The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-04

Four hundred and sixty-six cartons for
soldiers overseas were shipped from Bur.
lington and 335 from Rutland.
A flock of about 100 evening gros.
beaks, birds from the Canadian north
west, have been common in Rutland re-
Gently.
Rev. r. W. Magoun, formerly Of Fair
Haven, began his pastorate Of Imman-
uel Episcopal church in Bellows Falls
last Sunday.
Dr. Nathan r. Caldwell has resigned
as health officer Of Burlington and DR..
Charles A. Rayey has been appointed
in his place
Sgt. Claud A. Place of the 46lst tour
ing car company, who was wounded in
an automobile accident in France, was
employed for nine years by the Tuttle
company of Rutland as pressman in the
printing department.
On the u. S. S. George Washington,
which sailed to-day from Hoboken, N. j.,
with the presidents party aboard, Dean
Alden, son of Mr.. and Mrs. r. s. Alden of
Proctor, has been serving since the Unit
ed States entered the war.
Barrett Carmody, son Of Postmaster
Daniel j. Carmody of Fair Haven, has
just reached this country as a special
courier from France. Mr.. Barrett was
on his way to Washington, D. c., when
he telegraphed his father Monday.
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his home in Orleans Dec. /, after short
illness of acute Bright's disease. He
leaves wife and eight children. Mr..
Lathrop was for 26 years, prior to 1917,
proprietor of the Valley house of Or
leans.
A military funeral was held in Wind
scr Dec. for Maj. Henry r. Weston,
M. d., who died of influenza, which he
contracted while his wife was i'll with
the disease. Major Weston was stationed
at Camp Upton and was called home by
the illness of his wife, who recovered.
He was about 40 years old.
A strict quarantine for influenza has
been established in Morrisville for the
second time There are few light cases
of the disease, but as il seemed to be
spreading in the schools ii was thought
advisable to close all public places This
was done after the morning services had
been held in the churches Sunday
The c. f. Davis foundry plant in Rut-
land was damaged to the extent of $751;
600 in a fire Sunday, which destroyed a
building containing the core and pattern
rooms. The cause of the fire is unknown.
Among the things burned were three
patterns necessary for immediate use, in
making condensers for emergency fleet
work These were very valuable. The
foundry employs about us men.
Influenza conditions in Burlington are
not improving. Twenty five new cases
were reported Saturday and Is on Sum
day, the number now reaching over 100,
exclusive of the large rambler at the
University of Vermont, there being SO
in the S. A. T. G. alone. The disease is
mild and there are few cases of pneumo-
MIA. Public schools opened Monday, but
all children under IA years of age are
to be barred from attendance at pic
ture shows for the present. Amusement
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member of the students army training
corps died Saturday, Raymond Seymour
Rublee of East Berkshire, Spanish infu-
enza developing into pneumonia. He was
Is years old.
Frederick j. Blake, snare drummer
for more than so years, whose home is
in Bellows Falls, was 65 years old Dec.
8. The drum he uses is the old-style,
long barrel kind, 1t is more than 100
years old. The sticks were used by a
brother, G. s. Blake, drum major of the
18th Vermont regiment in the Civil war.
In the spring Of 1917, when the country
declared war on Germany, Mr.. Blake,
Henry a. Reynolds and Charles E. Farr
secured appropriate costumes and organ
lied as "The Spirit of 49," Their APP
pearance at patriotic demonstrations
created much enthusiasm. Their last
appearance as 1.-THE Spirit of 70" was
in victory parade in Bellows Falls
Thanksgiving morning,