The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-04-26

Friday evening and decided that the cele-
bration will take place May Z. The ar
rangements have not been perfected yet
but they will include parade in the
afternoon, a luncheon to be served later
in the day, and reception and dance in
city hall to the boys The more minute
details are to be worked out later. The
decorating committee is composed of r.
| A. Harris, William Mckee, II. +. Gleason
and b. M. Shepard; luncheon, g. s. Whit
| tier, L. II. Greenland i. S. Meigs; dance,
| in charge of the Community club; pub
LEFTY, l., d. Larrabee, J. M. Healey, L. A.
, Kelly.
| Miss katherine Liddell, who went to
France as a Red Cross nurse, is visiting
at home here for few days. She left
here last summer and went to Camp
| TAYLOR and then TO France with the Ken
lucky base hospital unit. She is on 30
days furlough.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Rand have returned from
| spending the winter in the south.
| Harry Beldeu of Waitsfield was in the
/ city to-day.
The fire department was called to the
Pate house on Elm street Friday after
noon for chimney fire. 1t was found
that the family had papered over the
| places where the stovepipes enter the
| chimney.
7. II. Cave, jr., deputy state treasurer,
has been in Boston for few days.
George Z. Carpenter has moved the
state purchasing agents office from the
| Union block to the State House.
| H. sta4o 4xz,.urn.s. ,.a,no 10. oa,r
menced paying the drafted men and
/ those women who went into the service
| during the war. About 100 men have
been paid thus far. These are not the
volunteers for service, but those who
were in the selective service draft
Miss Marjorie Howard of Roxbury has
been appointed in probate court as
guardian Of Jean f. Howard, a minor
living in Roxbury.
Victor Welcome appeared at the Office
| of Governor Clement this morning want.
ing help. He was advised to 90 to the
state probation officer There it was
found that he had served time in Rut-
land as tramp and that he had been in
two institutions in Massachusetts, from
one of which he was discharged recently
and that since March he had been COM
ing towards Vermont from Jeffrey, N H.
He was sent to the police station, where
Grand Juror John Stone called up David
Murray upon the suggestion of Alder
man Farrar of the city government and
the man left for Murray's TO go TO work.
The case of Il. II. Slaytou vs.. George
| =. Jackson has been entered in Washing
ton county court. 1t is general assump-
sit to collect 5000
The new working schedule of the train
service on the Montpelier & Wells River
railroad for summer use has been pub
lished and il does not show much change
in the arrival and departure of trains at
Montpelier The morning train will
leave at 1850 as at has been doing, while
the afternoon mixed train leaves at 2:30
o'clock, as it has been doing. The aft
ernoon mail train will leave at lao
o'clock instead of l:l5, as it has been
doing for a few months, The morning
mail train from Wells River win arrive
at 1870 o'clock, or 10 minutes later than
now, while the afternoon train will ar.
rive at 500, or about 80 minutes ear
lier than it has. The mixed train will
arrive at 1910 in the afternoon. II is
apparent that the night train is not to
be added TO the service as some have
been advocating This schedule goes
into effect May f.
Information received from Boston last
night was that the parade, from Yer
mont point OF view, was successful in
spite Of the weather. Under the ar.
rangement of giving out tickets as
planned by General II. Il, johnson, 2,500
persons from Vermont were in the
stands, of which 1000 received their seats
through the presentation of tickets by
General Johnson 1t was known Thurs
day that the policing facilities in Bos
ton were not going to be adequate and
) Major Harvey f. Goodell completed the
arrangements for policing the sections Of
the Commonwealth avenue stands used
by Nermonters. He selected 10 Univer'
sity of Vermont students, who, with the
members of the baseball squad from
that college who were in Boston, polieed
the Vermont section The departing
trains Friday night and this morning
started most OF the Vermonters on theil
way home. In the governors party, Mrs
II. r. johnson and daughter will arrive
this evening, Miss Julia Holland at the
same time. Major and Mrs. II. Il. Good
ell will reach Newbury tonight, Major
Goodel coming to Montpelier Monday
Governor Clement will go TO New YorE
for few days, it il understood Gen
eral johnson viii arrive Sunday morn
ing. The general opinion in Boston pre-
ceding the parade prevailed that it woult
be impossible to carry the people out O.
the city as fast Friday night as they
would want to leave. Mayor Shurtlef
went to Boston Thursday morning, thei
to Camp Devens, where he met many o
the Montpelier boys
At special meeting in Montpelier OF
Friday evening, with some 81 citizens at
tending, special tax of 90 cents on {
dollar was assessed This was for tn,
purpose of paying the direct state tax
which was that proportionate amoun
larger than expected when the annua
city meeting occurred and the regular tai
rate was fixed President Frank Smitl
of the board of aldermen presided owe
the meeting, in the absence of Mayo
Shurtleff.
G. f. Lackey has sold his block on Elm
street TO Il. H. Durkee Of Sharon ant
has bought the w. Il. Dutton farm Il
!, that town through the W. w. Perkin
!, agency. The consideration foo the blocl
is said to have been about $4,000. L. Fl
=: Deavitt has bought the Frank Mile
: block in st. Johnsbury.
| George Durken, alias Berthelot, ap
| peared in Montpelier city court Frida,
! afternoon on the charge of larceny o