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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-16
CABOT
Service Flag, Bearing Eight Stars, Pre-
scented Congregational Church.

Through the generosity and patriot
ism of one of our church members, MR.
Gertrude Wells, service flag has been
presented To the congregational church,
which was very gratefully received and
was dedicated last sunday al the close
uf the morning sermon. delivered by Rev.
NJ. W. Hale who took for his text Joshua
I.3 and y. As the stones which Joshua
set up for memorial, 50 must our flag
serve Ms lifelong memorial OF the boys
who have gone from our midst, IN the
service Of our country. After a song by
three ladies', Rev. VI. w Hale unrolled
the flag, which bears eight stars. As
the names were read, Miss Olive Smith
placed one beneath each star. Three of
the eight boys are members Of the church
4 dedication service was read by the
pastor. The old familiar patriotic song,
America was sung as part of the
exercises. The names placed upon the
flag are: Harold Wilson, Carl Harvey,
Raymond Bolton, Leslie Dane, Robert
Clarke. Wcndal Goodrich, Don McAllis-
ter, Eddie Burbank
A meeting OF the Vermont Farmers
War council was held in the town hall
Wednesday evening with an attendance
of l25. The state secretary, {. A. Bad
ger, was present and described the work
the council has done and outlined the fu-
ture work Much interest was shown in
the general discussion whcih followed.
Town Food Director l.. c. Burbank spoke
an the food situation and the present !
day needs.
Thomas Cochran passed away at the
homo nf his aon Thomas "Wednesday !
morning, aged Is years. About two
weeks ago he had severe paralytic
shock, from which he never fully recov.
cred. He was born in Tipperary, Ire
land, in 1912 and was veteran of the
Civil war. His remains were taken to
Albany for burial. He leaves one son
and daughter, trained nurse, who
cared for him during his last illness
Next week an effort will be put forth
in the interests of soliciting books for
war service libraries. There is a call
for one half million books to furnish
reading for the boys and men in "a
camps. Another half million are needed
for military forts. naval stations and
vessels and barracks. For every man in
service there ought to be one book in
service. Hundreds will be purchased, but
every available dollar Is needed ior tDe
sort of books that cannot be expected
as gifts. Library buildings have been
erected in "a big camps by the American
Library association Each building ac-
commodities from 10000 to $4,000 vol
umes and from l75 to $50 readers Any
one having books they are willing TO
part with may be sure their gifts will
be gratefully received. {
Mr.. and Mrs Freeman Lawson of
Woodbury. were recent guests OF their J
daughters, Mrs. Ned Webster and Mrs. |
Jlarena Burnham.
Rev. NJ w Hale was in Woodbury. !
Monday to attend the funeral of Frank
Rev. Mrs. Isabelle Even of {
Barre officiated.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-16
WATERBURY,

Rev. Verne L. Smith, pastor of the
federated church, has for his sermon top
lie tomorrow morning at the Methodist
Episcopal church, DRY Bones" In the
evening he will give stereopticon lee
ture on Joseph" Good music by the
chorus choir in the morning. In the aft
ernoon at $3.50 the pastor also breaches
in the town hall at Duxbury Corner !;
subject, ",rhe Potter and the Clay"
At st. Andrews church, Rev. Robert
Dewey, rector, there will be high mass
and sermon at 1890. Catechism classes
meet at 3 o'clock and benedction of the
blessed sacrament at 1880 o'clock. Fa
Their Dewey will celebrate mass and
preach in Stowe tomorrow morning at
4 o'clock
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-16
WORCESTER

Rev. Mr.. Mead and "a of his young
people from the Montpelier Methodist
church came TO Worcester 10 meet tho
young pepole here Friday, March s. A
pleasant time was enjoyed by ALL
Rev. +. G.. Clark returned Wednesday
from Boston, where he was called by the
illness of his father, who passed away
tht 9Th The funeral was the sth.
Mrs. Frank Gonyeau went to Hardwick
Thursday.
Mrs. Ernest Gray remains very low.
Mrs. Lettie Templeton has returned
from Keene, n. H., where she has been
with her sister for several months.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-16
VEST CORINTH

A son was born last Wednesday to
Mr. and Mrs Leon Cilley.
Mrs. Arthur Gordon suffered a slight
shock Tuesday night, but is more com
Portable at this writing. Her many
friends wish her quick recovery.
Arthur Gordon is in very poor health.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-16
WEBSTERVILLE

Members of branch No. II, @. W. /. L.
of n. A., will meet in Lassasso's hall
Monday evening, March Is. to ballot for
!. L. committee, Balloting from $3.50 to
$3.50 p. m. Per order sec.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-16
"Pollyanna" Next Friday.

