The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-21

IdIks Win HlgHtiy sedHceS3 are dtLdCt-
ing large crowds,
In the small village of Sheldon Springs
a Red Cross lawn party recently brought
GOO people together.
Howard Cady Of Bristol is back in his
home town, after having been severely
wounded in France,
Dr. Harry Burns Middlebury man,
now with the 30th infantry, has received
the war cross in France.
Private Kenneth Greene of St. Adams,
reported missing in action, has been To-
Gated in French hospital.
Chittenden county fair, at Essex Cen
ter, is one of the few Vermont fair asso-
Citations to exhibit this year
Susan G. Hamhlin, wife of the late
Deacon Hamblin, was % years old when
she died in Cornwall this week.
One OF Richmonds oldest residents
died Monday, in the person Of Mrs.
Frank Christmas, aged oj years.
Randolph men are to meet this week
to devise plans for furnishing industrial
training to registrants soon to be draft
ed.
By raising the dues to So, the directors
Of the Verulam club for girls in st. AL
bans hope to weather abnormal condi-
tions.
1t cost A. Fl. Root, Halifax motorist,
$40 and costs to disobey an officers
signal to stop his car recently in that
place.
A shrinkage of million in savings
deposits is reported by Vermont savings
banks and trust companies in the past
year.
Having resigned his post in the con.
sular service at Huddersfield, Eng, T. H.
Hale has returned to Lunenburg to re-
side.
J. Edward Reeves and Deputy Sheriff
Henry Todd Of Burlington are among the
candidates for sheriff Of Chittenden
county.
Rev. A. G. Wilson, rector of Emmanuel
Episcopal church in Bellows Falls, has
reconsidered his decision to 60 overseas
for Red Cross service.
Three hundred men armed with chem.
icals, pitchforks and buckets, saved the
large hay barn on the Z. A. Baker prem
isas in Creans boro rapanttv
A Liberty bond valued at 500 figures
in allegations made against Harry Yoso,
a Winooski man. who is said to have
stolen the security from a co.worker
Addison county fish and game officials
are still exercising extreme vigilance.
Recently two guilty fishermen were PEN
allied to the extent of nearly Sl00
Threatened penalization Of dealers in
dirty milk materialized in Burlington
municipal court this week. One dealer
made his second appearance in court.
Williston is to have a Red Cross field
day Sept. 2, when addresses will be de-
livered from the Gov. Chittenden mon
ument plot. Athletic events will follow.
Inability to procure stone, oil and la
Dor is cited by Burlington's street super
intendent as the principal reason why
the city highways are in bad condition.
Mrs Frank Ballard and little son Of
West Rutland were thrown violently
out Of their carriage when an auto
struck the vehicle, but neither was in
iured.
With the sound Of battle still ringing
in his ears, Sergt. J. II. Bernor, who
saw service in the Vosges and in Lor-
raine, is back at his home in Essex
Junction.
A number Of local food administrators
in Vermont have decreed that users of
sugar cards are responsible for them, and
that when they are lost the user must
stand the loss.
College girls are figuring prominently
in municipal canning in Middlebury,
where more than 1000 cans were used
in the first few days after the Gamers
began their work
Three girls, Madeline Frattini Of
Montpelier, Annie Devins and Frances
Mann Of White River Junction, received
the habits Of the Sisters of Mercy in
Burlington Monday.
Judge +. H. Gary Of the United States
Steel corporation, who is touring New
England under the auspices of the Auto
mobile Club of America, will arrive in
Vermont next week.
When the fate Of new cement bridge
over Potash brook in Burlington was
left to the mayor, that official, after con
sideration, vetoed it as not being abso-
lutely necessary at this time.
Joseph Calhoun, son of Allan Calhoun
Of Middlebury, who has been doing Sec
retarial work with the Brotherhood of
ST. Andrew for the past 10 months, is
spending his first furlough at home.
NOTICE OF ASSESSMENTS
The directors of the Union Mutual Fire
Insurance Company hereby give notice
that they have made assessments on all