The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-09
WATERRURY
Donald Frary, Born Here, Has Gone
Across with Peace Commission.

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Waterbury feels just pride in one of
her native sons, Donald Frary, son Of
Edward S. Frary, being one Of 20 chosen
out of 100 to go with the peace commits
sion. Mr. Frary has been working IN the
inquiry department since Aug. |, under
Colonel House He is a graduate of Yale
college and has also taken post grad
uate course in history.
DIR. e. Preston Jones of Boston, who is
field representative of the New England
division of the American Red Cross, will
speak at library hall Wednesday after
noon under the auspices of the local Red
Cross and will give demonstration on
first aid The lecture is designed to train
men and women for emergency work be-
fore physician can be secured.
Tuesday evening the ladies' union of
the Congregational church have their an
nual chicken-pie dinner in the social room
of the church A fine dinner is assured.
Raymond t. Slayton and Miss Doro-
thea A. Wells, both of Stowe, were unit
ed in marriage Thursday afternoon by
Rev. William L. Boicourt at the Congre-
gational parsonage, the single ring serv-
itE DtiiiS AL5tds mt yOdbS NVuRiC aiI w
reside in Stowe.
The Crossett hill school will have a
Christmas entertainment at the school
house Friday evening, Dec. 20. There
will be candy and fancywork for sale
and a Christmas snip-tree, at which
everyone is invited to take snip. At
this time the sack of -four will be given
to the winner The proceeds will be used
by the Victory boys and girls in making
up their quota.
Interesting letters are received from
Edward s. Frary of Berlin, N. Y, who is
doing Y M. G. A. work in Italy Ned"
as he is known to his friends, is a thor
oughly all-around fellow, keen business
man, great church worker and helpful in
music. He is doing splendid work in
Italy and was one of the first Americans
to 60 over the Pave during the last big
decisive battle, carrying supplies to the
prisoners who were left, also civilians
who were left destitute when the Huns
fled. His men were. on the fields about
six hours after the Huns were left dead
all over the fields He went there for
days, doing all kinds Of relief work. He
has learned Italian and often acts as in
terpreter for American soldiers. He has
been much in the front line trenches. In
one letter he writes I'VE heard Wednes-
day that there was a chance TO serve
lot of soldiers in the front line trenches
along the Pave near Mont Cruppa, so
loaded up with a lot of stuff. We went
into the front line trenches and had
rather lively walk for quarter of a mile,
not made less thrilling by the fact that
the trench was under fire at the moment.
We kept close TO the embankment most
OF the time. Once we heard the screeeh
of shell, which sounded as though ii
had my name on it. We ducked for COW
er, as lieutenant insisted, under the bank,
which was fortunately near, and he fair
ly pushed me into the ground. The shell
burst in the air, | should think within
one or two hundred feet of us, but we
saw nothing of the missiles. The line
was along the river bank 1.-THE Piayel all
the way and the Austrian line was not
more than two or a hundred yards dis
tant most of the time, as they were in
the grass and bushes, just beyond the
gravel at the rivers edge. got good
deal Of encouragement from the days
work. The lieutenant said the officers
were surprised and pleased that we
should take our time in the heat of the
day land it surely was hot one, as the
trenches faced the sum Our aim was so
far as possible to hand each soldier some
little thingto show our interest in them
as from America, and to try to assure
them of Americas sympathy and to back
them up for the future. About one in
% Of the men has been in the United
States ara is delighted to hear our Ian
guage again.