'Pollyanna" is coming to the opera
house next Friday. March -. Laughter,
good cheer, hopefulness and kindly i'm
pulse are created by the young heroine
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-04-25
ClnSs Party OF 1913

A Library party will be held Sat
urday evening at the home of Miss
Hannah Page. Court street Il will
be given by Miss Page and Miss Doro-
thy NJ Elliott to the class of 1918, S
II. S
Each member Of the class is 10 rep
resent the title of some book. This
will be kept a secret from each other
so that every one will have an oppor-
tunity to guess what the various
characters represent Miss Elliot
will offer a prize to the one who
guesses the largest number of char
acters correctly.
Miss Airline BARLEY Of Madison, who
entered the class in September, and
in January returned TO Madison High
school, will be present Another one
of the class of 1913 members. who
will be present is Francis f. Croteau.
Mr.. Croteau left the class in October
and went to work for the Texas Steam
ship Company in Bath.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-04-25
Men to BE Inducted Into Service

The Somerset County Local Board
has issued a call for IA men to report
here May 1st. OF these ten will be
inducted into the service now and will
leave May End for Camp DeYens, Aver
Mass. The men called are as follows:
Palmer Doyle, Bingham; Clifton A
Buzzell Bingham; Walter T. Hasel-
tine, P.ttsfeld; Ralph Earl Pratt, Pal
myra; Paul Cyr. 161 Richmond st,
Philadelphia Joseph Mayo, Fairfield;
Hugh Hall. ChesnncoOk; Clifton f.
Flanders, Cornville; Clarence Whit
ten, SO Green St, Perrin \ H; Amos
Workman, Rockwood; Joseph Watson,
Starks; Joseph F. Lacasce. Skowhe-
gan; Bert Z. Morris, The Forks, Earl
George Clark, Cambridge.
The Local Board of Somerset has
called the following men to report for
physical examination, Monday, April
29th. Paul Bolduc, Green St, Wa
terville; Daniel Mcdonald Bangor;
Stewart McCavour, Cumberland Mills;
Eugene Dorsette, Seboomook, Russell
Stream No Z; Dosity Tozier, West
New Portland.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-04-25
Organization of the SkOWhegan Agri-
cultural Clubs

meeting was held last Thursday
evening in the Assembly hall of the
High School, to elect officers for the
Agricultural Clubs There were 81
boys present and larger membership
is expected in the near future. Ken
meth Smiley was elected president;
Earl Buker, vice president; Leon Jen-
kins. treasurer and Francis Fitzmor-
ris. secretary. The four officers pre-
viously mentioned and Roland Russell,
Robert Wyman and George Hawes
we're elected FOR the executive COM
mittee. Principal r. W. Leighton is
leader of the clubs.
The garden club, poultry, pig, flint
corn. sweet corn and potato clubs are
to meet together once week At
each meeting. there will be a speak
er to encourage the boys with their
duties
Another meeting Of the clubs will
be held tonight at 715 in the Assembly
hall of the high school
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-04-25
POULTRY LECTURES FOR
SOMERSET COUNTY
j. :. Carver and County Agent Stiles
the Speakers

J S Carver, Poultry Specialist OF
the Extension Department and County
Agent Robert NJ. Stiles will conduct a
series of poultry demonstrations May
7. and 9. On the first two dates
they will be in Cornvlle, Fairfield. Ca
naan, Solon and Bingham The third
day they will remodel the poultry
house of Mrs T f Foss, Harmony,
Miss Alfredo Ellis, assistant in
charge OF Girls Club has a series Of
dates in this county extending from
May to May II inclusive. Together
with County Agent Stiles she will go
to North New Portland May 9Th, for
follow-up club work Tuesday, May
7th Miss Ellis will be in North Arson
in the afternoon and at Solon in the
evening Wednesday. May Sth, she
will organize girls cooking and house
keeping clubs in Skowhegan. On the
afternoon of May 9th, she viii be in
Harmony and in the evening with Mr..
S lies will meet the boys and girls
clubs in Athens She will go to Hart
land May 10th and Pittsfeld May l1th.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-04-25
1 Native OF SkoNhrgan

