sickening irony of these exc
cutions seems lost on the workmen in
the Soviet, who permit the outrages
head of the extraordinary commits
to continue in their name, says the
neutral diplomat. Ouritzky, former
sion, who was killed in Petrograd, it
has since been discovered, amassed in
a few months by speculation 4,000,-
900 roubles. He had a commission
to proceed against spectators, and
all summer executed dozens weekly
for speculation.
Zinovieff, president of the Petro-
grad Soviet, confscated the fortunes,
but not me word was said in the
Soviet reeretting the execution of
SIP innocent persons who were killed
by order of Zlnovieff in reprisal for
the taking of Ouritzky's life.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-05
MEETINGS POSTPONED
Employers and Employees Co-operat-
ing to Help Win the War
(Snecial to the Caledonianl

\Op0C1dl 10 CIle SdlcuOII1dHt
Burlington, Oct. 4-The' series of
meetings to be held throughout the
state to instruct the local agents of
the community boards as to their du-
ties and methods was discontinued
today when it was learned that public
meetings of all descriptions were
either prohibited or disapproved of
by the state board of health and the
local health boards.
One thing that is helping out the
department of labor is that the mer-
chants and other employees of labor
are doing everything in their power
to help the labor men. The public
seems to be realizing that there must
be productive force somewhere be-
hind the army of several millions
of men who have gone OF are to go
across.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-05
TANKS IN
MODERN WARFARE
High Speed Tanks Are Killing Ma
chimes Pure and Simple

High Speed Tanks Are Killing Ma
chimes Pure and Simple
Behind British Lines in France,
Sept. 24.-(Correspondence of the
Associated Press. Tanks, cavalry
and armored motor cars have had a
larger part in the recent fighting on
the western front than ever before in
the war. They have added greatly
to the driving weight and speed of as
sault of the modern intensive attack,
and their use has been developed
tremendously by the British COM
mand since last year.
The modern tank has twice the
speed of the earlier type, and more
than twice the radius of action.
Infantry is practically powerless
against them. If infantry attempts
to rush an oncoming tank, they are
machine-gunned in the open. If they
stay in their trenches, the tank strad-
dies the line and enfilades them with
direct short-range fire; if they retreat
to the shellholes or dugouts, the tank
numbers along right over them, crush
ing them into the ground and caving
in the dugouts.
The light high-speed tanks known
as "whippets" are development Of
this year. They are killing machines
pure and simple, for they can bear
down upon fortified points and bat
teries at such speed that there is
little chance of getting the guns or
men away in time. Their reserve Of
fuel enables them to remain in action
for full day without reflling.
Moreover, the advance of the whip
pets is quickly followed by the So
called Supply tanks which can
cross any ground, bringing up re-
serve supplies of gasoline and am
munition.
The armored motor-cars are neces-
sarily limited in their radius of &C
ton, owing to the fact that they
must stick to the roads, but their
great speed makes them very useful
in pursuit, and they have faculty
Of getting well back behind the
enemy front and doing endless dam
age by taking command of vital
road junction and preventing the es-
cape of enemy guns and transport.
Possibilities of infinite adventure are
open to the commanders of such de-
tached units.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-05
REQUEST, REFUSED
Gasolineless Sundays Will Still Con
tinue

Washington, Oct. 5-Fuel Admins
traitor Garfield refused to lift the ban
on the use of automobiles for the
next two Sundays, as requested by
Gov Mccall of Massachusetts,, to aid
in combating Spanish influenza.
DR.. Garfeld's action was based on
on advice of Acting Surgeon Gen.
Richards of the Army that continu-
ance of the gasolineless Sundays
would have little if any influence on
the spread of the disease.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-05
KILLED ON THE CROSSING
An Unknown Man Killed at the Rail
road Crossing Near West Burke

West Burke, Oct. 5-Workmen 60
ing to the farm of Elmer A. OAR
ing found the body of an unknown
man on the railroad crossing a short
distance south of West Burke this
morning, the man having been run
over by a train and both legs being
cut off. Tie man was about 70 years
Of age and poorly dressed. There
was nothing about him to serve for
Identification purposes. The body
was taken to West Burke.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-05
BOSTON GUARANTEED
Everything Closed to Stop the
Epidemic

Boston, Oct. Sin the most radical
md far-reaching action to date in
is fight against contagion through
transmission in public assemblies,
Boston yesterday officially ordered
closed, beginning Monday next, all
saloons, soda water fountains, hotel,
club and restaurant bars, poolrooms,
billiard rooms and bowling alleys,
auction rooms and other places
where crowds congregate and mingle,
until such time as the epidemic is
safely on the wane OF has disappear
ed altogether
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-05

In Great Britain a billion means a
million millions, and in the United
States and France it means a thou
sand millions. In English notation
a billion is written 1,000,O00,000,000;
in the United States and France it is
900, 100000.