The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-02-14


Versary Feb. Q.
President Thomas of Middlebury col
lege arrived in the United States Feb.
II on the u. S. S. Leviathan.
Mrs. Louis Pelkey, who had reached
the age of l0l years, died at the home of
her son in Newport Feb. 10.
Robert A. johnson of Springfield,
Mass, has been engaged as superintend-
ent for the National Machine company
of Brattleboro.
A memorial service was held in John
son Sunday for Corp. Howard Bailey,
who died while on his way overseas, just
before reaching Brest.
Rutland has Young Woman's club
with a membership of 300. Only those
q young married women who work in the
business world are eligible.
Mrs. Thomas Williams is i'll with blood
poisoning at her home in Hydeville. She
removed silver from her hand with a
pin and it caused the poisoning
+, Jay Bates, principal of the Barton
high school for five years, has announced
his decision not to return next year.
Mrs. Bates poor health is largely the
reason for his determination.
Miss Ida Descoteaux, an employee at
the st. Johnsbury laundry, met with an
accident while at work last week, which
so crushed the four fingers on one hand
that amputation was necessary.
Three thousand dollars more was ex-
pended in 1918 for schools in Bellows
Falls than in 1917, but aside from that
the cost of running the town in 1918
cost only Sl.5l more than in 1917
Albert Viens and Francis Decoreaux
pleaded guilty in Burlington city court
Wednesday to a charge of breach of the
peace and were sentenced to not less
than 10 months at the house of correc-
ton,
Word was received in Rutland Monday
that Rev. DR. George E. Price, pastor Of
the Methodist church in that place, who
has been stationed in France as a Y. NJ
G. A. secretary, sailed on Feb. 7 on the
steamship Northland for the United
States.
Charles Hoag was badly cut while
working an ice cutter in North Willis
Ston this week, the saw catching one leg
cutting and tearing the flesh and small
bone from the knee to the foot He was
in too serious condition to be re-
moved to a hospital,
II. NJ. Barrett, for Is years manager of
the milk production and agricultural
part of the Bradley farm in Brattleboro,
will finish his duties there April and
Is to be succeeded by Luther J. Stock
we'll who for five years has been butter
maker at the Scott farms in the same
town.
Frank Kellogg, while running his car
to Rutland from Benson Thursday, col
hded with the six-year-od horse Of He
man Clifford. The animal kicked at the
machine as it passed, its shoe caught IN
the mudguard, and its leg was broken.
The value of the horse was fixed at Sl25,
but Mr., Clifford accepted $50 to cover
his loss, which Mr.. kellogg paid,
Fl. w. Keene, SIS, died Feb. II at his
home in Bellows Falls after an illness
of several months He had lived in Bel
lows Falls for 35 years and for many
years was foreman for the Information.
a. Paper company in the North Wal
pole department, He also served as wa
ter commissioner of Bellows Falls and
for several years was signal foreman
Tor the Boston & Maine railroad.
Members of the Centre Congregational
rah oh Zen, A#.vvv I H.
Young Mems Republican club of that
City are trying to persuade the pastor
Of the church, Rev. Roy NJ Houghtou,
formerly pastor of the Brattleboro Con
gregational church, to be candidate for
mayor. Mr. Houghton states that he
has no aspiration in that direction.
Rutland finds, as did Burlington, that
There are plenty of jobs for all unem-
ployed men in that vicinity. but that
the men are not willing to accept the
chances offered The Vermont Marble
company placed an order with the EN-.
ployment bureau for 100 men, the tale
mine at Rochester for so and the farm
ers for 25, but few men have taken the
Jobs,
A big fur sale has been held the past
few days at the plant of the Burling-
ton Rendering company. There were
10000 skunk skins, valued at between
$4,000 and $4,000, 100 fox skins, 500
Taccoon skins, several hundred mink
pelts and more than 5000 muskrat skins.
There were also some ermine and bear
skins.
Charles, year and -a-half-old son of Mr..
and Mrs. James Ellis of Castleton, is
improving from his recent severe burns.
Mrs. Ellis left him in his high chair
while she went upstairs, and in reaching
for something he fell over onto the stove,
the chair holding him there until one of
the neighbors' children came in and found
him, during which time his stomach,
hands and feet had become badly burned.
Warren Wheeler who entered the serv
ice of the United States from Orleans, is
! in Brightlook hospital, st. Johnsbury,
for treatment of three wounds which he
received at Chateau Thierry He has
spent the last eight months in hospitals
in France and this country and was on
visit to his home in Orleans when the
shrapnel wounds in his shoulder and leg
proved so troublesome that his doctors
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