Fannie + Wyman widow of the late
Henry A. Wyman, and daughter Of the
late Dr J.. ". and Fannie Fisk Glove
joy) Russell. all formerly of Skowhe-
gan. died of pneumonia at the home
OF her son Henry A. Wyman of Bos
ton on April 18th. 1918, in her 92nd
year. Mrs Wyman has lived in Bos-
ton for many years but the family was
a prominent one in this town in the
sixties. Her husband was one of the
leading lawyers of his time, a partner
Of stephen Cohurn, and her father
was one of the distinguished old
school physicians,
In 1852 Mr.. and Mrs. Wyman built
the house on Elm street, later known
As the Baker place and now owned by
] W Fogler All of the surviving
children we're born there. After the
death of her husband in 1867 Mrs.
Wvman continued to live there for a
n0HlDeT
house ON Pleasane street at the corner
OF Sumer street
In her earlier years as resident of
Boston Mrs. Wyman was identified
with the church of James Freeman
Clark and teacher in its Sunday
school. She was finely educated, a
wide reader and had Travelled eX-
tensively She retained all of her
faculties to the end of her life. taking
keen interest in the var and war work.
She is survived by three children, Mrs
Frank A. Holmes ella Wyman) Of
Brooklyn, \. y, Charles f Wyman Of
Middleboro, Mass. and Henry \. Wy
man of Boston. all OF whom were here
for the interment which took place
Sunday in the family lot in the North
cemetery, where brief services were
conducted by the Rev f. II Nc
Elhiney.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-04-25
A Splendid Record

We are quite sure orr re .ders will
be interested to review the work of
the County Commissioner during the
past five years. 4 very sub tantial
item, &. the outset, consists in the fact
that a deficit as to liabilities OF $4,000
has been changed to net resource OF
between SIS, 900 and $4,000 BY this,
it will be at once apparent that gain
Of something over $4,000 has been
made within this five year period. In
this connection, it should also be stat
ed that 10000 has been expended in
betterments on the jail, and that this
building Is now considered one Of the
most up4o-date in the state. Other
betternents have been made on the
Jail house and court house amounting
to several thousand dollars. Another
item of expenditure for permanent i'm
provement was $500 which went into
the Jackman-Kineo road. Adding to
these permanent betterments, the
$4,000 first above mentioned, it will
be seen that there has been An i'm
provement of not far from $4,000 per
year, during the past five year period.
Il is quite probable that no like period
in the history of the county has shown
such a substantial gain in county re
sources.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-04-25
SKOWHEGAN |. O.l.O. F.
TO attend CHURCH
Its Tooth Anniversary

Ninety-nlne years ago the order OF
Odd Fellowship was founded in Amer
lea 1t is the custom of the order to
celebrate this event once each year,
and the various bodies of Odd Eel
lowship at Skowhegan are to do so,
next Sunday. by meeting at their hall
and going together 10 the Centenary
Methodist church on the Island to at
tend divine worship The program
is as follows
Hymn No. 6. the frst verse Of which
is as follows:
Before Jehovah's awful throne
Ye nations, bow with sacred joy;
Know that the Lord is God alone,
He can create, and he destroy
The Apostles Greed
Prayer
Anthem by the choir
Responsive reading. lst Corinthians.
18th Chapter. the first verse of which
is: If speak with the tongues of
''''H an" u 'ie N'0'
am become sounding Drass OF
changing eymbal.'
Gloria Patri
Scripture Reading Lesson from the
New Testament
Onertory.
Duet Come Holy Spirit" Miss
GLADYS Pennell and LYle S Moore
HYMN N5. 555. the first verse of
which is.
Try. us. u Cd. and search the ground
of every sinful he4r,
9hate 'er et sin IN u ls S'nna'
= , niu II ,. al 6o,. %ri''l L.. C,,, rarn,r
..t.;aat ..rEa c,oo,a j.. lilo unto ito
i5 \. oys a. en., -, or
ny mn w ''''' '''s
winch Is;
Onward, Christian soldiers
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-04-25
CHIEF INSPECTOR FOR
TEXTILE MILLS
skoWhrgan Boy chosen for Response.
ble Position


har'ld . woodbury. mas been IN
town durine me pat Week. lie haa
!a7s returned rom " shlhK'oh' "hiln n-
ef ne was summoned by telegram
iof d e"''if'sa9V win " " Uoei3hais'
aeting inspector general oi Inc l. =.
qaartermas'er department. on MS
arrival there. ne "as no'Ihed of MS
appointment as chef inspector tor
government work for all the textile
mills in the I 5 His duties will re-
quire the supervision Of all Of the tex
tile inspectors. Of which there are sew
eral thousand
Mr Woodbury.. who thus entered up
on a very important position Of trust
and responsibility, is AZ years Of age.
the son Of The late Elbridge Woodbury..
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-04-25
Big Audience at Liberty Loan Rally

