The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-06-07
CROTON
Baptist Conference Held Here Wednes-
day with 48 Delegates Present.


day with 4s Delegates Present.
The ll2th annual meeting of the Yer
| mont Central association convened In The
Baptist church here Wednesday. Not
withstanding the intense heat 48 dele
gates from the churches in Barre, Mont
pelier, Randolph, Braintree, Webstervillt
and South STAFFORD were present. The
sessions were interesting and helpful and
the fellowship enjoyable. The address
by the Hon. Henry Bond, president OF
the Vermont Baptist state convention
was inspiring, Entertainment was fur
nished the visitors and all acknowledged
that it was royal, and the service un
excelled.
c. B. Page, who has been i'll this week
remains about the same.
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Thurston have
commenced housekeeping in the Vance
brothers cottage house recently vacated
by Mr.. Beattie.
Alexander McRae, who has been very
III for the past week, is improving slow
ly.
Mr. and Mrs. Fl. W. Heath of Boston
who have been passing the week at the
home of Mrs. A. M. Heath, their mother
returned to their home to-day.
Mrs. Alice Emerson las gone - Low
ell, Mass, for an extended visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carroll Kicker and son
Edmund, of st. Johnsbury, have been
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. f. d. Kicker
this week.
Mrs. Rose Crown of st. Johnsbury is
at the home OF, Mrs. NJ. j. r. Hall for an
extended visit.
Horace Carson of Woodsville, N. II.
was recent visitor in town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander Burnett and
daughter, Rubina, were guests of Mr.
and Mrs. John d. Hall the first of the
week
Mrs. A. L. Clark and grandson, George
Patch, left. Thursday for Gorham, n. II.
where they will pass the summer with
her daughter.
Mrs. Emma Taisey of South Ryegats
was visitor in town part of this
week.
Mrs. Rollins, who has been the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. II. l.. James, returned
to her home at Boston Wednesday.
Mrs. George Page has gone to Brad
ford, where she has employment IN a
telephone office,
Mrs. Clayton Foster, who was called
here by the illness and death of her
mother, Mrs. Agnes Sinclair, has re-
turned to her home at Bath, n. II.
Mrs. /. o. Kicker went to the home
of her daughter, Mrs. w. c. Chamberlin
in Newbury yesterday, where she will
pass a few days before returning to her
home in Billerica, Mass. y Mrs. Kicker
was called here by the illness of her ia
Their, George Eastman, who is recovering
H. b. Heath has moved his family
from Lyme, n. H., to tenement of Mrs
G. H. Pilsbury. S. b. Heath has EN-
ployment in the Office of the Groton
Times. Mr.. Heath was employed In this
Office before enlisting for service over
seas.
Edward Emery returned recently from
visit with his sister, Mrs. Ellsworth
Carter, at Hazardyille, Conn.
Horace jenkins of Graniteville visited
his aunt, Mrs. Maribah Taylor, Wednes-
day.
Bert Page, who has been in poor health
for long time, is now very i'll at his
home at Westville.
According to a letter received from
Miss Lena +. Hamilton, Vermont public
ity director for the national war savings
committee, the grammar school at Grot-
on had the largest per capita sales OF
war savings stamps of any school in the
state last year.
Married, at the Methodist parsonage
Wednesday evening, by Rev. Stead
Thornton, Bartlett Hall, son of Mr. and
Mrs. |. n. Hall, and Miss Annie Mcclellan
OF Barnet. After a brief wedding trip
the young couple will reside at the Hall
homestead
Mrs John A. Chalmers, who has been
in st. Johnsbury with her husband for a
number of weeks, is at her home here for
few days. She reports her husband as
gaining slowly from his severe illness.
The services at the Methodist church
Sunday morning will be as usual. Topic
of the morning service will be, 1.-THE
Light Behind the Shadow" Address to
young people on "A Famous Transact
lantic Trip" Evening topic at the Bap.
tist church, "But Ii Not"
Morning service at the Baptist church
at l0:45. The pastors subject viii be
THE Unique Word" Bible school at IL
o'clock. Junior Christian Endeavor at
$3.50; Mrs. e. W. Puffer, leader