The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-04-14
TALK OF THE TOWN

see Une line OF Easter greet1nS cdTus
at Bell & Houston's
Be sure and see Doris Kenyon in wild
Honey Bijou to-day.--adv.
The class in first aid will meet Mon
day and Tuesday evenings, April IA and
Is, in Aldrich hall.
Maria Bings says no man shall enter
her house. Come to the Universalist
church April l6 and see what happens
adv.
Easter week special-Ladies' capes,
dolmans, coats, suits, dresses, etc, to-
day by express. Sadlier, Outtitter, Keith
avenue.
Miss Cleora Morse is now at her home
at 30 fremont street for the Easter va
cation, having arrived Saturday to spend
a week.
A meeting of the amusement commit
tee of the Odd Ladies will be held at
Gladys Cornolli of Comolli street.
Largest line of new and seeond-handed
ranges in Barre, Perfection and Kerogas
oil stoves, wicks and ovens. Call and
get prices, K. A. Prindle, Worthen
block
Mrs. FL. S. Miles, formerly Of Barre
but now of Boston, has returned to her
| home, having spent several days at the
home of her son, Charles Spencer of
Merchant street.
John Mcleod is preparing now for the
, summer season. He went to Highgate
Springs Saturday, where he has a sum
mer cottage, to open and arrange it for
the coming season.
Corporal Robert Even of Granville,
who is a member of the I'd battalion at
receiving station at Camp Devens,
spent the week end with friends in this
| city, while enjoying furloughN
Sibley Young of Hill street was able
to return to the University of Vermont
at Burlington this morning to continue
his course. Ten days ago he came home
owing to illness with the mumps.
Miss Eva w. Scates, directress for the
local play, "Over the Top" presented by
the Woman's club of Barre, left Satur-
day for Laconia, n, H., where the same
show will be presented under the diree-
tion of Miss Scates.
Sergeant George e. Parker, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Sherman n. Parker of %
| Spaulding street, has received his honor
able discharge papers and is now back
home. Two years ago he enlisted in the
army at Hartford, Conn, later being
transferred to Camp Hancock, Augusta
Ca, where he has been stationed ever
| since.
Harold L. Wilson, former resident OF
Barre, is visiting friends here while
on a furlough Mr.. Wilson. mem.
Der of the 26th division, arrived in Bos-
| ton on the America after serving with
his comrades in all the big battles Of the
war. He was wounded at the battle of
Xivray and also was gassed, spending
several weeks in hospital as result,
A shell bursting overhead was response
| Bile for his wounds, which were about
his head, neck and shoulders. Mr. Will
son was one of the first TO enlist, being
at work in Cabot at the time.
Sherman Watkins, SON OF Mrs. Mary
Watkins of Summer street, left last
night for Winnipeg Manitoba. by way
| of Akron, 0. AT the latter place he will
| spend week at the home of his sister,
Mrs. A. L. Bireher, and then proceed to
Winnipeg to be employed in the Cana
| dian Bank of Commerce. Two weeks
ago he arrived In Barre. having been
granted brief vacation from the same
banking firm in Montreal. After a short
time in this city he received word, stat
ing he might remain three weeks before
leaving for the new position.
Private Louis Cook, son of Mrs. Mary
Cook of II First street, entered his home
yesterday for the first time in year
and half. He is a member Of the l03d
infantry at Camp Devens but has been
released for three days on furlough
Like many other Barre boys, he was
gassed while in action in France, though
he has fully recovered from the i'll eff
fects now. Early in 1917 when the loyal
lads marched through our streets with
the flying banners Of Company c, in the
ranks was Private Cook and it was with
several boys of the same company that
he returned TO Barre yesterday morning,
Private Lee Maiden of Barre, son of
Mrs Marion Maiden of "a Keith avenue,
who is reported by the war department
as Slightly wounded in action is sup
posed to be on the Patricia, which sailed
from Brest April 6 and is due in Boston
Wednesday of this week Official notif-
cation came to Mrs. Maiden concerning
the injury to her son last Friday from
the war department, and the date on
which the injury was received was given
as Oct. 81, 1918. The battle was not
named but inasmuch as Private Maiden's
outfit, the l02d machine gun battalion
of the 26th division, was on the Mouse
river front on that date it is supposed
that the injury was sustained during one
of the engagements in that battle Pri-
vate Maiden has been very non commit-
tai in his letters home about being in
iured at all but it was learned from
letters from another Barre boy that he
was gassed. Private Maiden had recov-
cred so that he was back with his COM
pany by Dec. Is. He has been in the
service for two years, lacking one month,
having enlisted in the old Company G of
the lst Vermont regiment prior to his
graduation from Spaulding high schgol
in 1917 and being permitted to return
from Fort Ethan Allen long enough to
get his diploma with his class Private
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