The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-28
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Another Red Gross war fund drive Is
Ia be started May 20, Nermonts quota
of the sl0O.OOO,0O0 Is 100000.
Mr. aud Mrs. L. h. Parker observed
the 50th anniversary Of their wedding
AT their home in Richford Mareh %
Patrick T.. Halpin, veteran Of the
Civil war, died at his home IN Middle
bury March 2G. He enlisted IN the "th
Vermont infantry,
Morrisvillc more than went over the
top in the Armenian and Syrian dtNe'
a. Il had already given It's quota out
went 1T il again and more than doubled
the 800 asked.
Major w. o. Cooley of Brattleboro has
boen promoted to the position of lieu
tenant colonel, in the Sid regiment OF
colored troops at Camp Stuart, Newport
News, Va.
The Windsor County Farm bureau has
voted Ia re.engage the county agicul-
tural agent. James c. Otis, until Oct.
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home demonstration agent.
Mrs. Mary Thomas was thrown down
al her home in st. Johnsbury March %,
when door was blown against her, and
her right arm was broken above the
wrist. She is 81 years old.
Charles Duel was burned to death in
his home at North Alburg March %.
II is thought the fire caught from a
stove while he was asleep. He was about
81 wears old and lived alone. Neighbors
who saw the fire went to his assistance,
but were too late TO save him.
Miss Marjorie Luce of Waterbury, a
graduate of the University of Vermont
in 1916. has reported to the extension
service of the university as assistant
state leader in boys and girls club work.
She has been teacher OF economics IN
a high school al Wakefield, Mass, since
graduation.
Pvt Alfred ]. Grafton has written
from France to his wife in Rutland re-
parding wounds which he received while
in the trenches recently. He Is IN
hospital with several cuts on both legs,
caused by the explosion of hand gre
made thrown by Hun.
Edward C. 0rvis, a hotel man in Man
chester, died there March 26 after sew
eral years of i'll health. He was %
wears old. Mr. 0rvis was senator from
Bennington county in the legislature OF
1908 and represented Manchester in the
legislature of 1890. He had been select
man fol many years, also president OF
the village board of trustees.
Friends of Mrs. Awilda Coe of Bar
ton are sure she is the champion knitter
of Vermont Although about 10 years
old, she has knit l4o pairs Of socks in
Ii months, 40 pairs of which she has
made since Christmas. Besides this she
has a grandson at Fort Ethan Allen,
Raw Underwood of i troop, I'd cavalry.
The Shrine theatre bruilding in Rut-
land is to be sold next month by the
trustee in bankruptcy, j.. H. 0'Brien.
The building was erected few years
ago at cost of 10000 by the members
of Cairo Temple association, a branch of
the local temple of the Ancient and
Arabic Order of Mobiles of the Mystic
Shrine.
John T. Navin, for several years EN-
ployed by the Gas company in st. johns
bury, is at his home in Manchester, n
H.. on a three months leave of duty,
having served with the Canadian forces
in all the great battles along the French
front two years ago. He has received
seven medals for bravery and has been
wounded II times. Although only 80
years old, he has served in the Spanish
American war and also with the Unit
ed States forces in Mexico, and, being
in Toronto when the war broke out, he
enlisted at once with the Canadian forces.
He hopes TO return to active service, but
expects the Canadian government will
assign him to recruiting service.