The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-07
MARSHFIELD


Glenn Whitcomb, eldest son Of Mr., and
Mrs. Will Whitcomb, passed away Thurs
day, Jan. 2, from double pneumonia fol-
lowing influenza which he contracted in
st. Johnsbury He had been there about
three weeks with his younger brother,
Wallace, working for the Fairbanks Scale
company, when he was taken sick and
came home about 10 days before his
death He was % years OF age and a
young man of very amiable disposition.
The funeral services were held at p. m.
Sunday at the house, Rev. G. A. Furness
officiating. The interment was at Plain
field.
T. G. Darling received a letter from
his son, DR.. Ira A. Darling, Christmas
day, saying that he had arrived in New
York from France and would see him
when discharged.
Charles Ketchum of the u S. navy
was at home on a furlough last week TO
visit his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Ketch.
UNI.
Postmaster A. T. Davis has recently
installed six new electric lights in the
work room of the office, one over each
carriers table, the cancellmg table, the
SEhti al OtiAFGi anu uapbt1 Diuti wiz
dows. This is great Improvement and
much appreciated by the working force
Of the Office
Miss Mabel Henderson was visitor in
Barre Thursday and Friday, the guest of
Miss Evelyn Furness.
w d. Griffith and son of Williams
town have purchased of r, 6. Darling the
Lee farms, formerly known as the Car
penter and Tanner places, on depot hill
Mrs. Lucy Bemis visited at f. j. Mar
shall's in Montpelier last week.
Henry johnson and Israel Jewett have
taken the job to draw the pulp wood for
u. G. Darling and load it on the cars.
Percy Pitkin has resumed his studies
at Goddard since returning from the
training school at Potsdam, N. Y.
Willis Henderson and Myrtle Buxton
are cutting pulp wood for G. E. May,
Helen Lamberton, Evelyn Furu.ss,
Royce Pitkin and Charles Brown re-
turned to Goddard Wednesday after
spending the holiday vacation at their
homes
Mrs. Eva Lamberton has closed her
house and gone to board with Mrs. Mar
tina Carpenter during the cold weather.
Mrs, G, L. DwineIl has returned from
Wells River, where she has been visiting.
Henry Blake is quite i'll as the result
of shock last week
DR.. and Mrs +. E. Corson went TO Bur
lington the last OF the woek Sc take
their little daughter, Jessie, back TO
school at st. Marys academy
Mrs. Myrtle brennan of Calais has
been nursing in the family of VIII Whit
comb.
The week of prayer viii be observed
by four cottage prayer meetings this
week as follows: This evening at Miss
Burnham's, Wednesday evening at Y. r..
Hudson's, Thursday evening at G. M.
Lilley's, Friday evening at e. G. Pitkin's.
A cordial invitation is extended to all.
c. A. Durgan of Cabot has pressed the
hay for 4. G. Darling on the farm re.
Gently purchased by Henry johnson.
Raymond Gilman, who has been tax.
ing special naval training at Harvard, is
at home on a weeks furlough.
Will Lunge made trip TO Williams
town last week to move the household
goods belonging to w, d. Griffith and
son.
Orders have been received from the
postoffice department asking postmasters
TO encourage the use Of the higher de-
nominations of stamps. That is, the
public is urged to use one three-cent
stamp instead of three one-cent stamps
on a letter and the highest denomina-
ton required on parcels, thus greatly
reducing the bulk Of stamped paper nee
essary to be supplied by the government,
G. f. May Of Barre and r j. Marshall
Of Montpelier were business visitors in
town Monday
Miss Annie johnson is boarding with
Mrs Martha Carpenter and assisting at
the telephone central out of school hours.
+. G. Phelps returned Monday to East
Ryegate after spending last week with
his family.
Miss Clara Bliss is employed in the
family of K. L. Spencer.
Mrs. Andrew Corliss, who has been in
very poor health for several weeks, is
slowly recovering.
Mrs, f. L. Spencer slipped in getting
out of sleigh Thursday night and
turned her ankle, spraining 1t quite bad
ly.
James Heating visited friends in Hard.
wick over Sunday.