The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-06
BARRE'S HONOR PROCLAIMED.
Liberty Loan Flag Unfurled Before Large
Audience.

Amid the applause OF crowd that
thronged City square and intersect'
| ing streets Barres honor flag took the
breeze Saturday evening, thereby pro
claiming the fact that this city has
proven loyal to the extent of 100 pei
cent in every Liberty loan the govern
ment has foated. Charles II. Wishart
treasurer of the Granite Savings bank
was the speaker, and the banner was un-
furled by C.. w. Melcher OF the Peoples
Natioual bank, chairman of the Liberty
loan committee for this district. Two
bands, the Barre Pipe and Drum band,
and the Christorofo Colombo band, fur
nished music for the occasion.
The flag flies from halyards running
along a pole extending out of the bal
cony over the main entrance of city hall;
The audience which listened to the
speechmaking and exercises approached
the proportions of Fourth of July
crowd and seemed wholly alive to the
significance of the occasion. From two
directions came the musicians around
1880 o'clock, the Christoforo Colombo
band having been stationed at Granite
street with instructions to march south
ward at a given signal, while the pipers
and drummers began their march TO city
hall at the Barre & Chelsea railroad
crossing on South Main street. The two
bands met at City park and it fell to the
lot of the young Italian musicians to
render The Star Spangled Banner as
the honor flag guided by the chairman of
the loan committee, crept out along the
halyards.
year of war has made a difference
with Barre crowds as it has elsewhere.
There is more reverence for the flag
more reverence for the national anthem
which celebrates the flag and all that the
flag stands for. With very few conspicu-
ous exceptions heads were barred when
the band broke into the familiar strains. |
And they remained barred until the last
measure had been played As the music |
lied away, Mr.. Wishart was introduced
BY Chairman Meleher. The speaker an
bounced that Washington county had |
zone over the top. He said that Barre |
'ity alone had exceeded its quota by a
considerable margin, and that Barre |
Town. thanks to the loyalty and patriot
SIN displayed by quarrymen, had swung
nto line in forcible manner. Turning
o larger issues, the banker declared that
he war would be brought TO success
vi issue II the response shown by the |
people in the third Liberty
can was a criterion. The Germans must
% defeated, he continued, and Americans
o not need a demonstration of German
rlghtfulness to convince them that the ,
overnment must be supported.
There was q groan when the speaker
ientioned peace, and from the attitude
( the crowd and from the words that ,
ollowed, il was made plainly manifest
hat the speaker and auditors alike were
/ no mood to discuss peace. Mr.. Wish. :
rt paid a moving tribute to the BOYS ,
'om Barre and Barre Town who are of =
ring their all over there, and in CON !
usion quoted Lincoln in declaring that
government of the people, by the peo- /
e, and for the people is not to become h
memory so long as American Drawn v
I'd American money can be pitted :
ysinst the forces of autocraey. !
Figures to-day indicate that the Barre +
strict went over the top and far be- n
md in subscribing to the third Liberty /,
an. While the combined quotas for :,
,rre City, Barre Town, Orange, Wash .
gton and Willismstown aggregated h
$4,000 the total subscription, it il es-
mated, will exceed 100000. This to- =,
| does not include minor subscriptions \
hich are to be credited TO towns out n
lie the Barre district, East Montpelier. q
rim and Plainiield being among the Ii
mber. h.