The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-11-01
MONTPELIER

Halloween passed of in Montpelier
quietly, with but little eommotion 9TH
er than a few pranls by the boys. The
order Of the chief of police, owing to
the great amount of illness that prosecu-
tion would follow damage TO property,
had quite little to do with the general
situation. A party was given by Miss
Mildred Gill to company of her friends
The ban which has existed in Mont
pelier for over month as a result of
the grip epidemic, will be removed at
midnight Saturday night, according to
action taken by the local board of health
at its meeting Thursday evening. The
state board of health has given authori
ty to remove the ban as far as it is con-
cerned.
Miss Ruth Dutton is taking a vacation
from her work in the fuel Office.
The clerks and members of the various
exemption boards to-day received their
checks from the federal government il
payment OF their salaries for the month
Of September,
Gov Fl. f. Graham has received from
the war department call for FIVE boiler
makers from Vermont This is a special
call, and notice has been sent TO the va
rious local boards that if they have any
registrants who can fill the qualifications
Of the call the latter may self-induct.
Ii is a chance for five men from the state
to get state pay also to get into service
in the branch in which they are expert
enced II the call is not filled, drafting
will probably take place.
In response 70 the request from the
various town clerks made by the local
exemption board, several of the town
clerks in the county have reported the
deaths that have taken place since Sept.
l2 Of persons within the draft age, the
most Of them from the grip epidemic.
Thus far the report reads Warren 3,
Worcester |, Marshfeld none, Calais
none, Roxbury none, Mortified l6, Mont
pelier &C. Physical examinations were
conducted by DIR. NJ. F. Mcclure Of the
local board this forenoon for the first
time since the grip epidemic commenced,
excepting few struggling cases
The new industry committee who are
selling stock In the new concern have
sold $l0,l00, and the rest OF the $4,000
win be closed out to-day,
In the month Of October sss men from
Vermont went into the service OF the
country to fight the Huns, all excepting
% going inte different branches of the
army Adding this number TO the II ITO
that had gone into the service up to
Sept. 10 and the number that went into
service In the last is days Of that month
there are approximately 1900 Vermont
ers in different branches of the service in
the war.
Fred Lawton, whose death was men
toned in the casualty list of Thursday,
was a Bellows Falls boy, son Of Mrs
Marcia Lawton He enlisted in the serv-
ice July 8, 1917, at the age Of % years,
and went to Fort Ethan Allen, where he
was transferred to the machine gun bat
TALON,
From $4,000 feet in the air TO clerical
work in the Washington county local
board is the slide that Edwin NJ. Root
took when he lost "his quilibrium" in
aviation service. but he Is still persistent
and is trying TO get into general service.
Private Root, who is a Craftsbury boy
and graduate of the University of Yer
mont, would have been in France now
4 Nhu III Nok UtEE ASl AVaAiE hAH tIAltAb
rum an aviation term well understood
in that line Of fighting. Private Root,
or Cadet Root, as he was then rated, had
been flying from 5000 to $4,000 feet in
| the air in nice shape and was making
spirals, double loops and able to do 9TH
er work, when the slip took place so
that he has been placed in special and
limited service. He wants to get into
the game in the infantry or some other
branch that will carry him to France,
and may take chance in the officers
| school nj Fremont Cal
r. A. Walker of Barre, who has an Of
flee in Montpelier, left on the night train
| for Wilmington, Del, where he Is to be
second assistant architect on large
| government contract.
The funeral of Michael Canning took
place at $50 o'clock this morning from
| st. Augistine's church, Rev. p J. Long
officiating, The bearers were John Ryle,
James Ewing, James Jerome and John
Mack. Interment was in the Catholic
cemetery.