Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-11-12
BOYS GIVEN WELCOME
Prominent Men Speak to Soldiers
and Club Entertains Informally.

An informal gathering was held\at
Seaver's hall Thursday evening when
the returned service men from Bar
ton and vicinity were given words of
welcome and appeals were made for
membership in the Red Cross.
F. w. Baldwin was the first speak
er following many splendid sell
lections by the orchestra. Mr. Bald
ing and gave a review of the events
of the war with specific words of
welcome for the boys present.
| FIR. Hagan followed Mr.. Baldwin
and was eloquent in his words of
thanks for the service rendered by
the boys and called upon them to be
| loyal and faithful to the great cause
of freedom for which America stood.
He also urged support of the Red
| Cross.
Supt Erwin said that at the very
time when we thought the ideals of
Jesus had become established on
earth this greatest of catastrophies
took place and the boys whom we now
welcomed had done their part to re-
| establish In measure the ideals
which must survive if the world is to
have established peace
Here Slayton Lang rendered
splendid saxophone solo which was
roundly applauded and to which an
plause he responded. Later in the
program Miss Marion Redfeld sang
a solo which was pleasing and requir-
/ ed an encore number
Rev. Mr.. Turner said that in 1914
we thought war was impossible until
it actually broke out, and after it had
started in Europe no one in America
thought we would be drawn in but we
nevertheless sent millions of men
across and Barton welcomed those
home who were privilegde to return
Rev. R. A. Hamilton of Orleans
spoke especially for the Red Cross,
telling some of its work during the
war and something of its program
now that the war is over. He said the
Red Cross flag was the only flag that
dominated al others, both conquering
and conquered. The after-war work
| of this great organization is to sus-
tain civilian morale, fight tuberculo-
sis and other diseases. He made a
strong appeal for support of this
great organization.
w. W. Reirden said that to be one
of those who stemmed the tide of
| PruSsianism was one of the greatest
privileges of history. While the ar
mistice ended the work of these men
as soldiers, their work as citizens had
Only just DoguH.
Rev. J. J. Hutchinson reminded his
hearers that in the conflict of life as
in the conflict of war some must lose
out but that all great tasks of sacri-
flee were worth while, whether in life
or in war.
J. F. Batchelder made a short ap-
peal for memberships in the Red
Cross and asked the audience to hand
their membership dollars to any one
of the committee present.
The following men were present,
most of them in uniform:
! w. P. Barrows, Co. A, Hdqr. B'n.
G. H. 2, A. E. F.
B. J. Lee, Depot Brigade, Camp
| Devens.
G. W. Degreenia, U. S. S. Raleigh.
U. S. Navy.
E. W. Taylor, M. T. c., 443 Q M. C.
II. A. Whitney, Bat. B, 18th F. A:
Walter Barton, Students Army
Training Corps.
Walter W. Buckley, Co. C, 58th
Inf, 4th Div
A G. Owen, Depot Brigade, 29th
Co., Camp Devens.
N. r. Underwood, Troop E, I'd Cav.
! S. o. Clark, U. S. Navy, S. F. 1st
class.
Ralph Miles, 66th Artillery C. A. C.
Ralph E. King, Radio Section, I'd
Army.
Angelo Bona, Co. D, 73d Inf. 18th
Division.
Earl w. Fisk, Armed Guard, U. S.
Navy.
Albert Buskey, Co. B, 312th Am.
Tr. 87th Div.
Arthur F. Hitchcock, 10th Mount
ed Police, 32d Div.
Edgar Martel, Co. A, 18th Div.
] George Barton, Vet. Hospital No. l.
/ Following the meeting in Seaver's
hall, the boys were taken to the
rooms of the Improvement club
where they were made to feel at
home with anything in the way of
amusement which the club afforded.
Refreshments were served, smokes
passed and two hours of the finest
of social intercourse of the most in
foral kind enjoyed. While the affair
savored of nothing but the most m
formal welcome there SHOULD remain
no doubt in the minds of the boys that
they are welcomed back to Barton.