The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-06
NORTH MONTPELIER

Mrs. j. w. Moecroft who has kindly
A'tted up for the Young people TO North
Montpelier reading roam at her home,
where, night after night the young pco-
pie stroll in and read the daily papers
and magazines and chat while. has re-
cciycd from time to time copies OF the
Stars and Stripes sent from France by
her son. Sgt r. Moecroft, that arc very
interesting both to young and old; also
few days ago She received a little red
covered book from across called the
Headquarters Chronicle which will be
very interesting to them, also to those
who would like to- know how our boys
are living over there. Also in the reading
room we find new souvenir cards from
general headquarters 2, showing the won
derful barracks railroad station at Chau-
mont and others Sgt Moecroft writes
that they are working hard and he does
not look to get home before fall. lie
has been at general headquarters
throughout the l3 months over there
and has been welssnd happy. This will
be gratifying to relatives and friends Of
the young man
Mr.. and Mrs Wesley Benjamin and
3 ldiHtif FiNlAEh az Nv ABtAt Ia NfauAA . ~
Calais last Sunday.
Neal Templeton visited al his home in
Mortified Falls over the week end.
Messers. Clyde Gilman and Forrest
Gray Of East Calais are working for Mr..
Wallace OF the Rockland Sprinkling com
pany at the mill
Mr.. and Mrs G. Mckinstry of Mont
peler visited at Nj. NJ Mckinstrys on
Wednesday
Mrs. George Read started Friday for
her home at Daytona, Fla, She was ae-
companied by her brother, Master Rob.
ert Little.
Arthur Ainsworth has returned from
Mary Fletcher hospital, Burlington,
where he has been for treatment.
Fl. knight of South Royalton was a
business visitor in town the last of the
week
Mrs. George Parker of East Calais re-
I Gently visited her sister, Mrs. John
Emery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Attridge Of Barre
were visitors at Mrs. May Johnsons last
week.
Miss Carrie Sibley is visiting in Mont
pelier. Mrs Ellen Nye Lawrence is stop
ping with Miss Hattie Sibley during her
absence.
Guy Bentley and sons. Edward and
Frank, were visitors in Montpelier Sat
urday of last week
Mr. and Mrs Frank Conrad of Hard
wick have been visiting at Messers. Pat
ricbs' and Bliss
The following clipping taken from the
Wakefield Daily News will be of inter
est to,North Montpelier people. as Mr.,
Nye is relative Of w. G. Nye and a
nephew of Mrs. Andrew Nye Lawrence and
has formerly spent his vacations here
with his father, Edward Nye, piano tun
ar for William Miller company, Wake
field, Mass
The Colorado Springs Gazette Of Dec.
reported the fact that Harold A. Nye,
formerly Of Wakefield has been granted
a six months leave of absence from his
duties as principal OF Colorado Springs
high school TO 20 to Denver as a special
agent for the T. S. board of vocational
educational division of rehabilitation,
Mr.. Nye has been principal Of the
Colorado Springs high school for four
years He eptered the government serv-
ice Monday, Dec .
The following is from the Colorado
Springs Gazette:
The work in which Mr. Nye will be
engaged is that OF training disabled sol.
diers in some trade or profession by
which they will be able TO support them
selves and families. He will act as spe-
cial agent in one of the IA districts in the
United States where the rehabilitation
work is to be conducted. Special schools
and educational facilities will be provided
and every effort made to give the men a
chance to become wage earners again.
Mr. Nye has been a resident of Col
orado Springs for II years. He is a Har-
vard graduate and came here in 1907 as
an instructor in English in the local high
school Later he was a member of The
Gazette editorial staff, leaving newspaper
work to 20 back TO teaching. He was
made principal Of the high school four
years ago, succeeding Mr. Hill, who be-
came superintendent
MIR. Nye has been making an effort to
enter war work for some time and saw in
the new offer an opportunity TO take part
in an exceptionally important phase of
reconstruction> activity. The board I'M
der which he works purposes to restore
so far as possible every disabled soldier,
give him an industrial education without
expense and then keep track of him to
insure his success.
"Mr Nye was net able to announce his
plans beyond the six months period"
The same issue of the paper contains
an editorial comment on Mr. Nye's move,
saying, in part: I'm the four years that
MIR. Nye has headed the high school, he
has made an excellent record. While we
regret to lose Mr.. Nye from the local
schools, we congratulate him on the OPP
portunity for real public and patriotic
service which his new work offers We
hope and believe that he win make a big
success of it.
Mr.. Nye was graduated from Wake
field high school in 1902 and Harvard in
1904 and has been in the West since his
college days. He is the son of Edward B.
Nye Of Wakefield.