The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-27
BETHEL
Rebekah District Meeting Was Held on
"Wednesday Evening

DE- llLL
Rebekah District Meeting Was Held on
Wednesday Evening.
Five of the seven Rebekah lodges of
this district were represented by about
1875 members at a district meeting held
here Wednesday evening. The program
was carried out nearly as planned. Sup
per was served by the Red Cross at Har
rington parlors. Among those in attend
ance were President of the Rebekah As
sembly Mrs. Clara Peterson Of St. Johns
bury; vice president, Mrs. Emma Coburn
of West Burke; secretary, Miss Emma
II. Gates of Ludlow; past president Mrs.
Emogene Buck of Randolph; grand her
aid of the grand lodge /. O. o. f.. N. G..
Buck Of Randolph After the meeting
lunch was served at the Odd Fellows
hall by Home Rebelah lodge, Mrs, Ger
trude Scanned serving as chairman of
that committee.
Following "a hours Of nearly steady
downpour, all streams early this morning
were well up toward the freshet mark.
George A. Reynolds and Miss Addie NJ
Davenport were married last evening at
the home of the brides parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry D. Davenport, Rev. j. Wesley
Miller performing the ceremony. To the
strains Of march played by Mrs. G. 9.
Paine, the bridal couple, with their at
PENDANTS, met the minister beneath a
wedding bell suspended from a cord of
evergreen decorated with flags Miss
Hazel Davenport, sister Of the bride,
and Miss Myrtle Morse were bridesmaids
Leonard Gage and Winston Durham were
groomsmen. Mrs. f. N, Davis was mis-
tress of ceremonies. After the ceremony
the attendants served as ushers and the
25 or more guests warmly congratulated
the newlyweds, the reception including
music, refreshments, games and other en-
joyable features. The young people are
highly esteemed and will live in this
town.
Miss Helen Roberts of Woodstock is
with her grandfather, Frank 0. Roberts,
for two weeks.
Owing TO large number Of cases of
grip, the village schools were closed in
definitely Thursday. awaiting develop
ments.
Candida Gomez and family Of North
field are guests at Robert Middleton's
There was large attendance Wednes-
day at the funeral of Philip d. Noble,
the first Bethel man to give his life for
his country during the present war. Rev.
w. G, Harvey, who officiated. said that
although in the service only brief time
the young man had been made first
class private and was taking sick cor
poral's place when stricken by his fatal
illness. The service at Cherry Hill ceme-
terry was in charge of the Masonic fra
ternity.
At a meeting Of the fourth Liberty
loan committee Wednesday evening at
the National White River bank, sub
committee consisting of A. Lee Cady, C..
D. Cushing and Charles Batchelder was
elected to map out the canvass for the
members Of the full committee. The
suggestion was heartily endorsed that
the committee cooperate cordially with
the womeH's committee.
Mr.. and Mrs. O. j. White on Wednes-
day received a cablegram from their son,
Dewey w. White, of the 47th medical
corps, dated Movers, France, Sept. %,
saying Feeling fine. Love to ALL" This
was doubtless done to reassure his par
ents after reading Of the casualties in
his regiment.
Miss Ella Keleher, a graduate this
year Of Whitcomb high school, went on
Monday to enter Miss Sargent's physical
culture school at Cambridge, Mass.
John Keleher was in Boston Monday
to attend the funeral of Joseph Harte,
who spent summer here several years
ago and is we'll remembered in town.
He was a member of an army reserve
organization and was married Aug 90,
last
Friends here regretted to learn of the
death of Alonzo Mahan of East Ran
dolph, whose remains came Wednesday
from Camp Devens, where he had been a
soldier a short time. Formerly he lived
with his parents here and later kept
house here.
Mrs. Z. L. Bass and her mother, Mrs
Alma Goodenough, the latter So years Of
age and blind but happy, have been visit
ing in Randolph few days.