The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-04-18
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George A. Griswold, an inmate O
the soldiers home In Bennington, VIII
vas taken TO the retreat In Brattlebor
last week, died there Monday.
Ralph T.. Carr of st. Johnsbury die
April Is in North Springfield Of bron
ehial pneumonia. Mr.. Carr, who wa
- years old, leaves mother and tw'
brothers In st, Johnsbury,
Captain Walter e. Piper Of Detroit
Mich, a former resident Of Brattleboro
is candidate for the Republican nomi
nation for representative in Congress
from the 18th district of Michigan.
On account OF the illness of Miss kath
cline d. Denning, solost, the presenta
ton Of the opera, Chimes Of Norman
dy,r by the Brattleboro high school Choir
US has been postponed indefinitely.
Mrs, T. w. Cheever of st. Johnsbury
IS wears old, since last June has knitted
los pairs of socks. She has made several
scarfs and pairs of wristers and aims "a
complete l25 pairs of soldiers socks by
June.
Oscar Kahn, a Morrisville junk dealer,
has earned 800 for the Red Cross, as
he offered all the proceeds OF his bust
ness for one week to that organization,
and that was the amount received. MIR.
Kahn expects soon TO be called TO serv-
ice.
The iayelin throw is included in the
list of events 20 take place at the ath'
letic meet in Brattleboro May % This
event has never before been included III
the Brattleboro program, but 1t will
probably in time entirely displaee the
hammer throw, being considered less
dangerous.
The Camp Devens correspondent in the
Boston Globe has the following in re-
gard to Mrs. Guy Wilson of Bethel;
"A Bethel Vt, woman, Mrs Guy Wilson,
has the thanks of Connecticut men of
the 304th infantry, Co. F. for introducing
them to Vermont's well-known spring
product which goes so well on hapjacks."
Wendell s. Drew, the 20.yearold son
of Mr.. and Mrs. A. N. Drew of st. Johns
bury, has been awarded the war service
chevron given to men who have seen six
months service in the advanced war
zone. Mr. Drew has been in France since
last August with the first regiment of
American engineers.
More than thousand feet of dimen
sion lumber left beside the road in Bur
lington where j. l.. Bergeron & Son
were building a garage on Main street
has been taken away in broad daylight,
Men with a team claimed that 1t was
to be taken to another job for Mr.. Ber- |
geron and removed it without protest |
from the workmen,
Helen Osborn stepped through rot
ten board over eistern in Brandon |
April 10 and had it not been for a pipe |
that she caught hold OF the accident |
might have been serious, as the cistern
was partly filled with water. Miss Os-
born chung to the pipe until George May
hew heard her calls for help and res
cued her
The Bellows Falls fuel committee has
named the following retail prices on coal
to be in force until next September. Egg
per ton, 1895; stove, Sl0l5; chestnut,
Sl025. The price for independent coal
and special brands is go to 10 cents a
ton more and the price at Saxtons Riv-
er is 65 cents per ton more than in Bel
lows Falls. These prices are for side
walk delivery.
z. P. ellison, for nearly % years treas
lrer of the Rutland hospital, resigned at ,
a recent meeting of the directors, and {
his request was granted. Mr.. ellison {
named Il. S. Wright as his successor and I
The election was by unanimous vote. Mr..
ellison remains on the board of directors, I
but other business engagements demand G
MS time and felt he could not continue !
N the office of treasurer II
The stump of tree that had slid r
Town hill in landslide on the West 4
River railroad between Jamaica and
south Londonderry ripped off all the I
ar steps on one side of passenger
rain Monday on it's way to South Lon
Ionderry from Brattleboro. The engi-
leer discovered the stump, but could not
top the train. The crew and passen-
,ers were slightly Jared. No one was
INJURED
Thomas Cooper and young woman,
10Th colored, were arrested in Windsor
April IA, charged with stealing house
lold utensils from the Windsor house.
,oth have been employed there for the
'ast few months and 800 worth of ar
icles have disappeared, Two trunks
we're found filed with the stolen goods.
copper was sentenced to from two to
our months in the house of correction
t Rutland and the woman to three
months in the Woodstock jail.
WE WANT
tx more frst-class automobile repair
nen. Now, you fellows that are half
gay repair men, please don't take up our
ime answering this ad. We don't want
nv apprentices. The Jarvis Palace Gar.
oa RurIipo IN w adv III