The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-11-01

of the state.
Vesey DeLue, aged "A years, died
during the night at Heaton hospital,
where he was taken earlier in the week
| because he was suffering with heart
| trouble He was a native of st. Johns,
n. b., and early in life learned the
vocation of sail and awning maker.
He was, in the days of his best health,
one of the best salmakers in this por-
tion of the country. He conducted a
business for himself for many years.
The last work he did was during the
| early part of the war, when he worked
on large cnotract for the government.
| He came here recently to live. He is
survived by his wife, Mrs Anna DeLue,
and a stepson, Edgar l.. Turner, man
ager of the DeLue company in Mont
pelier. The body viii be taken to Ey-
rett for funeral and burial.
The Community club gave dance in
the city halll Friday evening as a part
of the Halloween celebration in Mont
pelier The hall was filled with dancing
couples until after midnight. Landi's
orchestra furnishe dmusic. The hall
was very lastly decorated with crepe
paper and other concentrations suit
able for the occasion, while about the
electric lights were either owls heads
or pumpkins. Pies, doughnuts. apples
and other yiands suitable for the occa
sion were served II was very pretty
affair, and the committee in charge is
entitled TO much credit for the enter.
tainment
The deed OF five acres OF land from
Thomas Neill to the state of Vermont
has been accepted by S. b. Bates, com
missioner of highways, upon the au-
thorization which was recently given
that department TO buy property for a
warehouse and other buildings in which
to house the auto trucks and other
property, the consideration being $1,000.
Work has already been commenced on
the Job Leonard Hood now being EN-
ployed in putting in foundation, while
a Mr. Brown of Middlebury will arrive
Monday to put up some buildings. It
is proposed TO construct hollow
square. On one side of the square will
be a dwelling house, machine shop and
garage. On the other three sides will
be stalls for storage of the trucks, some
go OF them. Mr.. Bates booked over
several sites near Montpelier but this
was the best site that he could secure
and the purchase was made. Concrete
floors will be installed while the court
in the center viii be of stone chips
and gravel This site viii not have to
! be leyeled much to meet the require
ments Of the construction
FL. Laird and family left this morn
ing to see the Dartmouth.C Colgate foot
bah game in which "Jum" Laird, son
Of Mr. and Mrs Laird, will play this
afternoon jun plays right half.
back on the team. Last week at
Princeton he was knocked out and had
to leave the game. Mr.. and Mrs. Laird
will have to fly two sets Of banners
| from their automobile, for Mr. Laird
is graduate OF Dartmouth. while his
son is member Of the Colgate team,
Charles Drury of the Boston Herald,
! George Richards of the Post, and
George McKinuon Of the American, who
have been covering the Long trial for
their papers, left on the night train for
Brattleboro, where they arrived at 5
o'clock this morning, and are in Dover
to-day for bear hunt, which they are
covering" Edward Metcalf, county
game warden, is to be in charge Of
their movements. He will be recalled
as a former newspaper man in Barre in
the days of the Telegram. Before GO
ing away. the above men sent mes
sage to the district manager of the
Western Union Telegraph company,
showing their appreciation of the serv.
ice they have enjoyed in Montpelier,
eomplimenting Manager Cary, who has
supervised the transmission of over
100000 words in the "a days they have
been here.
The condition Of Harold Goodridge OF
Plainfeld in Heaton hospital is i'm
proving He suffered wounds in both
hands Thursday while hunting. It APP
pears that he leaned his gun against
log and that he placed both hands over
the muzze and that in some manner
the gun discharged with the result that
the index finger of the right hand was
blown off and several bones crushed in
the hand; also the flesh of the left
hand was badly lacerated