The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-05
BETHEL
Town Proposes to Honor Bethel Soldiers
in the War.

About 200 voters attended town meet
| ing, including about 30 women, Mrs.
c. G. Clifford, president of the Woman's
! club, the first woman to take prom
! inent part in Bethel town meeting, Sc
cured an appropriation of not more than
| $500 toward the purchase of a new piano
! for the town hall, the club to pay the
| rest of the purchase price. General IL
! cense was voted down, 1875 to a. and
| druggists license, l24 to 81. The only
new officers elected were Rev. w. c. Har-
! vey. auditor for one year, and John S.
/ KimbalI, second grand juror. Every Off
Ger was elected without opposition. A
| town tax of Sl.35 and town school tax
: of IS cents were voted.
The town appropriated 81 900 for Sc
! Iected highways, 5000 for libraries and
$50 for Memorial day, The town direct
ed the selectmen to ascertain the cost of
| erecting a memorial tablet with a list of
Bethel soldiers, and by another resolu-
! ton directed the town clerk, with the
approval of the selectmen, to enter upon
the town records the names of men from
Bethel in the service and separate list
of natives Of Bethel in the service from
other towns. r. J. Flint was reelected
moderator, treasurer and trustee of pub
lie money; Guy Wilson, clerk; A. Lee
/ Cady, selectman and overseer Of the
poor; G. s. Harlow, lister; J. A. Graham,
auditor; p A. Bowen, road commission
er; John j. Wilson, agent; +. II. Cham
/ berlin, cemetery commissioner; T. c.
Putnam and F. s. Blossom, ir., con
stables; c. D. Gushing, grand juror; w.
r, Briggs, collector; G. f. bearing, town
school director
Mr.. and Mrs j.. G. Coffin returned
yesterday to the home of Mrs. Coffin
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. l.. Lincoln, after
an absence of eight months, most Of
which was spent in Tiffin, o, They came
directly from Perth Amboy, n. j., where
, they had been only short time.
Bennett o. Johns of the army commits
sary department, is here for a furlough
from Fort Wood, n Y.
The Uniyersalist ladies made a profit
of $50 from their dinner served on town
meeting day.
Pvt. Stephen Upper of Lebanon, n.
H., reported slightly wounded in yester
days list of army casualties, was a Beth
ell boy some years ago.
John Gay, ir., entertained n large party
of his young friends Monday evening,
his 10th birthday having occurred on
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Myrtle H. Edmunds and
their daughter, Edna, of Chittenden, Wis
| tied relatives here last Saturday.
Miss Abbie Whitcomb and Mrs f. T..
MarteIl are visiting the Boston millinery
market
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred f. Rogers are with
relatives in Middlebury this week. They
have rented Jesse Howlett's house and
will occupy it soon.
The north part of the town, hitherto
free from influenza, now has five cases
including those of Mrs. NJ. H. Rix and
her daughter, which have developed pneu-
munia.
Mrs C. c. Abbott of UnderhiI is visit
ing her sister, Mrs. Ellen ellison.
Thomas j. Boynton of Everett, Mass
L. s. district attorney, recently visited
Mrs. Jennie Bascom.
The eighth grade, accompanied by Miss
Frances Dyer, the teacher, attended town
meeting
New syrup from the fine run of sap
which occurred the last three days, was
served on many tables yesterday. The
run is the earliest in several years. In
Bethel the town meeting seldom is held
while sap buckets run over.