BY far the most eloquent Liberty
Loan address the town has ever heard
was given Friday evening in the Opera
House by one of the heroes of the
present war, William II. Kenney of
Emerson School Of Oratory of Boston,
who won his Croix de Guerre for brav
cry at the famous siege of Verdun, the
medal being given for his keeping
open the line of communication be-
tween the first line trenches and the
first station back, carrying the wound
ed under heavy fire for over 70 hours.
Mr. Kenney is a man of middle age.
of fine physique and commanding
stage presence and after five months
of service as driver in the American
Ambulance Corps attached to a divi-
sion Of the French army, arrived home
in early February to visit his wife and
little son, and is now engaged in tour
ing some parts of the country speak
ing on the Third Liberty Loan from
soldiers standpoint. His address was
in three parts, the plea for the loan,
an explanation of various souvenirs he
had brought, including German and
French helmets, French bayonet,
French and American fatigue caps,
French gas mask and shell of the IS
mllimeter gun which has a 21a mile
range, and last of all he showed a
series of official French war pictures
portraying the battlefield of Verdun,
and other devastated country and
ruins of many cathedrals and build
ings in Verdun and Arras. Mr.. Ken
ney laid special emphasis on what
would happen here if our timber
houses were bombarded, considering
the destruction of the heavily timber
ed stone houses of France One es
pecially pathetic picture VAS Of
French school children wearing gas
masks, and in speaking OF this Mr.
Kenney declared he would never be
out of uniform so long as such thing
was necessary.
Mr.. Kerney was preceded by Harry
T Harmon of Portland who also
spoke very forcibly on the necessity
of subscribing to the Third Liberty
Loan. The meeting was under the
auspices of the Volunteer Council for
Aid and Defense and its president,
George W. Cover Esd presided. Music
was furnished by the Tenth Regiment
Band, led by Capt r. f. Washburn.
The Boy Scouts acted as ushers.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-04-25
May DAY air

The Ladies aid Society o' ~ First
Baptist church viii hold ID Hay Day
fair at the Yestry on the afternoon ot
May 1st at which aprons and feoa VIII
be on sale The committee in charge
of the aprons consists u Mr. Annie
Nolin, Mrs. Clara Emery aud Mrs
Adelaide Shattuck; the committee in
charge Of foods consists OF Mrs Minnie
Russell and a corps of helpers In
the evening there viii be an entertain
ment in charge Of Mrs Philo Steward
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-04-25
congregational Society Buys ParsOn'
age

The Congregational Church Society
of SkOWhegan has called a meeting
tomorrow Friday evening, in the
Congregational church, Island avenue,
to complete the purchase of the resi-
dence of the late Wm r G. Estes
on Leavitt street
The property has been purchased
for a parsonage by a committee, ap-
pointed by the church, from the owner
Mrs Annie K Buchanan, of Brockton,
Mass. She is the daughter of the late
Mr. Estes TheMresdence was built
by Charles Leayitt, about so years ago.
At the committee meeting held last
Thursday afternoon. an offer was
agreed upon and it is believed chat ii
will be accepted only minor re
pairs were required and Rev. Ne
Elainey and family hYe already NOV
Cd 10 their new home
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-04-25
FIVE APPEALED CASES
FROM APRIL TERM
somerset Cases for Law Court

Five cases tried at the April term
af the Somerset Supreme Court just
rlosed are to be taken to the Law
court, motions having been filed the
present week. They are as follows;
Harold E. Smith vs. the Somerset
Traction Company in which the jury
returned a verdict of $418.75 for the
plaintiff This was a suit to recover
for damage to Mr.. Smiths automobile
.freet sprinkler which was run into,
As he claimed, by the big car of the
Traction Company, August 18th.
Judge F. r. Lawrence was attorney for
the plaintiff and Butler & Butler for
The defendant The second case is
mat OF Charles F. Perry VS. Charles E.
Kronberg of Smthfield in which the
jury brought in a verdict of $566.92
Ior the plaintiff Suit was brought
10 recover the value of four notes of
fho face value of $500 in the posses
sion of Perry which had been given by
kronberg to a man by the name of
Drew, since deceased. Butler & But
Ter were attorneys for the plaintiff nd
Merrill & Merrill for the defendant.
Another case to go to Law Court Is
mat of Leila Clement, complainant VS.
John Washburn now in military ser
vice which was heard by the Court.
The attorneys were Carl C. Jones of
Waterville for the complainant and c.
W. Atchley and Mark J. Bartlett of
Naterville for the defendant. An
other case is that of Clifton M. Aus
tin VS. W. S. Emmons in which the
Jury brought in a verdict of $109. So
for the plaintiff James H. Thorne
and Judge c. O. Small of Madison
were the attorneys. The fifth case is
that of Corydon E. Taylor of Skowhe-
gan VS. John F. and Fred l., Moody Jr.
of Skowhegan in which Mr.. Taylor was
given a verdict of $3.50 for injuries by
being run into by automobile of the
defendants. The attorneys in the
ease were Judge F. F. Lawrence of
Skowhegan and Butler & Butler of
SkOwbegan
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-04-25
Red Cross Benefit

