The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-11-30
MONTPELIER
Deaths of William Lucas and Mrs, Cor
della Barker.

Deaths Of William Lucas and Mrs. Cor
della Barker.
William Lucas, aged little over 10
years, died last night at the Heaton hos
pital, where he had been cared for during
the past week following his removal from
the home of his brother, James. Lucas.
Death was due to general breaking
down, he having been in poor health for
four years. He was born in Hyde Park
and lived in that vicinity some time. He
was well known over this section of Yer
mont as a sewing machine agent His
wife died several years ago. He leaves
two brothers, James of Montpelier and
Charles of Hyde Park, two sisters, Mrs,
Fred Firkey and Mrs. Eben Butler of
Montpelier The funeral arrangements
have not been completed, but the body
will be taken to Hyde Park for burial.
Mrs Cordelia Barker, widow of the
late Alden Barker, died at the home of
Mrs. Mary j. Gallison, where she has
lived for four years, about $3.50 o'clock
this morning following long illness of
dropsy. She was native Of Milton,
where she was born in 1852, but she had
lived with her husband most of her life
in Montpelier and Middlesex. She is sur
vived by one sister, Mrs. Edward Rich
ardson of Cambridge, Mass, and broth
er, Alfred Cormier of Montpelier. She
was a member of st. Augustine's church.
The funeral arrangements will not be
completed until Edward Richardson, the
deceased's nephew, arrives from Cam
bridge.
The mudguards of the automobile driv-
en- by Mrs. Ebert Coburn were damaged
Friday evening near the Martin place on
the Barre road 1t appears that Mrs.
Cobum stalled the automobile so close
to the track that when the trolley car
came around the curve the side of the
car did not clear the automobile The
lights of the trolley car were thrown
away from the track because of going
around the curve, which probably ac-
counted for tie car being unable to stop
in time to avoid the accident. The front
end of the trolley car cleared the auto
mobile but the side of the car hit it.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. S. Ballard have re-
ceived letter from Capt. Richard Bal
lard, their son, who is in command of
cavalry in New Mexico stating that he
has suffered the influenza and is recover
ing Mrs. Ballard went to a hospital in
III Paso, Tex, and apparently escaped it
and few days later engaged rooms in
that city until the epidemic was over at
Captain Billiards. headquarters Out of
about 300 men, nearly one-half Of them
had the disease including all of the Off
GERS in Captain Billiards. organization.
marriage license has been issued to
Mrs. Abbie A. Hall of Montpelier and
Charles w Wentworth, an attorney, of
Westbrook, Me.
The testimony in the case of Charles
Ballard vs.. Martin Andrews was pre-
scented in city court this morning. It is
suit brought to recover the rental of a
house and barn for few months,
amounting to 1929 John Stone appears
for the plaintiff and Frank Marshall Tor
the defense.
f. L. Turner of Boston, manager of
DeLue 4 Co., Inc, was here this morning
and signed a contract with the officers Of
the Montpelier Industrial corporation for
the purpose of renting the Green Syrup
Of Tar building. Mr.. Turner expects to
be able to move here shortly after the
middle Of next month.
Adjt. Gen. IT. I. johnson has received
from the war department an order in
which local boards Of exemption are or.
dered that they viii have nothing to do
with the rehabilitation Of troops. There
has been great deal Of publicity to the
effect that they were to be used but
this order does away with that portion
Of the rehabilitation They win not be
used IN connection with the labor work
that had been suggested and when they
seal their records Dec 10 it looks now
as though their work would be complet-
ed
Dr. Is. A. Cotton. Montpelier health of.
ficer has received a report from the state
laboratory relative to the water which he
sent for analysis The report is that
the water was found normal, which
means it is pure. This is the regular fall
test of the water
The clerks of the district board are
completing their work as fast as it can
be done They have sent most of the
questionnaires back to the local boards,
from whence they came, and now they
are checking up their card records get
ting the data in shape for sealing Dec.
10. This morning the local boards were
sent an order from the war department
directing that the clerks will be released
as fast as they can be, excepting the
chief clerk, who will be retained for some
time to come and whe will be given a
reasonable time in which to place her
self or himself before the services are
dispensed with. The Washington county
local board has its work cleaned up to
the September registration and is we'll
advanced on that.
News has been received here of the
death of David 0'Clair, who lived for
some years in Montpelier but who had
been living in Waterbury more recently.
He died in a hospital in Northampton,
Mass.
The Peoples National bank of Barre
has brought suit of foreclosure against
Edwin b. Martin, and the same has been
entered on the chancery docket in Wash
ington county.
Mabel Chandler of Barre has been APP
pointed Administrative, with will an.
nexed, of the estate of Lemuel Chandler,
late Of Berlin. DR.. Z. H. Bailey of Barre
Town has been appointed guardian Of
Mariory and Virginia Bailey, who are
benefited in a will recently filed in pro-
bate court. V. Fraccassi has been ap-
pointed guardian of Eda and Alba Frac.
cassi of Barre.