The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-04-30
MONTPELIER
Discharged Soldiers Giyen a Welcome
Early This Morning.

ihVihAuE Wy ueitRdLlun OF some 4DU OF
its citizens headed by the reception COM
mittee for the big celebration. Mayor
Shurtleff and the city council, relatives
and friends met the boys at the Cen
trail Vermont station about o'clock
this morning. A delegation from the To-
cal Red Cross opeped canteen and
served coffee and doughnuts. They
passed little Of the good cheer along
to the Barre boys by going through the
train with the coffee and doughnuts.
Nine boys came by automobile, making
total of "a.
Mayor Shurtleh, about 10 o'clock last
evening, received a telegram from Man
| chester, N. H., from the conductor Of the
train on which tie boys were riding
stating that 25 Of the boys were for
Montpelier. This was in reply to a
message sent to the conductor and de-
livered while the train was in transit,
so that the news of the positive arrival
of some Of the boys was spread through
the city. The members of the Montpelier
Military band living in Barre were
reached by telephone and came to Mont.
peier so that when the train reached
the station there was familiar music to
greet the boys and give them a well
come. Some over 100 went to Mont.
peier Junction to meet their friends
Robert Whelan, engineer Of the branch
train, entered into the spirit Of the OF.
casion and helped in letting the folks at
home know that the boys were coming.
He opened the whistle OF the engine as
he left the junction yard and did not
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stopped in Montpelier. The nine boys
who came by automobile we're Philip
Parizo, Joseph Jay, Edward Parizo, Fred
Getchell, Maurice Smith, Charles Daley,
Everett Nelson, Private Lombard and
Private Bruce. They made the run here
in Packard car in little less than
seven hours, including a stop at White
River Junction. They arrived a little
after 2 o'clock this morning They
found the roads in good shape excepting
through Williamstown Gulf After the
train arrived and the boys had been
served coffee and doughnuts, welcomes
being said as the boys were eating, rela-
tives took charge of their boys and they
went toward their homes. Some of the
boys had TO 90 into the country and
automobiles were provided TO carry them
home excepting in one instance, where
a livery team was used This after
noon the rest Of the boys are expected,
and again the Montpelierites viii 90 to
the station to meet the home corners.
The band will be in attendance and more
welcome extended to the boys.
Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Tracy have sold
to Joseph Boisvert property on Berlin
street.
The meeting of the Woman's club that
was to have been held this afternoon has
been postponed and that meeting along
with the annual meeting, which is to be
held May Z, have been arranged to
be held May IA, because Of the fact that
the celebration takes place May 7.
Mrs. G. r. Barber has been appointed
assistant clerk Of the Red Cross chap.
ter
Deputy United States Marshal G. F.
Lackey has made up list of names for
the clerk Of the United States court to
use in drawing the jurymen who will be
used in the trial Of cases in United
States district court, which eonvenes
next month in Windsor
William Pennen, if the present ar
rangements are perfected, will 90 to ST.
Adams June ] to reside, having been
transferred as road master Of the Cen
trail Vermont railway from this divi-
sion to the division which is north Of
| st. Adams and as far south as Essex
Junction. Mr. Austin, who was TO take
up the work on this division of the road
has been with Mr.. Pennell for the last
| five days learning the division. This
change will bring Mr.. PenneI nearer
his home, which is in Swanton, where he
has good sized farm. He has been
roadmaster Of this division for about
five years.
Vernon Doty, employed by the Ma
tional Life Insurance Co, left last even
| ing for a few days in New York.
DR., NJ. b. Hillegas is expected home
tomorrow from birmingham, Mass,
where he spoke twice to-day before the
school superintendent conference being
held in that place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Gale, who have
been in the south during the winter
have arrived home.
Mrs Moses Fertl has gone to Lynn.
Mass, where she will visit with her chill
dren
Capt stephen Gushing went last even.
ing to Fort Ethan Allen and to-day will
take his examinations for discharge from
the federal army, in which he has been
serving for over year,
| Waldo H. Farrar returned last evening
from Randolph, where he closed one of
the largest timber land deals that have
been made in that section Of the state
in long time It comprises about 100
acres of land, which lie in the towns of
Braintree and Rochester. It was bought
of A. E. Bass, administrator of the Bass
estate, the deceased having recently died
in Maine. The purchasers are Percy
Bolton and George Thompson.
Sheriff Frank H. Tracy left this morn
ing for Schenectady, N. Y, where he will
speak this evening before the Woman's
club Of that city upon jail reformation
He has received a telegram urging him
to go to New York to attend a meeting
of the national committee on prsion and
prison labor next Friday and will go
from Schenectady to New York. His
assistance is asked in the formulation of
program for the annual meeting in
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