The following committee has been
appointed to have charge OF the Red
Cross benefit to be given in Grange
Hall. tomorrow (Friday) evening.
Mrs, Laura Twadelle, Mrs. Mildred
Lewis, Miss Mildred Beale, Miss
Meader, Miss Xaverine Bisson, Miss
Florence Philbrick, Miss Verna Abbey,
Miss Della Carriveau, Miss Dorothy
Day, Miss Sarah Snow, Miss Elizabeth
Macomber, Miss Maude Buteau, Miss
Marie Fletcher.
There will be a musical entertain
ment followed by card playing, dane
ing and an all round good time Come
one and all and help make 1t SO
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-04-25
Interesting Lecture by Mr.. farnham

Mr.. Farnham, who has been visiting
schools all over the county, was at the
High school, Monday afternoon. lie
displayed a great msny antique arti-
cles from foreign countries. These
were rare, valuable and educational,
One of them was an old oriental
spindle wheel used by the women of
the East. Other interesting exhibits
were an oriental brides comb, which
a bride wore on the day of her we'd
ding instead of wearing a ring; a clay
tablet which was 1860 years old
lamp which was $500 years old; orien-
tai sickle; shepherds flute; whales
tooth which weighed one pound and
twelve ounces; eight inches long and
two one-half inches in diameter. 1t
seems there are SO teeth in a whales
mouth; 26 in each row The most in
teresting article of all which was an
ostrich's egg which is the largest egg
in the world. 1t measured sixteen and
one-half inches in circumference and
five and one-third inches in diameter
1t takes 40 minutes to cook an ostrich
egg and seven weeks to hatch it.
The lecture was appreciated very
much as Mr. Farnham gave the partic-
ulars about each article. 1t will be
recalled that he was here about five
years ago and gave a similar lecture
before the grammar grades.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-04-25
Farewell Banquet to Nr. Moore

A bluque. in hoasr Of Lyle ;.
,.oore was sven at the Odd Fellows
Hall. Saturday evening Of last weeh.
This was rendered to Mr. Moore in
view of his enlistment and departure
for Camp Devens. for which place he
leaves next Monday Mr Moore was
employed for years n the Merrill
Shoe Store and, more recently. in the
Office OF the American Woolen CO He
has been useful member Of Cara
bassett Lodge, and has recently served
as Chaplain of that body
As the banquet closed entirely with
ont the formadty of postmaster or
chairman. very many bright speeches
were made
The most sincere affection and
abundant good wishes of his brother
Odd Fellows will follow Nj Moore as
he goes into his new work in the ser
yiee Of his country
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-04-25
Farml1gtOn Normal School Notes

Friday was observed as a holiday at
the Normal school An enthusiastic
patriotic meeting of townspeople was
held in Music Hall from two until
three O'clock in the afternoon.
Doris Tobey. who has been having
the mumps, is much improved.
Marjorie Bracket of Norridgewock,
is spending a few days in Boston.
Helen Merriam entertained Miss
Marion Skinner, graduate of the
school in the class of II, as her guest
over the holiday recess.
The school, divided into groups, is
doing enthusiastic Red Cross work. A
great many bandages and knitted
articles have been made and money
is constantly being raised in various
ways.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-04-25
Farewell Party

A farewell party will be rendered
Lie S. Moore tomorrow (Friday)
evening in the Methodist vestry, by
the members of the church. Mr.
Moore is employed in the local office
of the American Woolen Company and
leaves for camp Devens, next week.
He has been actively engaged in the
affairs OF the church for several
years. The members have chosen
this means OF showing their appre-
citation of his faithful services.