The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-20

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in recent dispatch as having arrived in
France from German prison camps, was
Edward A. johnson of Rutland
The schools of Milton have been closed
again on account of the prevalence of in
fuenza, until Jan. 6. There are about As
cases in the village besides many outside.
FRANKLIN Dunshee, l6-year-old son of
Herbert Dunshee of New Haven, blew
off the ends of the fingers on his right
hand with a dynamite cap few days
ago.
Mrs. Edwin Annis has at her home in
Albany an orange tree which is bearing
fruit for the third time. II now has
blossoms, three green and four ripe or.
anges.
George L. Stimets, aged 70 years,
well-known business man of Highgate
Center, died at his home there Dec. Is
after an illness of seven weeks with ar
terio scerosis.
Earl Lewis OF Barton was shot in the
head recently when a companion handled
a revolver carelessly. The bullet pene-
trated the scalp, but did not iniure the
skull and was removed by q physician.
T. G. Gale has been granted a four
months leave from his duties as U. S.
customs Inspector at Newport, position
he has held for Fl years. With his wife,
he has gone to Florida to spend the win
ter.
Warren Wheeler, an Orleans boy and a
member of the 26th division, who was
wounded in action last July, is now in a
hospital in Washington, d. c., awaiting
an operation to remove a piece of dis
eased bone.
Henry Newell, the employee Of the Yer
mont Baking company of White River
Junction, who fell down the elevator
shaft at the eompany's factory Tuesday,
sustaining two broken legs and frae-
tured skull, died at the Mary Hitchcock
hospital in Hanover, N. H., that night.
In municipal court in Winoosk this
week Almon j. Clark of Hyde Park was
fined $50 and costs for operating an auto
mobile while under the influence of liq-
uor His license also was taken away
from him. Clark ran into team, smash.
ing up the wagon and damaging his car
somewhat
Viewpoints oldest resident, Mrs Louise
Pelkey, quietly celebrated her Tooth
birthday anniversary Dec. 10. She has
never required the use of glasses and is
now engaged in piecing a bed quilt by
hand. On her birthday she was in the
best of spirits and sang during the day
in very clear voice. She lives with her
daughter, Mrs. David Z. Prue
The oldest railroad man in active serv-
ice in the United States, if not in the
world, is Freeman Saltus of Burlington,
in his 10Th year. He has been in the
service of the Central Vermont railroad
for more than 81 years and is still on
duty. He is one of 10 children and the
father of II, 10 of whom are living. He
has 80 grandchildren and 10 great grand
children.
Pvt Wesley w. Smith, formerly Of
Colchester son of Rev. w w. Smith Of
Bakersfield, is reported as wounded in &C.
biois llC 10 ~ gcdiS 0ih. i1dSL July ne
was wounded in both shoulders by two
machine gun bullets. His last letter
home was dated Nov Is and he was then
starting on three days trip with Ger.
man prisoners, who were being trans
ferred. 1t is supposed he is now in
northern France with the British.
Mrs. Nellie NJ Pike of Rutland has re-
ceived word from the war department
that her son, Sergt. Dana f. Pike, was
wounded in action on Oct "a He il 26
years old and served with the United
States forces at the Mexican border, and
upon the entrance of the United States
into the European struggle he enlisted
again, going overseas with the 26th di-
vision in September, 1917. Sergt Pike
had written his mother of his wounds,
which were in one leg, before she got
the government notification.
The work of organizing the counties of
the state for Armenian and Syrian relief
is under the direction of Roland E. Stey-
ems of White River Junction, state cam
paign manager, and one week early in
January is to be given over to a cam.
paign for funds. The chairman for
Washington county is w. G. White of
Northfield for Chittenden county, Rev. |
Chauncey @. Adams of Burlington; for
Caledonia county, Gilbert NJ Campbell of |
Lyndonville; for Windsor county, Rev. !
Burton A. Lucas of Windsor.
A few hours after his mother, Mrs.
Bridget Dougherty of Rutland, had re-
ceived telegram that he died in Me. |
chanicsville, n. Y, her son, Charles
Dougherty, aged is years, arrived home
alive and well. Young Dougherty went
Saturday to Mechanicsville for a visit
and it is supposed that confusion of |
names led to the telegram, which gave
no particulars, merely stating that the
son had died. All arrangements had been
made for an undertaken to care for the
body when he walked into the house.