The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-27
NORTH MONTPELIER
First American Girl to Enter Germany
Has Relatives Here.

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Has Relatives Here.
Word has been received here that Miss
Letitia A. Curtis of San Francisco was
the first American woman Red Cross
worker to enter Germany since the be-
ginning OF the war. She drove a motor
| truck filled with food for the allied pris-
oners at Baden. Her companion in the
thrilling ride was Miss Cheta Geary of
Denver. The girls preceded the armies
OF occupation by several days.
They drove their truck, with an Amer
ican flag proudly floating from the top
right by the long columns Of retiring
German soldiers, and the Germans, with
red flags stuck in the barrels OF their
rifles, cheered and cheerea as the truck
with the two plucky Americans sped by
them.
The young women crossed the Rhine
into Baden at Loerraeh unmolested by
the German troops. The Prussian officers
treated them courteously and the Ger
man people watched them with interest.
The food was for the hundreds of ltal-
ian, Russian, French and few American
prisoners, who hailed the arrival of their
fair feeders with joy. The men tasted
real home food for the first time in
months.
Miss Curtis Is niece of Mrs. Dora
Converse and of Joe Martin of North
Montpelier and visited here about two
years ago.
w G. Nye was business visitor in
Montpelier last week at the Capital Saw.
ings bank, where he is director
Mr. and Mrs. j. w. Butterfeld of Cabot
were at Mr.. and Mrs. H. j. Conant's
Christmas
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Benjamin and
daughters, Misses Vera and Ethel, spent
Christmas day az the home farm.
Il. Mcdonald of Plainfield was a bust.
ness visitor in town Wednesday
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Bancroft and son,
John, Of East Calais, were visitors in
town Tuesday
An accident happened Christmas day
when Lynn, Ralph and Earl Daniels, sons
Of Harry Daniels of East Montpelier,
were driving home The shafts broke
and then the Young men were thrown
out. Ralph sustained a broken leg and
Earle a broken collar bone, besides being
badly shaken up. They were taken to
their home in East Montpelier and med
ical attendance was summoned They
are now as comfortable as could be ex.
pected.
Mrs. Alma Litt!9 was in Montpelier
Tuesday.
Mr. Wallace of the Rockland Sprink-
ling company is in town, installing a
sprinkling apparatus for fire protection
in the Little Wooden company's mills.
Miss Alice McKinstry was visitor in
Montpelier last week Saturday and sun
day.
Oscar Emery OF East Montpelier visit.
ed Mr. and Mrs. John Emery Christmas
day.
Vern Harness went to his home in
Mortified Falls Tuesday
Miss Rosanna Lessard is spending
few weeks at her home in Graniteville
on account Of the illness OF her mother.
Mr. and Mrs G. NJ Story spent part
OF last week at Essex Junction.
Francis Byron has returned home from
Camp Upton, where he has been sta
toned
Lonnie Chandler is suffering from an
abscess on his eve.
Mrs. Archie Pearsons was a week end
visitor in Montpelier.
Miss Carrie Riddle has been i'll and un
able TO work
Miss Hannigan has finished work for
Mrs. w. G. Nye and gone TO her home in
Woodbury..
Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn McKinstry of
Montpelier visited at Mr. and Mrs. NJ.
Mckinstry's Sunday last.
Miss Ruth Conant entertained her
young friends at a Christmas tree Tues.
day afternoon.
Ted Walker of the navy at Pelham
Bay, N ", and Miss Elva Townsend Of
East Montpelier called on friends in town
Tuesday
The Sunday school children had a.
Christmas tree last Sunday for the sun.
day school children. Quite little coIlec.
ton was taken up for the Armenian chill
dren.
A large number Of the young people
working in the mill went to their respec.
tive homes for Christmas
Neal Templeton and Miss lice Nc
kinstry were guests, of Mr.. and Mrs viii
Greeley at PlainfeId Christmas day.